The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-26
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Thanksgiving and the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Pelley
"Abe the Jeweler" will be at the
Putnam House to take your order on
Saturday evening and will be there
again to deliver on Saturday, Dec. 10
ADV.
See Antonio Moreno and Carol Hollo
way escape from THE River of Dread
in chapter No. 10 of THE Perlls OF
Thunder Mountain" at Harte Theatre
today-Adv
Miss Agnes Murphy of Beech street
left today for Rutland to attend the
annual Thanksgiving ball to be CIV
en- by the X. of c. OF that city tomor-
row evening.
Miss Martha Wellington and broth
err Barry Wellington of New York are
in town to spend Thanksgiving and
the week end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. b. Wellington.
Mrs. Elizabeth Haynes and daughter
Miss Doris Gibson of Detroit, Mich,
who have been visiting relatives and
friends here for several weeks, have
gone to Springfield for a few days
stay before returning to Detroit.
Bert Seward left this afternoon for
his home in Buffalo, N Y, to spend
Thanksgiving He is a student at the
4 Deyey's Institute, Kent, o., and one
of several tree surgeons who have been
working in Bennington and yicinity
the past few weeks.
Bessie Barriscale in The Woman
Michael Married" from Der Vernet
Rabell's story of "A Strange Marriage
of the of the greatest pictures that
has ever been shown in this theatre,
and a Mack Sennett comedy at Harte
Theatre tomorrow afternoon and
( evening .-Adv.
The Maude l.. Carpenter school
held Thanksgiving exercises Wednes-
day morning. The pupils sent a
basket of goodies" to the Kings
Daughters. Miss Carpenters first
school in 1885 distributed the con
tents of tire basket but since 1895 the
Kings Daughters have kindly taken
charge of the work. Miss Carpenter
will spend the Thanksgiving recess in
Salem, n. Y.
Fresh fish has been added 10 the
regular stock of the Public Fruit
market on Main street, near Noveck
block. Beginning Thursday all kinds
of fresh fish viii be sold including
haddock. cod, pollock, halibut, found
ers, salmon, smells. mackerel, lob
ster oysters and CLANS. Leave your
orders today or tomorrow. Usual
fine line of fruits and vegetables
Mrs. William Houran of Beech
street left Tuesday with her. sister,
Mrs Marie Sicklesteel OF Chicago, for
Schenectady to visit her daughter
Mrs. Ralph Beandoin. After few
days stay in Schenectady Mrs
Sicldesteel will go TO Toronto to
spend short time with her brother
Chicago. She has been stopping in
Bennington for several weeks as the
guest OF Mrs. Houran and has made
many friends here.
The trial of William Wright, an en-
ploye of the Black Cat Textiles com
pany, charged with breach of the
peace upon the complaint of Miss
May Doclum, a former employe who
went out with the striking operatives
in August, was begun before Munici-
pal Judge William j. Meagher this
forenoon Some difficulty was expert
enced in obtaining a jury, nearly all
of whom are residents of Pownal,
but the prosecution conducted by
States Attorney Colline NJ Graves
began putting in testimony shortly
before noon. r. r. Healy appears
for Wright.
Thanksgiving Day at the Y NJ. C..
a. will be observed during the after
noon and evening by bowling and bill
! lizard matches, social times in the lob
| by and hot refreshments, The doors
Will be thrown open to the members
and their friends at four o'clock when
the fun will begin. Young men away
from home with no relatives to make
them at home are especially invited
regardless of whether they are mem
/ bers or not The young men will com
pete in a billiard match for pumpkin
/ pie prizes in the afternoon and at 6
o'clock they will play match on the
bowling alleys. The younger lads will
be remembered by their leaders Her
bert Elwell and Willard Sumner who
have arranged for a bowling match be-
tween the Junior and Employed Boys
gymnasium classes, during the after
noon. Large pies will be awarded the
winners and small pie for the Boo
bic" prize At o'clock the young
men will terminate their bowling and
adjourn to the lobby for sing around
the piano and a feed OF the Salvation
Army style that was so popular over
There