Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-19

Executive meeting; $50. praise and
promise meeting led by Mrs. A. R..
Cowles. This was a very helpful and
uplifting service. Report of superin-
tendents. Quarrymen and miners,
Mrs. Fannie Cooney. Mrs. Cooney
told of boxes of reading matter and
emergency boxes placed in many
| offices of the quarries and mines.
They were much appreciated by the
! men.
Rescue Work, Mrs S. M. Heh1on.
! The Home for Friendless Women. 260
Sheldon Road This home has cared
for 30 in year. They have not lost
one mother in all the years since the
work began. Nearly all the girls lead
good life after leaving the Home.
One is fitting herself to go as a
foreign missionary. Another is going
to give her life to help young women.
She is caring for herself and attending
evening school. Physicians recon
mend to have babies sent to the home
to board. There are three such board
ers that were not born in the home at
present.
The girls work and pay for care.
Found homes for ten babies. Lost six
babies who were born in the home
Wish to find homes for three more
At 90, notes from county presidents
All the county presidents came for
ward and gave little report of what
they had done and were hoping to do
Mrs. Pearson, Orleans county presi-
dent, brought forward representatives
of our two new unions. North Troy
and Westfield. At 11.0O, election of
officers. This was very quickly &C
complished. When the ballots were
oo,1nfol fOv. &c -
was found that nearly all the votes
were tor Mrs Minnie Pearson. A
motion was made and carried making
this the electing ballot and she was
declared president of the Vermont w
C.. T. u. Miss Elsie Pease was elected
corresponding secretary in the same
way. The recording secretary. Mrs.
Ellen Turner: treasurer. Mrs. E.
Mead Denny; auditor, Mrs. Alice M.
Richardson. were all reelected.
In the afternoon the Memorial Hour
was conducted by Mrs. Ida H. Reed.
Scientific temperance instruction, Miss
Elsie Pease. Address, "Young Peo-
pies Work." Miss Lillian Rember.
Are we doing as much to interest the
young people in our work as was done
to interest us? They will be where
there is something doing. We must
get something doing or they will get
something doing for themselves. She
said it made her heart ache because
so many homes are not building good
character. A ily-white Vermont
this will be the aim for which the
state Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will work during the twelve
months to come.
i, In expression of their purpose the
delegates in convention here adopted
yesterday resolutions favoring special
effort to interest children in temper
ance work, to eliminate immortality
from fairs held in the state, to i'm
prove the quality of moving picture
shows and induce patronage of educa-
tional pictures rather than those pre-
senting tragedy and comedy, to secure
woman suffrage as means of Wlplng
out the saloon and it's attendant vices,
and use influence also toward educat-
ing the young to the single standard
of morals implied by 'the white life
for two."
Present and voting were SO dele
gates. these, with the large general
attendance on the part of the public,
making the convention one of the
largest in many recent years. Brattle-
boro extended an invitation to hold
the next convention in that town, and
this will probably be accepted.
Delegates were elected as follows
To the worlds convention, Mrs. Ida
H. Read, Mrs. G. E. Davidson; alter
mates. Mrs. M. L. Pearson. Miss Elsie
Pease; to the national convention,
from first district, Mrs. Emily B.
Eaton, Mrs. P. E. Hammond; alter
mates, Mrs. F. A. Sheldon. Mrs. w.
II. Hoag; second district, Mrs. G. E..
| Davidson, Mrs. Emily Albee; alter.
mates, Mrs. Ida H. Read, Mrs. Ida L.
Parsons. There was also a resolution
thanking the Burlington people for
the hospitable manner in which they
had cared for the large number of
| delegates.
| There was a demonstration by the
social department, of social meetings
and red letter days. fair work and
| flower missions.
| The address Thursday evening was
given by Mrs w. H. H. Avery of
Middletown Springs. This address
was a surprise and disappointment tC
most of the delegates as she favored
local option rather than prohibition
Mrs. Garfield of Woodstock made 6
ringing speech for prohibition at the
close which called forth rounds OF
applause and demonstrated plainly
which side the audience was on
Mrs. Flora Guild recited, ''The Con
vict's Warming" Short address, "Ou1
Needs" Mrs. E. M. Denny. Music
Coronation" and benediction.
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