The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-29
BUSY DAYS FOR CLUB WOMEN.
Program of Meeting of the State Fed
Grafton at St. Johnsbury.


Grafton at St Johnsbury.
z. ST. JOHNSBURY, May 29.-At the I
18th annual meeting of the Vermont /
State Federation of Women 5 clubs to
be held at Grace Methodist church /
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, /
June 4, ) and 8, eight new clubs will |
be introduced. The meeting of the
federation is held here at the invita-
ton of the st. Johnsbury Woman s |
club. Among the guests of honor will
be Mrs. Percy ". Pennybacker, presi
dent of the General Federation, Mrs.
Emmons Croker, chairman of conser-
walton of the General Federation, and
Miss Helen Winslow author of the
Vermont Federation song. Arrange
ments have been made whereby dele
gates and visiting club women can
obtain dinner at the churches Thurs
tday and Friday moons. The credential
committee is composed of Miss Margar-
eft ROBBIE of st. Johnsbury, Mrs Guy
y Bailey of Essex Junction and Mrs
Herbert j. Johnson of Bradford
The addresses of welcome Wednes-
day evening will be given by Mrs.
Katherine Ide Gray, president of the
St. Johnsbury Woman s club, and by
President Joseph Fairbanks of the
Commercial club. Mrs. Clarke G. Fits,
second vice president, will respond. Re
ports of the public health and legisla
tive departments will be given by Mrs.
| George Welch and Mrs. George Smile.
| Professor Bertha Terrill, dean of wo-
men at the University of Vermont,
will speak on The Meaning of House
| hold Economics, and DR.. B. ii. Stone,
director of the state laboratory of hy-
| glene, will address the convention on
Clean Air, Clean Water, Clean Milk.
| Thursday morning the reports of of
| ficers will be read followed by the
introduction of new clubs. Hugh II.
! Henry, commissioner of weights and
measures, win speak at 1856 on Why
| Vermont Women Should be Interested
in Correct Weights and Measures, and
Dean Joseph L. Hills of the college of
agriculture, University of Vermont,
! will follow with an address on The
| Education of the Farmer
The afternoon session viii open at
| l.50 0 clock with reports of club pres
dents, of the education department and
the civics chairman together With 4
talk on Medical Inspection in the
Schools by DIR. Alice f. Wakefield.
Mrs Percy b. Penuybaeker, president
OF the General Federation of Woman 5
Clubs viii speak at $40 on Some Dan
| gers Which Threaten the American
Home. Professor and Mrs. Fairbanks
viii tender the visiting club women a
reception at Elmwood in the evefing.
Reports of the New England con
ference, of the reciprocity chairman,
and of the arts chairman viii be read
Friday morning, and at 1915 George
+. Burns. professor of botany at the
University Of Vermont will speak on
Relationship Between House and
Grounds. Following the report of Mrs.
Bingham. H. ,sSteIe, chairman. of con
seryation. Mrs Emmons Croker. who
IS chairman of this department of the
General Federation, will speak on Con-
servation.
Friday afternoon reports viii be fol
lowed by an address on The Way of
Progress by President Charles II
Spooner of Norwich university. The
election OF officers and delegates to
the biennial convention at Chicago
with the adoption of resolutions will
conclude the afternoon session.
Professor Henry F. Perkins of the
University of Vermont viii deliver an
address at S p. m. on Native Flower:
, Which Need Our Care, Illustrated by
colored slides. Professor Caroline
Crawford, dean of the women 5 coneg,
at Middlebury, will speak on The Wo
E man s Club as the Guardian of Socia
: Activity. The introduction of new
officers and the singing of Americ;
viii conclude the convention.