The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-26
Greater Vermont Notes.

The Montpelier board of trade is
planning 10 make a Montpelier eX-
hibit at the industrial and educa-
tional exposition to be held in Bos
ton during October, 1913.
Fifty members of the st. Johns
bury Commercial club recently en-
jcyed an outing in the White Noun
tlins The trip was made by auto
mobile, the party travelling 10
miles.
Tho SaXtons River board of trade
has just had printed a large number
Of booster envelopes" for use BY
LEGAL firms and individuals
The business men Of Rutland have
recently formed a Commission Form
of Government club. The purposes
of he club are to circulate informa-
ton among the citizens OF Rutland
upon the subject OF the commission
form OF government Tor cities. This
is to he done with the idea in
mind of getting a commission form
of government charter at the next
session of the Vermont Legislature
The earnings of the Lyndonville
Municipal electric plant are being us
ed in part to macadamize village
streets. The new Depot street is
nearly completed The Municipal
plant earned last year, after interest
ana running expenses were paid
nearly S10,00O,0O0
The new secretary of the Benning
ton County Vermont Improvement
association is Herman n. Morse. Mr..
NFrGn - of f,r,sf.. ia.
training has been along social ana
economic lines. He has made rural
life surveys in Ohio and Maryland
having prepared two notable reports.
Church Growth and Decline in
Ohio and a Rural Survey in Mary
land a study OF Montgomery com
".
Through the cooperation OF secrc
taries Of local boards of trade Yer
mont was strongly represented i'm
the June number OF the Western
New England Magazine. There were
industrial and commercial notes
from Barre. Brattleboro. Burlington.
Mortified, Rutland. St Johnsbury.
Nergonncs and Windsor Vermont
ranks second in the number of plac.
es which sent in notes. Massachus.
cits having eleven: Vermont. eight.
Connecticut, five; and New lamp
shire. one.
\, a meeting of the executive com
mitice of the western New ENGLAND
| chamber OF commerce held al
Springfield, Mass, committees were
| appointed 10 conduct camplicr
throughout western New England fol
| the extension OF the movement Il
form county agricultural association.
which employ agricultural adviser
The chamber hopes 10 awaken IN,
| counties in Connecticut and wpsfcrI
Massachusetts and New Hampshir,
and Vermont TO the Importance o
this movement. and to secure the CO
operation of the New England legis
lators at Washington in seeking fed
eral aid. Vermont was representa-,
AZ this meeting by the secretary @
the Greater Vermont association.
\ section OF the Green Mountain
club has recently been formed a
johnson. 4. W. Stone was clecfe
president and ?. w Hazen secrs
tary-treasurcr. The chairmcn of m
standing committees are as follows
Robert Warner, trails and roads
{. r. Hayford. camps and shcite
houses; G. NJ. Davis. membership
W r. Tracy. excursions: 4. c
Peaks. publicity. 4 party from IN
section has laid ont a trail fror
johnson TO the rummit OF s. erlin
Mountain. When this trail is el
tended 10 Sterling pond. there vii
be a continuous stretch of ira
from Lincoln Mountain 70 johnson
The section hopes 10 erect a roue
observatory on he summit OF Ster
ing which Will make possible clea
uhcbstrucied view OF Dc whcie hor
gnn