The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-07
MODERN WOODMEF MEET.

the second biennial State camp of the
| order, and the appearance Of the del
| egates and members of the uniformed
teams, certainly bore out the state
/ ment made by one of the speakers at
the morning session, that the order in
Vermont is composed of high class
of membership. The delegates and
degrees teams began to arrive in the
city Tuesday evening and quite a
crowd gathered at headquarters,
which was establi she'd at the Pavilion.
The evening was pleasantly spent in
exchanging frateranal greetings and
several cauouses were held to discuss
the business, and particularly the cleo
tions that are part of today's pro.
ceedings, At ten O'Clock ON Wednes-
day the delegates gathered at the ar
mory and the routine business of the
camp was Immediately taken up. On
the platform were seated the speakers
of the morning and men prominent
| in the order Above the platform
! was the beautiful banner which is the
prize of the camp having the largest
membership. At present it is in the
keeping of Camp Alpha of Burlington,
but indications are that it may be
transfer I'd to Barre at the beginning
of next year. State Consul j. X.
Prize of Graniteville presided and kept
the business moving along so smoothly
that the forenoon program was carried
out exactly as planned. The invoca
tion was offered by Rev. l.. K. Will
man of Trinity Methodist church and
| f. B. Thomas made the Introductory
address. speaking of the order in gen.
,ral and urging the visitors to make
the most of their visit to Montpelier
and to call on members of the Mont
pelier camp for anything they might
desire. Mr.. Pirie then introduced
Mayor F. M. Cory, who made brief
address of welcome and rendered to
the Woodmen the freedom of the city.
The mayor arou sed enthusiasm by
asking the State camp to instruct its
delegates to the Head Camp to invite
that body to hold it's next national
camp in Montpelier, and as mayor he
extended like invitation.
State Deputy A. o. Palmer respond
ed and spoke of the growth of the or
der in the State since the first BIZ
ennial camp at Burlington two years
ago when twenty-five delegates were
presen6. He said that at present there
were seventy six delegates and about
5000 Woodmen in the State and that
50, III, 900 insurance was carried by
them. He stated that Vermont now
ranked first of the States east of New
York in the extent of its field work
and spoke of the high class of men in
the order in Vermont In closing he
thanked the committee which has
charge of this meeting at Montpelier
for the excellent manner in which the
arrangements had been made. Mayor
D. @. Hawley of Burlington was in
vited to be present at the meeting but
was unable to attend and a letter of
regret from him was read by Clerk
Beauregard.
State Consul Prize stated that if
the members wished special train
to the quarries could be arranged for.
to go after the afternoon parade. A..
l., Mcleod of Graniteville spoke of
some of the interesting features of
such trip and the matter was dis
cussed, but it was decided that such
a trip might interfere with the bust
ness of the camp and the project was
given up. Chief of Police E. T..
Brownell of Burlington was present
and made few remarks The clerk
then read the record of the last meet
ing, and called the roll Of delegates,
which showed that nearly every camp
in the State was represented.
! State Consul Pirie then made the
following appointments Committee
on credentials, O. l.. Dye, Ru land {;
J. G. Fogg, Island Pond; A. L. Nc
Leod, Graniteville; E. @. Curtis,
Bridgewater. Committee on resolu-
tions: r. @. Pinney, Fair Haven ;
r. S. Seidlinger, st. Johnsbury; @.
E. Cotton, Irasburg IF. e. scott, Poult
ney; DR.. Barrows, Hartford. The
meeting was then adjourned until
l. 80 O'Clock.
The Moderan Woodmen of America
has had wonderful growth in Yer
mont since the first camp was estab-
Ii shed in Burlington in October 1899.
At present there are camps in the fol-
lowing cities and towns: Burlington,
Northfield, Brattleboro, Williams
town, Hinebsurgh, Hardwick, Swan
ton, Milton, Vergennes, Poultney, st.
Johnsbury, Highgate Center, Granite
vile. Lyndonville, Groton, Rutland,
Johnson, Barre, Bridgewater, Frank
lin, Winooski, Montpelier, Jericho,
Island Pond, East Charleston, Bellows
Falls, Essex Junction, Barton Land
ing, Fair Haven, Morgan Center.
Irasburg, st. Adams, Underhill Cen
ter. West Pawlet. South Kyepate.