Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-06-21
OLD HOME WEEK PROGRESS.
Addison County One of First TO Form
County Association

" "'S ohe OF FIRST to Form
County Association.
The proclamation of Governor Sticknev
announcing the observance of Old Home
Week in Vermont next August and in
wiling former residents of the state to re-
turn to their old home among the green
hills appeals to large representative
class OF adopted citizens of other states.
The governors invitation Is extended 70
100000 native Vermonters, every one of
whom will be welcome guests should
they revisit Vermont. Fully one.balf of
this number reside in the five other New
England states, and in New York. and
are within few hours tourney of the
state where they were born. In the
territory named there exist eight flour
ishing societies Of sons and daughters OF
Vermont. AS many more Vermont
societies exist in the Western states
The official invitation of Governor
Stickney was mailed yesterday to thou
sands of former residents, and the invi-
tations to be issued by local associations
are to be sent to many thousands more.
The names and addresses have been OBJ
tanned by local canvass, and from
other sources. The $4,000 or more sub.
scribers of Vermont newspapers born in
this state and residing in other states,
have been kept fully advised of the facts
regarding Old Home Week. The lead.
ing newspapers of Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis and
other cities have published extensive
illustrated articles on Old Home Week
in Vermont. No event in the history of
Vermont has been so widely advertised
as the coming celebration of Old Home
Week, and there promises to be large
number of visitors to Vermont from
other parts of the country than ever
before.
a glance at the map of Vermont In the
office of the secretary of the Vermont
Old Home Week association at ST.
Adams, presents to the observer dis
tinctively blue appearance. The towns
and cities so colored indicate the places
where there are to be Old Home Week
celebrations. Addison, and Franklin
counties are penclled solid blue to show
that county celebrations are to be held.
The twenty-five towns and one CITY in
the former, and the fourteen towns and
one city in the latter, have formed county
organizations and will celebrate Old
Home Week August lG, in the shire
towns. Enosburgh will have a local
celebration Aug. -. Chittenden county.
with sixteen towns, will probably unite
with the city of Burlington In county
celebration. Wndham county. with
twenty-three towns. may Join Rocking
ham in celebration; Bennington county
will have celebration at Manchester.
The banner county is Washington, where
nine towns and cities have organized
local associations - Montpelier, Barre
town, Barre city, Mortified, Woodbury..
Cabot Marshfield, Waterbury and Waits
field. Windsor county comes next with
seven associations, including Hartford,
Rochester. Ludlow, Springfield, Chester.
Norwich, and Windsor. Rutland county
Is third in order with organizations in
Plttsford, Poultney and Rutland; the
towns of West Rutland and Proctor hay
ing Joined the city of Rutland in cele-
bration. Orange county has Old Home
week associations at Bradford and Chel-
sea. Caledonia county has local associa-
tlons at st. Johnsbury and Peacham.
l.amoille county will celebrate at Stowe.
In Essex county a movement is underway
for effecting local organizations in the
towns OF Brighton and Lunenburg. No
local associations have been formed in
Orleans or Grand Isle county. Orleans
county may unite in a cele bration at
Newport.