St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-06-21
VERMONT NEWS.
sons of Veterans.

II 6. A., was held at Richtord last week,
md was closed with a campfire in the
nnera house, Wednesday evening. Gov
ernor Bell and his staff in uniform were
there at the campfire and Department
Commander S. H. Wood fthe Vermont
q Ar, was the guest of honor the
,,;oht before at the reception. The pre-
siding officer at the campfire was Capt.
l. N. Culver and the speakers were:
Governor Bell, Rev. F. E. White Of Enos-
burp Falls, ex-Lieut. Gov. Z. M. Mansur
n Newport, John W. Senter, Of North
Trov, II, D. Pollard OF Richford, Col. A.
e Brown of Montpelier, Simeon Dufur,
Of Richford, and Frank L. Greene of St.
Adams.
Perhaps one of the most unique scenes
ever witnessed at Vermont campfire OF
this kind took place when Captain Culver
rose and said: 1--WE will now call the roll.
Sergt. Mark M. Rice, stand up" Mr..
Rice of St. Adams, who was among the
Guests on the platform, arose, wonder
ingly Captain Culver, continued: Cor
moral Bell, stand up" Governor Bell
arose. "Shake hands, old comrades, "
said Captain Culver, and then he ex-
blamed to the audience as they did so
that these two men were members OF
the same company in the Civil War and
that they met by chance that night on
that platform for the first time in forty
years.
The following officers were elected:
Division commander, John B. Ripley OF
Lyndonville; senior vice-commander, G..
3, Bliss of Calais junior vice. commander,
H. W. Lovelette of Richford; division
council, R. c. Smith of Burlington, E. G.
Reed of Chelsea, George E. Fisher OF
Lyndonville egate-at.large to nation
al encampment, Ernest L. Lambert OF
Bennington; delegate, II. D. Pollard OF
Richford, each delegate to have power to
choose his own alternate. 1t was voted
to hold the next encampment in Lyndon
vile in June, at date to be fixed by
the division commander and his secre.
tary and treasurer.
The auxiliary to the Sons Of Veterans
also held its division encampment and
elected officers: President, Mrs. John B.
Ripley OF Lyndonville; vice president
Mrs. c. J. Smith of Huntington; chap.
lain, Mrs. Emma Simpson of Lyndon.
VILE secretary, Mrs. Lucy Huntley Of
Lyndonville; treasurer, Mrs. Agnes
Ruggles of Lyndonville; division council
Miss Susie Connoway of Lyndonville,
Mrs. c. J. Smith of Huntington, and
Mrs. Lenore Rivers of Bristol.
Reunion of 18Th Vermont.
The 18th annual reunion of the 18th
Vermont Regiment association, will bt
held in Montpelier, June 27. The attend
ance is sure to be large, inasmuch as
Lieut.Col. A. c. Brown invites all sur
vivers OF the regiment with their wives to
be his guests at the Pavilion Hotel fol-
that day and night. The program in
cludes trolley ride to Barre to visit thu
Burns monument and other places o
interest, business meeting of the associ
alton on the return from Barre and {
reception and banquet in the evening a
the Pavilion. Capt. Frank Ken6eid o
Morrisville will be POSTMASTER at th
banquet and Wilder's orchestra will fur
nish music for the reception in the Pavilion
parlors and for the banquet that follow
the reception.
Vermont c. OIL II.
A three days convention of the Yer
mont jurisdiction, Catholic Order O
Foresters, was held at Middlebury, las
week. These officers were elected High
chief ranger, John Calvin of 3rattleboro
vice Chief ranger, Louis Alapa of Win
ooski; State secretary, 7. A. Austin o
Brattleboro; treasurer, F. W. Sault o
Essex Junction. State court directors
Thomas H. Farrell of Island Pond, ]. H
Talbot of Mortified, 6. A. Goyett o
Middlebury, J. h. McGrath of Milton
Rev. D. Coffey of Bristol; state spiritua
director, Rev. ]. D. Shannon OF Middle
bury delegates to the international con
vention to be held in Boston in August
Lewis n. Provost OF Rutland, Georg
kidder of Middlebury, G. H. Blair o
Ogdensburg, N. Y, Fred Demars of St
Adams, Rev. L. A. Vezina OF Shoreham.
Immediately after the adjournment o
the Foresters the convention of tn,
American Federation of Churches So
cety was held in the town hall. Thes'
officers were elected: President, Rev
L. A. Vezina of Shoreham; vice presi
dent, T. H. Farrell of Island Pond secre
tary, D. S. Garry of Brattleboro; treas
urer, George Goyett of Middlebury; fiv,
directors, A. A. Austin of Brattleboro
F. L. Graves of Winooski, F. G. Landr,
of st. Johnsbury, H. P. O'Neal of Whit
River Junction, and John MCGEE O
Milton
The convention voted to hold the mex
convention in Bennington the secon
Tuesday in June, 1907.
Following the adjournment OF tn
convention the state court officers held
meeting and decided to hold the sem
annual state court meeting at Richmon
the second Tuesday in August of thi
year.
Members of the Vermont Automobil
Club gathered at Montpeliet last wee
to discuss the feasibility OF holding a clu
meet this summer, and it was decided t
hold it some time In July. The run wi
extend to the top of Mt. Washington
1t is expected that at least 60 members
and possibly 100, will take the run.
Suit was brought last week agains
the c. Y. Railroad Co. for damages {
$4,000 for the death OF Martin F
Flint of Randolph who was killed Ma
Is last at West Berlin while crossing tt
tracks of the company. The suit
brought by W. ]. Blodgett of Randolr
administrator of Mr.. Flint's estate. I'll
attorneys are Cowles and Moulton. tt
papers were served at st. Adams an
were later filed in County Clerk Ray
Office, the case being returnable at Il
September term of county court. tt