The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-17
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
HAVE WINTER OUTING
Green Mountain Club Members Jour
ncy 70 sherburne Pass;
Offiosrs Elected

Rutland, Jan. Forty.one mem
bers OF the Green Mountain club. de
siriag a taste OF fresh air and an op
porumlty to get ont into the wood.
and hills. participated In the Sunday
outing which the club held Jesterda.
In connection wll,i the annual meet
ing which was he'd IN this city Sdtu.
day
IN early start was made from the
Berwick hotel Sunday morning an
the jewellers returned late In the AT
teruoon tired but happy and enthus
iastic about the perhous' side dow
lhe cable into Deer's lean caves.
Vermont was net alone m its reprt
seutation on this sh,tseeing tour
New Workers ana men rom all point
in the New England states came TO-
t0e outing ana their EXPIRE sions
appreciation Of Green mountain seen
cry We're Of q high order
Saturday evening the all-day ses
sion OF tne G. ub c.used with q stero
upticon lecture or The Long TRAN by
Theron s. Dean of Bur ingtou. Th
lecture, whi,A was free TO the publi
was largely attended and many inter
esting slides were shown.
The meeting opened at the Ber
wick Saturday morning at IL O'cloci
with q business SESSION at which sug
gestions for the program for 1872.
were made and reports OF olHcer.
heard
me report OF the trails commit
tee. submitted by Willis VI Ross
showed that during the year 1921 tn
club had extended It's trails aud i'm
proved mountain paths which had a
ready been brushed out" In regar
10 shelter houses erected this repor
showed that camp on Mount Can
mel in CNittenden which had beer
burned had been replaced and y
committee a so showed that two new
shelter houses are needed. one a
Smugglers NotCh and one at Prospect
Rock ON the bennington section. q
bridge where the Long Trail crosse
the Winooski river is n problem a
present con routing the club.
The Secretarys report tlowei tha'
tho membership OF the club Is l0SN
The treasurers report showed tina
the club had a balance with which /
do business during the year 1921 o.
$t23S. including S140 from 1920. EX
penditures totaled $ll0i, leaving o
substantial balance on hand
Sixteen trustees were elected iat
Saturday afternoon and George I
Chalmers was reelected clerk, Th
trustees are as follows; G. a. Math
ers aud j. l.. Griswold of Bennington
F. n. Tucker OF Boston, c 7. Coor
or. W. VI. Ross and G. Il. Chalmers o
Rutland. r. IT, White and Prof. =. c
Voter ul Middlcbury y. ). Dear
James p Taylor and nr l.. j. Parri
10. burlington, K, W. Saunders, Capi
In. w. Congdon and William ). Mon
roe of New York, NJ X. Proctor o
Proctor aud r, 5. Marsh of brandon
These trustees win meet IN Rul
land the second Saturday IN Marcl
and elect the officers for the year
The need OF clubhouse where
Iparties who desire may camp Tor
week or two, To supplement the pres
ent cnenight shelter houses and th'
employment OF caretakers at killing
non pcak and In some other place.
( whore there Is vandalism are pro
,ects which the club will consider u
connection with iis 1899 program
Il was stated that there arc
more and more demands for per
mannt camping place and Lake
GrlffltA east Of Dandy, was suggested
las a likely site but the matter Is en-
tlrely problematIcal as yet