From the Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, Vermont) March 12, 1959
H.H. Bottum Dead at 67
Harold H. Bottum, 67, formerly of Bennington and proprietor of Colonial Inn in Arlington for 31 years, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, was born in North Bennington, March 5, 1892. He was the son of the late Alfred L. and Elizabeth Shannon Bottum.
His schooling was received in North Bennington and Bennington schools and also at Troy Conference Academy in Poultney. For a time he was with the Bottum & Torrance Company, of which his father was president. The business was known for years as the "collar shop". In World War I he was with the American Red Cross overseas for a couple years and served at the headquarters in Paris for most of the time.
Afterward, he was located home for a while and then spent several years in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Bottum, the former Ferieda Fowler, came to Bennington from the west coast and not long afterward started the operation of the Colonial Inn in Arlington. The guest house has been popular with the traveling public as well as the community. And the Bottum family has taken an active part in town affairs.
"Hap" Bottum as he was fondly known was an excellent swimmer and had served as life guard around Bennington and at lakes in the vicinity. In his youth he had been most interested in antique cars. In the days of the trolley car, he was a familiar figure on main street, driving an open touring car of old vintage and offering rides to persons who wanted to visit the Bennington Monument.
In his younger years, he lived on Dewey street, but for some time at the corner of South and Hillside streets, in what is now the Warner Nursing Home. Later the Bottum family moved farther up South street.
Mr. Bottum was a member of Red Mountain Lodge of Masons in Arlington and had attended St. James Episcopal Church.
Survivors besides his wife are a son, Ernest E. Bottum who is on duty with the U.A. Army in Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Julia Wager of Schenectady; a grandchild; a brother, Alfred L. Bottum and one sister, Miss Ruth Bottum, both of Bennington.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Friends may call at Stevens Home for Funerals in Arlington tonight or tomorrow night.
H.H. Bottum Dead at 67
Harold H. Bottum, 67, formerly of Bennington and proprietor of Colonial Inn in Arlington for 31 years, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, was born in North Bennington, March 5, 1892. He was the son of the late Alfred L. and Elizabeth Shannon Bottum.
His schooling was received in North Bennington and Bennington schools and also at Troy Conference Academy in Poultney. For a time he was with the Bottum & Torrance Company, of which his father was president. The business was known for years as the "collar shop". In World War I he was with the American Red Cross overseas for a couple years and served at the headquarters in Paris for most of the time.
Afterward, he was located home for a while and then spent several years in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Bottum, the former Ferieda Fowler, came to Bennington from the west coast and not long afterward started the operation of the Colonial Inn in Arlington. The guest house has been popular with the traveling public as well as the community. And the Bottum family has taken an active part in town affairs.
"Hap" Bottum as he was fondly known was an excellent swimmer and had served as life guard around Bennington and at lakes in the vicinity. In his youth he had been most interested in antique cars. In the days of the trolley car, he was a familiar figure on main street, driving an open touring car of old vintage and offering rides to persons who wanted to visit the Bennington Monument.
In his younger years, he lived on Dewey street, but for some time at the corner of South and Hillside streets, in what is now the Warner Nursing Home. Later the Bottum family moved farther up South street.
Mr. Bottum was a member of Red Mountain Lodge of Masons in Arlington and had attended St. James Episcopal Church.
Survivors besides his wife are a son, Ernest E. Bottum who is on duty with the U.A. Army in Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Julia Wager of Schenectady; a grandchild; a brother, Alfred L. Bottum and one sister, Miss Ruth Bottum, both of Bennington.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Friends may call at Stevens Home for Funerals in Arlington tonight or tomorrow night.
From the Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, Vermont) March 12, 1959
H.H. Bottum Dead at 67
Harold H. Bottum, 67, formerly of Bennington and proprietor of Colonial Inn in Arlington for 31 years, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, was born in North Bennington, March 5, 1892. He was the son of the late Alfred L. and Elizabeth Shannon Bottum.
His schooling was received in North Bennington and Bennington schools and also at Troy Conference Academy in Poultney. For a time he was with the Bottum & Torrance Company, of which his father was president. The business was known for years as the "collar shop". In World War I he was with the American Red Cross overseas for a couple years and served at the headquarters in Paris for most of the time.
Afterward, he was located home for a while and then spent several years in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Bottum, the former Ferieda Fowler, came to Bennington from the west coast and not long afterward started the operation of the Colonial Inn in Arlington. The guest house has been popular with the traveling public as well as the community. And the Bottum family has taken an active part in town affairs.
"Hap" Bottum as he was fondly known was an excellent swimmer and had served as life guard around Bennington and at lakes in the vicinity. In his youth he had been most interested in antique cars. In the days of the trolley car, he was a familiar figure on main street, driving an open touring car of old vintage and offering rides to persons who wanted to visit the Bennington Monument.
In his younger years, he lived on Dewey street, but for some time at the corner of South and Hillside streets, in what is now the Warner Nursing Home. Later the Bottum family moved farther up South street.
Mr. Bottum was a member of Red Mountain Lodge of Masons in Arlington and had attended St. James Episcopal Church.
Survivors besides his wife are a son, Ernest E. Bottum who is on duty with the U.A. Army in Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Julia Wager of Schenectady; a grandchild; a brother, Alfred L. Bottum and one sister, Miss Ruth Bottum, both of Bennington.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Friends may call at Stevens Home for Funerals in Arlington tonight or tomorrow night.
H.H. Bottum Dead at 67
Harold H. Bottum, 67, formerly of Bennington and proprietor of Colonial Inn in Arlington for 31 years, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, was born in North Bennington, March 5, 1892. He was the son of the late Alfred L. and Elizabeth Shannon Bottum.
His schooling was received in North Bennington and Bennington schools and also at Troy Conference Academy in Poultney. For a time he was with the Bottum & Torrance Company, of which his father was president. The business was known for years as the "collar shop". In World War I he was with the American Red Cross overseas for a couple years and served at the headquarters in Paris for most of the time.
Afterward, he was located home for a while and then spent several years in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Bottum, the former Ferieda Fowler, came to Bennington from the west coast and not long afterward started the operation of the Colonial Inn in Arlington. The guest house has been popular with the traveling public as well as the community. And the Bottum family has taken an active part in town affairs.
"Hap" Bottum as he was fondly known was an excellent swimmer and had served as life guard around Bennington and at lakes in the vicinity. In his youth he had been most interested in antique cars. In the days of the trolley car, he was a familiar figure on main street, driving an open touring car of old vintage and offering rides to persons who wanted to visit the Bennington Monument.
In his younger years, he lived on Dewey street, but for some time at the corner of South and Hillside streets, in what is now the Warner Nursing Home. Later the Bottum family moved farther up South street.
Mr. Bottum was a member of Red Mountain Lodge of Masons in Arlington and had attended St. James Episcopal Church.
Survivors besides his wife are a son, Ernest E. Bottum who is on duty with the U.A. Army in Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Julia Wager of Schenectady; a grandchild; a brother, Alfred L. Bottum and one sister, Miss Ruth Bottum, both of Bennington.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Friends may call at Stevens Home for Funerals in Arlington tonight or tomorrow night.
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