The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

The Old Academy library will be
closed on Monday, Labor Day.
Just received at the New York
store the latest in tams. ADV.
Miss Frances Mcbride. of Sprine
street is visiting relatives in Rutland
MI. and Mrs. John Gibney of Union
street are slendins a lew days in
Rutland.
Reserved seats on sale Tuesday at
1920 for "Open Your Eyes at Hate
Theatre Adv.
Chester and Merrill Sloat left
Thursday for Waterveliet where they
VIII remain over Labor Day.
The funeral OF Charles Gordon Cole
will be held Sunday afternoon in the
/ Second Congregational church at 2.SO
Mrs. F.. J. Hurley and son Frank
are spending few days at Lake
George. DR.. Hurley took them over
by auto.
Regu ar meeting CT Catamount Com
mandry Tuesday evening at o'clock.
There will be initiation and members
are requested to be there promptly.
Sunday services at St. Francis de
Sales church Mass and Holy Com
munion at 7, and 10 o'clock; Ros-
airy, Litany and Benediction at p.
II.
Superintendent Cover Lyons OF the
bennington water system has com
pleted an extention on South Branch
street that will accommodate three
houses.
Nj and Mrs. A. W. Braisted and
Nj and Mrs. H. N Williams have re.
turned from Middlebury where they
have beer attending tha Addison
county fai..
Miss Ina Walker, who is employed
as stenographer in Gardner, Mass,
arrived here today for visit at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Walker.
All members OF the Sons Of Vet
Grams are requested TO meet al Grand
Army hal Sunday at $3.50 p. m. for
the purpose of making final arrange
ments for the annual clam-bake.
A delightful linen shower was ten
dered Miss Mildred Brown last even
ing in honor of her approaching mar
riage to Rudd l.. White OF Old Ben
nington. Dainty refreshments were
served and musical program enjoyed.
Don't fail to see Gladys Brockwell
in Pitfalls OK a Big City" clever
crook story and Anne Luther and
Charles Hutchinson in Into the
Chasm' chapter No. 3 of The Great
Gamble" at Harte Theatre today.
Ads.
Thu Bennington branches o, thu
County Red Gross chapter and the
Catholic Women's Service league Will
complete the making OF the 400 lay
cites assigned to the town OF Ben
nington in time for shipmont Septem
Der 2. The assignments in some OF
the other branches in the chapter
have proved too large and in num-
Der OF in stances the work will not be
completed on time.
The Playground baseball team lost
to North Bennington team at the
playground, field last evening by the
score of 7;5@ The game was we'll
played except for the opening session
OF the sixth inning when Clark booted
a couple and Goodbeau slipped up.
These errors together with we'll
placed hitSbg- Piper Howe tailed four
runs for the visitors making the score
g. They tailed again in the 9TH.
and the Bennington boys rallied with
chance TO tie up the score with
Stein on third and F'rahar at the bat
but Mickey famed and the game VS.
over. Frahar pitched an excellent
game for the Bennington lads fan
ming ten OF the big fellows The
home team had more hits than the
opponents but errors lost the game.
Lee starred al the bat Umpire
Brooks; base umpire Hewes The Of
ficials did good work and were popu
lar The line ups. are as follows for
North Bennington Rice c.; Mooney,
p; Mathers. list; Simonds 3D.; Howe
Sd; burke S.; Gleason RI; Powers
CT. Clancy. IT, For Playground
team, Stein c.; Frahar p; Lee 1st.;
Goodbeau. S.; Butler ID; Clark 3D..
Summer RI; ElweIl H. Craston CT
Seven lads hiked to the Red Tri-
angle camp and spent the night, re-
turning this morning after breakfast