The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24
Orange County w. &. T. u.
Convention.

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| The tenth annual convention of the Or
ange County W. G. 4. u. was held in the
congregational church at East Corlnth.
May 10 and IL, 1895. The church was
| beautifully decorated with blooming plants
vases OF flowers and many evergreens.
The white rlbb0ntrs Of the place displayed
their hospitality by a we'll filed board pro
vldlng dinners and suppers in The church
veotry, and by hearty welcome to their
several homes. Devotional exercises took
a prominent place in every session. Be
sides this there were four puiely devotional
meetings led respectively by Mrs. e. B.
| Brown OF Eat Corlnth. Mrs. Mary H.
| Hight OF West TOpSham Mrs. Tewksbury
Randolph and Mrs. II. +. Forrest of Chei-
sea. The Divine presence was manifested
in remarkable degree and insured a sue
Mrs. Ida N. Read, of Shelburne. Vt, who
was with us, was made member of the
convention early on Wednesday. and before
voting time the same courtesy was extend
ed to al present who were wearerS of the
white ribbon Rev. Il. w. Hatch gave the
words Of Welcome" to the workers in his
happiest style. and fitting responses were
made by Mrs. Read and county president,
| Mrs. M. ii. Corwin OF Chelsea. The other
| features of Wednesday were minutes of
| the convention held last year at
Topsham, report of Unions. by county
&,
| appointment of the following committees:
On credentials, Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Butler
and Miss Kathie Mcl,aughlin; on esolu-
tons, Mrs. E. ID. Taggart of Topsham
Mrs. Ii. f. Forest of Chelsea, Mrs. K. d.
Brown of East COrinth, Mrs. Fannie Lewis
of Randolph, and Mrs. Kinney of Corinth;
the report of county suptrlntend, OF
Systematic Giving, Mrs. H. f. Forrest. In
connection with this branch of the work,
was talk by Mrs. Reid; readings by Miss
Lizzie Hatch and Mrs. T.. ID. Barnes, and
fine original paper by Mrs. Forrest. The
delights of Wednesday evening were a
sweet song service and address by Mrs.
Reid, a recitation and song by g. K. Tag
CART of TOpsham, and music by the Tops
ham and COrlnth cornct band. Words can
not describe the pleasure of any of these.
TO be appreciated they must have been
heard. Thursday morning there were sew
eral reports by superintendent of different
give especial mention to that of "Juvenile
and Narcotics" by Mrs. Frank Taplin of
East Corinth, and "FlOwer Mission" by
Mrs. Fannie Lewis of Randolph. The
Memorial hour OF Thursday morning was
particularly interesting. Memorials were
Crane of Randolph, Mrs. Forrest and Miss
Harriet Bixby of Chelsea, Mrs. e. D.
Barnes, Mrs. Louise Sargent ThOrne, Mrs.
Tewksbury and Mrs. Susan Gay of Ran
dolph The latter lady was our County
Treasurer and illusions tender and loving
both days OF the convention. The follow
ing county officers w re elected for the en-
suing year: President, Mrs. M II. Corwin, |
Chelsea LIST Vice Pres, Mrs. q. F. OAR
ling, Newbury; I'd Vice Pres, Mrs. H. F. |
Forrest; Secy., Mrs. Maria Metcalf. Chel-
Superintendents Of departments, Evan. |
gelistic, Mrs. H. F. Forrest, Chelsea; Sys- |
tematic Giving, w. w. Carpenter, Ran |
dOlph; Social Purity, Mrs. j. NJ. ComstOck |
Chelsea Flower Mission, Mrs Fannie |
Lewis, Randolph; Juvenile and Narcotics
Mrs. Frank Lewis, East Corinth; Legisla |
tive, Mrs, II. NJ. Miller, Randolph; S. T. L.,
A lima Adams, Chelsea; Sabbath School, |
MIS- Mrs. +; ID. TaggaIt, Topsham; Press Work,
Nina Holt Frost; Homes for homeless |
children, Mrs. G. G. Sargent, Corinth; Jail
a lmshouse, Mrs. E. d, Barnes, Chelsea;
temperance Hospital, Mrs. NJ. G. Munson,
Corinth; Fair work. Mrs. Il. NJ. Harvey,
" est Topsham; Social work, Ella Bixby,
NeWbury. Thursday afternoon was occu-
pied principally by mothers meeting.
Many interesting readings upon the sub
Iect, mothers duties to their children, ETC.,
were given. AT the close of this session r.
f. George, Sabbath school superintendent
md popular q. A. r. man of East Cor
nth, gave very interesting temperance
ak. Thursday evening was devoted to
he L. f. LIS and the Y.'s The children
lid beautifully and were credit to them
elves and to Mrs. Frank Tapin who has
lad charge of them. Our younger sisters
lid their work in an enthusiastic manner
md delighted the hearts of their elders in
he work Flora Corwin was as ever
'ower for good, and she was nobly sup
Orted by Kathe Mclaughlin and others.
lrs. Reid presented Miss Henrietta Fox
With diploma Among many other
easant things at the convention we must
lentiOn the inspiration given us by six
randolph ladies who drove courageously
4 carriage all the way from their homes
} East COrinth. Another source of in
piratiOn was Master Carl c. Corllss of
orinth, dear little orphan boy five years
Id. who was with us through the two days
nd was always ready with recitations,
,stimonies and prayers to help us on.
here were many moist ey es turned often
, the seat which he occupied and the
lost careless heart could not fail to be
,uched at the sound of his sweet voice.
life has many pleasures and amid these {
lie memory of the w. e. L. U. Convention
East Corinth will long hold place.