The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-25
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER rs, 1929.
ROBERT S. pRYspALE


Robert S, Drysdalc, who died Fri
day has been for many years Ben.
ningtons leading merchant, and
the leading merchant in the
state OF Vermont.
From small beginnings and with no
capital save the earnings of the busl-
ness Mr. Drysdale has built up the
largest and finest store in the state
of Vermont, a bigger and better store
than is often found in t wn of less
than hundred thousand people and
a store that has brought trade to
Huntington from larger towns in all
lcMs'Qs. Ab g
b Mr 1DrSsdaie has done all this
through HIS own hafd work, force
and ability During the past twenty
years be has taken very few days
off and has always been remarkable
in sensing ahead of time the future
OF merchandising. On many occas.
ions his friends and business asscci-
ates have been actually alarmed at
the magnitude of his preparations
for coming selling season but
almost invariably events proved that
his judgment was sound and his Wis
ion correct
He made a big city store in small
town and, hundreds of bennington
women who have had the opportuni
ty to compare stocks in the Drysdale
store with those in Albany, Troy,
North Adams and Piusfeld have Of
ten found a larger assortment, better
reflections and mtre reasonable prices
at the Benninet0u store Mr. Drys-
dale was always abreast Of the tines
and far ahead Of most small town
INGREDIENTS
Mr., nrysdale was a great believer
in advertising. Readers OF the Ban
lner know Of the thousands Of col.
umns Of Drysdale store advertising
tnrinted in this paper during recent
lyears- Practically every line Of these
advertisements was written by Mr.,
| Drysdale himself. oyey and over
again he has been heard to declare
/ that the secret Of success In mer.
ehandisins is to get the goods that
the trade demands and then adgor-
tise those goods so thoroughly that
every newspaper reader knows where
to find them,
lie gave more attention to alyer,
Using than to any other enc part CT
his store management During the
carly struggling years it was the adj
Iyertisug of the Drysdale store that
kept The Even ne Banner. When
the publisher Of this paper first came
to Bennington eighteen years age
Mr. Drysdale urged him to start a
daily paper here in order to give
/ Bennington merchants a chance tc
reach the buying public a7g
Robert Drysdale was one of thC
mcH0 .genepoae ofs mef For quart
er of a century he was a gcpcrour
fshbstribcr II ey9ry local need and
often gave more than he cQu'd af
fordq No one in Distress or nsec
ayerswent, to ll'm and CAME ava!
iempty handed9 Even in ca7ca O
doubt he gtnqfoqgly prefergn1 to on
on. the side Of kindness and brother
tlB love. lie was particularly inter
ested in the fire department and the
Girls Civic League and responded tt
their every call.
In politics he was an independent
Democrat who did not hesitate t.
place his convictions above partisan
ship When in 1906 he was FINAL,
prevailed upon TO accept the Demo
cratic nomination for town represen
tative he was elected by a large ma
iority over popular Republican op
ponent. He served at Montpelici
with distinction but did not enjoy
beng away from his family and hi
home town and could not be induced
ITO run again.
Bennington has met a serious loss
in the death Of Mr. Drysdale Hi,
place in the community cannot bt
filed. The whole town and com
munity round about joins with hi'
family and intimate trends II
n1Oi1rpinu HE nareinU aurnv