The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-18
BENNINGTON HOST
To Il DISABLED
HEROES OF WAR
Soldiers Are Entertained And
Dined At the Y. NJ. c. A.
COME FROM HOSPITALS
Group Will Be Fortnight's
Guests At Camp of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. NJ. Wilson

Mrs. +. vi. wilson
Bennington was host, Friday after
noon, to eleven World War veterans,
every one Of them having been dis
abled on the battleheds of France
They had just emerged from New
York hospitals and vera enroute to
Camp Bennington. about two miles
south of the village, where for fort
night they will be guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis NJ. Wilson The boys
arrived at noon and were taken in
autos to the Y. NJ. c. A., where re-
ception preceded dinner lmmediats
ly upon their entering the 'Y" build
ing an impromptu musicale was
launched and in which Mrs James
Martin, NJ SIS Louise Estes and Henry
Damrel distinguished themselves at
the piano, while Harold Murray
violin renditions and the vocal selec-
tiOns of Earl +. Chase won for them
new laurels.
Dinner was served on the second
floor Of the "Y During the meal
General Secretary II. W. Winslow
made a neat speech welcoming the
war scared Wis tors to his institution
and the eloquent Judge E. l.. Bates
greeted and welcomed the boys ~
behalf of Bennington
1t was past o'clock in the evening
when the soldier laddies loaded them
-a n w ptpronhflpa aud
were driven to Camp Bennington. The
ride 20 the camp was delightful and
introduced the soldiers to success
sion Of natural scenery, the like of
which none of them probably had
ever seen before. Remember, these
young men all happen to live in
Greater New York, where the grand.
eur Of the Green Mountains is hot
duplicated on the citys streets.
S tuat on is Beautiful
And wAat an ideal place for an
outing Camp Bennington is, The
grandeur Of the environments of the
camp was only eqrtled by ideal hos.
p taiity of the Wilson's, the owners Of
the property Yes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson were there to welcome the
soldiers and the warmth of 'heir vel
come could not be surpassed They
had everything to the last letail, in
readiness for their guests The fine
bungaoes, where the boys will live
wnen in doors while at the camp,
were not merely comfortably, put
really uxuriously furnished for their
comfort. Deeply upholstered couches
and settees were everywhere N evil
dence. Porches were well equipped
with rock ng chair accommodations
and the dormitorieS really would
make one sleepy just to take peak in
at them. The mess house building
was another OF the inviting places.
A cursory glance into the kitchen
would convince one that nobody will
be hungry around Camp B9Nn ng.on
for the next fortnight or more. The
supplies there even included huge
boxes OF cigarettes for the soldiers
delight Nh and Mrs Wilson
brought their coor,d chef. David
Steele up from New York and he
will remain at the camp during the
summer to prepare epicurian deli
cacies for the relays of soldier guests
that Will inhabit the premises BY
the way, David seemed, Thursday, to
be enjoying life in the wooded noun
tains about as hugely as anybody
else on the property.
After the boys had been introduc-
ed to their new quarters and the bag
gage had been property stored, all
filed down one of the beautiful bills
to little dormtory building. in
Sront of which a flag pole had been
eyected Colonel James W. French
Of the United States army, who said
he wanted it understood that he was
more Irish than French, was at the
spot When all were ranged round
the pole the colonel called hats
eff" and then hoisted to the breeze
a beautiful silk hag of the Republic.
While raising the flag, Colonel
French broke into oratory and pro.
posed a toast to The visiting war
riors And then II y. Williams de-
mandcd the audiences attention
and he was & ven what he requested.
Mr.. williams told of a tiny he and
the Wilson's made to Camp Eenning-
ton, pendinG the sale of the proNerty.
Mr. Wlliam& was the broker who he
gotiated the deal The estate en-,
braces nearly 60 acres, but that
doesn't matter. What Mr. Williams
had ON his mind Thursday, was this
the day he and the Wilson's Wis ted
the camp Mrs Wi son accidentally
stepped upon and crushed some kind
of a tiny creeping thing, and Mr,NVil
liams said that the thought of hav.
ing killed that little worm really
spoiled Mrs. Wilson's pleasure that
day He cited the instance, he said,
mercy to demonstrate the ndness
of heart of the mistress of Camp
Bennington.
Camp Finely Equipped
Camp Bennington is one of the
beauty spots of the Green Mountain
range and Mir. Wilson has It equipped
with everything imaginable for a
mountain farm There's bathing
build ne into which water is pumped
from the hills, a saw mill to cut up
timber, many acres o. growing crops
several considerable spaces planted
to garden truck, poultry and cow
lie has a place out there fit for a