Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
VERMONT SHEEP SHEARERS' ASsO-
CITATION.
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meet
ing. AT MihhlrhmrY.

ing AT MiddIchury.
The fourth annual meeting of the Yer
mont Mcrno strengthening Association
was held ut the Addison House in Mid
dlebury. ON Wednesday. At the begin
ming of the year there were 23S members
of the Association and during the year
there were Il few additions to the rolls.
John l.. Buttolph of Middlebury, the
president, called the meeting to order and
the secretary, Harrison f. Dean of Corn
wall, read his report, from which it APP
pears that there were l0i sheep shcared
at the third annual public shcaring in
April last. which was gain of "a over
the number shorn at the second shcarng
and Il gain of MS over the number shOrn
at the first Shcaring The secrctaryS re
port was accepted and adopted.
The trcaslrcr's report was next sub
mittcd by Lester T.. Moore of ShOrcham,
the treasurer The amount received dur
ing the year from all sources was Sl59.
The expenditures were Sl4j.23. The debt
of the association is now SlOSG9 and this
less $50 cash in the treasury leaves the ac-
tual Indebtedness SIS 90 The old com
plant was made of the failure of mem
bcrS to pay their membership fees. only
- of the II membership fees having been
paid last year. This part of the report
gave rise to considerable discussiun The
report was accepted and adopted.
Albert Chapman of Middlcbury moved
that the secretary he instructed to report
to the board of directors the names OF all
dclnqucnis in the matter of annual fees
for such action Is the board might see fit
to take. The motion was unanimously
carried.
The election of officers was next in or
der Mr.. Dean declining to serve longer
rs secretary Charles y. Chapman was
chosen in his place
Mr. ButtOlph was unanimously rc-clGct-
ed president. He asked to be excused,
and pcrSisting, motion TO excuse him
was made, put and lost. Mr.. ButtOlph
then consented To act as president for an
other year.
Leslie r. Moore of Shorcham was re
elected treasurer, but he also asked to be
excused from further service, and he was
excused Nirtulan Rich of ShOreham was
then elected treasurer.
The old board of directors was re-elrCt-
ed in body, as follows Milo b. Will
hanson of Middlcbury, DR.. ID. W. Prime
of Brandon. Charles r. Withcrell of Corn
wall, j. T. StiCkney OF ShUreham, l.. :.
Burwell of BridpOrt, John II. Mead of
West Rutland and George Hammond of
Middlcbury, Nirtulan Rich of Shoreham
and \. II. Hubbard Of Whiting We're re
elected NiCe-prcsldchtS.
1t has been the practice of the assuciH-
y
ers of sheep could not conveniently get
their animals to the public shcarng for
the executive committee tOappOut a com
mittre to 90 and oversee the shcaIing of
such sheep at private shcaringS and then
admit the records of these sheep INTO the
annual reports Of the association ON equal
terms with those of the sheep ShOrn AT
the regular annual public shearings. Ed
gar y. I'l-Scil of Sh0rcuam strongly OPP
posed this practice and said that lis CON
tlnuauCr would be likely to ultimately de
stroy the association. Mr. BiSscll made
the following motion: That no sheep be
admitted to the records of the association
unless Shorn at the annual public shear
ing and NJ committee be appointed tn
supervise outside shearing except those
I hcli i'll the summer or fall in cases where
the sheep are ShOrn twice III the year
Albert Chapman spoke at length III OPP
position to the motion, which was also OPP
posed by II. +. Dean. On vote being
taken the motion was lost.
Mr.. Chapman then moved that Il com
mittee might be appointed by the eXeCu
tive committee To supervise the shearin4
of sneep sheared at private shcarings and
that the records Of sheep So shOrn should
be printed in the annual reports separate
public shearing This motion was car
red.
The time for the next public shearing
was then selected 1t Will be held OF
/ Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Apri
/, ,, and 3 next.
The meeting then adjourned.