St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-29
VERMONT NEWS.
About sunday Schools.

Enller, secretary anu uSiu WI vi InS
vsrmont State Sunday School Associat-
W. which will shortly be issued. will
lun nte the somewhat startling statement
n .I only % per cent OF the total Protes-
sn nc nonulation oil Vermont is enrolled
y; .an the Sunday schools, and this, not
Outstanding the fact that more than
" mo church members have been added
turing the past year besides over 1000
.,,en betweeu the ages of Is and A, 900
- The cradle roll, and 2,100 in the home
aanartment. At the present time there
arr GIG Sunday schools in Vermont with
a total membership OF 81 ,O91.
The next annualconvention of the state
ossociation will be held in St. Johnsbury
October 1919, when it is expected that
VIC. Pearce, of Chicago, International
teacher training secretary, will represent.
The Vermont Sunday School Associ-
o+;on was organized in 1869, Vermont
%eing among the first of the states of the
Union to take up organized work of this
Lind. The first president was Deacon
= A. Fuller, formerly of Burlington, and
now of Oak Park, ILL.,, and Capt. George
? Davis, also of Burlington, was sec
retary. The association has held con-
vention annually since then. The succeed
mo secretaries have been Rev. ]. H.
Psbbitt, Rev. G. L. Story, and the pres.
ent incumbent, Rev. E. M. Fuller, who
assumed the duties OF the office in Feb.
mary, 1908. When Mr.. Fuller began the
work only nine counties in the state were
organized with associations.
Since that time an active association
has been formed in every county in the
state and three of the counties have been
thoroughly organized into township and
district associations. Mr.. Fuller has per.
sonally visited 220 OF the 246 towns in
Vermont holding conventions or con-
ferences and the work all along the line is
showing results of his efforts.
VI, Fish and Game League.
The summer meeting OF the Vermont
Fish and Game League will probably be
held in St. Adams and plans will be
made for a rousng gathering. While
nothing definite has been arranged by
the executive committee it seemed to be
the general desire that St. Adams be the
Mecca this year for the annual outing of
the league. St. Adams made overtures
for the meeting last year but was unsuc.
cessful, the trip being made to Fort Fred
eric on the New York shore of Lake
Champlain. 1t is anticipated that the
gathering this year will be the most
largely attended OF any held in a long
time as the members are waking up to
the Importance OF fish and game interests
in the state. Much interest is also mani.
tested in the controversy now going on
between Canada and the United States
in reference to seine fishing in Lake Cham
plain. In fact there seems to be a gener-
al desire to sit up and take notice all
along the line.
New Kurn Hattin Building.
The prospectus of the New England
Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster, is
sued recently outlines plans for memo
rial building which is purposed to erect
for school building. The new building
will cost about $4,000, and the names
Of persons in whose memory contribu-
tons are made will be engraved on a
tablet placed within the building. The
present school room is entirely in an at
tic, the floor being level with the caves,
so that it is extremely hot in summer and
cold in winter, and it is poorly lighted
and poorly ventilated all the time.
Thirty-fve boys are in the same build
ing with the superintendent and helpers
all the time, and there is no place in
which the boys can play in stormy wealth.
er. The present school room also takes
up room which is needed for other pur-
poses. The basement OF the new build
ing will contain manual training room,
small boys playroom, etc. There will be
three class rooms ON the first floor, and
on the second floor will be gymnasium
which may be used also for an auditori-
uu.
Fish and Came Protection.
The first annual meeting of the Fish
and Game club Of Bennington was held
Friday evening, at which constitution
and by laws were adopted declaring for
the protection OF fish and game and the
support of the state laws on that subject.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, w. H. Bradford; vice president, R.
5. Drysdale; treasurer, G. P. Endress;
secretary, George M. Hawks; executive
committee, S. H. Blackmer, E. B. Girls
void, T. P. Gregg, John Davis, Daniel
Risenburg, Earl Smith, J. A, Jubb, James
McOuirk and Frank Hurley. The club
consists of $50 members, among whom
are many of the leading citizens.
By the will of the late Angelina D..
Edgecumbe OF Burlington, three Burling-
ton institutions receive small requests.
The greater portion OF the estate goes to
direct heirs. The requests are $500 to
the Home for Aged Women, $500 to the
Cancer Relief association and 500 to
the First Church.
Pope Plus X on Sunday received II
American parish priests headed by Rev.
7, ]. Gaffney of St. Peters, Rutland, and
40 laymen, including ]. w. Donnelly OF
Albany N. Y; Mrs. Pembroke Jones and
family, Nathan Straus and wife and Hen
ry Shoemaker and daughter OF New York.
Rev. Mr.. Gaffney delivered an address IN
Latin to which the Pope replied in the
same language to the priests and in ltal-
ian to the laymen. The address and re-
ply were translated to the laymen.
A Vermont association will be formed
at Hudson, Mass, by 60 or more natives
of the state who live in that city
Charles A. Williams, principal OF the
high school, is one OF the active pro-
moters.
Walter E. Ranger, OF Montpelier, state
superintendent OF education, spoke
thursday at conference on moral pro-
gress, held at Providence, R. l., on
Ways and Means of Rural School Bet