Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
GREATER VERMONT NOTES.

The Vermont society at san Diego, Cal,
held "sugaring off, party last week.
The Buffalo, y. y, Society of Vermont
crs recently became member of the
Greater Vermont association.
Boa rds of trade in Caledonia county are
IN correspondence with view to having
an exchange of visits on Greater Vermont
auto tours and inspection Of local indus
trial plants.
On Monday. May Is, there was held AT
Manchester a mass meeting to boom the
Long Trail and mountain development in
Bennington county. Herman y. Morse.
secretary of the Bennington County Yer
mont Improvement association, gave
| lecture on the Bennington county noun
tains and the Long Trail, illustrated by 50
stereopticon slides.
| The White River Junction board Of
trade has increased its membership this
year from 80 to 50, The board IS raising
funds to be applied to the oiling Of the
streets in White River Junction and IN
| Hartford during this season. About 500
| has been raised for this purpose and for
the cleaning of the streets. The board has
been instrumental in the Improvement Of
the local freight service. Two policies are
under consideration, tho holding Of a
Chautauqua week In August, and the en-
ployment Of students in the Tuck school
Of Dartmouth College to aid in the admin
lstrativc work of the board during the
next college year.
The Mortified Commercial club plans u
open Paine Mountain Park on Wednes-
day. July 10. The summit of the noun
tain was secured as a public park by the
Commercial club. July Il will be Pain5
Mountain day, day of celebration with a
barbecue in the afternoon and music and
speaking in the evening. \ good road
will make it possible for visitors to drive
to the top of the mountain. 1t Is hoped
that boa rds Of trade on Greater Vermont
auto tours, especially those Of Washing
ton county. will attend the celebration
and aid the Commercial club in the open
ing of the park.
There are many local Improvement
under way in windsor. \ large force OF
men is at work paving Main stree
, through the business section Steps are
being taken to remove all electric ligh
and telephone wires and poles from thu
central part of the village. Bids ar
being received for the construction of {
: new eight room schoolhouse at the hea'
of State street. The Windsor associate
are building five double houses on Hall
: terrace.
The following interesting letter ap
proving the Greater Vermont pilgrim
: ages for high school students has bee
:. received from an enthusiastic Vermonte
. In Washington, ID. c.; Il believe one o
= the best possible means of unifylng tn
splendid ermont spirit the Create
> Vermont association has done so niue
to encourage, would be by taking tn
youth of the State to travel as much
possible through the State. in thel
r formative period, letting them learn h.
@ personal observation the manifold re
G sources of our commonwealth and get
O first hand knowledge of the topography
= and of the character of the many diver
+ sihed interests that now lie practically
:, dormant in SO many respects. such
o course if systematically undertaken b
school authorities, would go far TO sun
plement and enlarge the lessons to b
learned from books, and equip our risn
generation with a stock of informatlo
" that would enable them to combat a NOR
' or less Indifferent or skeptical opnio
OF the outside world, by meeting criticism
e and comment in the language of the oil
II classic IAN Of which | saw and part c
n which | was"