St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-06-02
VERMONT NEWS
heath Of george W. Pierce.


5 pi Pr Lnown throughout the state.
20 % ~Sn r Monday evening May "A
leo suG PnsselPs private sanitariun at
VI ..nJon Mass, where he had been
Vinc Ie.O days. Death was due to heart
Pny wv He had been in failing health for
allure, e. wear and FIVE years ago he had a
DC i. pa attack of nervous prostration.
ever ..sral was held Wednesday after
The un ot two o'clock the Rev. Roy M.
1901 nb +C pastor OF the Center Congre-
io 9susIT church officiating with burial
gaton ran;noside cemetery, Brattleboro.
u ~ MA LAS horn in Westminster, Decem-
NJ NJ 1851. He had been prominent in
PEI soGricnltural interests of the town and
ls,a and in 1892 Gov. Levi <. Fuller
fta@ s;,ted him a member Of the state
pp VI If agriculture. In 1897 he was
4 OOoaaoliuted BY Gov. Josiah Grout as COM
T;pisoner to the Tennessee centennial ex-
4 D ns;t;on and in 1899 Gov. E. c: Smith
OO s'' him a delegate to the farmers
Ap pt;Onal congress, held ia Boston. Mr..
pesO also served as secretary OF the
i,0lnont Dairvmen's association for six
'arD and oficiated as its president tor
0T u. had been prominently identified
u; n the Grange having been a member
sfthat order SO years. He was a mas
~, Of Protective Grange OF Brattleboro
& H. three years. In 1904 he was elected
ststp senator from this district and
. .sr, one term. In December, 1906, he
~as elected master of the State Grange
snd he served in this capacity for two
r rD Last December he was again re-
( sIected but he declined to serve. He was
\ member of the special tax commission
which was appointed by Governor Proc
.or in 1908 and he was also president of
4 tbr Windham County Good Roads asso-
cation.
4 He was prominent in Masonic circles
/ and was member of Brattleboro Lodge,
4 yo 70 F. and A. NJ, Fort Dummer
4 haoter, No. 10, R. A. NJ, Connecticut
Byalley Council, No. 16, Beauseant Com
4mandery, No. 7, K. T., Bingham Chap
ter 0, E. S., and Mount Sinai Temple,
tNystic Shrine OF Montpelier. He was a
member Of the First Universalist church
and served for many years on the board
d trustees of that church.
In 1885 he married Miss Ida NJ. Weed
4 Of Saratoga, N. Y, who survives him
4 with five sons and a daughter, Milton
\ ", an instructor in the University of
Vermont; George E. of Amherst College;
Frederick W. Weed. K, Helen Nj. and
/ Nathan G. all of Brattleboro. He also
( leaves two brothers. Edward P Pierce of
Palmer, Mass, and DR.. Willard H.
4 Pierce Of Greenfield, Mass.
WIN. U. at Rutland.
At the 21st annual meeting of the w
|H. N. U, of Vermont at Rutland the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Honorary presidents, Mrs.
4. E. Swift, Woodstock, Mrs. Rebecca p.
Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury; president.
4 Mrs. Edward G. Osgood, Bellows Falls;
ce.president, Mrs. E. D. Burditt,
Rutland; recording secretary, Mrs. Evan
Thomas, Burlington; corresponding sec
Irstary, Mrs. w. J, Van Patten, Burling-
ton; secretary of young peoples work,
Mrs. L. L. Wyman, Manchester Center;
secretary OF junior work, Mrs. E. F.
Palmer, jr,, Waterbury; treasurer, Mrs.
Charles H. Thompson, Brattleboro;
assistant treasurer, Miss Ellen L. Ware,
|hattleboro editor of Vermont Mission
|ay, Mrs. Charles F. Hawley, St. Johns
|mry.
Conference officers, Addison county,
lMrs. W. H. Matthews. Cornwall;
Bennington, Mrs. w. B. Sheldon,
Bennington; Caledonia, Mrs. G. H. Cross,
~ Johnsbury; Chittenden, Mrs. L. H.
Chaplin, Jericho Center; Essex, Mrs. W.
|. Carpenter. Cranky Lamoille, Mrs. G.
II, Gilmore, Jacksonville; Orange, Mrs.
NJ. Comstock, Chelsea Orleans, Miss
Mary /. Wheeler, Irasburg; Rutland,
Miss Eleanor L. Manley, Pittsford;
Washington, Mrs. c. D. Edgerton, North
|ield; Windham. Mrs. A. E. Park, Towns
bend: Windsor, Miss Harriet E. Hatch,
Woodstock.
The reports of the treasurer. Mrs. c.
H. Thompson, showed that during the
Past year the total receipts amounted to
|soo54 "a, while the disbursements were
NSI56.03, leaving a, balance OF $793.21.
llememorial fund amounts to $6117.45,
|Nnle there is an interest account of
|SS32.52
Mrs. Fairbanks gave the plans for the
year to come. The appropriations for
zoe year amount to $3.50 and will be
devoted as follows Vermont Domestic
MISSIONARY society, $1,000; American
missionary association, 1880; Congre-
|ss "a Home Missionary society,
|sl4oo; Congregational Church Building |
|'ociety, $500; Congregational Education
ss1,C aey, 5000; $500 for S. S. and P. s.;
sIVV undesignated and 5000 for Mr..
and Mrs. Garfield.
E.U. Commencement.
Following is the program for Com
IenCement week at Norwich University,
une oops:
|. sunday, Goth: 8 p. M, Baccalaure-
S 4 g sermon, by the Rt. Rev, A. c. A.
|na,l, D; D., Dewey hall.
hi oJi june zlSt' p. H., hustlu
|mopny competition, State range; 6 p.
m n,' rrlze speaking, (Sophomore-Fresh-
u@ q oeDate,) Dewey hall.
h tuesday,, 22nd: Sp. M, Senior concert,
H. \ w. Musical clubs, Dewey hall; 1890
r w. Tl', Fraternity banquets.
m Wednesday, 23rd, Alumni Day. Com
b rn'ee and reception rooms at Armory
Tr". ~ a. M, Meeting of Board OF
1 1raIis'e &c Dewey hall; q p. m, Alumni
ID V," av ~ y. Parade; 8, Baseball Alumni
Ri Ri " varsity" N. U. Parade; 7,30 to TO-
st n, residents reception, No. 5 Main
lr rei O. Business, meeting of Alumni,
lIluory hall; $50, Social assembly of
ATT a Armory hall.
thursday, oath, Commencement Day. |
p+eeptlon of His Excellency, Governor
'OulV and CtaH ~ n on "a -, Ef4l