The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-18

HAD 0UTINGAT
HEDGES LAKE
Members and Guests Numbered
Ninety-One
GIVEN ALL CoURTEsIEs
Bathing, Boating, Music, Address by
Mr.. Perry and Short Business
Meeting Made Up Program

Il. E, Bottum and Earl Darling ids(
evening turned over the privileges Of
the Hedges lake summer resort to
the Methodist Brotherhood and the
result was a most enjoyable outing
for the members and their guests.
There were ~ in the party that left
here in automobiles shortly after 5
o'clock During the trip to the lake
suspicion arose that there was a
Baptist missionary in disguise in one
Of the automobiles sent out from
headquarters for the purpose Of con-
! yerting the organization TO belief
in complete immersion, but it
proved to be only a shower and when
the cars rolled in and parked on the
gentle slope fronting the lake the
sun was shinging and everyone was
in the proper spirits for the royalty
! good time that followed
No outing could have been arrang
ed with less formality and it was
perhaps because OF the absence Of
detail in the arrangements that each
and every one realized that it was
up to him" to do his share in max
ing the occasion success Metho.
dists the world over are known to be
an exceptionally social lot of people
and this characteristic was much in
evidence last evening. Apparently
there wasn't an individual in the
whole 81 who had not left home with
the intention of putting his business
and work in the back ground for the
time being No one talked shop
The water was fine" and consid
cradle number ayailed themselves. OF
the opportunity They swan from
the bathing beach and they divet
: from the floats and gave a first clas.
e imitation Of bunch OF school boyl
who had learned With regret that thi
I teacher was confined at home by III
Inesr
+ Each member Of the party. with thl
|. exception OF two or three homeless
4 bachelors, had a box lunch Ever,
/ one knows the kind of lunch boxvi
put up by the Bennington wives AM
mothers. Every box contained
enongh "eats' for from four TO si
persons and the homeless bachelor
= Jared better than the others bbcaus
they had a share in a more extende
bill of fare. il any member OF III
I, party awoke this morning with tn
: knowledge that he had eaten NOR
! than was good for him ii was the fe
: low who didn't have box Coffe
, was furnished by Messers. Bottur
y and Darling.
?, All the conditions combined {
y make the gathering one that will Ion
y be remembered by all who were 70
3" tHnate enough to be present TIL
shower had cleared the atmospher
= and the temperature was just at tn
!, comfortable point. There was harl
- - ly a ripple on the surface of the lax
y and the dusk Of early evening an
y the natural beauty Of the surrom
y ings Joined TO make situation thu
~ would perhaps have had too many
~ the elements of peace and solemnit
- but for the unbounded exuberanC
:, with which all were imbued. IL WI
~ not all the spirit of youth. howeve
~ Men like Irving Il. Gibson, who h;
been in business more years than ar
" merchant in Bennington and who Ct
ried n musket in the civil war, s555a
n Senator w. A. Root who frequent
~ chauffeurs the gocart for his gran
~ son on the village streets and Luna
~ Cook who is just retiring from
" years at the watch-rcpairer's de.
were there with the rest of the DO,
81 and were just as young.
tll -.
Nv ious pavilion close to the shore
80 the lake No sooper had the tabl
'e been cleared than Fred G. Mart
w. called for gathering about 1
ie piano. half dozen whom natu
- had so kindly endowed with the abb
ty to create "a concord of swe
ny sounds" assembled about Prof =.
"s Long and for an hour there was mus
.no such as can be produced only by mi
M q" voices under the inspiration OF |
' bounded good-fellowship There "
eeS chorus singing, exceptionally pie
w ing solos by George Small Dan
Paro and Prof. Long, concluding W
some congregational harmo
which made up in enthusiasm what
W. lacked In correctness.
w The pastor Rev. j. A. Perry "a
talk. It was the kind of a talk q
a man who has had a varied exp
'"u ienoe In different communities a
a who possesses natural qualifications
a speaker Is able. to give on an
ant casion of this kind. The theme,
,om his remarks could be said to hay,
ach theme, was the fellowship OF m
TO kind, the attainment for which all
of us are striving and which he said
have failed TO reach because Off \
the understanding between the man v
ere Is inside and The man who is outs
don the chArch And. the fault, the epas
be said, Is not all on the part of the U
ntic outside. The talk was appreciatin
,tes applauded.
at There was a short business m
ing OF the organization at which
be number of new members We're
tish animously voted into the lirot
ring hood, some rousing cheers and III
dirl. for the musical entertainers
the for the proprletors OF the camp
to then each one hunted out his pa
lular automobile for the toui
home