Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-24
W, G, T. U. OFFICERS ELECTED
Close of the County Convention at
Essex Junction.
Mrs. Drew OF Burlington Elected Presi-
dent to Succeed Mrs. Wilbur Com
mttees and Superintendents
Make Reports Good Fiuap-
cial Condition.

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Tho SATURDAY. morning session Of the W
I, ~ I, co,tnt,. rnnvnntior AT I,ssnv .Iunc-
lion onened vim - d,votiouaI service Tho
followinr rauo,.t. wore pivcu. Rorort Of
nv.c,ti,o ronrottto, bv Serrcfarv AIR +
+, Noulton nf .I.rtcho in which sbo called
.ttnntion to mo fact that Temperance. lit
n,ot,Iro has nor b.cu thoro,iphlv enough
dis,,ihu,nd In Tho ,,lh,i,,' .cbon.s and my
ed th,t all nossil,I,. me done i'm this work
Niss Nancy Rv4u of Iurlinptuu rppuit-
cal an tbc nr.es work of tho orpaniZntion
and evnrrsead tbc ,yish that members
would tako preater Mains about sending
I'm matte, for nuhlic,tion
The nominating committee reported us
follows. President Mrs + II Drew of
harrington. vice-uresidents Mrs f.. q.
Land of Burlinptou Mrs. T. NJ. Wilbur of
Itssox Center. secretary. Mrs f. NJ Lee
J'ndorhill. treasurer. Miss Nancy evan.
HARRINGTON. auditor Mr. Reue Parsons.
Essex Junction. Mrs. l.. NJ. Wilbur. who
has served very faithfully and efficiently
as president for four wears felt Obliged to
decline a recollection and to till her place
the union feels very fortunate in securing
Mr.. Drew vino was the efficient presi
dent of Caledonia county for some time
Mrs. Noultou also felt Obliged To decline
a reelection as secretary. The officers
were elected by unanimous vote.
Next came the supcrintendents half
hour the FIRST sneaker being Mr.. Charles
Hvhitrcv of Rurrinrton stinerirtoudont Of
the county Jail and almshouses Mrs.
Whitney smoke at length about the work
under hcr charge. referring partlcuIarlv
tn that done in The Chittenden county jail
at Purlirgtou services have been held
there every Sunday during the year She
also spoke of the appreciative attitude of
sheriff Reeves toward the work and tho
d
seemed as If crime was on the ucrca So
and that this increase was IN most cases
onsilv traced TO tho effect of strong drink
Motion was made ana carried To- appropri-
ate s. to tho county iail work. Mis- Helen
Wcllman Of burlington spoke in tho I'M
-n,ost Of nhvsica1 culture assisted 10y Miss
O. STA punion and Edith Russell. She
pavc a motion play and song cxcrcis,
which verc nlcasina features of the morn
iuu service. Mrs. t. Il. Ecad spoke ON tho
usefulness of tomucraucc literature. dwell
ing particularlv upon the value of tin,
STATE tnmnorancc papcr tho Vernon
Ijone Guard unfinished at Jericho an,
abIv Gifted nv Nrs +. f. Wilbur. also o
tho I-,iou signal and others Of similar
nu,rose lhn ,norninr ended with a sol,
,, Miss Harriet Johnson with Miss Flor
,nco Revno. ds AZ thc organ. a Bible read
iur conducted by Miss I.und and noontid,
tnravor
| rho prai.c service preceding the after
noon session was led hv Mrs f. NJ L."
and consisted Of singing by the congrc
p,tinu = selection bv Mrs. Lee and Ma
hoI Parsons and also one hv Misses Ami
tn <en,nton and Nvra1 Parsons Th.l
followed the reports Of supcrntcudcuts
an,onr which were the Interesting ones O
Nrs r. ROOM Jericho ON human
,l,ri, a,d va. p,,u ON the rrcss work.
! rio trc4surer.s raport was of a mos
o,,,o,,r,oi,,o. ,a,ur. ehovinp :, balance i