The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-19
WAR TRAIN WILL
TOUR COUNTY To
BOOM BOND SALE.
North Bennington. SALISBURY
and Arlington
NO. BENNINGTON PLANS
ArIinston's Quota Is $2o.4Oo-Two Re-
turned Soldiers are to Speak
at Arlington
10. BENNINGTON PLANS


of which Harrie C. White is chair
man is getting things in line for
quick canvass beginning Monday.
The War Train is to be at North Ben
nington at $3.50 Wednesday
All Victory Liberty Loan canvas
sers for North Bennington are re-
quested to be present at meeting of
canvassers at the bank rooms at 1880
p. m. Monday evening, April 21st.
The following canvassers have been
appointed:
Mrs. p. H. Dalton, William p
Green, Daniel Barber, Jr., Arthur Pat
ten, Rev. f. NJ. Derwacter, Miss Bird
gle Leonard, Miss Marguerite Eddy,
Miss Lyn S. Durffee and Miss Rosa
lind White.
General Committee Harrie C.
White, chairman; Ralph A. Jones,
Rev. Thos. j. Burke, A. S. Payne,
Mrs. Harrie c. White, Chairman, Wo-
mems Victory Loan Committee.
John Risdon, Arlington town chair
man, the members of his committee,
and Mrs. G. A. Russell, chairman Of
the womens committee, and her as
sistants will begin active work Mon
day morning in the Arlington Victory
Loan campaign. They expect to have
the towns quota of S20,4O0 subscrib-
ed by the time the War Work Train
leaves Arlington station Wednesday
afternoon.
II had been planned to hold a rally
Monday evening but owing to the fact
that there is 10 be a dance in East
Arlington on that night it has been
decided to hold the mass meeting on
Tuesday evening. This will be at the
town hall in Arlington village at 8
O'Clock. Il is planned to have all
speakers men who have been under
fire. Among them will be George F.
Jones of Rutland, nephew Of William
|. Jones of Arlington, Arthur Parady
who enlisted from Arlington, and Eli
Hall of Sunderland An effort will
be made to have many branches OF
the service as possible represented
by men who we're under fire to tell
OF their experiences. The combined
= Community Choruses OF Arlington
and East Arlington villages will furn
ish music.
Mr.. Jones returned to his home in
Rutland a week ago after long ser
vice as an ambulance driver He has
D been decorated for bravery. He /.
q a graduate of a school of journalism
aud plans to write a book on tn.
war Accounts of his experiences
r at the front are now appearing in the
y Rutland Herald.
Mr.. Parady will represent the ar
tillery branch in which he saw ser
q, vice in several offensives He recent
ly gave a wonderfully interesting ac
count Of his experiences before
/ smaller gathering and exhibited som,
striking pictures.
Mr.. Hall is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Hall of Sunderland. The ar
IS my division of which he was a mem
br is now in the army Of Occupation
He went to the the hospital thret
hours after the armistice took efIec
as the result of a plunge in a rive
II bridge over which had been thre,
= times shot down by the Germans il
II their effort to maintain their position
He arrived week ago having COM
Il over as a casual due to sickness.
The War Work Train will arriv
s at Arlington station from Manchest
er on Wednesday at 1890 and remaii
.s until $3.50 o'clock Besides the IN
n teresting exhibit Of war machines an,
" trophies there will be five speaker.
10 including principally returned heroes
The ladies of the two villages wi
serve dinner to the members of tn
e. train who number sixteen, includin
III the train crew.
II is confidently expected that NO
s. only Arlington but the surroundin
towns will be represented by practi,
o ally every person as was the case las
fall when Arlington gained the repl
No tation of extending one of the mos
enthusiastic receptions the Wa
Work Train received on It's tour
When the war train arrives in BeI
ningtca there will be speaking at IN
IA station by soldiers who accompany tn
- train Rev r. r, Carly and Re,