The times., 1901-05-27
vERmoNTERs TO CELEBRATE.
Old Home Week to Be Observed by
Prominent New Workers.

NEW YORK, May 25.-"Old Home
Week in Vermont. which is the calendar
week including August IS, appeals strong
ly to a large and representative class of
citizens living in this city who were born
in the Green Mountain State Many Of
these Vermonters are prominent in public
life and in professional and business cir
cles of New York
The Brooklyn Society OF Vermonters is
one of the largest and most fiourishing or
ganizations of sons of Vermont in the
United States. It was organized on March
l. 1891, at the Union League Club-the one
hundredth anniversary of the admission
of Vermont as a State into the Union. a
few days previous several Vermonters met
for the purpose of making arrangements
to celebrate this anniversary.
Among them were Robert J. Kimball
Robert D. Benedict, b. Lincoln Benedict,
Albert B. Chandler. Frank II. Chandler
Charles A. Tinker, Sanford II. Steele.
Hiram R. Steele N. T. Sprague. Benjamin
H. Dewey. Omri F. Hibbard, w H. Cot
ton. James Brady, ]. J. Allen. the Rev. T.
p Frost. Charles A. Hoyt, Jesse Johnson,
Brainerd Kellogg. William Eugene KIM
ball, Hamilton Ormsbee, and w. c. Spell
man.
AS soon as the intention TO celebrate be-
came known the names of applicants to
attend came in rapidly, and seventy per-
sons sat down at the banquet table. A
suggestion to organize as a society met
with hearty response. Robert D. Benedict
was chosen President. Charles A. Tinker
Vice President and Robert J. KimbaII
Secretary at the annual business meeting.
The second reunion was held on January
II, 1892 the anniversary of the declaration
by Vermont, in 17z7 of her own indepeud-
ence. This date was adopted as the Yer
mont Day for the reunion of the society.
The third reunion, in 1893, was made
memorable by the presence as guests of
Governor Fuller and members of his staff,
Iieutenant-GovernOr Stranahan, e. ].
Phelps, Representative Powers and Mrs.
Julia {. R Door
AT the fourth annual reunion the hon
ored guests were r. C. Horr, Gen. G.. NJ.
Dodge. President of the Norwich Univer-
sity Alumni Association; Judge Hiram r.
Steele, and the Rev T. p. Frost, who de-
livered the address of the occasion.
At the fifth reunion the society was hon
ored by having present as it's principal
guests Governor Woodbury. and his mill
tary staff, Lieutenant Governor Mansur,
Senator Redheld Proctor Col. Albert
Clark, of the Boston society; George Ed
Hlund ross, OF lne CnlcdSO society," Ut
Joseph c. Greene, of the Buffalo society;
St. Clair McKelway and Hamilton Orms-
bee.
The present officers are: President.
Charles "A. Hoyt; Vice President. John J.
Allen; Treasurer, +. II. Chandler: Secre-
tary, Thomas c. Underwood. and Execu-
tive Committee, n. 7. Sprague, Omri f.
Hibbard, Robert ]. Kimball, Robert ID.
Benedict and Hiram r Steele.
Prominent Nermonters among the bust
ness and professional men of New York
include Col. G. b. NJ. Harvey, President
of Harper & Bros, and editor of THE
North American Review" a native of
Caledonia County: Col. Robert j. kim
ball. and Col. A. b. Chandler, natives of
Randolph; Judge William c. Holbrook, a
native of Brattleboro; Charles A. Tink-
Prof Braincrd Kellogg, of the Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute; Charles A. Hoyt.
Col n. T. Sprague, Edward Hatch, ana
Theodore n. Vale.