The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-24
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR H0N0RING
COL. R00SEV WELT
Men from Various Vermont
Towns Meet in Rutland
ORGANIZING VT. BRANCH
Vermont's Share Of Big Fund Will be
5o,ooo-october 20 to 27
the Big Days

Rutland, Sept. 24-At a meeting
called yesterday at Hotel Bardwell
for the purpose OF discussing plans
for organizing the Vermont branch OF
the Roosevelt memorial association
Chairman Earle S. Kinsley of this city
and George S. Dalgety Of New York
explained the purposes OF the mem.
orial and outlined the organization
necessary for Vermont to raise its
share of the big fund Representativ
es were present from many different
parts Of Vermont and the following
facts were presented
/. That the Roosevelt memorial
will probably be of triple character
consisting (a) of national park, in
Guiding the family home at Oyster
Bay and perhaps Sycamore Hill, (b)
a permanent memorial at Rock Greek,
Washington, of new and original de
sign on which architects and artists
are now working, (c) of permanent
foundation for the purpose OF teaching
in the schools the principles for
which Roosevelt stood and which he
stoutly maintained.
2 The Vermont organization will
consist (a) of a state committee, (b)
of county chairmen, (c) of town chair
men to whom the actual work of can.
yassing will be delegated.
g. The tentative figure for Yer
mont is $4,000 but at the request of
the Roosevelt family, no set sum will
be fixed for the gross amount.
4 The contributions are to be pure
ly voluntarily, consisting largely of 81
memberships. and the scope OF the
committees plans viii be governed
somewhat by the amount OF money
raised
5. The various organizations are
to be strictly non-partisan.
Chairman KinsleY explained the
purpose OF the meetingnand called on
Rev. Frazer Metzger of Randolph a
personal friend of Col Roosevelt, who
said the nose Importance of the mem.
1rial ought 10 be perpetuation of the
deas which his dead chief once stood
for
Prof Raymond MacFarland of Mid
llebury compared Roosevelt to the
deal Of his youthful fancy, James c.
Blaine, but said the great leader was
the first American to be recognized
as world statesman ra
Mortimer r., Proctor Of Proctor
spoke of Rooseyelt's love for the
woods and the open and J Gregory
Smith of St Adams said the import
ant work of the present was to crys-
alife into permanent form the doc
rines which the great leader stood
for
F. f. Howe and Rev. George S
Mills of Bennington exchanged pleas
lntries in regard to their advertised
'oint debate but agreed on the broad
Americanism of Roosevelt Il. D.
Raymond Of Fair Haven said that the
principles Of Roosevelt were the only
thing that would save civilization
from chaos.
John T. Gushing of St Adams. Fl
l.. Hindey of Rutland and George II.
" Allen of Fair Haven also spoke
briefly of the universal sympathy and
affection with which the man and the
leader was regarded Chairman Kins-
ley announced that he proposed to
take personal charge of the work of
organization and announced that the
big days would be from October goth
to October 27th the latter being the
anniversary of Roosevelt's 61st birth
day.
In addition to those already men
toned the following were present at
the meeting: DR.. George G. Marshall
E. l.. Olney Rutland; W. F. Rissell,
A. ]. Cooper, Bennington; r. B. Oska.
March NJ. Wilson, Randolph; H. e.
Palmer, South RoyaltOn.