Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-08-28
UNDERWRITERS IN CONVENTION
Demonstration and Business Ses-
sion Take Up Entire Day.
81. Johnsbury Man Elected President
and Invitation Received to Hold
Next Years Meeting with New
Hampshire Association.

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vention of the Vermont Funeral Director.
and Embalmers, was n long one. 1t began
at nine O'Clock with a lecture and demon.
stration at the medical college and var
not brought to a close until after the cleo.
ton or officers, which took place after
| eleven o'clock last night Other features
OF the day were ball game. In which
| the undertalSors defeated the TRAVELLING
men by score Of to I, and other events
on the social side To-day the boa I'd of
examiners of embalmers will hold meet
Ing at the Hotel Vermont for the benefit
of those VINO wish to take the examina-
ton. The examinat ton was announced
for one o'clock In the afternoon but las,
! evening it wss stated that it was desired
, TO hold the examination in the forenoon
at nine O'Clock
The election of officers resulted in tho
selection Of c. a. Calderwood OF St
Johnsbury as president an. the other Of
ficers are: First vice-president, ]. IS
Stearns of Rutland: second vice. president.
NJ. s. Rounds Of Barre secretary. f. G.
Pense of Jericho Center treasurer j. A.
Gibson of Encsburg Falls; sergeant-at-
arms, r. W. Barnum of Pittsfield. NJ.
5. Rounds was elected . delegate to tn
national convention OF undertakers
In addition to the president and sccre-
tary. the executive committee will be
composed of NJ. S. Rounds of Barre, ]. h.
Stearns Of Rutland and NJ. c. Powers OF
White River Junction. The Legislative
committee will be G. r. Hayden Of River
SIDE c. II. Carpenter of Montpelier and
b. w. Hooker of Barre. The membership
committee is W. H. Bond of Brattleboro.
j. r. Nolan of Topsham and ]. A. Glib
son of Enosburg Falls
The matter of the selection of the meet
ing place for next year is left to the OK
ecutive committee. The only place named
last evening was Hanover, n. H. An in
vitation has been extended by the New
Hampshire undertakers for tho Vermont
association to join in the annual conven-
ton with them. This would mean going
in together on the social and Instructive
features and the holding of separate bust
ness meetings. This plan was approved Of
by number of those present and the
only objection raised was that against
going outside of the State
The instruction In the morning was bv
Prof. II. $. Eclels OF Philadelphia who
gave practical demonstration of some
INV H''tIl'hS uStu III tnlDuInlng. InlS
took up the entire forenoon and a part of
the afternoon. Last evening he also spoke
at length and told of beneficial legislo-
ton which had been passed in Pennsyl-
Nanla through the efforts of the ASSOC
citation of undertakers. He strongly fav-
ored fraternal and insurance side to
tn" associations and named these as i'm
portant inducemonts to keeping up a good
membership. He also favored a strict on
forcomont of laws which would compel
a man to serve at least two years as an
apprentice before he would be admitted
to practice. There should he close
working union between the board Of .X-
aminers Of embalmers and the members
of the association as this would prevent
many of the mistakes which are now
made in the granting Of licenses these
mistakes being made through ignorance
of the true conditions and qualifications
of the candidates.
The reports of the officers and COM
mitteos were all gratifying as there was
SHOWN to be marked increase in the
membership and in the financial strength
of the association. The members who
We're shown to be paid up last evening
were % and nine new members were
taken
To-day will be given entirely up to
pleasure with a trip to Ausabe Chasm
except by those who are to take part in
the examinations, Among these Is Mrs
a. NJ. Curtis Of Newport who has for
several years assisted her husband in his
undertaking business. pleasing feature
of yesterdays PROCEEDINGS was the pres-
entation of solid gold watch to y. p.
Bissonette Of this city. The present was
won by Mr.. Bissonette in craftsmanship
contest in which he was shown to have
won over all others in the sale of en-
balming fluid
The ball game lasted seven innings but
that was long enough to put most of the
arms and legs out of commission The |
battery for the undcrtakers We're Bou- |
chard and st. Johns and for the travelling
men Bissonette and Fussel Bissonette |
seemed to have the game strong when
he tossed up "A fadeaway to Sheehan VINO I,
put II out In the field for three bases .
bringing in three :allics and winning the |
game,
A picture OF the convention was en- /
on the Medical College steps by q H.
Emery.