The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-23

airy organization should give specli
attention forthwith We refer to tn
important task OF systematically az
quirlng important historical relies G
local interest. 1t is to be regrette
that apathy and lack OF foresight l.
the past have resulted in the removin
from this community OF many price
less objects, many Of which cannot b.
retrieved, They have been scattere,
far and wide. Some have passed int
the museums of other cities and other
into the hands Of private collectors
known and unknown Nevertheless 81
there Tema n in the possession of man,
OF our citizens objects OF great histor
| ical interest and value which ought {
be secured for public use. Systemati,
efforts should be made to acquire al
such objects that may be acquired by
purchase or otherwise. and to insur,
their safekeeping Those of our citi
zens who own articles of historical
interest and value suitable for a his
| torlcal museum, and who insist up
on reta ming possession OF them during
their lifetime, should be persuaded tC
| bequeath them to some permanent au
thorltative body Of trustees created
for the purpose.
To sum up: We recommend that
this meeting select a citizens com
mittee OF sixty, to arrange and super
wise the followlng:-
(a) A proper celebration Of Ben
nington Battle Day, 1923;
Oh The creation of a permanent
self'perpetuatng body to provide for
the annual celebration Of Bennington
Battle Day. from 1923 onwards;
(c) The proper preliminary steps
to insure the celebration OF the one.
hundred and fftieth anniversary of the
Bennington Battle and the lndepend
ence Of Vermont, including whatever
legislation may be required therefor
I'D To arrange for the systematic
collection and preservation of objects
bf historic interest for museum pur-
poses
We also recommend that the chair
man of this meeting appoint a nom.
mating committee OF three persons to
present for election at this meeting.
the names OF sixty representative cit.
zens who shall constitute the citizens
committee of sixty. and of seven per
sons, TO be chosen from the citizens
committee OF sixty, who together with
the President and Secretary of the
Bennington Battle Monument and His.
torical society shall constitute the ex.
ecutive committee.
When elected, the executive com.
mIttee shall have full authority to
create any special committees which
may be necessary, and also TO fill by
majority vote all vacancies occurring
in the citizens committee of sixty. or
in its own membership whether such
vacancies are caused by death. remoy.
al or resignation
Respectfully submitted.
Philip b, Jennings, chairman,
Jennie A. Va entine.
Agnes l.. Whitney,
Hall F. Mccullough.
William j. Meagher.
Edward l.. Bates
Ed. LaFranchise,
Program Committee,
Judge O. NJ. Barber of the United
States court of customs appeals, in
moving the adoption of the report
TOOK the position that the independ.
ence OF Vermont was larger factor
in the progress of the world than the
battle of Bennington, although ac.
cording all due prominence to the
event that has been universally con.
sidered one of the most important
engagements in history.
Adopting the recommendation of
the program committee, the chairman
appointed nominating committee
consisting of Mrs. Agnes WhitneV. /
r. Gibson and Nj, b.. Morgan. This
committee made the following report
which was unanimously adopted:
Citizens committee of sixty--Dr
{. w. Bartlett, S, Everett harwood
E. w. Williams, Miss Helena Norton
o. NJ, Barber, James c. Co gate, Ed.
ward H. Everett, Arthur j. Colgan
Homer H. Webster, |. e. Gibson
Arthur j. Holden, Philip b. Jennings,
Rev. Thomas K. Carly, Frank e.
Howe, Edmund LaFranchise. Fred c.
Martin, Hall Park Mccullough. A. s.
Payne, w, II, Nichols, John Spargo.
h, d. yelling, w G. H. Cushman. A.
j. Cooper, Rev Vincent Ravi-Booth,
E, T Grswold, Henry w. Putnam,
Elmer j. Hansen, Robert Il. Healy.
VIM j. Meagher, William A. Root,
William II. Bradford, Edward w.
Dewey, George NJ Hawks, VIM. H.
Wills, DR.. W. e. Putnam. Samuel Mar
go'in, Max Fienberg, Henry d. Fill.
more, Collins NJ Graves, Edward H.
Holden, }, Ed. Walbrdge, e. b..
Patterson, Miss Jennie A. Valentine.
Philip T. H. Pierson, Edward T..
Bates, William F. Scott, Mrs. e. w.
Bradford, Mrs. Lucy Burt Rev. w. G.
Towart, Rev, Thomas J. Burke. Mrs.
A. Buel Sibley, Harrison |. Norton,
Mrs Paul Buttrick, DR.. John d. Lane,
Hiram L. Hall, Col. Thomas Harmon.
Captain Leon Boyd DR.. l.. H. Ross.
Charles S. Kehoe, II. A. Albyn.
Executive committee of nine-Wil.
liam A, Root, Frank e. Howe, vii.
liam j Meagher, Hall Park McCul.
Tough, Miss Jennie A. Valentine, Ed.
ward l.. Bates, John Spargo, Philip
T. II, Pierson, Hiram l.. Hall.
This committee was empowered to
elect its own chairman and secretary.
Following the elections of the com
mittees, Frank f. Howe introduced
the following resolution: This meet.
ing of Bennington citizens, represent