The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-17
Greater Vermont Notes

and Professional Mems Association
of st. Adams has been busy handling
an Agricultural and Industrial Expo
sition, and the Commercial Club of
st. Johnsbury has been making prep
arations to take care of the State
Teachers Convention in st. Johns
bury. Oct. Is, 16, II.
The Middlebury Board of Trade re-
ports summer activities along the
lines of looking up lumber resources
and of handling considerable cores
pondence of inquiry with regard to
many local matters.
The following items are on the
docket" of the Montpelier Board OF
Trade: An Industries Ray lmprov-
ed lighting of the city, the building
of an opera house, promotion of
Corn, Apple and Vegetable Show,
river front improvement, relocating
and identifying OF the highway lead
ing southeast, and distribution of
Montpelier signs throughout the
country.
The Windsor Machine company
has recently added to its working
force between fifty and sixty new
men, and the plant is being operated
until $3.50 p. nj. on four days OF the
week AS a result business In gen
eral in Windsor Is picking up. An
evidence OF this is that work has be-
gun in remodelling the "Meriheld
Block" on Main street"
AT recent meeting OF the West
ern New England Chamber OF Com
merce held at Greenfield. Mass. Yer
| mont was represented by James
HARNESS, Springfield; George Chel
| mers, Rutland; w. b. Glynn, Saxton
River; A. A. Carlton, West Newbury
James z. Taylor, Burlington. The wall
of the room in the Weldon Hotel
where the meeting was held were
hung with pictures, maps and charts
illustrating the activities OF the Ben
nington Vermont improvement as
sociation and the Hampden County.
Massachusetts lprnyement league.
On Tuesday and Wednesday. OCto-
Der q and Z. two organizations went
OH Greater Vermont Better Ac
quaintance Tours, the Burlington
Merchants Association and the Brat
tleboro Board of Trade. The former
made stops at stowe, MoTisville,
Wolcott, Hardwick, St Johnsbugy.
East Burke, aud Scwpor'; the latter
at Manchester, Rutland Woodstock.
and Springfield. In numbers these
two-day trips broke all records, the
Burlington party being composed Of
fifty men and the BrattlebcsG party
OF elghty-six men. These tours dur
ing the last year have been SO sue
cessful and so significant that they
are becoming a characteristic Yer
mont Institution. The next season
will see larger and larger realization
of The Greater Vermont Association
slogan. Tours Everywhere In Yer
mont for Every Board Of Trade" if
one can Judge of the future from the
comments on these two tips. The
following selections are taken ITCin
a letter sent to tho Office OF Tnc
Greater Nc.latIt Association by the
Secretary OF The 'attleboro Boara
of Trade: I'VE started in seventeen
automobiles. eighty six Strong. The
members of our Board of Trade we're
very generous about loaning room in
their cars to ouc members, and the
chairman of the Entertainment Com
mittee said that he was having the
best time Of his life getting the thing
up. Each one of the cars had two
banners upon II printed in large let.
ters, On tho first line "Brdttleboro,"
and on the second line Board of
Trade Each member was provided
with a tag about two by five inches
with a place for tho name, address
and occupation. The weather condi-
tions were very favorable. Ne be
lievo this is the best event We hav,
ever ben able 10 pun of, but our en-
thusiasm is such now that we. feel
that we can go one better noEt ear