Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-15
Hotel Warwick viii be Readquar.
lePs For Official Party From
Vermont.
DUE 70 ARRIVE THIS EVENING
Wednesday will be Vermont Day at
Exposition, and Occasion win, be
Celebrated in Elaborate Fashion
Addresses Of Welcome by Cover
nor Swanson and President Tucker.

Governor Fletcher d. Proctor has
staff officers, Lieutenant Governor
George IL. Prouty. Adjutant Genera.
A. Nj. Norton and nuniJcr OF other
State officers and distinguished citi.
zens of Vermont will arrive in New
port News today to participate In the
exercises incident to Vermont Day a,
the Exposition Wednesday. The party
s. Is coming down from New York on
the New York. Philadelphia and Nor
folk railway and will make the trip
from Cape Charles to This city on
II special steamer, arriving here about
o'clock this evening. The dstin-
guished visitors will make their head.
quarters at Hotel Warwick during
their visit to the Tcr-ccntennial.
Arrangements for the entertain.
mcnt OF the Vermont delegation were
made by Mr.. f.. NJ. Goddard chairman
OF the State commission of Vermont.
whose wife Is the hostess OF the YER
mont building.
Members OF the party.
Among those in Governor Proctor's
party are: Lieutenant Governor
Prouty, Adjutant General A. NJ. Nor.
ton, Col. +. 5. Kinslcy aud Mrs. Kins.
ley. Col l. NJ. Bartlett and Mrs. Bart
lett. Col. Clayton j. Wright and Mrs.
Wright, Col. w. ID. Woolson, Col
Charles S. Forbes. Mr.. and Mrs. j. T..
baldwin, MIR. and Mrs. ]. l.. Buck, Mr.
and Mrs. II. l. Parker Mir and Airs.
Charles Il. Abel, MIR. and Mrs w. AZ
Arson, Mr.. and Mrs. O. IL. Bump
MIR. and Mrs II. NJ Wells, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. b. Sturdevant, Mr.. and Mrs
Norton, Miss norton. Mr.. Albert a.
Kicker Miss Alice l.. Kicker and Mr.
Arthur II. Reyes and Hon. James A.
DeBoer, who Will be the orator Mt the
Vermont Day Exercises.
Tho Vermont delegation will leave
this city for the Exposition OH n spr.
cial steamer about $3.50 o'clock, AZ.
irving at 9;S0 o'clock. The visitors
VIII be taken over the Exposition
In carriages and automobiles, At 10
o'clock Governor Claude A. Swanson
will mako n formal call on Governor
Proctor at the Vermont building, and
Governor Proctor will return the call
Mt the Virginia building a half hour
later.
Exercises at Auditorium.
The exercises of the day will begin
In the Auditorium ut ii o'clock. with
Lieutenant Governor Charles il.
Pronty, of Vermont, presiding. Hon
hihtl 81 otOl6t iuthtl.
of tho Exposition will deliver the adj
dress of welcome. He will be fol.
lowed by Governor Swanson. who
will welcome the visitors to virginia.
Governor Proctor viii reply to that
address on behalf OF his state.
The exercises will he brought to n
close with an Grafton by Hon. James
a. Del,ocr. of Vermont.
AT 1890 o'clock In the afternoon
Governor Proctor and his party will
be rendered a luncheon at the Swiss
Alps Village ana at 3 o'clock all OF
the troops stationed at the Exposition
will be reviewed on Lee Parade by
the governor OF Vermont. Governor
Swanson, President Tucker, General
Grant. Admiral Harrington and other
distinguished persons.
The Vermont celebration will be
closed with reception TO Governor
Proctor at the Vermont State building
from o'clock to ii o'clock Wedncs
day night
The Vermont party will return Ia
the Warwick Hotel Wednesday night
and will leave for the return trip to
Vermont Thursday