The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-17
100 ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE OF
BENNINGTON
F. M. 7. A. B. Field Day and
Picnic at Hunts Grove
FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED
Thousands Of BENIN gtonlans and Wis
itors Enjoy Celebration Here
The 18th.

The celebration OF the i3Oth anniy.
ersary OF the battle OF Bennington was
attended by many thousands Of PEG.
pie In this village yesterday The new
electric road, running their cars In
pairs instead OF singly. brought load
after load Of holiday seekers from
PittHfeld. North Adams. Willlamstown
and Pownal while throngs OF our New
York friends from lloOsick Falls and
Us suburbs poured into our midst 10
help ~ celebrate the battle Of Ben.
nington The annual parade aud IN.
spection OF the Bennington Fire De.
partment took place az 10 o'clock. All
the companies and carts were In fine
condition and made n spleUdid appear
ancc. The order Of the line was as
follows:
Chief OF Police Brazell. Ex.Chiefs x.
5. Buss and y W Silver aud John
Glass OF Troy. veteran member OF the
department since organized. Chief q
ih Hawks. ist assist james Hornldge
2nd asst John Hayes. Bennington City
Rand. William a. Bradford Hook aud
ladder company No. I. foreman. NJ
Carroll Russell Dunn. driver. Stark
Hose company No. /. foreman James
Gregg = NJ Tiffany Hose company
No. 2. foreman. Irving Bum. n W
Putnam Hose company No 3. foreman
VIM. Mccarthy. Eagle Hose company
No. Z. foreman. John O'Hem; Stark
steamer. engineer. George Harwood.
A ball game between the North Ad
ans Athletic club and the Bennington
base ball team was played on the ath.
lctic feld az eleven o'clock
The =. NJ T. A. h society held its
twenty ninth annual picnic aud Field
Day az Hunts grove in the afternoon
The grounds vas thrungsd with people
from cue o'clock until nearly dark and
many carriages aud automobiles added
10 the crowd. Many amusement
booths were erected In the grove
among them being a wheel OF fortune.
Light the Light. Throwing Balls at
a Coon. and others A large refresh
ment table was provided where Hud
sons ice cream. cake. witches and
coffee could b. obtained A continuous
couccrt during the entire afternoon
vas rendered By the Bennington CITY
Rand. under the able leadership OF
laWrcnc" l.. Ookay
The principle event 81 the afternoon
vas the base bah game between the
local team aud the farfamed Cuban
Giants. After the game the athletic
contests we're run on.
The first event vas throwing the
base ball Tor distance The throw vac
son by PrIndle 1861 Sin. who wa
awarded the prize Of S. The other
entries Wcr. Miller. Dunn. Hogan
keama. Marsden. Rivers and English
The second event was the 100 yard
dash There we're four entries an
North Adams men. Norcruss. Mc
GoNen. Blnnchan. aud Moquln The
prize Of 81 went 60 Moquin. Blanchan
was an extremely close second. while
McGowon and NorcroHs crossed tho
line Ord. and 9Th On account of
there being no entries the other
events were omitted.
The ladies gate prize. silk umbrella
presented By Quackenbush OF Troy.
was won by Miss Jennie Brooks. ticket
No 2ss. The gcntleman's gate prize
a cigar holder has not been claimed
The Held committee consisted OF
N"aiNlah WI lnnfffhus John MC
Guu. John Hayes. Edward Ioughlln
Patrick Dunn. Joseph Cunning. VIM
Mangan. ThOa Loughlin. David Me
Dcrmoti John Ryan. Walter Hayes
John Whitney. Richard Hurley aud
VIM. Hamilton
The evening was taken up with aov.
eral dances. one az the A. T.. q. T..
Hall on South street aud ono nj the
Academy Hall on North street. which
was attended by many hundred people
aud was IN charge OF John Hayes.
John McGuu aud VIM Mangan.
The colorcd people also held mas.
querado ball at Library Hall which
was attended b. forty from this VII
lagc. and surrounding towns. and as
many Interested onlookcrs In the
balcony