The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-16
MERRY OLD TIME
RESULT Of TRIP
TO HEDGES LAKE
NOISY DEACON is JAILED
Good Eats, Better Music And
Best of Speaking Feature
Big Event

The largest attended summer out
ing in the history of the organization
was held by the Methodist Brother
hood at Hedges Lake last night.
There were 256 from Bennington, 81
from South Shaftsbury, and delega-
tons from White Creek Salem, Hoo
sick Falls. and Arlington brought
the crowd up to probably the largest
that this popu ar resort had ever
seen.
Pract cally all of the musicians in
Remington were there; instrumental
and yocalists, and the music was
feature. that viii long be remember
ed Rev Rayi-Booth. mounted on a
chair, led the congregational sing
ing with his usual pep and success.
One fellow in the crowd was heard
to say, Gosh, ! didn't know | could
s.ng a note til tonight" The solo
and quartet work was under the direc
tion Of Prof E. e Long. and the in
strumental by l.. l.. Gokay. The full
latter supper city band played dur
ing the evening a number of se.ec-
tlons, and assisted very materially in
the mass singing and the grand
march to the tune of Liza Jane. The
Methodist double male quartette,
Earl Chase, Il. f. Long, Frank Hur-
ley and Max Cru Xshanke sang and
were roandly encored Mr.. Cruix-
shanks recited a humorous selection
and although his name sounds like
pickles, he proved a very popular
entertainer with his impersonation OF
Harry Lander,
Wag Creates Amusement
The speakers were Rev. L. E.
Benn of South SALISBURY, Rev.
Geo. S. Mills, Rev James A. Perry,
and II. w. Winslow, of Bennington
of whom spoke br efly and in a
laughter and app ause. The wag in
the crowd made home run, when he
sad it would take more than three
drops to induce the South Shafts
bury bunch to come up to the piano
making play upon the text of Rev.
Benn who invited his boys to come
up and sing Old Black Joe back
wards.) The fellows all responded.
hoWeyer, and back to back sang lust
ily.
The accompanies upon the piano
we're Marden Nichols and Harry
Phi lip,
Members of the Odd Fellows band
were present and lent what aid they
coud to the interest of the occasion
as vel as did the Italian Mandolin
and Guitar club,
Deacon Is Jailed,
There was but one incident which
could in any way have marred the
peaceful happn ness of the occasion.
One of the invited guests Deacon f.
b. Patterson of the Second Congre-
gationa church, broke loose while
the band was playing two-step and
went Waiting around the casino with
broom for a partner. He was
promptly arrested by Game Warden
T.. d. Moore for making seine"
and turned over to Jaier Arthur Rus
sell who forced him to keep still un-
til his collar was dry, as wei as his
throat. when ne was given a bottle
of birch pop and cigar and turned
back into respectable society
Much credit is due to R. W. Atwel,
who arranged for the musical pro-
gram; to President Martin n the way
he supervised the Whole affair, and
to F. H. Bottum and f r. Griswold
who id the hard work in solving
the transportation problem.
Photographs Of the group we're
taken by W. II. Green and j. h, Girls
wo'd, which viii be on exhibit on
within a day OF two Those who did
not return the army song books,
which were used in the mass singing
are requested to mail them at once to
f r. Griswold or Rev Ravi-Booth.
They were ndly loaned for the oc-
ca ion and the committee want to
account for every copy The edition
is out Of print and It is important that
they be kept together to be OF value
in future public singing