St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
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T0ST. JOHNSBURY
Unique Folder Issued by the
Commercial Club to At
tract the Tourists

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Club have just issued most attlac-
tive folder calling special attention
| to the interesting fact that St. Johns
bury is on the Roosevelt trail, coup
led with resume of some OF the
town = attractions that would natur-
ally appeal to the tourist. a large
edition has been printed and copies
will be freely supplied on demand on
application to the secretary OF the
Commercial Club at the Caledonian
office.
On one side of the folder is n road
map OF New England with the prin-
c!pal trails, including such we'll
known roads as the Connecticut riv-
Ell way, the Berkshire way, the Attain
tic highway and many others. The
Roosevelt way from Portland to
Platt3burg appears in red with St.
Johnsbury the most important town
on the map.
The back page of the folder gives
the location of St. Johnsbury and its
distance from the principal New
England cities with special mention
of the places to visit while stopping
| in toWn-the Fairbanks Museum, the
Athenaeum and the National hatch
cry. Mention is also made of the
proximity of Lake Memphremagog,
Willoughby lake and Lake Morey
and that st. Johnsbuly is the nat
ural stopping place for tourist; trav-
elling from New York or Boston to
Montreal OF Quebec, or from Lake
Champlain to the White Mountains.
Two paragraphs of the folder follow:
Two good hotels, four banks,
one daily and two weekly papers,
Academy, Almory, ten churches, two
moving picture houses, Masonic
Temple, Elks' Home and Woman's
Club House. Wcll-equipped garages
and achine shops.
"St. Johnsbury is only IS miles
from Lake Memphremagog and 30
miles &outh of Willouehby, the most
picturesque sheet OF water in New
England. Caspian Lake in Green's
boro is only % miles west of St.
Johnabury-famous for it's big fish
and having around its shores the
largest summer colony in northern
Vermont. Lake Morey, in Tairlee,
about 40 miles south of St. Johns
bury. is charmingly nestled in wood
ed hills and on it's shores and in the
immediate vicinity are score of
summer camps for boys and girls"
These folders will be distributed
East in the principal hotels and
tourist bureaus and will be especially
valuable to any touring New Eng
land. This bit of publicity will be
followed by another folder calling
especial attention to st. JohnGbury's
ADVANTAGES for lnanuiac uiin.. pur-
poses with Tie Il. OF bringing mere
industries into town.
The Roosevelt trail, as most every
one knows, extends from Portland on
the Atlantic coast to Portland on the
Pacific coast. 1t is the plan to have
an organization in each state to see
that the trail is properly marked and
to have as many members as possible
interested in keeping up this national
highway. Max l.. Powell of Burling-
ton is head of the Vermont organiza-
ton and the trail in Vermont has
been clearly marked. The official
marker is red band with white
above and below with the letters ct.
r." in white on the red ereand. John
c. Hutchins of North Stafford is
chairman Of the New Hampshire
branch ~ the national association
and Commissioner Everett of the
State highway department has
charge of marking the trail from
Littloton to- the Maine state line.
The Vermont association will dis
tribute out of funds secured by Mr..
Powell 5000 of the handsomest
booklets ever turned out to be dis
tributed throughout the United
States where there are prospective
visitors to the Green Mountain state.
The same cover will be used on the
booklets which is used by other
states, and inserted in this will be
1G page pamphlet, which win contain
selected material descriptive of Ver-
mont. 1t will have some beautiful
scenic pictures as we'll as many Of
historical interest and will contain
reading matter. The covers are of
the best quality and the association
hac Daid S300 fnr r 00O of them