The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-07
Mrs. George III. Smile of
Montpelier President of
Federation
MEETING IN 1914
IN BELLOWS FALLS
NIid-Year Session VIII Be Held in
+ White River Junction-Reports Show
Progress in All Department. Inter
esting Reports and Addresses.

Progress in All Departments-Int
esting Reports and Addresses.
ST. JOHNsBURY, june The 18th
annual meeting of the Vermont Fed
Grafton of Women 5 clubs, which
closed last night, has been one Of the
most successful and largely attended
sessions in the federation S history.
Professor Henry f. Perkins of the Uni
versity of Vermont gave an address
ON Native Flowers Which Need Our
Care Miss Caroline Crawford, dean OF
women 5 college, Middlebury, spoke Of
The Woman S Club as the Guardian
Of Social Activities. Musical numbers
were given by Miss Helen Boynton
Marguerite Robinson, Marjorie French,
I Marjorie Cramton and Mrs. Hubert
\ BROOKS Of St. Johnsbury
\ Officers were elected as follows:
v President Mrs. George II. Smile Of
Y Montpelier yice-presidents, Mrs. Re
\ becca Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury. Mrs.
4 Nelson p. Phelps Of Barre, Mrs. George
7 +. Welch Of Bellows Falls; recording
\ secretary. Miss Elizabeth Tidd of
/ Springfield; auditor Mrs. Clarke G.
Fits Of Brattlcboro; treasurer, AIRS.
o. II. Coolidge of Rutland; general
federation secretary, Mrs. w l.. Was
son of Waterbury
Miss Margaret ROBBIE of St. Johns
bury, chairman of the credentials com
mittee, reported seven national officers
present, eight ehairmen, s. delegates.
- presidents, total Of l25. Forty Of
the 30 clubs in the federation were
represented, and splendid reports Of
work accomplished were given.
The mid-year meeting of the execu-
tive board viii be held in White River
Junction and the June, 1914 meeting
of the federation viii be in Bellows
Fails Delegates 10 the biennial con
vention IN Chicago are Mrs. George 4.
Ihaficc OF Rutland. Mrs James Estee
: Of Montpelier. Mrs George Smile 81
Montpelier Mrs o. q Ashton of Rut.
land. Mrs Robert Smith of White Riv.
er Junction; aIteruates, Mrs. j D
Brewster Of Windsor. Mrs Lowe and
I Mrs. y II. Hathaway of Montpelier
Mrs Charles IT, Spooner Of Northield
Mrs AL I'll Putnam OF Bennington
Prof Bertha Terrill Of Burlington.
IT was voted to adopt the budget
Z plan for federation expenses, and Mrs
K George Smile, Mrs. w L. Wasson o.
+ Waterbury. and Prof Bertha Terril
2 were elected a committee to have
q charge of this.
At the morning session addresse,
e were given by George T. Burns. pro
! fessor of botany at the University o.
u Vermont. and by Mrs. Emmons Crock
n er of Boston. chairman of the couser
walton department of the general fed
n Grafton Mrs. Putnam gave a repor
7 of the New England conference, Mrs
John w Titcomb of Lvudonville ol
the art work of the federation an
Mrs Bingham II. Stone of Burlington
on conservation.
,, Mrs. +. b. Smith of BrattlebOro, re
1 porting for the sale of Christmas sea-,
said that the sales by the Rutland clu
had far exceeded those of all other:
+ Mrs. Estee of Montpelier and Mr.,
Robert Smith of White River Junctio
and Mrs Il. c. Flint of Bellows Fall
were appointed a committee 20 cC
\, operate with the patriotic societies j
u asking the legislature of 1911 TO apprC
II pirate sum for a soldiers mouumcn
4 on the state house grounds.
:, President Charles II. Spooncr 4
Il Norwich university spoke i'm the afte
1, noon on The Way of Progress. Mr.
!, Austin ID. Paige OF LyndonNille repor
= ed for the music committee, and Mr.
" Bebeeca Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury, fC
= the revision committee.
The report of the retiring presiden
\ Mrs. Wasson, was warmly receives
:. Thirteen new clubs have come into tf
- federation during her two years admir-
stration.
The committee to renominate offieel
= at next year's meeting is Mrs. A.
= Putnam of Bennington, Mrs. Edwar
= Kirkland of Bellows Falls, Mrs. Ere
= Blanchard of Montpelier, Mrs. \.
=, Norton of Bristol and Mrs. ii. +. Fo
% som of Lyndonville.
y The beautiful flowers that decorat,
y, the church throughout the convent,
~ were the gift of Mrs. Theodore y. Va
= of Lvndonville.
~ Miss Florence Wellman of Brattl
boro, president of the Vermont 1eac
70 eTs' club, with membership Of 70
y ny the largest IN the federation, reports
I, = largely on the teachers retiremel
~ fund, stating that the club has rails
M $4,000 of the $4,000 which is need
gu ia match a like sum offered by 4
state Miss Wellman said they we
hopeful Of raising the required amour