The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-21
Be N NINGTON COUNTY
VERMONT IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION NEWS

The work of organization is pro- |
crossing rapidly. Members are be-
ing added in large numbers and aux
iliaries are being formed. The last |
ont to be organized is lat Manchester |
Center. The meeting there was held |
in the Opera House and after Mr.. |
Scheuerle had told about the work |
to be undertaken a book was passed |
for local membership. Almost all |
present joined.
The Farmers
are asking whether the Bennington |
County Vermont Improvement Asso- |
citation is only for the village people. |
We can understand their suspicion.
The reason our organizations have |
not been formed in farming districts
thus far is because this is the busy
season for the farmers. A little la
ter the work of organization among
the farmers will be begun in earnest.
1t is the purpose of the Bennington
| County Vermont Improvement Assoc
| citation to organize every farm neigh |
| borhood and to get in touch with all
| farmers organizations in the county
| to cooperate with them in every way
| possible. The association will not
| only do all it can by way of securing
an agricultural expert and helping
along cooperative efforts but also BY
way of improving the roads that lead !
up to the farms. and by way of inn
proving the schools and the social |
life. At present the field force is
| making :. careful survey Of every |
farm which of course is absolutely !
| essential for efficient cooperative |
efforts and systematic improvement. |
The Bennington County Vermont I'm |
provement Association is going to CO.
operate with the farmers and their |
organizations, such as the Grange, TO |
the very utmost.
The laboring People
are also falling in line. There are
many things in which the laborng !
man can join for the increase of pros
perity and the betterment of condi- |
tons. The Bennington County Yer |
mont Improvement Association will |
do all within its power to cooperate |
with the laboring people in the county |
to help them improve their conditions
and to secure larger advantages for
them. From one factory comes the
assurance that one hundred of its
men will join the Bennington County |
Vermont Improvement Association.
Study and Insight
are of the utmost importance in the
frfr nd nF
well as elsewhere. The American Mo
torist calls attention to the arrange
ments that are being made for the
coming American road congress. This
is to be held at Atlantic City, n. j.,
Sept. Goth to Oct. 5th. II is expect
ed that every phase of road history
and road achievement will be pre-
scented. President Taft has accepted |
the honorary presidency of the con
gress and viii open it in person. The
towns could scarcely invest their
money in better way than by send
ing their road commissioners TO this
congress. Why not get busy and
have Bennington county be the ban
ner county in the number of it's rep
resentatives at this congress?
This would not only give our road
builders new ideas regarding the
construction of roads, but 1t would al |
so give them more accurate way of |
estimating their roads says the |
American Motorist for August
at is astonishing how many PEG.
pie there are in the United States |
who have never seen a real, first |
class, well constructed road. The
words Good Roads convey very
different meaning to the man who
| lives fifty miles from a we'll con
structed highway than to the man
who is so fortunate as to live close
to and enjoy the privileges of such a
| highway 1t seems strange 10 those
| enjoying mod roads that all counties
do not build good roads and they con
clude that the main reason for such
Indifference is that they fail to ap-
! preciate the advantages to be gained
thereby. All arguments are center
ed on this one thought. assuming that
| every one knows what constitutes
good road. II is like trying to con
vince a man of the necessity of hav-
ing a self-binding reaper on his farm
without first telling him what the
machine will do and what it will
cost"
| Schools.
One of the most important s1b ,ects
| that are being agitated by the Ben
nington County Vermont Improve
ment Association and the school
boards and people interested i'm the
schools is supervision and rearrangc.
ment of courses Of study along prac.
teal lines The most gratifying tea
tu-e of all this agitation is the deep
interest in the work as shown by the
willingness of the school boards TO
take the time and make sacrifice for
the Improvement OF school coalitions
and by the citizens in general. At
North Bennington Monday night oc-
cured a meeting that was inspiring
TO any lover of our schools. TIE
| Eflgnl baarI Of fka. Ma.