The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-18
HISTORIC TOWN OF
BENNINGTON IS
VISITED
BY New York State Historical
Society Pilgrims
$50 GUESTS WERE PRESENT
Met Here by Former Governor Stick.
ney and Members Of the Local
Battle Monument Association

In spite of the threatening wealth
er about eighty members of the New
York State Historical association,
which is holding its fourteenth an
nual meeting in Saratoga Springs,
left that city this morning by special
train for Bennington arriving here
shortly after IL o'clock.
The party was met at Hoosick
Junction by E. T. Griswold and James
Beckett, superintendent of the
Walter A. Wood Co, of Hoosick
Falls. The train moved along slowly
| after leaving Walloomsac and Mr..
Beckett gave a talk on the Benning-
| ton battlefield and the historical
points OF interest along the route.
The party were met at the local sta
ton by a number of automobiles and
carriages and were conveyed directly
to the battle monument at Old Ben
| nington, where they also visited
other places of historical interest in
| GLIDING the Old First church and the
site of the first house built in the
village They also made brief visit
| TO the Walloomsac Inn.
Main street put on gala appear
| ance in honor of the occasion, many
of the stores along the street dis
playing the national colors and being
| draped in bunting.
| The officers of the New York state
society, who came to Bennington
were, Pres. Hon James A. Roberts,
| LII ID. of New York city; LIST. vice
pres, Hon. Grenville NJ. Ingalsbe of
Hudson Falls, N. Y; End. vice pres,
| Sherman Williams of Glens Falls;
secretary. Frederick b. Richards of
Glens Falls; asst secretary DR.. Will
liam A. L. Cummings of Ticonderoga;
treasurer, Hon. James A. Holden also
| of Glens Falls. The members of the
committee on program present were
| Frank j. Wilder of Saratoga Springs,
George X Hawkins OF Plattsburg and
Thomas r. Kneil, superintendent of
schools OF Saratoga
| Among the prominent members OF
the society, who made the trip were
DR.. Henry McCracken. Ex-Chancellor
of New York University, Col. John
| w. Vroman, former Lieutenant Gov
ernor of New York, of New York
city; Gen. Charles l.. Davis of Sche-
nectady, Congressman William S.
| Bennett, republican candidate for gov
ernor of New York state and Lieut..
Col. William Henry Corbuser, U. S.
army retired, who was in fifteen or
sixteen of the important engagements
of the Civil war and also fought in
the Gerinimo campaign in Arizona.
Miss Mary ii. Haldane of Cold Spring
n Y, prominent member of the ID.
A. X. and of the Society of Colonial
also former Gov. w. w. Stickney of
Ludlow, who is president of the Yer
mont Historical society
Rev. Henry Belcher, NJ. A, LII. D.,
Fellow of Kings College, London and
Of the Royal Historical Society, who
is to read a paper on Burgoyne at
the third session of the society in
Saratoga this evening, was also
among those present Mr.. Belcher,
who is the author of First American
Civil War;" made the trip to America
at this time for the express purpose
of delivering an address before the
New York society.
Following the trip to the historical
points of interest. the visitors were
taken to the parlors of the Second
Congregational church, where they
we're received by a committee, of
which Mrs. Henry S. Bingham was
chairman and which was composed
of Mrs. Henry G. Root, Mrs. Arthur
j. Holden, Mrs. William A. Root,
and Mrs. Charles A. Tibbals, all OF
whom are members of the National
Society Colonial Danes of America
and of the ID. A. r.
The decorations in the parlors were
the colors and pennants
from the gulboat. . Bennington,
which are in the Possession of the To-
cal chapter of the ID. A. r. There
was an artistic arrangement OF flags
and the floral decorations were car
ried out to harmonic with the ma.
tional colors, large vases of saliva,
white astors and Queen Anne's lace
being used.
At one o'clock, luncheon was serv.
ed inthe chapel by the members of
the Ladies Aid society of the Second
Congregational church Of which Mrs.
Laura b. Cole is president, and who
was chairman of the committee in
charge OF the arrangements. The
committee was made up of the fol.
lowing members OF the society: Mrs
James +. Burke, Miss Maude Belden,
Mrs. Maurice Rudd, Mrs Sherman
Thompson, Mrs. Harry ]. Cole, Mrs
Calvin Endress, Mrs. Charles Math.
ers, Mrs. Henry Fonda, Mrs. +. b
Patterson, Mrs. c. A. Perry and Mrs
r. S. Buss.
The committee had prepared for
$50 guests and about that number sat
down to the tables. which we're dec.
decorated with the red and white
flowers.
The menu as prepared was as fol
lows.
chicken pie potato croouettes
tomato salad
cheese