Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-12
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
What the Society Has Been Doine
the Past Year.

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AT three o'clock Monday in Grange
hall the annual meeting took place, Mrs.
Hartman, first vice-president. in the
chair. The meeting was well attended
in spite of inclement weather.
The secretarys and treasurer's reports
were accepted and the seven standing
COMMITTEES listened to with great in.
terest.
The sollowing officers and directors
we're elected: Pres, Mrs. A. S. Harri-
man; Vice-presidents, Mrs. Ezra Brain
erd, Mrs. c. H. Dickinson, Mrs. D. G.
Noble; Sec, Mrs. S. S. Eddy; Treas,
Mrs. G. A. Hadley; Directors, Mrs.
Ainse, Mrs. Smith Beckwith, Mrs. Bene-
dict, Mrs. E. c. Brown, Mrs. Burrage,
Mrs. Buttolph, Mrs, A. E. Hartman,
Mrs. W. E. Howard, Mrs. Huntley. Mrs.
Chas Lyman, Mrs. Dan Mccormack,
Mrs. D. Meg. Means, Mrs. w. II. Shell
don, Mrs. H. NJ. Seeley and Mrs. F. NJ.
Wilson.
SECRETARY ANNUAL REPORT.
There have been board meetings every
month with an average attendance of
nine. AT the January meeting mail de-
livery was endorsed and efforts recon-
mended to improve the financial condi-
ton by work of the finance and enter
tainment committee. In February the en-
tertainments netted 5000 90 and the
membership fees at the end of the year
$S4.25.
Thanks to the efficient entertainment
committee the receipts this year are
S2S6.25 against $347.45 for the first year
Including many generous subscriptions
from friends here and out of town.
In the spring the park committee did
some good work in cooperation with the
village trustees in fencing the east side
of the railroad cut, the bank driveway,
and placing lattice under the band stand.
Fifteen elms, woodbine on both sides of
the railroad cut, and five beds of orna-
mental plants were planted by this COM
mittee.
In September six rubbish receptacles,
suitably lettered, were put at accessible
places.
The street committee made successful
efforts to remove burdocks and other
weeds from roadsides and to pick up
waste paper in the parks.
The humane committee, through the
invaluable aid of Mr.. Nash, mercifully
of nineteen wretched animals.
nine of them horses.
The sanitary committee made neces-
sary appeals to the board of health for
abatemenc of nuicances.
In September suitable resolutions were
adopted concerning the death of Mrs. A.
X. Carr loyal worker in the society |
and the efficient head of the railroad |
In October 800 tulip and narcissus
bulbs were planted by the park commit |
tee, and the railroad committee report
that by the help of Mr.. Partridge, the |
Rutland railroad has promised to put
proper cement curbing around the gravel |
platform at the station.
The society urges the public to use
only the authorized village dump which
is south of Court street and puts on rec
vi u its nearly ueSiTe W Work III harmony
with the village trustees for village i'm
provement
ALICE KING MCGILToN, Secretary.
TREAsURER'S REPORT NOV. s, 1909.
Balance from year 1908 ---- 1901 "a
From membership dues - "a 25
interest on bank deposit TO
July /, 'O9 commandments 10 Sc
From vaudeville met proceeds 200 90 |
Z" card social " g sc |
E. G. Hunt, Jr., for gera-
mum cuttings, ,---.,-.-.-.'-, 200
From A. j. Blackmer, gift of
mowers ------------ w
Total receipts & 900 OF |