Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-12-06
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.

Inc llst OF members Is Still In a fOrma-,
tive condition. While many have joined
and paid their dues, many who have
given their names have not yet paid the
fee; while others who have expressed
great interest in the association and their
intention to join have not done 80 at this
date. 1t is therefore thought best to de-
fer the printing Of the membership list
until the first Of January to give ample
time for all who desire to join to do 80.
Name and fee of s1.00 for either active or
honorary membership may be sent to
Mrs. S. s. Eddy, the treasurer of the
society, at any time.
1t is thought desirable to invest the
money 30 that it may be drawing inter-
est for the months that must intervene
before work begins; therefore it is earn
estly requested that all who have pledged
any amount. small or large, will pay the
sum into the treasury at once.
During the week the following COM
mittees have been appointed, the chair
men selecting their own associates, being
themselves appointed by the executive
board from the following list of directors
Mrs. Ransom Benedict, Mrs. Ezra Brain
erd, Mrs. Thos. Burns, Mrs. A. K. Carr,
Mrs. c. H. Dickinson, Mrs. A. S. Harri-
man, Mrs. S. Augustine Ilsley, Mrs VIM.
Jackson, Mrs. VIM. w. McGilton, Mrs.
d. McGregor Means, Mrs. d. c. Noble.
Miss Carrie Noonan, Mrs. Leroy Russell,
Mrs. H. NJ. SeeIy, Mrs. Bruce Wright.
Finance committee: Chairman, Mrs. E.
A. Beckwith, Mrs. F. w, Beckwith, Miss
Carrie Noonan, Mrs. Chas. Rogers, Mrs.
Ernest Severance and Mrs.C. G. Wells.
Forestry committee: Chairman. Mrs.
Ezra Brainerd, Mrs. H. l.. Averili, Mrs.
E. G. Hunt, Mrs. NJ. A. Munroe, and
Mrs. w. j. White. Park committees:
Chairman, Mrs. VIM. w. McGilton. Mrs.
Edwy Buttolph, Mrs. T. NJ. Chapman,
Mrs. John Dyer, Mrs. s. Augustine Ilsley,
Mrs. E. H. Martin, Mrs. d. McGregor
Means. Sanitary committee; Chairman,
Mrs. D. c. Noble, Mrs. S. Aines. Mrs.
Chas. Lyman, Mrs. j. A. Peck and Mrs.
Noble Sanford. Street committee Chair
man, Mrs. VIM. jackson, Mrs. NJ. r.
Burt, Mrs. L. G. Drolette, Mrs. w. H.
Huntley, Mrs. j. H. Lovett, Mrs. E.
Sterns and Miss Ida Waugh. The rail
road committee, Miss Jessica Stewart,
chairman, will be published later with
the names of the Advisory Council of
men who are honorary members.
Thanks to the liberality of the Regis
ter Co., the constitution and bylaws of
the Middlebury improvement society ap-
peared in the issue of the Register Nov.
80 Ii is suggested that all the members
secure and preserve copy of the same.
The continued interest and hearty coop
Grafton of every citizen of Middlebury
are absolutely essential if the society is to
accomplish the greatest good. Nature
and its early settlers and foretime resi-
dents have done much to make Middle
bury beautiful. The introduction of a
perfect system and adequate supply of
pure drinking water and of necessary
sewers have done much to make Middle
bury healthful. Constant additions to
good walks and roads make the village
increasingly comfortable. This new
movement towards improvement is in
tended to help to carry on the good work
so we'll begun and To give enthusiastic
support to every effort made by the viii
| lage fathers in this direction. As the
constitution well says, the object of the
society is to promote the cleanliness,
beauty and health of Middlebury, to CO.
operate with the authorities in the en-
forcement of existing laws, to procure
additional legislation, when necessary,
and to aid all efforts to impress the town
in its moral, sanitary and artistic as
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