The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-15

along Main street that show up even
among such excellence The Ben
nington County Savings bank build
ing, the opera house block the Hawks
block and the Richie building all
gain a certain advantage because of
their very size in their display Of col
or.
Many proprietors of the smaller
stores along Main street are decorat-
ed very effectively. The Office build
ing of the Twin State Gas and Elec-
trio company, have some very effec-
tive electrical decorations as have al
so the Willoughby stores, the Noveck
block and the postoffice building.
Electrical decorations which vie
with anything ever exhibited in Yer
mont have lighted Bennington's
streets in celebration of its 150th
birthday. Over three thousand bulbs
are being used in the overhead dec
oratiols alone. Al the extremties Of
set of arches on Main, West Main,
South and North streets, there blaze
forth huge electric signs with The
word Welcome" At the corner Of
North and Main streets over the Dow
ey block there is painting Of Ma
ior General John Stark. mounted on
huge electric easel with two great
flags, each star a light and each
stripe outlined in electric bulbs Be
meath in two-foot figures are the let
tiers "1761--1911."
There are many very EFFECTIVE pri-
vate electrical decorations but the on
ly public-owned building, the Ben
nington county building for once ie
not a disgrace to the county. The
huge clock tower is outlined in cleo
trio lights and both close at hand and
from a distance presents a picture
hard to match even in Bennington
during the present week. The lights
were turned on Monday when the
electrical work had not been fully
completed and while it made a most
gorgeous sight was hardly equal to
the picture the building made after
the decorations were completed yes
terday and the lights turned on. The
line of lights outlining the four edges
of the huge tower have been contin-
ued to the top and erected in an cleo
trical pyramid. The flag decorations
on the front of the building have al
so been outlined with the electric
globe and altogether the edifice pres
ents a view we'll forth seeing. The
funds for the financing of the decor
atiens were raised by private sub
scription among the local attorneys.
Easily the most effective private
decoration scheme is the electrical
adornment of the Drysdale stores
The front of the building Is well dec
GRATED with huge American flags anC
pennants and is in itself sufficient!
effective but the use of the additional
lights, makes the building an cas-.
second of the court house. The grea
flags at the top of the building ar,
outlined in electric bulbs. The EN-
tire front of the building is outlined
in electric lights and at each corne
there is a large iive-pointed star
IGreat ropes of fire curve across tn,
front of the building. AT each sid
of the permanent electric sign ar,
two shields bearing the figures "1761
land 1917 respectively. The Pre-
jecting show windows on the frs
floor are outlined in electric lights
The display is easily one of the mos
effective in towns and each nigh
ldraws great number of people L
view IT, The display was planne
by Harry T. Southall, head clerk Il
the Drysdale shoe department