St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-12
In ST. JOHNSBURY NEXT
State Federation Of Women's Clubs
To Be Held Here Next
Year.

The 18th annual session of the
State Federation of Women's clubs,
at Montpelier, June 4, and 6 was
largely attended by club women from
all over the state. The opening ses-
sion was held Tuesday evening in the
Kellogg Hubbard library with an ad-
dress of welcome from Mrs. James B.
Estee, president of the Montpelier
club and from Mayor James B. Estee
Mrs. w. L. WATSON of Waterbury,
president of the State Federation re-
sponded and greetings were given for
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution by Mrs. J. A. DeBoer, state
regent, and for the Vermont Daugh-
ters of 1912 by Mrs. Charles H.
Spooner, state president. Other
speakers were Mason S. Stone, state
superintendent of education, and
Walter H. Crockett, director OF the
Vermont Peace society. Messages
were received from Gov Mead and
from Miss Jessie Valentine represent
ing the Colonial Danes. Mrs. Anna
Sturges Duryea of the World Peace
Foundation spoke on the theme
"World Peace Through World
Union" The business sessions
opened on Wednesday morn
ing. The treasurer's report
showed $575.67 on hand and the
federation voted that $17.S4 inter
est on the funds be turned into the
scholarship fund. Five new clubs
were admitted to the federation, Au-
tonoe of st. Adams, Friday of Pitts
ford, Cleaners of Barre, Outlook of
Bristol and Pierian of Waterbury
State Forester Halves suggested four
lines of work for clubs, lectures and
demonstrations raising funds to
send boys to the forestry school at
Sharon; influencing the legislature to
Lrotect the forests and eventually to
purchase large tracts for state for
ests. The reports of club presidents
on Wednesday afternoon were all in
dicative of progress. The St. Johns
bury Woman's club extended an
invitation to the Federation to hold
the next meeting here and it was &C
cepted unanimously. Superintendent
r. M. Roscoe of Springfield gave an
address "Is the Scholarship a Sue
cess?" in which he said that as far as
his personal experience had been
with the teachers sent into the rural
schools by the club fund the scholar
ship was a success. Barre asked for
the scholarship next year. Miss Jo-
sephine Marshall of the University OF
Vermont spoke on 1.-THE Broadening
Frank J. Martin; corresponding sec
brief report of the meeting at New
Haven was given. On Wednesday
evening a reception was given to Wis
itors and delegates at the home OF
Mayor and Mrs. Estee which was was
f,1 Nf tho nntfnp The
Montpelier band orchestra was in at
tendance and the reception was one
of the most delightful events in
Montpelier for several seasons. The
following officers were reelected on
Thursday:
President, Mrs. Watson L. Was
son, Waterbury; first vice president,
Mrs. Charles H. Spooner, Northfield;
second vice president, Mrs. Clark
G. Fits, Brattleboro; third vice pres
ident, Mrs. Anna III. Putnam, Ben
rington; recording secretary, Mrs.
Frank J. Martin, corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs. Verne L. Perkins, Wat
erbury; treasurer, Mrs. j. B. Need
ham, Rutland; auditor, Mrs. George
III. Smile, Montpelier.
Mrs. Anna Hawks Putnam of Ben
rington reported for the industrial
and social conditions of working
women in Vermont. She found that
many women in this state average
over 60 hours a week in mills and
some work Sunday also. There is
no law for the working woman in
Vermont Dr. Grace Sherwood of
st. Adams, secretary Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association for public
health education among women, gave
an address on Preventive Medi-
cine" Miss Helen Winslow of Bos-
ton spoke on the theme Women
Status Under the Law" and urged
that laws giving equal rights to the
father and the mother be passed.
Mrs. Smile for the committee on
legislation read a petition for a
health bill and for a Juvenile court,
both of which were endorsed by the
federation. Mrs. Alvin Bailey
brought greetings from the General
Federation and it was voted to give
credentials to anyone who will go to
the biennial in San Francisco. Mrs.
WATSON was voted the thanks of the
Federation for the work she has
done. Miss Winslow read from her
own poems and others read some of
her writings In the evening Pres.
Guy Potter Benton of the University
OF Vermont delivered a lecture on
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