Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-09-14
OUR STATE OFFICERS.
Individual Sketches of the Elect.
FLETCHER d. PROCTOR.

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as years old. He comes of that hardy
New England stock that has never
backed from its charlottesville very
persistence that made New England, in.
Guiding Vermont, go ahead and win out
under the most trying circumstances.
The life of Mr.. Proctor has been with
out frills or Alterations. He is simply
plain Mr.. Proctor, today, tomorrow.
every day of the year. That his career
has been one of great activity is demon
strated in the history of his life that
follows:
Fletcher D. Proctor was born in Cav
endish, November Z, 1860. He was
educated at the Middlebury high school
and at Amherst college. He received
the degree of A. B. In the class of 1882.
While he was student Mr. Proctor
worked during his vacations for the
Vermont Marble Co., and he entered
its permanent employ as soon as he left
college. He became assistant superin-
tendent, then general superintendent.
and since 1889 has been president of the
company and its active and responsible
manager.
In 1889 the Vermont Marble company
employed some 100 or 1900 men. Today
the number of men employed is 1900,
who labor in the company's works at
Proctor, West Rutland and Rutland.
The company ships over 10000 tons of
marble annually, its product going to
every portion of the globe The Yer
mont Marble company is many times
over the largest producer or manufac-
turer of marble in the world Mr.. Proc
tor is also president of the Proctor
Trust company, which owns and oper-
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different quarries, mills, and shops with
each other and with the Rutland and
the Delaware & Hudson Canal COM
psny's road.
In 1888 Mr.. Proctor enlisted as a pri-
vate in Co. A, LIST Infantry, V. N. G.,
and served four years, rising to second
lieutenant and then to first lieutenant.
In 1895 Mr.. Proctor began the EN-
ployment by the Vermont Marble COM
pany of trained nurses at Proctor and
at West Rutland to attend free of charge
cases of sickness among its employees
and their families. The following year
he built at Proctor modern hospital
and as the company contributes about
one-tenth of the hospitals income, it is
practically free hospital to its en-
ployees and their families
In 1856 Mr.. Proctor was secretary
of civil and military affairs to Gov.
E. j. Ormsbee. In 1890 he was a men,
Der of the house of representatives, serv-
ing on the committee of ways and
means and as chairman of the general
committee. In 1892 he was a member
of the senate, and served on the COM
mittee on finance and as chairman of
the general committee. He represented
the town of Proctor in 1900 and was
elected speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives by the unanimous vote OF its
republican members.
Mr.. Proctor married Minnie E. Robin
son of Westford, May &c, 1886. They
have three children, Emily, age 10,
Mortimer Robinson, 10, and Minnie, II.
LIEUT.. GOV. PROUTY.
George Herbert Prouty was born in
Newport, March, 1862. In the village
school, academy and business college he
received good practical education, and
at the age of eighteen entered the en-
ploy of his father. He was very soon
sent to Knowlton, P. O., to superintend
branch mill, and in 1885 became a
partner in the firm.
His political career has been in line
with his business and social success.
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the house by one of the largest votes
ever given in Newport and notwith-
standing he had a very popular demo-
crat as his opponent. In 1904 he was
elected one of the senators from Orleans
county without a vote in opposition, and
at the organization of the senate was
honored by receiving the election of pre-
sident pro tenn of that BODY.
He is a man of DrOnOunced cOnvictiopC
and great tenacity of purpose when con-
WINGED he is right. Added to these
prominent qualities he was born and
reared as a strong, true, uncompromising
republican, and Is ready ever to devote
time money and the best of his ability
for the promotion of the highest inter
ests OF his party and for the honest,
economical and faithful administration
OF State government, with no graft or
even suspicion of dishonesty. Because
of these facts his townsmen and friends
can conscientiously and without reserve,
commend him as man unusually well
lifted for the important position to which
he has been elected
EDWARD H. DEAVITT,
State Treasurer, of Montpelier, was
born in Moretown, December /, 1871,
and is the son of Thomas j. and Carrie
b. Harrington Deavitt. In 1878 the
family moved to Montpelier. Mr.. Dea-
witt was graduated from the Washington
County Grammar school in 1889 and is
a graduate of the University of Vermont
at Burlington in the class of 1898 He
studied law one year with his father
and two years at the Harvard Law
school, being graduated from the latter
institution in 1896 and admitted to the
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