The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of the Town ane Village TED
Briefly for Buay nLeadscs

brteriy Ter buet hleAoetD
a lieutenant OF the university battal.
ion.
Mrs. David Creighton has returned
from visit of a week at Hoosick
!, Falls
The Bradford Hook and Ladder
Co., lost an axe at the recent fire on
Beech street. Finder please return
to the company's rooms.
News has been received here OF
the recent birth Of son to Mr.. and
Mrs Augustus Mangon of Rutland
former residents of bennington.
The children's dancing class will
meet as usual at O'clock tomorrow
afternoon. The two-step will be
taught. Only those who are begin
ners may come at 100. A'ss
A force of men from the manufaa I
turing company in Cambridge, Mass
has arrived here to complete the
work on the elevator at the Henry
| w. Putnam Memorial hospital tfHc1
The Business men along the street
are invited to drop in at the y. NJ,
c. A. on Monday and Friday after,
moons at SIS p. IN. and see some ex
citing games of volley ball played by
men they know.
Earl II. Darling Thursday under
went an operation at the Samaritan
hospital for the removal of fbrous
to Mt i,
was a small one and the patient is .ex-
pected to make a rapid recovery.
George lockwood. former resi-,
dent, who has been employed by a
silverware manufacturing company !
at Greenfield. Mass, and who has
been visiting here. left Thursday
noon for Texas. having enlisted In
the aviation corps.
James Burns has received a postal
card from Frank d. MacLaren.. one OF
the latest recruits to join company ]
of the first Vermont regiment nov
stationed at Camp Greene, Charlotte
N. c. Frank writes that the Yer
mont boys are well situated and tina
they are all feeling fine.
According to- postal card received
here Thursday. John III. McCusker
son of the contractor who built the
permanent highway west of Old Ben
nington, and who was in town while
the work was under way, is now in
the recruiting service and Is station
ed at Camp Mead in Maryland.
George NJ Hawks. who has been
on business trip In the south tor
| the past month. returned Thursday
morning While in New York Nj
! Hawks purchased fine thorough;
| bred Kentucky saddle horse which
| is being greatly admired as Mr.
| Hawks rides him aboutHtown. SEQ Il z
| Warren Noore9 former Henning
| ton hfgh school boy and who was the
shortstop ON the ibestabaseball team
the school hasndevelbpedls In recent
lyears, went to fHlbanyntoday for the
purpose or enlisting az aimachinest
in the navy Heihas been employed
I recently at the Bennington Scale
lWorks. 9i1f lslts 2! 4nca 7
| Cowpuncliers who know how 10 act
In motion pictures are used in Harold
Lockwoods Metro wonderplay, Tin.
der Handicap which win be seen al
the Harte Theatre tonight In this
photoplay made from Jackson Greg.
ory's novel, these men take part in a
big roundup, this portion of the pic.
ture having been actually made on
the scene of a great Rodero camp ii
Arizona. Adv.
| Following is the list of officers
elected at regular meeting Of the
w r. c. on Monday evening; Presi
dent, Mrs. Stella Corbett; senior
vice-president, Mrs. Elizabeth Hour
an. junior vice-president, Mrs. Eva
Scarey; treasurer, Mrs Emily Mars.
den; chaplain, Mrs. Emma Moore !;
conductor. Miss Mildred Ross: guard
Mrs. Anna Madison; delegates, Mrs
Eva Brown, Mrs Hattie Stewart
Mrs. Eva Scarey, alternate dele.
gates, Mrs Nella Clark, Miss Laura
Chase, Mrs Elnelia Phelps.