The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of tho Town and Village Told
Briefly Tor Busy Readefe

Jchn Morris of Rutland was the
week end guest of friends in town.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of trustees will be held this
evening.
Mrs. Frederick Huntington has
been entertaining her father, C. N,
Barber of Burlington.
The 0. e. S. will hold a popular
meeting Wednesday evening, Nov, III
A good attendance is desired
Mrs. Charles Cranston of South
Salisbury is spending the day with
Mrs. George Wade of Haynes Corners.
Mr.. and Mrs Collins NJ Graves
and Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c. Bennett left
today for stay of a few days in Bos-
ton
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Y.
NJ c. A. will meet at the association
rooms Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
O'clock.
Regular meeting of Miriam Re
bekha Lodge Tuesday evening, Nov.
5. Meeting to begin promptly at s
O'Clock, to be followed by a drill.
The board OF water commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting
Monday evening but transacted little
business outside of passing upon the
regular monthly bills.
The water main extension to Allen
dale park has been completed and
residents i'll that locality may now
connect with the village system at
any time. 1t required about $50 feet
of pipe to lay the extension.
DR. w. Montmarquet, ichiropodist
will be at Miss Hutton's, Main street
Thursday The Doctors patrons will
bear in mind that Miss Hutton's
rooms are now over the Satter Bros,
grocery store and the new telephone
number is 3S9-X 37t2
The Charles ~ Powers real estate
agency has sold for Miss Jennie A.
Valentine parcel of land on north
side of Scott street and extending
through to Pratt street and contain
ing four building lots to Hugh f. Glib
son of the Black Cat Textiles Com
pany.
At the Employed Boys Brother
hood meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. last
evening, Raymond Percy gave the re
suits of a study he had Just made of
the physical effects of smoking. 1t
was shown by actual experiment on
several of the boys present that one
cigarette would increase the heart
beat from two to four beats per
minute.
Unless supplies are held up to an
extent unexpected even in these
times of railroad congestion and ex-
cessive demand, it is expected that
the Henry W. Putnam Memorial hos
pital will be completed on or soon
after January /. There are number
of sub contracts that are not complet-
ed and progress in some departments
of the work is slow. Under normal
conditions it would be possible to i'm
ish the structure in considerable
less time.
United States flags at prices within
the reach of all. The banner mas Sc
cured few United States flags like !
those we sold year ago last sum
mer. Standard bunting, fast oolors, |
sewed stripes, metal grommets. We
have two sizes 5xS. price S1.30; Axe,
price $1.15. We have only limited |
of these flags and cannot get
more at these prices. If you want |
one of these flags come at once. II |
ordered by mail add 10 cents for post
age and packing. The Banner, Ben
nington. Vermont. 19tf.
Basketball practice by the girls OF
the Bennington high school will begin
tonight. Last years team which made
such a brilliant record was composed
largely of seniors and it will be neces-
sary to build quintette this year
largely from new material. Miss