Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-26

the coming captain the battle ship which
is to bear the name of Vermont promised
in his remarks that wherever the ship shall
go the state of Vermont shall never have
occasion to be ashamed of her.
commissioner Prouty, the next speaker
stated that in his extensive travelling over
THIS country he had found no state where
the average man is as we'll housed clothed
and fed as in Vermont
Justice Stafford the closing speaker, re-
ferred TO the literature of Vermont, after
giving his views on the unwritten law and
temporary insanity. He noted that the lit
erature OF Vermont began with the pamph-
lets of Ethan Allen. The great history of
vermont. he stated, was still to be writ
ten, ana 1t furnishes material for a story
as noble as an epic, as thrilling as q war
song, and contains philosophy for the
men of all free states. After reading sew
eral selections from Vermont,s literary
sons, he concluded by paying a tribute TO
Wendell Phillips
Miss Grace Ross, reader, delighted the
audience with a selection.
Those in Charge.
The officers of the association and the
committees which had last nights party in
charge, are as follows:
Honorary presidents - Senator Redfield
Proctor, Proctor; Senator William p Dill
bingham, Waterbury; Kittridge Haskins,
Brattleboro; Henry A. Willard, Westmin-
ster; Judge Edward F. Bingham West Con-
cord; Judge Charles H. Robb, Bellows Falls;
Judge Wendell P. Stafford. ST Johnsbury;
Rev. Samuel H. Greene Montgomery
Offcers-Edward l.. Temple, Ia presi-
dent: Fred o. Knight, first vice president;
Harry X. Willard. second vice president;
Nelson d. Adams, third vice president;
Henry T. Offtcrdinger, treasurer; Fred c.
OConnell, recording secretary; Miss Grace
Ross, corresponding secretary; Ben F. VIII
klns. financial secretary.
Board of directors-'The officers above
named and Edward r. Campbell, George
E. Graves, Mellen c. Hooker.
The Committees.
Maple sugar party committee-Edward
l.. Temple, chairman; Benjamin F. Will
kins, Fred o. knight, Edward r. Camp
bell, George r. Ide, Mellen C. Hooker
Henry A. Farnham, Ernest L. Crandall,
Fred c. O'Connell, Mrs. Martha A Miles,
Mrs. Mabel r. Peirce, Mrs Harriet A.
Bryan.
- Reception committee--Major Edward R.
Campbell. chairman; Hosea B. Moulton,
Horatio N. Taplin, Fred c. O'Connell, Mrs
kittredge Haskins, Mrs. Charles H. Robb,
Mrs. Hosea B. Mouton, Mrs. Edward L.
Iempie, Mrs George E. Graves, Mrs. Mary
E. Barnum, Mrs. Mary l. Farman.
Caterer and tables-Major E. R. Camp
bell, chairman; Edward L. Temple, Ben
r wilkins ,, Mrs; Lucy R. Brown, Mrs. NJ.
n -hAiSS' MI . a. - LAY WOOu. MIS-. Sdrah
Drown, Mrs. E. l.. Tempke, Mrs Ben F.
Wilkins.
Sugar-Fred o. Knight, chairman; Edwin
D: Farnhan, Charles Dupaw, Ben F. Will
kns
Decorations: water, ice-Col. Mellen c.
Hooker, chairman; Dolphin s. Fletcher.
Mrs. Mellen c. Hooker, Mrs. Dolphin S.
Fletcher, Miss Emlyn W. Tilden, Mrs. Mary
l. Fairman, Mrs. +. L. Temple
Floor-Fred c. O'Connell, chairman: Jesse
G. Thrall Walter L. Barnum, Duncan"
Stuart, Douglas w. Holton, Frank Mack,
Harry Besley.
Cheese, printing, tickets-Ben F. Wilkins,
chairman Edward L. Temple, Henry T.
Offterdinger, Mrs: B. F. Wilkins
Music-George R. Ide. chairman; Claude
r. Bryan, Mrs. Harriet A. Bryan
Waitresses-Mrs. Mabel R. PIERCE chair
man: Miss Grace Ross. Miss Addie S. Clark,
Miss Emlyn Tilden. Miss Agnes NJ Farrell,
Mrs Minnie NJ. Ide.
Coffee-Ernest L. Crandall, chairman; Mrs
E. L. Crandall. Miss A. Maude Sawyer,
Miss Muriel Day, Miss Stella Day.
Waitresses-Miss Florence ]. King, Miss
Kate Fletcher, Miss Helen A Skinner
Miss Flora L.. Johnson, Miss Helen A.
Davis, Miss Olive Reyes. Miss Lena NJ
Woodruff, Miss Lydia r. Hughes, Miss
Miss G.: Collins, Miss Edna Turnburke,
Lacy, Miss Martha Berry, Miss Blanche
Miss Edna Spofford, Miss Kate Gibbs, Miss
A. Maude Sawyer, Miss Olea Wood, Miss
Genevieve j. Simms, Miss Hilda Ulrickson |
Miss Bessie Brown, Miss Celestine Hodges |
Miss Sally Lacy, Mrs. Frances Towner |
Miss Julia Woodward, Miss Aurora |
Hodges, Miss Sarah Skinner, Miss Sue
Thomas. Miss Margaret White, Mrs.
Frances Smonds, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs |
Mary Wheeler, Miss Bessie L. Ide, Mrs |
Frank W. Garden, Mrs. Ernest NJ Gran |
dali, Miss Stella Day, Mrs. NJ. M. Scott |
Miss Grace Ross, Mrs. Mabel r. PIERCE |
Miss Rallston.
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