The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-06
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Briefly for Busy Readers
Blue Poipt oysters in The shell al
Estes market. Adv
Nickolla Lyons is i'll with jaundice
at his home in the Lyons district
Miss Isabelle Bowles went to Rut
land today to visit for Two weeks.
Fresh halibut, smelt, scoilops and
iinnan haddie at Estes market. ADV.
Mrs. Charles Jepson IS with her
sister Mrs. Edward Dickel in North
Adams for the day.
Fresh green and wax beans. spin
aeh kale, lettuce, caulifower, sweet
potatoes, etc, at Estes market, Adv
Leo Ryan resumed his studies to-
day as senior at the nigh school. {
I He had been confined TO the house I
( for a few days
/ Harry S Moses is travelling in Bos
ton and Providence and surrounding
territory in the interest of the
Charles Cooper Estate
The Blue team OF the Baptist
ladies aid society are planning to
give an old folks concert tho latter
part of the month. Watch the Ban
ner for further announcement
a young man bet friend of his
$4,000 that he could commit crime
and escape for one year BE sure
and see how he did ii at the opera
house Thursday night, Feb 90 ADV
Ii you want to laugh, see William
Desmond in the rollickius comedy
drama, Lies a Funny Proposition,
and good Pathe comedy. one OF the
Lloyd laush.makers, at liario theatre
today. adv
Lifo's o Funny Proposition arol.
| licking comedy drama, starring the
: inmitable William Desmond support
ed by pretty Louise Lovely and 2
smashing good comedy at Harte the
atra today adv
Tic prayer meeting at the Metho-
dist church this evening will be led
by Mrs. c. b. Hunt assisted by the
choir. The subject will be How
Christians Grow" \ cordial invita-
ton is extended to all.
The large plate glass window in
the front of the Berkshire Coal and
Grain company local store on Pleas
ant street was broken Wednesday
The cause OF the break is unknown
although the result looks as il some
object had been mis.aimed
Harry Lynch. a former resident il
spending part OF furlough in tow
renewing old friendships MIR Lyncl
returned the latter part of Januar,
from France where he had been il
service lie is trihe lame as th'
result OF wounds on the battle fiel,
and has not been discharged from
service because he is still undergoing
treatment in a New York hospital
Mr. Lynch is en- route to his home i
Rutland. He entered service fror
Bellows Falls
| Division A OF the Second Congreg,
iional church entertained Wodnesda
| afternoon the other Divisions of tn
| Ladies' Aid society OF The churcl
| The gathering took place in the chal
| 81 and was the first OF . series to b
given by The different Divisions Th
feature OF the afternoon was III
| reading OF J. N. Barrie's The Oh
| Lady Shows Her Medals, by Mr.
| Arthur Elliot Following the readin
| q social time with tea was enjoyed I
the church parlor Mrs John
Holden and Mrs Frank ID pou
| poured
| a dancing party was given in IN
school room of the Putnam Memoirs
| hospital Tuesday evening for the en-
| ployees OF the institution and fe'
! invited friends. The affair was quit
q success socially Not patient {
- the hospital was disturbed and knee
=. not OF the jollty in other parts {
the building. The room had bee
very prettily decorated with carni
tions, green, and American flag
Various noted musicians. through III
Victrola, furnished music. Light r,
lreshments with punch were serve
during the evening
The ancient and horrible custor
of morning a newly married coupl
was revived Wednesday evening by
party of about twenty-five young pc,
pie who gathered at the home of MI
and Mrs J. {. Ryan on Union stree
The members of the outfit were equi
ped with tin horns, automobile horni
cowbells and other Instruments of to-
ture with which they succeeded
disturbing the entire neighhorhoo,
The morning was intended as
surprise. but when the guests wcr
invited IN TO partakc Of refreshments
there was suspicion hat the victim
had received Inside information