St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-19
ELECTRICIANS IN SESSION.
Profitable Meetings of the State Assoc
ciafiOn.

The 6fth annual meeting of the YER
mont Electrical Association was held
here last Wednesday and Thursday and
the attendance was the largest In the
history of the organization. Twenty
FIVE representatives of the electrical
plants of the state represented the active
membership of the association, while
about so travelling men, engaged in
various lines of electrical apparatus,
added greatly to the enjoyment of the
occasion. The details of the convention
had all been arranged by Ebert E. Gage,
the retiring president. and be and his
associates in the office of the St. Johns
bury Electric Company were untiring in
their efforts to give the members good
time.
Wednesday was given over entirely to
social functions and in the morning
special train took the members OF the
association and invited guests to Joe's
Pond where genuine Rhode Island
clambake was served on the shores Of
the pond by "Bill the baker" from Port
land, who brought with him 10 barrels
of seaweed plenty OF Holsters and clans
and all the ixings for a most successful
bake The clans were steamed two
hours over the hot stones after which
the bivalves were greatly relished by the
visitors. Previous to the dinner came
the base ball game. noted for its start.
ling decisions by the big umpire and the
wonderful catches in the out6eld. Others
of less strenuous nature enjoyed other
sports, such as ring Round the Rosy ;,
Simon Says Thumbs Up" and "Pitch, +"
while few short circuits were made to
the inviting waters of the pond. In the
evening the party were invited to
Pythian Hall where all gathered around
for stories and "auld lang syne."
Thursday morning was devoted to
sightseeing. The visitors were taken in
squads to the scale works, the power
plant at the Btlknap dam and the auxili-
airy plant at Passumpsic. In the after
noon occurred the business session when
the following officers were elected:
President, George S. Haley, Rutland.
First Vice-Pres., E. E. Larrabee, Ben
nington.
Second Vice-Pres, F. H. Parker, Bur-
lington. 1891
Secretary-Treasurer, c. c. Wells,
Middlebury.
Executive committee, Frank Collins,
White River Junction; J. E. Davidson,
Montpelier; E. D. Blackwell, Brandon; E.
c. Parker, Vergennes; F. H. Foote. St.
Adams.
1t was voted to hold the next meeting
at st. Adams.
One of the most delightful features OF
the entire gathering occurred at the close
OF the business session when the members
were invited to an informal reception at
the home of Col. T. c. Fletcher the
president OF the st. Johnsbury Electric
Company. The guests were received by
COL and Mrs. Fletcher and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert E. Gage, being introduced to
their hosts and hostesses by c. A. For
rest. They were resolved on the spacious
lawn north of the Fletcher house and
number ofyoung ladies had been invited
in to help entertain the visitors. Light
refreshments were served and the fun
began when Col. Fletcher presented
Thomas Fl. Bbber with most gorgeous
spray OF sunf1owers. Mr.. Bibber respond.
ed very happily and then entertained the
audience by the best line OF comedy ever
seen in st. Johnsbury. His dialect work
was perfect and the audience were con.
vulsed with laughter throughout his
various Stunts" Col. Fletcher then
presented c. F. Howes OF Cambridge,
Mass, with another sprig Of sunfowers
and he responded by an exceedingly time.
ly story. Col. Fletcher then introduced
c. R. Fish of Boston as the man who
had wired the first house in st. Johns.
bury for electricity and he gave in
teresting "reminiscences of the installation
OF the Thomson-Houston plant. Col.
Fletcher introduced Harvlin Paddock as
bis associate in establishing the plant here
and spoke briefly OF its history and
growth. The reception was not allowed
to conclude without hearty thanks
from the members for the delight
full hospitality and appreciative words
were expressed on behalf of the members
by ] A. Campbell of Patterson, N. !.
At the evening session in Pythian Hall
carefully prepared paper on recent i'm.
provements in incandescent lamps was
presented by Francis W. Wilcox, OF the
lamp department of the General Electric
Company at Harrison, N. I. In Mr..
Wilcoxs absence the paper was read by
h. w. Brown OF the Boston office. Above
the speaker was string OF incandescent
lights including many new varieties and
one made of the rare metal, tantalum.
The paper was followed by light lunch,
music by the st. Johnsbury Orchestra
and enjoyable monologue work by Frank
| 0. French. At the business session
President Haley announced that two
men had been made honorary members
of the organization, William !. Cahoon
of the Consolidated Lighting Company
OF Portland, Me-, and Thomas Fl. Bibber
OF Meirose, Mass. Col. T. c. Fletcher
was called out and made brief address
and few stories were told by Arthur F.
Stone. The rest Of the evening was spent
in a social way.
The members left on the night and
morning trains and were unanimous in
their expressions OF appreciation for the
hospitality and courtesies extended bv
Col. and Mrs. Fletcher, Supt. and Mrs.
| Gage and their associates in the ST
Johnshury Electric Company.