The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for 5usy Readers


ADV.
Frank Z. Center OF North street is
Ill of the crop,
Social dance in Golden Cross hall
Friday night. Adv. 91t2
Mrs. L. II. Ross is confined to the
house with mumps. w
Mrs. F. C. Bennett is suffering from
an attack of humps.
d. T. Murray OF School street is in
Troy today on business.
A. K. VonDette has returned from
a business trip to Boston.
Mrs. John r. Burton of Elm street
is spending the day in Troy.
Miss Jennie Finlan of Maple street
is confined to the house by sickness.
Miss Martha Geer of School street
has recovered from an attack of the
grip.
There will be no meeting of the
poetry class at the high school to-
day.
There will be regular meeting of
the Knights of Columbus Friday even
ing at s o'clock sharp.
Don't fail to see Ben Loring in his
funniest part in His Mothers Son
at the opera house today. Adv.
Mrs. f. L. Harmon OF Union street
is In Hoosick Falls where she is TAX
ing care Of Mr. Harmon's mother, who
is critically i'll.
Deputy Sheriff J. d. Purdy of Man.
chester Center took Calvin Williams,
who has been confined in the Jail
here for some time, to Windsor to-
day.
The young people planning to at
tend the Teenage banquet tomorrow
night are reminded that the time is
$50 instead OF $50 as printed on
tickets
News has been received here that
James Meacham of Philadelphia. a
former resident. now engaged in the
wooden business In that city, recently
had the misfortune to break his arm.
Ben Loring, the king of comedians,
and his big company OF JOY promot-
ers in His Mothers Son" medley of
art, beauty. songs, dances and sur.
prses at the opera house today. Adv.
Motion pictures will precede all
performance of The German Musical
Comedy Co.. at the opera house this
week starting at 2.30 and 7.30. The
musical comedy starting promptly at
3 and s. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Sears
have moved from the Leaby tenement
on Spring street to the house owned
by the Bennington tallow company CHI
Depot street. Mrs John II. Leahy
and family are moving into the house
vacated.
At the opening session OF the Sun
day school institute held Wednesday
evening at the Methodist church a
large crowd OF about 125 was present.
Miss Lawson was unable to lecture to
her classes because she missed her
train from Brooklyn and di dnot ar
rive until evening. She will meet
her classes this evening and the
mothers class this afternoon.
Because the books for the suffrage
study class have not arrived and al
SO because OF the Sunday school con-
vention. it was thought best by the
executive board of the League to
POSTPONE the meeting for this week.
This postponed session will be held
in the Library on Friday evening.
January 10th. at eight o'clock. The
,,1t No n
Law"
All suffragists who are eligible to
vote in the coming school meeting on
next Wednesday night should attend
the meeting, and in the mean time
give this subject their careful atten-
ton. Find out whether you are elig-
ible to vote or not and il you have
neglected to comply with the methods
of the law, whereby tax paying wo-
men can vote in school meetings at
tend to ii at once One argument
that is often stated by those opposed
TO women having full reimbursement,
is that they do not use the privileges
already granted them by the law. At
tend to this matter at once il you
have not already done so.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the post office for the week
ending Jan. s, 1917 George S. Ben.
nett c. s. Demming, Anthony Den
arc, Arthur Dupaw. Frank Fitzgerald,
Joe Gunsharnon, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Mariner, Huntington T., Morse, Hon.
Danl. O'Brien, Dean Thompson, A. a.
Valentine. Maurice Wilbur, Miss
Mary Burne, Miss A. r. Clark. Miss
Grace Eadie. Miss Lena Floor Mrs.
e. !. French, Miss Helen Gately, 4
Webster Place, Miss Rose Gately,
Miss Gertrude Gately, Mrs. l.. Nc
CURE. Mrs. G. c. Morse, Miss Eliza
beth Norton. Miss Grace Osborne
care Of Mrs. C. p. Osborne, Miss
Waters. These letters will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office Jan.
%, 1917 If not delivered before. In
calling for above, please say "Adver-