The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-20
FINAL EXERCISES
OF WILMINGTON
OLD HOME WEEK
Professional Day Was a Sue
CessfuI Feature
ADDRESS BY GOV. PROUTY
officers Elected and a Permanent Or
eanlzatlon Perfected for Future
Gathering

Wilmington with its large number
of homecomers celebrated yesterday, I
professional day, which was equally
successful with the exercises of the !
previous five days. The day was de
lightful, the air warm and bracing
and another large audience assembled |
in Memorial hall to meet the governor
and other distinguished guests. o. |
Il. Butterfield Of Wilmington presided |
the exercises being preceded by a con |
cert by the Shelburne Falls military |
band Rev Adolph Aubert Of the local !
Baptist church offered the invocation !
which was followed by Col. J. II. |
Goulding who gave little history OF
the successful Wilmington savings
bank. Miss NJ X. Dunn Of New York
gave two Rotations which was fol-
lowed by DR.. s. f. Dunn OF Whining
ton, who spoke in behalf of the ply
, sicians. Dr. Paul Butterdeld of New
York spoke of the two plaques, tuber-
culosls and cancer, declaring that the
remedy was sunlight and air for the
former, while science was struggling
TO combat and stamp out the latter.
The secretary read an interesting let
ter from +. NJ Crosby of Minnesota
in regard TO the soldiers that we're
furnished in the battle of Bennington.
August lG, 1777, from the town of
Wilmington. II was expected that
Capt Clark OF Greenfield would be pre-
sent this evening but telegram was
read stating that he was at Stowe,
Vt.
Gov George II. Prouty was warmly
received by the audience, his remarks
being confined 10 the needs and nee
essities of Vermont. He expressed
himself as lacking sympathy for the
suggested scheme to provide Vermont
with trunk line highways by bonding,
preferring, as he expressed Il, the
gravel road TO the macadam, and pro
gressive road commissioners who
should be continued in office so long
as they were capable OF furnishing
good roads. He also spoke OF the ne
cessity OF better schools, commencing
the industrial school OF Vergennes,
which taught practical things to the
children placed therein. He referred
to the profession OF the farmer whose
vocation Is quite as important as that
Of either the lawyer or the physician.
but regretted the fact that 40 per cent
OF the population OF Vermont removed
from the state. Il was problem to
know how to keep the sons and
daughters at home and he highly
commended the people OF Wilmington
for their patriotic and loyal efforts tu
perpetuate old home week as a means
ITO induce the young people to return
to their native state He believed
that the tide was turning back from
the West and that sooner or later the
old homes would be occupied by those
who had left them for homes In the
West.
Judge Il. W Gibson of the municipal
court Of Brattleboro followed the gov
ernor. paying a deserved tribute tC
the memory OF Windham county's EN-
lnent lawyers and judges, OF which
Wilmington had had its full share, in
Guiding eight judges and rs MANI
more prominent lawyers In the high
est courts OF the nation. Rev. Film
NJ. Bissell said that Il was the coun
try towns that we're formulating AM
holding the lives OF the young mel
and women who make up the popula
ton of the cities. He did not bellev
Il possible to stem the tide and re
duce the percentage OF removals, hoy
ever much Il may be regretted bu
| the tendency was cityward, and so
! would be to the end. Judge II. I
Waterman OF the supreme court q
Vermont as q former resident OF WI
mington. spoke OF his early caree
here and his associations with sue
men as the late Charles n. Davenpoi
and stephen p. Flagg, Judge o. ]
Shafter having removed just befor
| his coming TO the town.
A resolution continuing Wilminl
toms memorial association was unai
lmously adopted by the audience. IN
| Idea being TO perpetuate the spIr
| and loyalty OF The sons and daughter
| OF the town In an association havin
for It's purpose the celebration OF oil
| home week In 1920. Tho followln
| officers were chosen. President. Ma
| tin A. Brown OF Wilmington; vic
| president, Charles ID. Spencer OF She
burne Falls, Mass: secretary, Chan
| Ter NJ Russell OF Wilmington: exec
| tive committee. Charles A. Wlnche
| ter OF New York City, William 7
| Dickinson OF Williston. ~ D., Arthl
iii. Stearns OF Brooklyn. William
| Davenport OF Greenfield. Mass: RI
| lin s. Childs OF Brattleboro, Mr.
| Alice Gorham Crawford OF Chicae
| Royal n. Cushman OF New York. Re
| Flint NJ. Blssell OF Wilmington, FRI
| A. Flagg OF Troy. N. Y; Cyren
| tawton Of New York. Arthur \
| Childs OF Manchester. N. H.; MI
Grace whipple OF Brookllno. Mast
Miss Maudle Stone OF New Yol
Forrest H. Barber OF wilmingtc
Miss Mabel Medhury OF Hartford.
Park p. Swift OF Athol. Mass. Fra
Crosier OF Readsboro. VI. Charles
Parmalee Of Wilmington. Mrs. II.
Whitaker OF Cambridge. Mass, NJ
Grace Lyon Of Brooklyn. N. Y. re
nowker Of Bridgeport. c.. Ty'
whipple Of Boston. Frank II. Fitch
Wilmington.
In the afternoon the Woma
Christian Temperance Union held
most interesting meeting IN Memoir
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