St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-10-28

/ Miss Grace NJ. Young Of Fair Haven;
! assistant secretary, Miss Grace Rouse of
/ East Berkshire; treasurer, Jay 6. Under
wood of lIartland auditor, Earl NJ.
Lewis of Barre; transportation manager,
| O II. Henderson OF st. Johnsbury;
superintendent OF mission work, Z G.
French Of LvndonvIc; superintendent 81
union and county work Rev. II S Nc
| Cready of Manchester: superintendent
ct Bible study Rev Silas p Perry of
Richford junior superintendent, Miss
w. (. Fuller of Richmond.
State Doctors Meet.
The 95th annual convention Of the
Vermont State Medical society was held
at Rutland last week. Dr. ]. f. Blau-
chard of Newport gave the vice pres-
dents annual address, His topic was,
The Attitude of the Public Toward the
Medical Profession These officers were
elected: President, Dr. {. ". Peck of
Brandon; vice president DR. S. W. Ham
mond OF Rutland; secretary. Dr. {. H
Beecher of Burlington; treasurer, Dr. b.
II Stone of Burlington; auditor, DR.. J.
II. Blodgett OF Bellows Falls. The Off
GERS elected for the house of delegates
were: President, Dr. NJ. l. Chandler of
Barre; wee presidents, Dr. W l.. Slayton
of Hyde Park, DR.. II. H. Lee of Wells
River; secretary, DR.. c. F. Dalton of
Barre. The following committees were
also appointed; Executive. Drs y. ".
Peck, { H. Beecher, A. l. Miller OF
Brattleboro; publication, Drs. {. II.
Beecher. \. o. Morton OF st. Adams, +.
E. Farmer ofSt Johnsbury; legislation,
Drs, G. H. Gorham OF Bellows Falls, Ly-
man Allen OF Burlington, A. b. Bisbee Of
Montpelier; neurology. Drs. !. b. Wheeler
of Burlington, l.. NJ. Kelley OF Manches-
ter Center, D. p Longe Of Newport;
medical education. Drs l. f. BRYANT OF
Ludlow, Don d. circuit of Waterbury, s.
S Eddy of Middlebury.
1t was voted to recommend to Gov.
George H. Prouty the appointment Of
DR.. H. ". Waterman Of Brattleboro. and
DR.. A. b. Bisbee OF Montpelier as mem
beers of the state board of medical regis
tration. Dr. James NJ Jenne of Burling-
ton was appointed delegate from the
Vermont Medical society to the Ameri-
can Medical association.
Annual D. A. R. Meeting.
The 9th annual conference of the Yer
mont Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution was held at Mont
pelier, Wednesday. Mrs. Charles II
Heaton, regent of Marquis de LAFAYETTE
chapter, gave the address OF welcome
and the responses were made by Mrs. |
Mary G. Root Of Bennington and Mrs. |
Mary Z. Mackinnon of St. Iohnsburv. |
a particularly interesting matter was |
the signing OF the petition to the egisla- /
ture for passing the bill for $50, 600 for |
an appropriation for the teGcentenarv, |
alsotor the marker at Isle LaMott One |
of the most interesting things in the pro- |
gram was the presentation Of the gold I
spoon to Harriet b. Dodge of Montpe- |
lier The presentation was made by |
Miss Carrie Deavitt Of Montpelier Mrs. !
Dodge, although well advanced in years,
was present to accept the spoon, reply |
ing with well chosen remarks. Samuel
Woods her father, was in a Massaehu- |
sets regiment. These officers were elect
ed. State regent, Mrs c. n North,
Shoreham vice state regent Mrs. !. J. |
Estey, Brattleboro; treasurer Mrs. |. G. |
Hindes, Nergennes; secretary, Mrs. Fred !
erick !. Swift, Brattleboro; historian,
Mrs. Emily P. S. Moore, Shoreham;
chaplain, Mrs L. B. Lord, Burlington.
Next years annual meeting will be held
at Springfield.
Colonial Danes Meet
The 10th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Society of the Colonial Danes was
held at Montpelier last week. These
officers were elected: Honorary president,
Miss Anna c. Park of Bennington pres
ident, Mrs, F. Stewart Stranahan of st.
Adams; first vice president, Miss Jennie
Valentine of Bennington; second vice
president Mrs. Percival w. Clement of
Rutland; third vice president, Mrs. c. +.
K, JENNIE OF Brattleboro; fourth vice pres
ident, Mrs Albert Tuttle of Fair Haven;
recording secretary, Mrs. Marcus D.
Green OF St. Adams; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. f, Curtis Smith of St Adams;
registrar, Mrs w, G. Andrews of Mont
peler; treasurer, Miss M. Nj. futile of
Poultney historian, Mrs, A. L. Leaven-
worth of Castleton; board of manage
ment, Mrs. John L, Alger of Saxtons
River; Miss May Cooke of Wellesley,
Mass: and Mrs. A. W. Ferrin of Mont
pelier. The report of the treasurer
shows balance on hand of $9121. An
invitation was extended to the society |
to meet at St. Adams in 1909.
Governors Property Loss.
Serious forest fires are raging near Or