The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
LOCAL SP0RTSMEN
MEET AND EAT
ROAST BEAR
Annual Gathering Of County Fish
and Game Association
PRESIDENT CARPENTER PRESlDES
Real Game Banquet Friday Evening
Followed by Some Real Bear
Stories

Members of the Bennington County
Forest, Fish and Game association
are ali agreed that the killing of
those three bears by Warwick S. Car
penter and Junior Hawks was one OF
the most opportune incidents in the
history OF the organization. Because
of the good fortune of the hunters
the association Friday evening parti-
cipated in one of the most thoroughly
enjoyable gatherings held in Ben
nington in years. The members OF the
association have taken part in some
successful meetings and the vension
dinners that have been served at the
close Of the annual deed season have
been jolly occasions, but after Friday
nights experience the association is
unanimous in the verdict that the
real thing for an occasion of this kind
is bear, The accessories should be
mashed potato and cranberry sauce
and coffee followed by 7. d. and
Tuxedo This combination should be
quickly served
The bear dinner was preceded by
the annual business meeting of the
association. President Carpenter pre-
sided and made statement Of the
work that had been carried out by the
organization during the year. All the
bills, he said, had been paid and the
association would begin another year
in excellent shape. He spoke en-
Enthusiastically of the success that had
in Bennington county and referred to
prospective legislation in the interests
of fish and game that was likely to ap-
pear at Montpelier. He had recently
received word from Commissioner
Titcomb that the proposed fishing IL
cense was being received with favor
The commissioners, he said, is of the
opinion that there is considerable OPP
position to the continuance of the
present six inch trout law. President
Carpenter expressed the belief that the
fishing license would create a fund
large enough so that more extensive
stocking could overcome whatever
loss there might be through the re-
moval of the six inch limit. 4.
In spite of his desire that some 9TH
er member head the association
during the coming year President
Carpenter was unanimously re elected
as were also the other officers who
have served the association so well:
Vice president, Harry T. Southall;
secretary, II. p. Woodman; treasure.
G. p. Endress: executive committee
N. 4. Greenslet. f. j. Hall and Ed
ward Shanahan.
TO maintain and improve the fish
ing condition in Bennington county
appeared to be the matter in which
the association is most interested and
the members expressed their appreci-
alton of the assistance of Commission
er Titcomb and Division Superinten-
dent, A. II. Dinsmore.
At the close of the business meet
ing the members and invited guests
gathered in the main hall of n. L. o.
=. headquarters for the banquet. They
had hardly seated themselves when
some one proposed that the president
be given a rising vote of thanks for
the dinner, The president objected
He said that he and Junior Hawks
killed the bears all right enough but
that the association was more largely
indebted to Harry Southall, Hod
Woodman and half dozen hard
working fellows who prepared and
cooked the materials
President Carpenter presided and
told how he and Junior Hawks cap.
tured the bears The description es-
taDlished bears as the topic for the
evening and bear stories figured in
the remarks of nearly all OF the
speakers Those who had never
hunted or been hunted by bears told
deer stories. The speakers included
George Weston OF Bellows Falls who
is in Bennington on business, Junior
Hawks, c. III. Miller. Wm. H. Mich
OILS, Ward l.. Lyons Marden X. Mic
hols, DR.. r S. Pratt and Elmer Fl.
lockwood