The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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Harold Griswold of Weeks street is
sick.
| Michael Hamilton of Spring stree
/ is quite i'll.
Miss velma Elwell is ccnvaloscine
from the grip
! Fresh dairy and creamery butter
at Estes ADV.
Mrs. Frank Kelley of Maple street
r. IL with tho grip.
Mrs. H. H. Webster and son Ma:
of Silver street are ILL.,
Mrs. Arthur Henson of Dewey
street is housed by cold.
Samuel Haynes is unable to be a.
work today because of Illness.
Dewitt e. Lewis returned Friday
from a business trip to New York.
Coming Alice Joyce in the Ven
geance OF Durand to Harte Theatre
Adv.
Shows start at Library Theatre to
day at p. m, $3.50 p. IN. 5 p, IN, ant
80 p. m. ADV
The cooking class of the YOUNG
Woman's cub will meet in the clut
rooms Monday evening.
| Russell Dunn has returned to hi
home n Springfield after shcr
visit with relatives in town.
LOST-Brown sweater with white
edge COLA. Finder please return te
Miss Christine Bennett, 800 Elm street
ADV.
Mrs. Thomas Brazil of Hcosicl
Falls is visiting at the home of he'
father, Frank Sullivan of Lincoln
stree.
Dorothy Gish (the little disturberN
in Poppy Polly, everyone know
what that means. Library Theatre
today. Adv.
Miss Hilda Hurley has recovered
from a several days illness and re
sumed work Friday as clerk in the
Lurie store.
The fourth and last number of tbs
Lyceum entertainment course is
Libe ty duo and will be held Tuesda.
even ng, February 10.
Cecil H. Short has returned from
Springfield, Mass, where he was call
ed by the death of his father, Harry
Short, former resident.
Sweet potatoes, spinach. cauli
flower, celery, Boston lettuce, rad
ishes, oyster plant, green peDDers
egg turnips, and parsnips at Estes
market Adv
Mrs. Charles r. Sanford, who. Is
passing the winter with her daughter
Mrs William R. Jennings in Wall
ington, is spending few days at her
HON in Old Bennington,
Max Fienberg. manager OF the
Home Furniture company store, wht
has been quite Ill for several days. is
on the gain Mrs. Fienberg who ha'
also been sick is convalescing and
was able Friday to be about the
house.
Morning worship at the Congrega
Itor'5 theme VIII be Our Measure of
Valne." Sunday school Immediately
follows morn ng service. Young
Peoples meeting at Gao, subject.
Worth While Life"
Richard Mcclure, one of the Ben
nington boys attending the Un.yersi
ty Of Vermont at Burlington, was re
Gently elected ass stant manager Of
the football team for the 1920 season.
The election was made by the popular
vote OF the student body.
Manager Metcal Of the local Y. NJ.
C.. A. basketball .eam received a telo
gram from the Pittsileld Independent.
team manager asst evening stating
that the Pittsfie team would be I'M
able to play hero his evening. TIVE
of the Pittsiield team are on their
backs with the grip.
OFT G Bryan Ger .ainly are entertain
ars y their nonsense and fun must
cal singing and dancing act William
Russell in Sacred Silence" and
Nut & Jeif comedy. a scenic adven
ture picture 81 and the Mountains
Hearts and Diamonds corking
good comedy at Harte Theatre today
Adv
The next regular meeting OF the Ben
n ngton Ministers association viii
convene at North Bennington Monday,
February 9th, and will be the guests of
Rev. F. NJ. and N S. Derwacter at
noon dinner. The subject is Evan
eel sm," led by an address by Rev. ].
A. Perry. Members from Bennington
are requested to take the 1880 trolley
car.
The world has five.Sunday Feb
ruary this year for the first tine n
40 years, and for the last time dur
ne the coming % years. unless the
calendar in vogue at the present
time should be modified. If 1900 had
been a leap-year the fiyeSunday
February would have happened in
1908, but the one day that dropped
out then put the five-Sunday Feb
ruary off for IL yea s. Since 1900
there was fiyeSunday February in
1924, in 1852, in 1880. in 1920. In
other words, IL the old world dnt
slip cog three centesimal years out
of every four there would be five
Sundays in February every % years.
Atcheson Globe Snort Column.
Although Prohibition has made
& eat strides in Kansas City and st.
Joe stealing booze is still regarded as