The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
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Miss Veronica Enright was in Troy
and Albany Saturday.
| A regular meeting of the Eagles
will be held Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock.
Beginning tonight the Adams hard.
ware store will be open every evening
until Christmas. Adv.
Bennington Grange viii hold a
regular meeting on Wednesday eve
ming at Union Hall, River street
Mrs. Patrick Mccarthy of Cam
bridge is the guest of her sister, Mrs,
! Anastasia Culliton, of Gage street.
On Tuesday evening regular meet
ing of st. Agnes guild will be held in
the Parish house of st. Peters
church.
! Branch number 4 Of st. Mary S
guild will meet Wednesday evening at
1880 with Mrs. Harry Breese of Gage
street.
! The cry of an innocent child leads a
father to better wife-Clara Kim
lDdll Ouu7 III a DGtlcl W iic I'll
brary Theatre today, Adv.
| Mrs. Hinman S. Brown and Miss
/ May Loomis OF Old Bennington leave
today for Datona, Fla, where they
will spend the remainder OF the
winter.
| L. f. Weld has moved from the
Frank Cromack place to the Godfrey
house on Beech street. Mr.. Weld has
lived for the past % years in the Gro
mack tenement,
How good must woman be to be
better than the mother of your chill.
dren. See THE Better Wife" with
Clara Kimball Young Library Thea.
tire today. Adv.
Miss Drusilla Miner of Windsor
Mass, who attends the North Adams
Normal school, spent the week end at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. VIM. G.
Clark on Grove street.
Charles T. Brettell, superintendent
of Fillmore Farms, returned Sunday
from visit with relatives in Canada.
While absent he attended the mterna.
tional Live Stock Show i'll Chicago.
The ladies' of the 0. e. S. will hold
a social tea in the Temple Tuesday
afternoon, Dec. Is from to 5. Three
ladies' will entertain, All come and
bring your sewing, or those that wish
% can play cards.
The Rebekah's viii hold a sale of
few fancy articles at Odd Fellows
hul 10 tss.v.
10Th, A covered dish supper will be
served at G:30 end the regular meet
ing vii follow at O'clock.
Theodore II. Thomas, who has
been attending Pennington school at
Pennington, N. j., has enlisted in the
United States navy A number OF the
students of the school joined the navy
December 10 and were Immediately
sent to the naval training school at
San Francisco.
H.. On TilesdaN afternoon, Dec. 10th
I at 2 o'cock the Woman's Missionary
society will meet with Mrs. Jennie
T.. Holden 213 West Main street The
program OF the afternoon will be IN
der the direction OF Miss Jennie A.
Valentine. The topic for study and
discussion will be Turkey and Recon
strGction'
Robert Houghton, who has been
undergoing treatment at the Putnam
Memorial hospital for sevious injur-
les to his right hand and arm, was
able Saturday to leave the institution
and return to his home on Pratt
street Mr.. Houghton received the
injuries few weeks ago while at
work for the Bennington Wax Paper
company.
The first dance Of the newly orga-
nized Bennington Post of the Ameri-
can Legion will be held in Hawks
hall Wednesday evening. December
II. The proceeds are TO be used for
the benefit of the Post The dance
will be public and everyone is cordial
ly invited to attend, whether they
dance or not. Tickets may now be
purchased from several different
of the Post. The affair is
sort of a try-out. making the first at
tempt at entertaining by Bennington's
ex-service men, and If successful it is
planned to make dancing feature of
the social life Of the Post. -