The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-02
The Woman's Relief Corps.

The annual session of the Woman Relief
Corps of the State was held in the Y. M. c.
A. rooms Tuesday The morning session
was devoted to hearing reports of the Of
ficers of the corps.
The treasurer's report showed that the
receipts for the year had been $1476.76 and
the expenses of the department Sl232 As.
This left cash balance in the treasury of
1924 %.
The report of the secretary showed that
the number OF corps in the State was II.
or these six were organized in the past wear
The largest corps organized during the wear
was In burlington, with 81 chai ter mem
berS. The largest corps in the State is
Brooks corps at Montpelier, which has ia
members. The corps at Barre has gained
the most members during the wear. CHAM
Derialn corps at St Johnsbury has eXpend-
ed during the year $132.42 for the relief of
old soldiers. This is the largest amount
expended by any corps. The number of
veterans assisted during the wear by the
Relief Corps was 100.
Mrs. Doty, wife of the commandments
chief, made report of The doings of the
national encampment. These reports and
| those of the other officers were accepted
and adopted.
The main business in the afternoon was
the election of officers. These were elected
President, Mrs. Alice A. Henry of Chester
senior vice-president, Mrs. j. b. Needham
OF Rutland; junior vice-president, Mrs.
Eliza f. Cutting of Bennington; treasurer,
Mrs. II. M. Lee of Rutland; chaplain, Mrs.
E. j. Ranslow of SwantOn; executive board,
Mrs. n. Perry of Bellows Falls Mrs. Ed
ward H0vey of st. JohnSbury. Mrs. Mary
Lyman of Brattleboro, Mrs. Nina Jones Of
Chester, Mrs. Frances Bailey of Woodstock;
delegate-at-large to the national conven-
ton, Mrs. Greenwood; alternate, Mrs. Eliza
f. Cutting OF Bennington; delegates, Mrs.
Ann E. Goss of Chelsea, Mrs Mary Peck of
Montpelier, Mrs. Mary Gould of Ludlow,
Mrs. Lucia Hager of Burlington; alternates
Mrs. Forsythe of West Concord, Helen
Blake of SwantOn, Mrs. Roby Smith of
Chester, Mrs. j. III. Holton of Burlington.
During the afternoon addresses were
made by Commander Adams and Capt.
Creary of his staff, Gen. w. w. Henry and
others pleasant feature of the session
was the presentation by the national Junior
vlce-preSldent Mrs. NewcOmb of Mont
peller, OF solid gold badge to the retiring
president, Mrs Calista r. Jones of Brad
ford.
The exercises Wednesday consisted of
the installation of officers and the exen-
pllfication of some of the work of the order.
The tables at the reception given Monday
evening by the Burlington Relief Corps
were presided over by Mrs. Henry Wells,
Mrs. A. P. Grinnell, Mrs. Elias Lyman,
Mrs. G. q. Holden, Mrs. Fl. E. Tutherly,
tuis. ANoiiiC opC, Mis-. AllC6 betty, MIS-
1. G. Burnham, Mrs. K. b. Walker, Mrs.
Bennett Turk, Mrs. Eta Stannard Stone,
Mrs. 5. 5. Leach and Mrs. F. b. Boynton,
all of this city. Mrs. Stones father was
the first colonel of the 9th Vermont regi-
ment, and number of members of that
regiment, with their ladies, sat at her table.
Among them were DR.. Ii. h. Belden and
wife of st. Adams, Dr. G. f. Branch of
Newport, Col. j. G. Stearns of Bradford,
Sergt. G.. M. Lane of Newport, Col j. g.
Baker and wife of Rutland Assistant Ad-
jutant General and Mrs. A. A. Niles of
Morrisville, DR.. w. S. Vincent and Gen. T.
S. Peck of Burlington, and Comrades
Repor, Bush, Batchelder and Sprague.
The supper furnished by the ladies was
of the most sumptuous character One
comrade was heard to remark as he left the
table, ''By gosh, this beats all the Grand
Army banquets all boiler. guess I'll have
to go home and take little celery com
DOund,'