The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
r,sws Of the Town and Village TOLD
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day on business.
Coming to the Opera House Satur-
day Mutt and JEFF. Adv.
Mrs. Il. F. lockwood of Main
street is spending the day in Troy.
Music listening class at the Wv. c.
tonight. Topic, Singing with Shake
speare.
Basketball practice at the y. M c.
A. tonight and Wednesday at 8
o'clock
Louis Griffith is moving from River
street to the Walker tenement on
Main street.
What would you have given for
pocket lashlight last evening? All
styles and sizes at Griswold's. Adv
Mrs. w. X. Foley of Hartford,
Conn., a sister of Miss Alice Foley.
a former resident, died recently in
that city
Prof. and Mrs. Louis b. Puffer and
children returned today to Troy af-
ter spending Sunday with their par
ents here.
The incompatible Theda Bara in
the VIM. Fox big special feature The
Darling OF Paris" at Harte Theatre to-
morrow ADV. &
Soccer players win meet at the "Y'
tonight at O'clock Two teams will
be picked for the soccer game Thurs
day evening.
Sweet Mabel Taliferro in ''The sun
beam a metro wonder play that stirs
the heart and warns the soul az Harte
Theatre today. ADV.
Corporal Albert Cru of Williams
toYn left today for Europe. where he
viii resume his duties as interpreter
in the English army.
Miss Jennie Graves, who has been
a guest of Mrs. Ellen G. Connolly of
Old Bennington for the past two
weeks, returned today to her home in
West Chazy, n. Y.
Rev George II. Dow of Fultonyile
y. Y preached in the Methodist
church OF this village Sunday morn
ing and evening Mr.. Dow left for
home this morning
Come and see Helen Holmes make
the thrilling jump from a telegraph
pole to the top of a flying caboose in
THE Spiked Switch" at the Harte
Theatre today. Adv
Every baseball player in Benning-
ton interested in organizing a local
representative team for the coming
season meet at the Y. " c. A. Wed
nesday night at eight O'clock
You really ought to meet Miss
Adelaide NJ Burke of New York,
special representative of The Pictor-
ial Review Co.. who viii be at The
Nichols store Monday Adv 47t2
Mrs Collins NJ Graves left this
nioning for few days stay in New
York city Her son. William. a
student at Westminster school in
Simsbury. Conn.,. will accompany her
Tuesday afternoon at 43O in the
gymnasium at the the 20 vi. dash !
and running broad jump will be held |
All grammar school boys enter these |
two events before o'clock tomorrow |
afternoon with Mr.. Mann
The Ladies Missionary society OF |
the Second Congregational church |
viii meet Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock at the home Of Mrs John |
Denley Harrison Ave. Mrs. II. A.
Wilkinson is the leader of the meet |
ing. The subject is. "The Ministry OF
Reconciliation in Europe"
The Delta Epsilon fraternity has.
ketball team OF Williams college will |
play at the Y. NJ c. A. with the To- |
cal "Y" team Thursday evening. This
will be by far the fastest game play
ed here this year. as the college boys |
viii bring three varsity players with |
them, which will guarantee a fine
battle.
Mrs. $. a. Patterson and Miss Flora
Murphy entertained at dinner Sat
urday evening a number of friends at |
their home on Dewey street A cen
terpiece of pink and white carnations
furnished the table decorations. Later
in the evening three tables of 500 were
in play and prizes were awarded Mrs
w. s. Boynton and Mrs. Mary Hatha-
way.
A big express load of new Spring
things arrived at the Drysdale store
this a. m. consisting of charming silk
dresses for day time or evening wear
smart tailored suits, clever coats of
all sorts. choice ideas in stripe and
plaid silk dress skirts more dainty
waits and chic sweaters, dependable
rain coats and some very inexpensive
girls wash dresses Adv
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Holton and
George Eldred went to Troy Sunday
afternoon to see l.. c. Holton, the
School street florist who is at the
Troy city hospital recovering from an
operation. When the patient entered
the hospital it was supposed that he
was to undergo surgical treatment
for a small hernia. 1t was later dis
covered that the patient was suffer
ing from appendicitis and a double
operation was performed. Sunday af.
ternoon he had not fully recovered
from the effects of the anaesthetic.
Cable Prindle of Williamstown, who
played in left field during the four
years that Bennington maintained d
professional baseball team has been
obliged to decline an offer to coach
l.. toll, - |