The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-24
GLORY BLAZE
FOR W0ODMEN
State Log Rolling Held Satur-
day Afternoon
MONTPELIER WON THE CUP
Splendid Drill BY Daughters Of Wood
craft After Performance BY Their
Elders--Addresse BY Various
People.

Une OF the largest crowds Of the sea-
son gathered at Intercity park Satur-
day afternoon when the state associa
tion of Modern Woodmen Of America
held their first annual log-rolling.
| Speeches competitive and exhibition
drills and bah game between Barre
Montpelier and the Manchester teams
were the order Of the afternoon.
states Attorney Ben Gates 81 Mont
peher acted as chairman and opened
TIE exercises with d short Introductory
address, at the close Of which he ir-
trodueed Mayor Haley Of Montpelier
who gave short address of welcome
The chairman then introduced a, o..
Palmer, the general New England de-
putty, who responded 10 the welcome in
a few fitting remarks interspersed with
humorous anecdotes. He spoke, he said,
more particularly to the ladies, although
they were usually able to speak for
! themselves. He spoke OF the work done
! by the Woodmen as fraternity, Of the
fofesters branch of the organization.
The speaker said that the strength OF
the organization laid in the character Of
4 its members and that the main object of
the order WAS the protection and eleva-
tlon Of its members.
Supreme Organizer Johnson Speaks.
Mr. Gates then introduced the Hon.
1 Ralph 4. johnson Of Lincoln, Nebraska,
the supreme organizer. Mr. johnson is
al able orator and bears a strong re-
Remblance to his illustrious fellow towns
man, William j. Bryan Dir. johnson
opened by saying that he did not intend
to make speech as addresses seemed
TO be the order of lie day, that he was
glad to be able to attend this. the first
meeting Of the association and to see
its success which was but typical of
the Woodmen everywhere.
lie said that nothing could block the
progress Of the great fraternity and
considering that il had only been IS.
tablished for % years and that brief
lperiod OF less than ten years marked its
existence in the New England states its
/ growth was phenmenal He said hat
the order already had a membership OF
100000 aud that it was expected 70
reach the million mark in a short time.
and that IL was hoped that the order
would soon be able To extend beyond
the boundaries Of the United States
and include Canadians in its member
ship.
Mr.. Johnson said that the greatness
OF the Woodmen lay IN its individual
membership and that the increase in
malnbeFship was due to the indominable
spirit OF the American people who were
behind the organization. He spoke OF
the necessity Of joining such an oFgani-
zation and Illustrated his points with
several amusing stories which, together
with other portions of his address, won
hearty applause.
IN closing the speaker said that Wood
craft was intended to aid the living as
well as the dead aud that It was an ed
ueational institution, developing the
latent ability that was in man. He
said that the fraternity should become
even more fraternal and that a true
1 NNoodman should support the red, white
and green Of woodrcaft on one hand, the
stars and stripes on the otlfer.
i Competition For Prize Cup.
Az the conclusion of Mr. Johnson's
address was given the competitive drill
between the Faresters teams Of the
Barre, Montpelier and Burlington camps
for the handsome silver cup which was
given by James n Pirie of Graniteville
The conditions under which this cup Is
given are that team 60 own the cup
must win il three times in competition.
4 The Montpelier team took the field
4 first, in command Of Captain H. W.
Park, and for fifteen minutes went
through the complicated evolutions of
the drill and manual without slip or
blunder, marching and countermarching
/ in manner that showed a perfect un-
derstanding Of the movements.
The Barre team in command OF Cap
tain Gilbert Philips was the next to
take the field and they too made an ex-
! cellent appearance showing more snap
and aiertness than the Montpelier team
and as great familiarity with the
movements Of the drill.
The Burlington team in command of
Captain William Thyme was the last to
drill and in general appearance they
were the superiors OF either Of the other
teams and went through the evoIutions
IN almost perfect form until in the
last few minutes couple Of slight
mistakes in the manual lost their chance
OF the cup.
/ The Judges, Captain Joe w. jackson
Of Barre; Hon. Ralph Johnson of No
hrasSa and Capt Arthur G. Eaton Of
Montpelier awarded the cup to the
i Montpelier team, that team winning
with only one point TO the good over
| the other two, Montpelier had 02, Bur-
lington 91R and Barre Of. Quite a
general impression seemed to be that
| Barre should have won the cup but that
all their movements were not strictly
IL accordance with the manual.
The members Of the winning team
were Captain, II. WI Park; assistant,
G A. Foilett; n D. Holmes, II. a. Hol-
man; Il, r. Ryle; Juan DeC0llaines. W..
r. Perrys George w. Buswell; b. J..
Billingsi a. T.. Blake; II. G. RoweIl; II
T. Label; h T. Carson; r. L. Fisher; r.
G. Fisher; y. w. Goodfellow; L. II.
Badora
At The conclusion Of the drill the cup
was presented hy Mr. Pirie To Captain
II. M Park Of the Montpelier team,
Daughters Of wooderaft Drill.
Next IN order was tile drill ~ the
Daughters Of Woodcraft of Barre and
! the manner in which these sixteen young