St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-08
WOman'S Club Meeting.
Local Institutions Spoken of by Prominent
Citizens.

] lOCd1 opOhtu Dy prominent
Citizens.
! The December meeting of the Woman S
! Club was held in Pythlan Hail. Monday
afternoon. At the executive board
meeting Mrs. J. H. Brooks resigned as
! corresponding secretary and Miss Mar
garet Clark was elected to the office
The vacancy in the executive board
occasioned by the removal from town OF
Mrs. James A. Thompson was filled by
the election of Mrs. George F. Cheney.
! A committee consisting of Mrs. Herbert
a. Stanley, Mrs Emile L. Eastman and
! Mrs. p. F. Hazen, was appointed to
make an effort to have better fire pro-
lection secured for Pythian block. Two
new members were welcomed at this
meeting, Mrs. G. c. Weeks and Mrs Ida
p. Brooks. The president called atten-
| ton to the tuberculosis leaflets which
are being distributed about town, and
to the stamps issued by the general Fed
Grafton in the Interest of tuberculosis.
Mention was made of the great sorrow
that has recently entered the homes of
three of the members, and of the death OF
one member, and Mrs. Henry Fairbanks
read an appreciative tribute to the
memory of Mrs. T. M. Howard A
piano duet by Mrs. Edward Peterson
and Mrs. Ralph Parker was much en-
joyed.
The chairman of the social science COM
mittee, Mrs, Freelove Spaulding, present
ed Frank H. Brooks, president of Bright
look Hospital, who spoke informally of
the work and needs of that institution,
which seeks to make US all one in our de-
sire to help those about us. In his re-
marks he coupled the two local hospitals
between which he said there should be
nothing antagonistic, but everything to
bring them together He asked the
questions, Are we going to see these
local institutions barely exist" and
What is our attitude toward them?"
and said that although Brightlook was
out OF debt it was in constant need of
assistance in the way of keeping it in re-
pair, completing the necessities of the
building, grading and improving the
grounds. He suggested the need of a
nurses home, an endowment fund, and
more free beds. He paid deserved tri-
butte to the late DR.. Heath and the others
to whom debt of gratitude is due for
their efforts in starting such an institu-
ton in this town, under adverse circum-
stances, and commended highly the
work of the Brightlook Hospital Aid
Association, without whose help, he
said the Hospital could not have existed.
His practical words in behalf of this
local institution were appreciated by all
who heard him.
Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks spoke of
Sunset Home, an Institution of an en-
tirely different type and concerning
which there were no striking events to
mention. With Brightlook he said it de-
served the support of the public. He
spoke of the Homesas an ideal building
tor which it was appropriated, in very
pleasing location, little apart from the
main avenues of traffic He referred to
the former occupants of the house, Judge
Poland and his family, and of his daugh-
ter, the donor. He gave a brief history
of its Incorporation and the incorpora-
tors, the board of lady visitors, to
whom with the competent matrons
much credit is due for the internal
economy Tor the many and interesting
ways in which funds had been raised for
its support; of tie Inauguration of Wis
itor's day last year and the beneficial re-
suits to the visitors and those who live
there; of the numerous applications for
home there from this town and abroad;
and of the comfort the home has provd-
ed as refuge for ladies in their declining
years, so appropriately named Sunset
Home.
The Christmas stamp, issued by the
Vermont Federation, is very attractive
decoration for Christmas packages, and
the object of its sale is to obtain means
for carrying on the work of suppressing
tuberculosis. This little messenger car
ries the Christmas greeting to all the
friends of the federation, but is also ap-
propriate tor the use of any woman,
whether a club woman or not. 1t
carries the symbol of the health depart
ment OF the General Federation of Wom-
ems clubs, in the double red cross, inter
twined, with the letter "U," which means
Unity of purpose and action toward
perfect health"