The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-29
VERMONT AERO CLUB
MEETS AND DIMES
Banquet to About 70 in Hotel Vermont,
Burlington-N. H. Arnold of Brat
tleboro One of the Speakers.

The first annual meeting of the Aero
Club of Vermont, which was organized
at Camp Governor Gates July G, 1916,
was held in the main dining room of
the Hotel Vermont in Burlington Mon
day evening, following a bountiful
banquet which was attended by about
70, including members Of the club and
invited guests, IA places In the state
being represented. When the business
meeting had been adjourned, during
which meeting the officers elected at
the time Of organization were re-elect-
ed, James HARNESS of Springfield,
president of the association, rose as
POSTMASTER to introduce several speak
ers who held the undivided interest of
their listeners as they talked on aero
nautics. 1t is predicted that the club
will accomplish results in Vermont
along pioneer lines in aeronautics.
The officers reelected at the business
meeting were as follows: President,
James Hartness OF Springfield; vice
president. Adiutant General Lee s. Til
r. Roberts of Mortified; secretary,
bers of governing board. Governor
Charles w. Gates Of Franklin, Major
Wallace Batchelder of Bethel. Cover
| nor-elect Horace +. Graham of Crafts
| bury, Adiutant General Lee S. Tillot-
son of Montpelier, Col Ira l.. Reeves
OF Mortified, W. T. Scofeld Of Burling-
ton, Redfeld Proctor of Proctor, Clarke
c. Fits Of Brattleboro, and the presi-
| dent and secretary.
Mr.. Hardness was the first speaker
| and introduced Governor Gates, who
| told of his experience in leaving tho
| ground at the military camp ground
! last summer; Charles T. Fairfield oil
| Rutland, who was president of the Yer
| mont Aero club formed III Rutland il
| 1908; Adiutant General Lee s. TiIlot
| son OF St. Adams, who spoke of the
need of airplanes in warfare; and \
II. Arnold Of The Reformer staff.
Concerning the last speaker tn.
| Burlington Free Press SAYS in its ac
count Of the meeting:
| "Nason II. Arnold of Brattleboro. Of
international reputation as balloonist
who took part in the international race
at Berlin in 1908, was the last speaker
Of the evening and charmed his hearert
with his tale of varied experiences
| pleasant and otherwise, which he hat
| while in the race. He said that in 100
anyone could get his name into tn,
| newspapers Of the country by simply
going up once in a balloon, but nov
to get fame one must he able to per
| form such a stunt as was accomplished
by Ruth Law. Back in the days of tbs
Civil way one or two balloons wer
mentioned, five years later Paris KEEP
in communication with the outsid
| world by means of chain of bal
looms. There is a demand in time o
war for pilots who could not be sup
| piled in this country if every larg
| body of the army were to have on
| balloon. This shows the need of great
er interest. The death rate following
fatalities from aeronauticS is surpris
ingly low, and in the great majority o
eases men have met their deaths Will
experimenting The worst injury suf
fered by the speaker in 30 flights wa
the injury received to one hand whic
was kneeled upon by his rescuer VIII
pulled him from the ocean after h
brought his balloon down to the water
. when he discovered he was travelin
out to sea at high rate of speed. NJ
Arnold S story of his part in the inter
; national race was cleverlv told am
thrilling. "