Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-20
Discussed By The Pro-
moters Last Night
PLAN OF The WORK.
Formally Opened Yesterday
Afternoon and Evening.


The Barre Boys club which has for
long time been a fondly cherished
hope for the future, has at last mate.
rialized and the club has been opened
very successfully in the brick building
purchased Of the French estate, at the
corner of Washington and Elm streets
for library site. The opening and
the prospects for the future exceed
the most sanguine hopes Of the pro-
moters of the worthy project. 1t is
an assured fact that the club will
start with about 100 members.
Efforts have been made at various
times in the past to establish such an
institution for the benefit of the boys
of the city. Similar projects have been
introduced on a small scale from time
to time to try the public sentiment
rather than with the expectation that
they would be permanent. Last spring
the Wet. U. took the matter in hand
and deeming it to be time that some
thing definite should be done they en-
tered into correspondence with the Of
fcers of the National Boys Club Asso-
citation and secured the presence of
the National Secretary, John G. East
man, at a mass meeting held at the
opera house, Rev. Effle K. M. Jones,
vice president of the W. G. r. o. pre-
siding. This was last March.
At that meeting speeches were
made by Mayor Hersey, Hon. j. W.
Gordon, w. A. Boyce and others. 1t
was moved that the chairman appoint
a committee Of three to organize the
movement. That committee as ap-
pointed was O. G. Stickney, A. A.
Sargent and George F. Scott. f. F.
Cave accepted the position Of treasur-
er and Mrs. E. A. Field performed
the task Of soliciting the needed
funds by mail. To this latter appeal
there was generous response from
the people of Barre and this fall the
committee had on hand enough funds
to warrant the establishment of the
movement in a definite manner, so
they secured the aforementioned
building and fitted it up for club.
The building is very we'll appointed
in every particular. Superintendent
and Mrs Barnes will reside there oc.
cupying a room on the ground floor as
kitchen and dining room and sleep.
ing room upstairs. At the right is
the library, at the left the reception
room, behind this the play room and
in the ell at the rear the gymnasium
while the rooms upstairs will be used
as class rooms. Many guests were
shown through the rooms yesterday
by the reception committee consisting
of the Rev. Ef1le X. M. Jones, Mrs.
G.. F. Scott Mrs. L. D. Martin, Mrs.
F. f. Cave, Mrs. E. A. Field and
Mrs. o. G. Stickney.
In the evening the formal opening
of the club rooms took place at I
o'clock. From that hour until 7.45
the visitors were shown around by the
ladies committee and served with cof-
fee and cake.
Shortly before s O'Clock the Rev.
Brian c. Roberts entered with his 30
odd boys, which was the signal for the
opening ceremonies, and DR.. O. G.
Stickney, as chairman, thanked the
visitors for their presence and asked
the Rev. Eff1e X. M. Jones to bless
the work which was being started by
Offering prayer.
Rev. Brian G. Roberts then turned
bis boys over to the club. In doing
so he said: 81 wish to hand over to
the club some 30 odd boys, 30 odd, be-
cause they are odd in many things,
but still everyone of them good boys.
first started with few, then others
until they have grown to this number.
I have been interested in this work
before, and when I came to Barre l
thought l would start again, and here
is the result. have done the best |
Continued on Fourth age