The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of the Town and Village Tsls
Briefly for Busy Readers

| Leslie Buss has gone TO North Ad-
ans TO spend the day
Born, January /, a daughter TO Mr..
and Mrs. Fred G. Surdam of Maple
| street.
Remember the chicken pie supper
| is Thursday, Jan. II, at st. Peters
Parish house. Adv.
Miss Alta Buss was the guest OF
Miss Elizabeth Covey of Manchester
over the week end.
Miss Anna Gallagher OF Hoosick
Falls visited Miss Margaret Green of
Maple street New Years Day.
| Paul Cronin of Schenectady spent
New Years with his aunt, Mrs. Pat
rick Whitney of Spring street.
From 35 to 40 per cent can be saved
on any mems or ladies' coat or suit at
j. Levins corner store. Adv.
A. S. Davis of Weeks street will oc-
cupy the pulpit at the Old First
church in Old Bennington Sunday.
Ledgers. day books, diaries, desk
pads. blotters, Office supplies, every
thing to start the new year right at
Evans. Adv.
Boys suits and overcoats will be
sold from 10 to 20 per cent less than
| regular prices at J. Levins' corner
| store Adv.
Bennington Grange will hold a
regular meeting this evening. Off
GERS will be installed and refresh
ments served.
The order of Golden Cross will hold
| a card social IN their rooms Thursday
| night and the public is invited. Ad-
mission Is cents
The ladies OF st. Mary's Guild will
serve a chicken pie supper in the
Parish house Thursday evening. Jan.
IL, at 6 o'clock. Tickets soc. Adv.
AT the meeting of the Foresters of
| America held Tuesday evening, the
new officers were installed by Grand
State Deputy Edward Shanahan. A
clam chowder supper was served.
At the banquet of the Eastern Star
this evening Mrs. Harriet Bradford
will be the toast mistress and Mrs.
| George S. Mills will respond to the
toast. Our NONRESIDENT Members"
There will be no installation OF Of
| ficers at the meeting of the l. o.. o.
F. this evening but a week from to-
night. January 10th, there will be a
| Joint installation of officers with the
Rebekahs.
The high school club meets this
evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. at 7.30
Thursday evening there will be Il
stag party. At both these affairs
lantern slides of The Homes of Our
Immigrants" will be shown.
Charles NJ. Kimball of Chelsea,
Mass. and John Cummings of North
Adams were in Bennington last even
ing and addressed large nltmber OF
the local carpenters, painters and
masons Remarks were highly ap-
preciated by those present.
The monthly meeting of the officers
of the Bennington o. County Forest,
Fish and Game association will be
held at the insurance Office of VIII
liam H. Wills on Thursday evening at
8 O'Clock Several matters of import
ance will come up and full atten-
dance is desired.
A pair of lady's buckle overshoes,
size So were taken from the cotillion
last Thursday evening and pair
with 4 buckles, size AZ were left.
win the person kindly return the
buckle overshoes to the Banner Of
fee where they will receive the
smaller pair? Adv.
Some excitement was occasioned
this morning about Il o'clock when
driverless horse dragging delivery
sleigh raced up North street and
along South. turning the corner OF
Union. leaving the body and rear run
ners of the sleigh by the side of the
road. The horse belonged to c. S.
Estes. proprietor OF the sea food es-
adjustment ON Main street, which,
being left on the lower end of Coun.
ty street while the driver delivered
some goods, took fright at sudden
noise in the freight yard and ran
away The steed was found in Fred
Aliens yard Oh Union street un
harmed.
Two young men. one of them a
resident OF this village the other
from one of the near by towns, were
arraiened before Judge Holden in mu-
nioipal court Tuesday afternoon on
the charge of furnishing liquor last
Saturday night to employees at the
Fillmore e. Slade paper mill One of
the boys was a minor the ether was
just of age. They stated in court
that they had procured the liquor at
THE Pines" getting 1t from Joseph
Garreau As this was their first Of
Tense of the sort, the court gave them
suspended sentence. putting them on
probation for two years on condition
that they pay the costs and also pay,
through Probation officer Philip T. II.
Pierson, two dollars a month to the
court.