The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-26
BENNINGTON
SPORTSMENEAT
BROOK TROUT
Annual Dinner of County AS
sociation Last Night
S. B. HAWKS PRESIDES
Nearly a Hundred in Attendance and
There Was Fish Enough and
to Spare.
S. B. HAWKS PRESIDES

Indisputable evidence that Benning-
ton and Bennington county provide the
best brook trout fishing to be found
| in Vermont, and that this section al
so breeds as good sportsmen as can
be found anywhere IN the United
States, was produced Monday evening
at the second annual trout dinner OF
the Bennington County Forest Fish
and Game association held at the
Putnam house.
Between ninety and hundred men,
members of the association and their
invited guests. attended the banquet.
All had their appetites with them, but
they failed TO consume an average of
one pound OF trout per man. Six hun
dred and twenty-five trout, dressed.
weighed SO pounds, had been turned
in by the fishermen. Although the
tempting platters made the rounds Of
the tables several times. there We're
twenty pounds of trout left after the
last belated guest had cried. "hold,
enough!"
Wild iris one of the prettiest flow
ers that bloom on the banks of Yer
mont streams, was used for the table
decorations. most appropriate selec-
tion for such an occasion. The fish
were eXcellently cooked and were ac-
companied and followed by mashed
potato, peas, salad, pickles and olives,
mayonnaise dressing, ice cream, cake
and concluding with demi tasse and
cigars.
President S. B. Hawks of the asso-
citation, who was the guiding spirit
and principally responsible for
the large quantity of trout that graced
the tables, presided. The toastmaster
stated that the association had hoped
to have as guests on the occasion.
some of the men who are directly
identified with the conservation in
terests of the state. but that these
invited guests had been unable to be
present, he read the following let
ters:
Cambridge, VT, June 23, 1919
Mr. County Fish and Game Asso.
Bennington, VT.
Dear Mr., Pelley:-Your letter re-
ceived inclosing complimentary tic
ket and invitation to be present at the
annual trout dinner of your associa-
ton to be held on Monday evening,
the 25th. Mr. L. II. Connell, chief
clerk of the department is away ar
ranging for the distribution of finger
linuc in Nindhan couutv Mr EOn
nell will not return until Tuesday,
which makes it impossible for me to
accept your invitation owing to the
press of business upon the Office at
this time.
Please present to the association my
appreciation of their kind invitation
and assure them of the cooperation of
this department in their work. | re-
main,
Very truly yours,
Linus Leavens. Commissioner
st, Johnsbury, VT, June %, 1917
Mr. w. ID. Pelley, sec.
County Fish and Game
Asso.
VT
Dear Sir
| regret very much that my work |
is such at this time that it is not /,
possible for me to accept your kind |
and be with you at your |
annual trout dinner on Monday eve
ming
Please extend to the membership of |
your association an assurance of the |
heartiest cooperation on my part in |
the good work you are doing.
Very truly yours,
A. II. Dinsmore
Superintendent.
The president also read the roll Of |
honor, the names of the fishermen and !
the pounds of fish they contributed to |
the dinner. Some of the fishermen |
in the list, made more than one contri- |
button The list follows: w. HI
Bradford, Roy Hannish and John Dav
is, 19 pounds; Harry Taylor, S. b.
Hawks and Charles Herrick. s; |
Charles Herrick and S. B. Hawks,7; |
Harry Taylor, S. B. Hawks and |
Herrick, s; Charles Herrick |
and S. b. Hawks, 6; Dennis Hall, Har-
ry Ward. Hector Ward and Harry |
Stone, II; Marden r. Nichols and |
Clarence L. Holden, 5; r. s. Spencer
and r. d. Jenney, 5; Norman B. Bas-
sett, 5; Marvin White and Zodiac
White, II; John ]. Morrissey, l. To-
al, Sc.
The first speaker of the evening was
d. Pelley, the secretary, who
was called upon to describe the activi-
les of the association during the past
'ix months. The secretary went into
ietail and gave a vivid description of |
he different projects that had been
Undertaken and which showed that