St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-05-18
ABOUT WOMEN'S CLUBS.

The annual meeting of the Hypatia
Club of Waterbury was held with Mrs.
WATSON in her rooms at the hospital.
The reports for the year showed much
work accomplished and a thorough
pleasure in the study of Holland. The
following officers were elected: President,
Mrs. F. c. Evans; vice president, Mrs.
Y. L. Perkins; secretary, Mrs. M. II.
Moody; assistant secretary, Mrs. F. B.
Kellogg; treasurer. Miss Eta Graves;
executive committee, Mrs. w. L. WATSON,
Mrs. F. L. Knight and Mrs. E. E. JOslyn;
program committee, Mrs. 6. S. Bidwell,
Mrs. Allen Fogg and Mrs. E. 7. Hous-
ton; forestry committee, Mrs. E. F.
Palmer; educational committee, Mrs. B.
R. Demeritt, Mrs. w. F. Davis and Miss
Alice Booker. The club voted to study
America" next year. Refreshments
were served.
At the May meeting of the Loyal club
of White River Junction the names of the
chairmen OF the different circles for the
coming year were announced and include
the following: Mrs. H. L. Hanson, Mrs.
George Peck, Mrs. A. NJ Hall, Mrs. N. P.
Wheeler and Mrs. F. D. Talbert Finance,
executive and village Improvement COM
m1ttees were also announced, plans made
for the decorating of the opera house and
the cemetery on Memorial day, and
various other business transacted. The
circle under whose auspices Charles
Aunt" was produced with such success
recently has turned $125 into the
treasury as the result, that being the net
proceeds.
At the May meeting of the Women's
club of Montpelier. which has been or
ganized only few months the treasurer
announced that the receipts had been
$186.O5, disbursements $6O67. balance
$125, portion of which will be expended
for iris bulbs to be planted in Hubbard
Park for ornamentation purposes. The
civics department, through Mrs. F. A.
Sherburne, chairman, reported that
Mayor Dawlev had ordered 10 trees set
out Arbor Day for the Women's Club and
a number of propositions are before this
department. Mrs Gertrude Berry.
chairman of the domestic science depart
ment, reported that there were now 10
members and an excellent equipment,
although certain utensils are still lack
ing The formation of literature COM
mittee was discussed and will be formed
shortly. The delegates to Rutland for
the State Federation meeting are Mrs.
6. II. Smile, as president; Mrs. Gertrude
Berry, Mrs. Fred Blanchard, Mrs. F. H.
Pufer and Mrs. T. F. Cotton; alternates,
Mrs. P. F. Blodgett, Mrs. James Kelliher,
Mrs. Ella B. Bailey and Mrs. Mason S.
Stone.
Following the business program, the
members were entertained by piano
selections, "Mignonne" and The
Flatterer" by Miss Katherine Gutchell,
who was heartily encored and by songs
by Mrs. A. Fl. Temple who met with the
same enthusiastic applause. Mrs.
Temple was accompanied by Mrs. K. L.
Cleaves, and her numbers were IAN Open
Secret" and The Proposal" The fea-
ture of the afternoon was talk upon
George Eliot's famous book and equally
noted character, "Silas Mariner" by Mrs.
Fred Blanchard.
The following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the Philomatheans
of Rutland held at the home of Mrs.
George Rustedt: President, Mrs. Rustedt;
Charles Campbell; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. ]. S. Grandy; questioner,
Mrs. F. L. Clark; scheme committee,
Mrs. A. E. Ball, Mrs. Harvey Thomas
and Mrs. c. L. Dye.
In the absence of the president, Mrs.
Aloysia Davis, the vice president, Miss
Mary 7. Gates, presided at the annual
meeting of the Friends in Council OF
Windsor. These officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Alice c. Evarts; vice
president, Mrs. Winnie c. Barton; record
ing secretary, Miss Blood; corresponding
secretary, Miss Margaret Perkins;
treasurer, Mrs. Ellen Richmond; auditor,
Miss Lucy S. McClary. A social hour
followed the business during which time
the social committee served cakes and
sherbet. This closed the regular meet
ings of the club for the summer. The
next meeting will be held Wednesday
October II, when an entirely new
program will be adopted. The work Of
the club for the past year has been of a
philanthropic and thoroughly practical
nature, the papers have evinced much
thought and study, and were of a very
interesting nature, characterlzing most
forcibly their motto form Emerson: The