Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-10-14
W. c. T. u. CONVENTION AT
BRANDON.

oofo <AHnoai Ficiu In the naSahoSs
Church with Large Attendance.
National President and Many
State Officers Present.
The 33rd annual convention of the
w. @. T. u. was held in the Methodist
church, Brandon, commenc ng Sep
TENDER 80 and closing the evening of
October 2.
The meeting of the executive COM
mittee was held at 2 p. m. Monday,
followed by reception to the na-
tional and state off GERS from 7 to s
Monday evening.
AT s O'Clock the evening session
opened with song service led by
Herman Williams, followed by prayer
by Mrs. Ellen b. Turner of st. Johns
bury. The convention was opened by
Mrs. Ida II. Read, state president
Greetings to the convention were,
given: for the Rutland county w. @.
I. e., Mrs. s. K. Burbank; Brandon
local union, Mrs. G. A. Cooke; and a.
song of welcome by the Brandon
L. T. L. Rev. E. l.. Billiard gave
warm welcome in behalf of the town
and churches, and Prof. j. FL. Fuller
for the schools. Short responses
were made by Mrs Parmalee and
Mrs. Keozer. Next came song,
"Some Glad Day." The national
president, Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens of
Portland, Me-, was then introduced.
The convention rose en- masse and
waved handkerchiefs. Miss Anna
G ordon, worlds secretary of L. T. L.,
and Mile. Merle d'Aubigne of Paris,
France, were then introduced. The
young lady from Paris is in this
country collecting facts and learning
methods to help in the temperance
work in her own country.
Tuesday morning the executive
meeting was followed by prayer
and praise service at O'Clock. Con-
vention was opened by Mrs. Road,
whose annual address will be found
in the state minutes. She said in
part that our keynote for the coming
year should be ''good cheer" We
hive nothing to do with discourage
ment Vermont has not made the
adv nee she ought in the past year
but We have only to look beyond the
limit of our own state to find abun-
dant reason for encouragement, and
even within our own borders there is
cause for Thanksgiving. Miss Gordon
gave Bible reading and spoke fol-
short time to the children. Oul
sister from France spoke for a few
minutes of the great need of temper.
ance work in her own home land
The hymn "How Firm Foundation
was sung, after which Mrs. Stevens
offered prayer and the benedictio1
was pronounced by Rev. w. S. Smart
Dinner was served in the Congre
gational chapel in very pleasin!
= manner, the Mattresses marching il
: time to music, taking their stands a
the tables and joining in singing tn
! doxology.
4 The afternoon session opened b
singing "Come Thou Almighty King
q A committee on resolutions wa
: appointed, and reports from th
a superintendent of the different de
q partments (of which there are owe
40 in the organizat atom given. W
- cannot report even in condensed forl
! from these different departments br
4 suffice it to say that increased men
+, bership and interest were reported
At this time a few words fro
- Mother National" were spoken
20 Mrs. Stevens. She said in part th;
the "National'' made the plans bl
+ it is the part of the state, county ar
n local unions to see that they are ca
,, ried out. Miss Gordon spoke to tt
L. T. L. of Brandon-who when o
" ganized one year ago numbered s
~ now $50.
IN A pleasing feature of the evenil
IT. session was the introduction of
k little boy dressed in Japanese co
" tune, Miss Gordon telling at tt
liz time of the work of the L. T. L.
raising funds to support worker
that far-off land. Mrs. L. M.
Stevens gave the address of t
H. evening, from which we give a fe
extracts: "There never was a tin
80 taking the country as whole, VIII
prohibition sentiment was as stro
:. as to- day. Prohibition and to-
= abstinence are oars of the same bo
Re 1t was happy day when Maine COT