Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-06
THE VERMONT Y. NJ. G. A.



At the meeting of the State Y. NJ. C. a.
at st. Adams the following officers were
elected Friday: President, Il. w. 1law-
ley of Brattleboro vice-p presidents, G. p.
Harris of Rutland and Professor Deering
of Burlington secretary, William II. Hop
kins of st. Adams assistant secretary,
l.. o. Jones of st. Johnsbury; railroad
secretary, A. $. Fleury of st. Adams ;
State executive committee, Rev Henry
Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury; Foster G. Ste
vens. st. Johnsbury; Colonel j. j. Estey.
Brattleboro; A. NJ. Ingham, Brattleboro !;
G. A. Smith, Barre ID. NJ. Camp, New
port A. :. Fleury, st. Adams j. r.
Quimby ,Thettord Center G.. A. Page, ST.
Adams; g. f. Daniels, Burlington; NJ. f..
Merrill, Rutland; Rev. G.. H. Sweat,
knosburgh Falls o. p. Ray, Burlington ;
ID. l.. Morgan, Rutland.
a devotional meeting was held at $3.50,
on Saturday, conducted by ID. NJ. Camp of
Newport. At the close of this service
some business matters were attended to.
f. p. Leonard was appointed to audit the
treaSurer'S report. The executive com
mittee were empowered to fill vacancies
occurring on the board. The treasurer :
! report was read, and showed Il balance of
| SILL IN the treasury.
Secretary 1ngham's report of the work
in the State shows that Barre has Il mem
| bership about the same as last year with
| the interest well sustained BratllebOrO
has 24O members, an increase of GO per
cent since October |, 1854, with an active
woman'S auxiliary; Burlington has 300
members, is employing Il general
secretary and meetings well kept up
Mddlebury college has members; New.
port 10 members; South Royalton e
members, not very active as regards
meetings; Rutland employs II genera
secretary, has 21O members, combines rail
road and city work, interest well sus
tanned SaXton's river academy, new
association, has ~ members Springfield
with 81 members, has a Woman's auXili
AIRY; st. JOhnSOury is doing eXCellen
work, employs IL general secretary, has 30
members, ,wOman's auxiliary, and dOinl
excellent work all around; University o
Vermont has 40 members; Windhan
has Al members. Seven association
have reading rooms, four employ gen
eral secretaries, 10 hold meetings TO
Young men only, five have Bible CLASSES
six have receptions, lectures, etc, and 81.
have women's auXiliaries. Chelsea
Rochester and North Concord send no re
port; ut Montpelier and Waterbury tn
work has been given up; Thetford OF
serves only week. of prayer; no work i
done at St Adams.
The afternoon was devoted to talk o
the development of association work, tn
executive committees report and recon
= mendatiOns remarks on the internatiOns
committees work, by Russell Sturgi'
Jr., of New York and the opening of tn
question drawer conducted by Mr. Wa
kinS.
The State committee were requested t
, employ the State secretary, the comm
year provided they could see their wa
clear TO meet the expenses, about tiftee
hundred dollars. Nearly three hundre
dollars were subscribed at that session fC
r that purpose.
In the evening Mr. Sturgis made an u,
dress concerning work among railroa
+ men, showing that at 60 points in tn
= country, 65 secretaries were carrying o
, this branch of the work, the expense {
, which was mainly borne by railroad CO
: porations. Mr.. Sturgis read a finely wri
ten paper on The Revealed Work. TT
!, convention closed Sunday night in a large
7 attended union meeting, at which a.
a dresses were made by Russell Sturgis al
! other prominent workers in this line
- | Christian endeayOr