St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-12

/ atriotic Orders in Annual Session
at Officers Elected.


: At the annual encampment of tn,
r Department of Vermont, Crane
/ Army of the Republic, at Burlington
OF Thursday these officers were
) elected: Albert A. Niles of Morris
/, vile, commander; John j. Jarvis o.
z st. Adams, senior Yice-commander;
a vice commander; L. T. Barber OF
g Rutland, chaplain. The council OF
: administration is as follows: e. c.
3 Hagar of Haysville, George L. Nc
5 Bride of Burlington, E. H. Web
g ster of Rutland, A. B. Franklin of
/ Townshend and G. E. Beach of Bur-
t lingtn representatives to the ma
tional encampment are w. H. H.
Slack of Springfield, E. F. Bowman
Of South Royalton, G. f. Hogan
[ Of st. Adams, H. w. Allen of Bur-
llngton, D. w. Davis of Chester and
, w. H. Flint of Brandon. The rep
resentatives will choose their own
alternates.
There were 100 delegates in at
tendance with about 100 other
SO posts in good standing with
total membership of 2271.
The annual meeting of the Wom-
ans Relief Corps of the Department
of Vermont was held the same day.
A, feature of the meeting was the
presentation to the retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. Nina Stoughton of South
Royalton, of a ring set with dia-
mOnds and emeralds, the gift of her
% aides. She was also presented
with solitaire diamond by the de-
partment and also a gavel and pray
er book. These officers were elected
President, Mrs. Ida Goodenough of
Brattleboro; senior vice president, |
Hattie E. Shipman of Hardwick; jul !
nior vice president, Mrs. Eta K.
Martin of Burlington; treasurer, |
Emily Allen of Brattleboro; chap |
lain, Mrs. Mary Beckwith of Lud-
low; egate-at-large to national |
convention, Mrs. Mary Hanrahan of
Rutland
The ladies of the G.. A. r. met in
5th annual department convention
and elected these officers: Depart
ment president, Mrs. Lucy Getty of
Northfield; senior vice president,
Mrs Sarah Mulheron of Burlington;
junior vice president, Mrs. Eliza
beth Crannelly of Middlebury; chap
lain, Mrs. Ida Prentiss of Burling
ton; secretary, Mrs. Emma Roberts
OF Northfield; treasurer, Mrs. Ethel
Kerr of Mortified; council of admin
istration, Mrs. Grace Ducharme of
Barre, chairman; Mrs. Flora Morse
of Middlebury; Mrs. Adeline Clough
of Burlington.
Delegates to national convention
at Los Angeles, Cal, Miss Emma
Furnace of Burlington, Mrs. LaPage
of Barre, Mrs. Jane Turner of Mid
dIebury, Mrs. Luna Morrison of Mid
dlebury, Mrs. Adeline Clough- of
Burlington, Mrs. Ethel Kerr of
Northield; alternates, Miss Sadie
Rockwell of Burlington, Mrs. Plas-
fridge of Northfield, Mrs. Lillian F.
Zottman of Burlington, Miss Flor
ence Eddy of Middlebury, Mrs. Hub
bell of Mortified, Mrs. Lettie Tooles
of Burlington.
The Sons of Veterans elected these
officers: Division commander, H.
s. Howard, of Burlington;
senior vice commander, Roy j.
Brown of Brandon; junior vice COM
mander, G. T. Brigham of Barre;
division council, A. ]. Griffith of
Bennington, Hugh Henry of Chester,
Depot; secretary, F. w. Spear of
delegate-at-large 2. II
W. Carr of Calais; delegates, A. o. I
Palmer of Burlington and E. D.
Stevens of Lyndonville. Past Senior ]
Vice Commander F. W. Spear was |
the installing officer. Before ADJOURN j
ment Commander HI. S Howard pre- {
sented the silver cross of the order s
to Commander Griffin on behalf of {
the Ndivision in token of his services {
during the past year. |
At the annual meeting of the {
Woman's Auxiliary to the Sons of
Veterans officers were elected as q
President, Mrs. Jessie G.
Ferris of Brandon; vice president, /
Mrs. Nellie Stone of Johnson; treas s
Mrs Kidder, Mrs. BloxOm, \
Mrs Shore; chaplain, Mrs. Clyde /
Brewster of Huntington; division in
spector, carolyn Trow; l. and 1. Off a
Ger, Mrs. Georgia Gilbert of Georgia;
patriotic instructor, Miss Catherine b
Lincoln of Manchester; delegate to
the national encampment, Mrs. Caro- t
Ign Trow of Hardwick; alternate, t.
Mrs. Mollie Durgee of Brandon
o. e. S. Grand Chapter. a
The Grand Chapter, o. E. s., met q
in Montpelier on Thursday for the
4Oth annual session The order has I
gained in membership 319 and in
chapters, three Several national 7
officers were present. About 400 Z
members representing 81 out of 70
chapters we're present. The treas
1rer reported $8598.29 as total re- Il
eeipts and $253O.57 in the home I
fund The officers elected were:
Grand patron, George F. Leland, e
springfield, reelected; grand ma r
ron, Mrs. Dana N Coy, Windsor; N
associate grand patron, Enos H.
I'll OF nd n
natron, Mrs. Gertrude F. Buell., II
South Stanford; grand secretary,
Henry L. Stillson, Bennington,
grand treasurer, Mrs. Eta F. Fras-
ar, Windsor; grand conductress, Mrs. "
Abbie D. Stone, Barre; associate n
grand conductress, Mrs. Laura B. f:
Cole, Bennington; grand warder, b