Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08

year. Mrs. Byrons said that she Offer
cd prize of bouquet to the county
sending the most bouquets. The prize
went to New London county. With
eight unions, nine hundred bouquets
had been distributed Mrs. Byrons
called Miss Mary t. Day Of Colchester
to receive the bouquet of pinks. Miss
Day received the trophy with cordial
thanks.
The next report was on medical
temperance, given by Miss Dora Tay-
! lor of Danbury. Many pages of Hter-
ture had been distributed The Mid
dlesex county union furnished room'
i in the annex to the Middletown hospi-
tai to be known as the w. G. T. u.
room.
Miss Marion Penfield of Bridgeport,
superintendent of soldiers and sailors
work, was unable to be present. and
her report was read by Miss Sexton,
the corresponding secretary. The VIII
/ limantic union gave o. years subscrip-
ton to the sailors reading room in
New York. They have furnished to
| soldiers at Noroton fifty comfort bags.
Much other good work has been done
by this department.
Work in Sunday Schools.
Mrs. Jessie M. Pickup of Thomaston
reported on temperance work in the
Sunday school. She announced that
|
| Temperance Sunday. The best worker
in the temperance cause in Sunday
school work is the Sunday school
| teacher. Mrs. Pickup had a fine dis
| play of poster banners and notices for
her work.
Anti Narcotics.
The next report was given by Miss
| Nellie j. Starr OF Uncasvilfe on anti
narcotics. Her report showed that all
the w. C. r. unions. felt the impor-
lance of this work.
Mrs. Capitola Fl. Spencer of Hart
ford was unable to be present and Miss
| Sexton read her report on the Union
| Signal.
Mrs. Buell. then introduced Mrs
White, a former president of Windhan.
| Mrs Whites present summer home Is
lin Brooklyn, Conn. Mrs. Buell. pre-
| sented Mrs. Parsons of Hartford, an
early worker in the state w. G. t. u.
Mrs. Parsons remarks brought forth
| some stories from Mrs. Buell. who said
it was dangerous thing to get her to
| talking in reminiscent way. Mrs.
/ Forbes. a former state president, said
| it was through the labor of Mrs White
| and Mrs Parsons that the two banners
| exhibited were obtained.
Bible Reading by Mrs. Fuller.
| At 11.3o Mrs. Lisa r. Fuller of Scot 4
| land gave a Bible reading. She took
for her subject Deut. xiv. and Romans
xiii Mrs Fuller closed her Bible read
ing with prayer.
| Mrs. Buell. then introduced Mr.. Ho-
hentha1 of South Manchester, chairman
of the state prohibition committee. Mr..
Hohenthal spoke of the work of the
committee at the last election.
Luncheon at Congregational Church..
After adjournment the ladies of the
convention went to the Congregational
| church, where a delicious lunch was
| served by the ladies of the church.
Afternoon Session.
| At 1.30 with Mrs. Buell. in the chair,
| the convention listened to the report of
| recommendations of the official board.
| This was concerning business of i'm
| portance connected with the state I'M
| ion. Mrs. Buell. announced that the
| audience would sing The Old, Oaken
| Bucket.
Greeting from Suffrage Association.
| Mrs. Buell. then introduced Mrs.
| Kendrick Of the Womans Suffrage as
sociation of Connecticut. who brought
| greeting from the association she rep
resented. Mrs. Kendrick made very
| telling speech having spent her time
| lobbying at Hartford from Jan. until
/ June /, she was well informed as to her
! subject.
Gains and Losses.
Mrs. Buell. introduced Mrs. A c. Dem
nison of Deep River, the state treas
urer, who reported that New Haven
| county had gained II, Windham SO,
| Fairfield "a, Tolland IA. The rest of
the counties reported loss.
Windham had made the largest gain
per cent and therefore received the
| banner This called forth applause on
| the part of the convention. Mrs. Dem
nison reported three life members the
| past year. At the close of her report
Mrs. Kendrick announced that Mrs.
| Pankhurst, the world famed leader Of
| the English suffragettes, would lecture
| in Hartford soon.
Mrs. Buell. spoke about the pins of
| the w. c. It. u.
/ Rev. w. s. MacIntire's Address.
| Mrs. Buell. introduced Rev. w. s.
MacIntire of Hartford. associate secre-
| tary of the State Temperance union.
| Mr.. Mac1ntire made an enthusiastic
| speech and brought the greetings of
| the union. His only regret was that
| he had only such a short time. He
would like to talk three hours.
Miss Sexton of East Hampton, the
| state corresponding secretary. was next
| introduced and gave her report, which
was most interesting. Every union in
the state was reported and showed the
number and diversity of the work of
| the various departments of the organ
| ization.
The next number was a song by eight
young ladies of the State Normal
| school. This was such q pleasing fea-
| ture that they had to respond to an
encore. after which Mrs Buell. asked
Mrs. Watkins, president of the Hart
| ford county union, to take the chair
while she read her annual report.
Presidents Annual Address.
At the afternoon session of the con- 4
vention the state president, Mrs. Buell.,
of East Hampton, read her annual adj
| dress. Speaking of temperance prog
ress in the country during the past
year, she said: There has been al
| quiet persistency along local option
lines; not so very quiet either, since
| in the middle west saloons have been
closed at the rate Of hundreds a day."
| She reviewed temperance activity in
this state, along legislative lines, dur.
| ing the past, year and described some
of the bills that were before the legis-
| lature. She told of the beneficial leg
| islation that has been obtained where
| women have full suffrage In this state,
she said I'VE go on making criminals
and building places where they may be
cared for. But after thirty seven years
of license" she continued, Connect
! cut begins to wake and like a huge
| dog slowly stretches herself. 1t is too
early to trace the results of the no.