The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-07-28
BOOSTING VERMONT.
Tour of Inspection Being Made BY
MIR. Derrah.

Tour Of Inspection Being Made BY
Mr.. Derrah.
The Hotel Association of Vermont,
having closed it's information bureau
in the Hotel Woodstock, New York
City, and the Hotel Brunswick in Bos-
ton, is now making a thorough inspec.
ton of every hotel, boarding and farm
house in the state that caters to the
tourist and vacationist, with view
of establishing information bureaus
in the principal cities of the eastern
| and central states.
| R H Derrah, publicity director of
the association, who is making this
tour of inspection, arrived at Hotel
Barre Tuesday evening after finish
ing Orange County. To Times re-
porter he stated that there are some
six hundred hotels, boarding and
farm houses in the state that cater
to the vacationist, and it is the desire
of the association that detailed in
formation from personal hnvestiga-
ton, may be obtained of each and
every place so that the pleasure-seek-
ing public will be assured of exact
facts through the various bureaus it
is arranging to establish another year.
1t is the only association in New Eng
land that is covering their respective
states in such thorough manner and
their methods will do much to popu-
larize the state as a summer play
ground.
Forty-six places in Orange county
were visited and the most interest
ing of them were the fourteen sum
mer camps for boys and girls. Most
of these camps are picturesquely lo-
Gated on the shores of Lake Morey
and Fairlee lake. Few Vermonters,
said Mr. Derrah, fully realize the inn
portance of these camps to the state
of Vermont. There are some forty
nine similar camps located in various
sections of the state. Most of the
owners are professors in universities
throughout the country. They not
only bring some twenty-five hundred
boys and girls, of the highest type,
into the Green mountains year after
year, from every state in the union,
but their parents and friends come
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camps advertise in the various dailies
and magazines, and their attractive
booklets, all combined go far towards
popularizing this section of New
England as the natural summer play
ground of the east.
There are hundreds of places with
in the confines of the Green Noun
tain state that are especially suited
for boys and girls camps, and we
should do all in our power to en-
courage more to come into the state.
: The association has grown SO rapid
ly during the past 18 months that
the question of place with proper
facilities to hold its fall outing early
in September, is causing much con-
Germ.
Several places have sent in bid
for the meeting, but to date, John V
Rowen of the Hotel Barre and some
members of the executive committee,
who have the matter in charge, are
favorably impressed with the advan-
tages offered at Camp Quinibeck, de-
lightfully located on the border of
Fairlee lake. 1t consists of two hum
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looking one of the finest lakes i'm
eastern Vermont. Miss Anna A
Dodge of Newport, who manages the
camps, states that she can accommo-
date over $50 guests in her house. and
various bungalows, the Hotel Low, at
Bradford and Lake Morey club at
Lake Morey will also hold their house
open to take care of any overflow.
Here the guests will have the bene-
fit of some seven tennis courts, a
baseball field, basketball, and the
various camps around will arrange to
supply the guests with all the saddle
horses they desire for trips over the
shady mountain trails.
The convention, according to MIR
Rowen, will cover two days and bring
together hundreds of Vermonters who
are interested in the development of
the state besides many prominent
hotel men throughout New England
whom the officials of the association
are anxious to have see and learn
more about the Green Mountain
state as a touring and vacation
region.