Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-23
EMBAlMERS FOUND
BRATTLEBORO ALIVE
Large Attendance at State Con.
venton Of Undertakers
Three Days Session Filled with Inter
esting Business Matters and Pleasant
Social Diversions.


After three days of business and
pleasure at their annual convention the
members of the Vermont Funeral Direc-
tors and Embalmers association were
unanimous in their opinion as thev left
for home yesterday that Brattleboro was
not a dead" town About 80 visitors
were present and every minute of their
stay was taken up with meetings or
pleasant diversions. The first meeting
was held Tuesday evening in knights
Of Columbus hall, opening with an ad-
dress of welcome by Rev. DR.. John R.
Cow, pastor of the First Baptist church,
and the sessions closed yesterday after
noon with an automobile ride about the
town and its environs, in charge of w.
II. Bond Many of the undertakers'
supply houses sent representatives to the
convention and each visitor wore
badge of white ribbon suspended from
button bearing the state seal.
In his address of welcome Rev. DIR.
Cow spoke of the natural beauties OF
The town and the pleasure with which
Brattleboro welcomes its guests. II. E.
Bond made the address of welcome for
the local undertakers and was applauded
heartily j. r. Stearns of Rutland, treas
urer of the association, replied to the
addresses in an interesting speech. Pres.
a, r. Hale of Bradford gave the annual
address, in which he spoke of the growth
of the association and urged the high
est ethics in the profession. Routine bus
mess completed the program.
A session for members only was held
in the hall Wednesday morning and
Prof. c. f. Moadinger, jr, of Boston,
gave a lecture and demonstration. The
body was furnished by Bond & Son and
various methods of embalmng were
shown and explained by the lecturer
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continuation of the demonstration.
At $50 o'clock Wednesday the star
performance of the session took place.
The undertakers and the travelling men
lined up for a game of ball. 1t was
agreed to play five innings, but at the
end of the fifth, the score being SO in
favor of the undertakers, the travelling
men insisted on two more innings. The
final score was 10-4. The features were
the pitching of w. D. Bissonette of the
Bristol Manufacturing company of Bris-
tol, the "bone-head" playing of A W.
Bates of ID. j. Eckels & Co, of Philadel-
phia, who muffej every ball that came
his way and was put out every time he
reached a base, and the umprng. John
j. Clune pitched for the undertakers
and did good work. He was roundly ap-
plauded by local fans when he finished
the circuit of the bases. Bisonette made
the circus play of the game when he
became excited at man stealing Sec
ond and threw the ball to right field
Rules were disregarded and the coach
ing was as interesting as the game itself
reception was rendered the visitors
in the home of DIR. H. d. Holton We'd
nesday evening from to O'Clock. The
house was decorated with cut flowers
and the hour was very enjoyable A
public band concert was given on the
common after the reception and many
OF the visitors attended while others
went to Island park to attend a political
rally.
In the session yesterday. morning
these officers were elected for the COM
ing year: Pres, A. f. Hale of Bradford;
lst vice pres, c. A. Calderwood of ST.
Johnsbury; I'd vice pres, j. B. Stearns
of Rutland; sec, NJ S. Rounds of Barre;
treas, j. A. Gibson of Enosburg Falls;
executive com, w. II. Bond of Brat
tleboro, j. B. Stearns of Rutland, E.
W. Varney of Bristol; delegate to the
national convention in Chattanooga in
October NJ. j. Moran of Brattleboro.
In the afternoon five automobiles took
members of the association and their
guests for ride about the town and at
me end of the ride the convention was
closed. During the afternoon an embalm-
ers examination was given in Knights
)f Columbus hall to several young men |
iesirous of entering the profession.
Among the companies who had exhib- |
rs at the Brooks House were: KarBrak |
Chemical company of Wellsboro, Pa, |
represented by H. NJ Crippen; National |
Casket company of Boston, represented |
,y Joseph Kirby and a representative of |
he Albany branch; Dodge Chemical |
company of Boston, represented by Prof
j. Dodge; Bristol Manufacturing
company of Bristol this state, repre-
ented by n. d. Bisonett and E B.
;uindon.