The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-11
"soosT VERMONT
tlttel Men Have Been Making Plans
For Future.

This is the Solgan adopted by the
Hotel Association in its determination
to acquaint the whole Nation with the
glories of the Green Mountain State"
as summer and winter resort
Every Vermonter knows his State
is the most wonderful vacation land in
the country. Thousand OF visitors in
the last few years have learned like.
wise. All it has lacked In the past has
been publicity and aggressiyeness,
which from now GU will be supplied
by the Hotel Association with the co,
operation, it Is hoped of the seven
hundred hotels and boarding houses,
lie commercial and civic organizations,
the newspapers aud the. entire
Icitzenry.
Headquarters OF the Association have
been established al The Woodstock
Inn, Woodstock with Robert II.
Derrah in charge.
Mr.. Derrah is widely known through
out New England as publicity man and
booster extraordinary He is now
covering the entire. State by automo.
lille seYery city, town and hamlet, to
collect data that Will be sent the coun.
try over TO inform everyone of the
glories OF Vermont.
For years Mr.. Derrah has made
specially of work OF this character.
Few men know New England as he
does. For twelve years he published
"Derrah's Street Railway Guide
which was regarded as an authority
in thousands of New England homes
in the days before the automobile
Isupplanted the trolley car as tour
ing conveyance. Mr.. Derrah was con
Injected also with the great Boston
Elevated Railway System for twelve
years, FIVE years OF which he was
secretary to the President.
During these years Mr.. Derrah
made frequent trips through Vermont.
! a lover OF nature, he admired her
beauty spots, although his admiration
was tempered with regret that the
glories of the State were not as famjli.
ar to the outside world as they
should be.
In later years outsiders have come
10 know the Green Mountain State"
better. Every visitor became noos.
ter and prevailed upon his or her
friends to visit the grand old State.
so glorionsly endowed by nature and
so rife with historic points OF interest.
Even today however. Vermont has
not received her full share OF holiday
Visitors, Now Mr.. Derrah is here to
he p Vermonters help themselves to
obtain this desirable and remunera.
tive patronage.
And what State has more TO offer?
! Go where the tourist will. from the
Canadian border to the Massachusetts
line, and his eye will be regaled with
the magnificent scenic panorama that
will be spread before him.
Vermont is fortunate In having some
OF the finest and best equipped hotels
In New England, famed for their hos
lpitality and good cheer. 80 character
istic of the taverns Of an earlier day.
Other than the hotels there are count
less farmhouses. each OF which is open
to shelter tourists who wish to get
close to Nature and enjoy a real
vacation
What has your town to offer? The
Hotel Association OF Vermont is eager
to obtain all possible information re.
gardng ,ommodations and attrac.
lions. All such information sent to
the Information Bureau at the Wood.
stock Inn will be conveniently arrang.
ed so that 1t will be easily accessible
10 the prospective visitor.
Lakes, rivers. mountains and a
climate that cannot be surpassed.
the Green Mountain State" has every.
thing 10 make vacation spent here
worth while
No other spot In the country has
greater charms than may be found
here. Mountains ranging from lofty
peaks hazardous enough to stimulate
the ambitions OF an Alpine climber,
scale down to gentle slopes that may
be conquered by any novice.
Vermont has long been known as
the usherman's paradise. Her spark
ing waters OF lake and mountain brook
""SNhN WIN AiNNl duu sullN Duss
awaiting the anglers fly. Scores Of
lakes, headed by the lordly Champlair
dot the landscape. with the mighty
Connecticut rolling down to the sea.
Golfers may indulge in their sport
over some OF the finest and best kept
links in the East.
Two of the most attractive features
OF Vermont are her splendid road.
and her accessibility Tourists travel
ing by motor may ride over smooth
highways from one end of the Stat,
| to the other, even ascending the high
est mountain peaks in this manner.
For those who travel by rail New
York and Boston are but a few hour,
away and visitors from the grea
cities OF the middle west may reacl
the Green Mountain State" with bu
one night on the train.
Vermonters. of course, have know
5 this all along il is now our mission
: to tell the rest of the world.