The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-01
SIXTY PRESENT
At ADDRESS OF
A. {. ROBERTS
Banquet and Speeches Held at
Local Y. NJ. c. A.
SECRETARY CLARK TALKS
interesting Program 10 Given 5enning-
ton Enthus asts In Y. M. c. A.
Work.

About 60 people including the Lad
les Auxiliary the Board Of Direc-
tors and the Mems Class of the Y. NJ.
] c. a. and invited guests attended a
banquet Thursday evening at the lo-
cal Y and listened to very inter
esting and inspiring address by A. e.
Roberts, international Y. NJ. c. A..
secretary
Despite the unfortunate wea her
conditions, the tables were we'll filed
when the banquet opened at 6.30.
The menu consisting Of corn beef
hash, cabbage salad rolls, coffee and
pumpkin pie was excellenuy pre-
pared by the women Cf the Ladies'
auxiliary With Mrs John Paulson in
charge and thoroughly enjoyed. The
mea- under the supervision Of Mrs
Misses Cynthia Dewey, Margaret
SIN tn, Valda Lyons, Hope Lyons and
Catherine tradenberg served the
meal under the supervision of Mrs.
A. $. Davis
During the supper, the high schco
orchestra under the direction of Ken
meth Carpenter furnished music. The
ether musicians were Miss Alice
Bushee and Marshall Russell
Tie program for the evening was
opened by Secretary H. W. WnsoT
OF the local Y who announced a song
which was well rendered by Earl
Chase Alter this number Secretary
Winslow turned the meeting over to
A. j. Holden as presiding officer
The first speaker to be introduced
was B. y. Clarke, Vermont State
secretary, who spoke briefly Oh the
remarkable growth OF the association
and declared that the great objective
gehmd ali the Y. NJ. G. A. activities
was the bring ng up OF our boys in a
Christian way.
Secretary Clarke was followed by
A. Roberts, International secretary.
no made the principal address Of the
evening Mr. Roberts has come in
ct intact with Y. NJ C. A. work all over
the world and has been IN touch with
the youths Of every part of the Unit
ed States in conferences, and, from
hs wealth of interesting facts, gave
his audience a message OF hope and
cheer which was inspiring through
out Mr.. Roberts is man OF mag
netic personality and forceful
speaker, The very type of men who is
making successful the wonderful
work which is being carried On by
the association
MIR Roberts is a native Of New
Hampshire and is thus well acquaint
ed with the boys of New England
who he said can measure up to the
youths Of any part of the country
He declared that the one way to re-
cover from the horrible cataclysm
which has just visited the world is
to apply in every day life the princi-
Pies OF cur Lord.
Through the application OF such
principles lies the only solution of
the problem which now confront the
world Difficulties can only be over
come by following Chrsts teachings
and It is the bus mess Of the Y. Nj. c. 4
a to carry those teachings to the
Younger generation.
MIR Roberts said that civilization
IS groplng and longing Tor something
ana declared, we should learn the
law of living together, the greatest
If all Sc ences. The Golden Rule is
the fundamental law of society
This. in the speakers mind, is the
condition for which the whole wcrld .
is longing and for which we should
all unite our efforts.
The soldiers, coming back from
Europe, were looking for something