St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-01
THE STATE w. c. T. u.
Proeram of the Annual Meeting Here
Next Week.

Next Week.
The seventeenth annual meeting of
the Vermont Womans Christian
Temperance Union will be held in the
South church in ST. Johnsbruy, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Octo-
Der 7, 8 and 9, with the following
program:
WEDNESDAY.
Preliminary meetings:
1000 a. m. Prayer and conference
meeting of officers and superintendent.
HOO am. Executive committee meet
ing. Superintendent meeting
800 D. m. Meeting of plan of work
committee.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Demorest gold medal contest in Music
Hall.
7.3O. Opening exercises. Singing by
LOYAL Temperance Legion of St. Johns
bury.
500 Contest-eight speakers.
THURSDAY.
900 q. m. Devotional meeting-Mrs
NJ. S. Beattie, Ryegate.
$50. Convention organized
1000. Addresses of welcome: Mrs. A.
B. Matthewson, in behalf of ST. Johns
bury w. c. T u. one of the pastors for
St. Iohnsbury's churches; Miss Nellie
Blakely, in behalf of the state VS.; Miss
Helen Hall, for the children of Vermont.
Responses: For the w. c. T. u, Mrs. A.
F. Smith, Manchester; for our church
homes, Mrs NJ. 7. Wilbur, Burlington;
for our daughters, Mrs. H. H. Reed, Shell
burne; for the Children Miss Amy B. Fisk,
Montpelier.
100. Annual address of the Presi-
dent. Singing by convention, while the
Days are Going by" Reports of secre-
tary. treasurer and organization. Min
utes of preliminary meetings. Singing by
White Ribbon Quartet. NOont1de prayer.
40 p. m. Praise meeting, Mrs. n. E.
Purinton, Starksboro.
200. Minutes of morning meeting.
Educational departments: Hygiene and
hereditv-Mrs E. NJ Denny, Montpelier;
social purity-Mrs. n. E. P urinton, Starks-
borO; temperance lterature-Mrs. Gin
ton Smith, Middlebury; the press-Miss
Martha P Dunton, Poultnev; kindergar-
ten-Miss Amy B. Fisk, Montpelier; juv-
emile work-Mrs. E. A. Kenyon, Towns
bend; higher education Mrs. H. H.
Read, Shelburne.
800. Song, White Ribbon Quartet.
Poem, Mrs. S. E. B1odgett, Derby Line.
Paper, Railroad temperance work, Mr.
E. B. Lund, Burlington. Oh ject lesson
The temperance wheel, Mrs. E. A. Ken
yon, Townshend. Sunday school work,
Mrs. Lucy Kellogg, Jamaica. Prison and
jail work, Mrs. M. P. Bell, Craftsbury.
800 Adjournment to workers con-
ference.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Y. w. c. T. U. Reception in church par
1ors. Special Y. program, music by Ce-
Gillian Ouarfet ST Johns b11rv
FRIDAY.
900 a. M Conservation meeting, Mrs.
M. J. Wilbur, Burlington.
go. Reading of minutes. Social de-
partments: Parlor meetings-Mrs. L. E.
Alfred, Newport; flower mission-Mrs.
L. A Robbins, Rutland; fair work-Mrs.
V. NJ. Allen, Chelsea; the Columbian
Fair-Mrs. J. R. Nichols, national super
intendent.
1890. Reports of committees. Audi
tors report. Roll call. Election of Off
GERS Election of delegates to national
convention. Noontide prayer.
1.3O p. m. Mothers meeting, Mrs. P.
E. Hammond, Burlington.
200. Reading of minutes. Evange
listic work, Mrs. M. J. Wilbur. Paper,
missions and temperance, Mrs. J. O. Sher-
burne, Cabot.
2.45. Report of resolutions committee.
Song, White Ribbon Quartet. Outlaws
Narcotics-Mrs. c. E. Atwater, Burling-
ton; prohibitory law-Mrs. S. E. Blod-
gett, Derby Line; scientific temperance
Observation-Disclosures Frances H. Graves,
Brook6e1d school sufrage-Mrs. L. N.
Franklin, Rutland.
400. County hour: A look backward
county secretaries; a look forward
county presidents. Singing, 'Blest be the
tie that binds"
100 P. m; Organ voluntary: Sing,
ing, church choir. Scripture reading and
prayer. Address, Mrs. Josephene R.
Nichols, worlds and national w. c. 7. U.
fair superintendent. Singing, church
choir. Recitation. Singing, America.
Benediction.