The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

sayre McLeon, jr. Of Greenwich.
Conn, is the guest of Charles f.
Welles in Old Bennington.
William Copeland of Greylock is
visiting at the home Of his nephew,
William Andrews of Silver street.
Walsh's orchestra and dancing
from $50 to l1.SO, Thursday even
ing at the Richmond Hotel. Adv.
Fish chowder on safe at John Ed
dingtons market tonight, Tel. 57.1
for all kinds OF fresh lake and ocean
fish oysters and clans. ADV.
Young man are you useful citizen
or are You a menace TO society. See
idle Wives" at Harte Theatre tomor
row and decide for yourself Adv.
Hamilton Shields. who has been at
his home in Old Bennington during
the holiday recess, returned to Hotch-
kiss school in Lakevile, Conn, on
Monday.
The annual meeting or the Altar
Guild of st. Peters church will be
held In the Parish house. Thursday
afternoon at $50. All members are
requested TO be present
"A Little Bit of Broadway in
North Adams" special music and
dancing with service la carte
Thursday evening, Richmond Hotel
Adv
Working girls are you thinking you
would be happier away from home re-
straint, If so see idle wiz S" seven
act feature by Lois Weber at Giarte
Theatre tomorrow afternoon and eve
ning.
n B. menl II you will send your
cast off trousers ana shoes TO the
Congregational chapel for the rum
mage sale Saturday, it will help out
some other men and be appreciated
by Division f. Adv.
Husbands and wives are you drift
ing apart ii so see idle Wives II
lifts the blinds on societys glass
houses at Harte Theatre tomorrow
Also one Of the famous Sunshine com.
edies entitled Divers Last Kiss
Adv.
The Christian Endeayor society OF
the Second CONGREGATIONS church is
to give an entertainment Friday eve
ming, Jan. 10Th at 8 o'clock. The pro
gram will consist Of music and play
given by the young people. There
will also be a food sale 4 prograia
in Thursday Banner
Mrs. Walter w Jacobs and son
Walter. ir., OF Cambridge. Mass, are
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs Ly-
man +. Royce OF Valentine street
Mrs. Jacobs. who was formerly Miss
zenobia Royce, and little son arrived
Tuesday and will make their future
home with Mr. and Mrs Royce
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Townsend are
quietly observing their end wedding
anniversary al their home on Union
street today Mr. and Mrs. Townsend
have one son. Carl Townsend OF Ben.
nington. who. with Mrs. Townsend's
sister, Mrs. Fred Il. Howe of Pitts
burgh, ~ r.. are at the Townsend
home to help celebrate the occasion.
The annual meeting of the incor-
porators Of the Charles Cooper Indus.
trial school viii be held az the Office
OF Batchelder e Bates Monday after.
noon, January 49, at O'Clock The
meeting is called TO hear the reports
Of officials and make elections 70 fill
vacancies The seven directors of the
association viii also be chsoen al this
+ time
The Need OF Leade" will be the
subject tomorrow evening at the
I prayer service in the First Bap.is,
church Time OF meeting $50. A
short and interesting study of the FIRST
chauter in Ancient Peoples at New
Tasks will be held at the close OF the
meeting There will also be an i'm.
/ portant meeting Of the finance com.
mittec
Last evening Mrs F. l.. Nichols
gave six course dinner to party
Of Young people in honor of Miss Julia
LaMarre and John Ryan Miss La.
Marie resigned last Saturday from the
/ r. /. Nichols store where she has
been employed as saeslady for nine
years After dinner the guests were
entertained by the hostess az the
Harte theatre
very noteworthy article on The
Trenches ard the Church" by Harry
Emerson Fogdick IS printed in the
Atlantic Monthly for January Like
Dr. Odell's article in the ~ame publ
cation a year ago It is exciting com.
ment all over the country. Mr. Mills
viii read this article at the chapel
service of the Second Congregational
church Thursday evening and discus
sion will follow
The last quarterly meeting of ST.
Mary's Guild of St. Peters church
will be held Thursday afternoon at 8
o'clock prompt in the Parish house
At y, m. the annual meeting OF ST.
. Mays Guild will be held in the same
place. Reports from all the various
committees and officers will be read
followed BY the election of officers for
. the New Year. Any woman interest
d ed Is earnestly requested to be pres
ent.
The Mems Glass of the Second Con
grogatlonal church served an oyster
: supper to foriyfour members and in
yited guests in the chapel last even
ing at Gao Aftcr the bountiful re
past was served on motion of j. 7. II