St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
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Annual Meeting of Vermont Feder-
alton of Women's Clubs to be
Held There in June.


cutive Board of the Vermont FEEDER
alton of W mems Clubs held at Bel
lows Falls, Thursday afternoon was
very well attended and was an inter
esting and enthusiastic meeting.
There were present the following,
who were members of the board or
their substitutes: Mrs Ashton, presi-
dent, Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Coolidge
and Mrs. Nelson of Rutland; Mrs.
Spaulding and Mrs. Cloud of South
Royalton; Mrs. Dutton of Royalton;
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Warner of Brat
tIeboro; Mrs. Pollard and Mrs. Well
man of Chester; Mrs. Evarts of
Windsor; Mrs McQuaid of Spring
field; Mrs. Hollister of Barre; Mrs.
Estey of Montpelier; Mrs. Putnam of
Bennington; Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs.
Cross and Miss Robie of st. Johns
bury; and Mrs. Arms, Miss Prentice,
Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs.
Campbell of Bellows Falls. An ap-
plication for a scholarship for Miss
Ruth Parker of Waterbury was con-
sidered and granted.
Two new clubs were admitted to
| the Federation, the Athena club of
Burlington and the Union club of
Northfield; the Lake st. Catherine
club of Poultney was recently adj
mitted, these three increasing
the membership by 155. The
presidents present pledged their
clubs to support the scholarship
fund for another year. 1t was
voted that the Vermont Federation
ration for one year, to meet expenses,
the object being to establish an en-
dowment fund.
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meeting of the Federation is to be
held at Lyndonville the first Wednes-
day and Thursday in June.
Mrs. Hollister of Barre gave re-
port of the first play ground estab-
lished in the state by the clubs, as
sisted by public spirited citizens. and
Mrs. Cross told of the efforts made
by the ladies of the St. Johnsbury
4 club for the first club house in the
state Mrs. Evarts of Windsor spoke
of the efforts to be made .by the club
women of that town to kemove and
put into repair for club and public
purposes the building located there,
in which the Constitution was signed.
The president announced a new
plan of work submitted by the Gener-
al Federation, and appointed the fol-
lowing committee to consider revis-
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ingly: Mrs. N. D. Phelps of Barre,
Mrs. Josephine Arms of Bellows Falls
and Mrs. Rebecca Fairbanks of ST.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. Josephine Arms very kindly
opened her house for this meeting
and the Bellows Falls club ladies
served lunch in the dining room at
the arrival of the guests and also at
the close of the meeting, following
which short time was spent socially.
THE SENIOR BENEFIT.
Academy Students Raising Money to
Visit Washington.
The Senior Benefit will take place
Friday evening. February IT, as ad-
vertised. The program will consist
of numbers by the various musical
organizations, and will include an
operetta by the girls glee club in
title roles, with Miss Helen Sylvester
and Miss Portia McGill. The de-
partment of modern language will
present in German a scene from the
drama of William Tell. The tickets
are for sale at Bingham and Stiles
This entertainment is given to raise
money for the seniors visit to Wash
ington this spring. This trip is rec
ognized as valuable educational
| feature IN the life Of young man or
woman and so becomes a purpose of
merit. The musical organizations of
| the academy have reached a high de-
| gree of eff1ciencyas evidenced by their
public appearances here during the
winter. This music has been the gift
OF the academy students to the people
OF st. Johnsbury and it was a gift of
value. Now the people of ST. Johns
! bury should freely give to the stu
dents, not only to show appre-
citation but to enable the students to
secure further development.