The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-08
L0CALHIkERSTURN
OUT FOR G.M.C.
# ANNUAL
Large and Enthusiastic Attendance
At Bennington section Meet
ADDRESS BY STATE SECRETARY
Theron S. Dean of Burlington Tells
Local Mountaineers They are Good
and Faithful Servants.

Between sixty and seventy mem-
Green Mountain club attended the an
nual meeting and supper held We'd
nesday evening at the rooms of Gus
ter-Sixth corps post, G. A. r. In the
absence OF the president, William /.
Hare, the secretary, j. Lawrence
Griswold presided. The meeting was
not only enjoyable and interesting but
1t also renewed the enthusiasm OF the
mountain trailers in the purposes and
objects of the organization.
During the postprandial exercises
there was an apparent endeavor on
the part of all OF the speakers TO in
ject a little humor into the occasion
and all of them succeeded in an ex-
ceptionally happy manner. William
d. Pelley. who has the distinction OF
being the only member OF the club to
hit the Bennington section OF the trail
during the present winter, told how
he found markers in the dark and al
so related his thrilling experiences
with the man-eating hedgehogs to be
encountered in the vicinity of Camp
IL. Miss Jeanette Perkins had re-
vised her famous Rip Van Winkle
poem which created SO much amuse-
ment at the last annual meeting and
its reading scored another success.
The main address OF the evening
was delivered by Theron S. Dean OF
Burlington, secretary of the state or
ganization, and an enthusiastic and
experienced mountain hiker. Mr..
Deans remarks, which covered in a
brief way the work that has been
accomplished by the club since its
organization, contained considerable
information which should be of value
TO the local club in its future efforts.
He advised the club not to undertake
to build too much trail but to
thoroughly carry through the route
as far as they went. The purpose
of the organization, to make the
mountains accessible to hikers, both
members and residents of other
states. had, he said, suffered because
of poor trail building in some Sec
tions of the state. incidentally ne
said that the Bennington section mad
the largest membership in the state,
its roll being surpassed only by the
recently organized section in New
York city. Mr.. Deans address was
illustrated with stereopticon slides
from photographs made in the north
ern section of the state, the views
adding much to the interest OF the
meeting. At the close of his remarks
Mr.. Griswold threw upon the screen
number of views made in Benning-
nington and Windham counties.
At the business meeting the report
OF the publicity committee was read
by George A. Mathers as follws:
During the past year the publici-
ty committee has issued map and
guide book OF the Bennington Section.
The map was the work of Professor
Louis Puffer of the Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute and the guide book
that of Lawrence Griswold OF the
committee The maps and guide
books have been sent out by the com
mittee and Mr.. Berry of Walloomsac
Inn to all inquirers and to others
who might be interested. These pub
lications have given the Bennington
section a great deal of valuable ad-
vertising.
THE committee has answered all.
letters of INJURY, some writing as
many as six letters each asking for
detailed information; has given all
possible help to parties starting out
to make the trip over the Bennington
Section; and has kept in touch with
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