St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-15
VERMONT NEWS

The Vermont State Christian En-
deavor convention held this year dn
Ludlow was opened by a sunrise
meeting October s. The meeting
was conducted by Rev. Chauncey
| A. Adams At $40 a short prayer
service was held and this was fol-
/ lowed by normal classes At the
/ business meeting at ten O'Clock, the
| following officers were elected.
President, Rev w. K. Baker of
Morrisville; vice-president, Wallace
| II. Gilpin of Barton; secretary, Miss
Beulah Bates of Bennington; assist
ant secretary, Miss lone Smith of
Sandgate; treasurer, Chauncey Stone
of Morrisville; junior superintendent,
Miss Eta Graves of Waterbury,; as
sistant junior superintendent, Mrs.
Ryder of Bristol; superintendent of
missions, Miss Maude Davis of Wells
River; superintendent of bible study
and evangelism, Rev. ]. Harrison
Thompson of Ludlow; general
bureau of information for local con
ference, Miss lone Smith of Sand
gate; superintendent of Introduction
department, Mrs. Wallace Fuller of
Richmond; transportation manager,
w. H. Page of'sNewport; auditor,
Il6N. AIluuI ID. IlOOo VI OIdl4 lCoLOD
At IL O'Clock a conference on
Christian Endeavor and Christian
Citizenship was held Following the
prayer services 4 in the afternoon
there were more normal classes, and
at four O'Clock, the Rev. Daniel Pol
ling gave an address on ''The Noun
tain and the Valley" The conference
closed by an address in the evening.
1.-The Crimson Glory of the Eastern
Horizon" by the Rev. A. z. Conrad
of Boston. There were 1875 delegates
there from all parts of the state.
DR.. w. F. Minard, age 46, of
Waterbury died at the Massachusetts
Homeopathic Hospital in Boston on
October g. Dr. Minard was one of
the best known citizens of Water
bury as well as a physician of no
mean ability
Miss Eleanor Clifford of Bethel
broke her leg and sprained her
ankle October g. She was playing
running game with some of her
companions and being pursued by
them jumped down a ten foot en-
bankment to the muddy river edge
below. 1t is a wonder that she
was not hurt more seriously.
At the meeting of the Vermont
Bar association at Montpelier, Oct
ODER 8, the following officers were
elected: President, John w. Rowell
of Randolph first vice president,
Charles D. Watson of ST. Adams;
second vice president, E. w. Gibson
of Brattleboro; third vice president,
Raymond T. Smith of Wells River
secretary, John H. Mimms of Bur-
lington; treasurer. E. M. Harvey of
Montpelier; board of managers, L.
L. Moody of Montpelier, Guy w.
Bailey of Essex Junction, Edwin w.
Lawrence of Rutland, and M. M.
Wilson of Randolph. The report of
the treasurer showed that debts of
about $1,000 had been Hquitied and
that the association was now free
from all debt
The Congregational church of Rut-
land is celebrating it's 125th birth
day The services began October 5
and are to continue intermittently
until October H. Many old pastors
as well as prominent members of
the congregation are to take part in
the various services. Among the |
meetings of special note are those
conducted by Rev. John NJ Thomas
of Middlebury College, Ex-Governor |
John A. Mead, and former President
William Howard Taft.
Maxwell Evarts, general counsel
of the Southern Pacific railroad and |
son of the late United States Sena- |
tor William NJ. Evarts of New York, |
died at his summer home at Wind
sor, Oct. Z. Mr.. Evarts was born /
in New York city Nov. Is, 1862, /
and was a graduate of st. PauPs
school in Concord, N. H., and Yale
university He maintained his legal |
residence in this town and served as
representative in the legislature in
1906. Mr.. Evarts was the father Of
the Vermont state fair at White Riv-
er Junction and president of the as
ISOLATION there. He had given lib
orally of his time and means for the
of the fair and had
shown his interest in Vermont's de-
velOpment by numerous activities
in recent years.