The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-27
NOTES OF PROGRESS ~
AROUND OUR STATE
Activities Of Civic and Commercial
Organizations which Help to Make
Greater Vermont.

At a meeting Of the executive and H
publicity committees Of the Vermont Il
Maple Sugar Makers association. held i
in Montpelier Saturday, Jan. "a, there 1
was n discussion of problems connected /
with the new label and the marketing |
of maple sugar products.
The Sanitary Shaving Cup company |
has been organized in Randolph, which |
will manufacture sanitary shaving |
cup invented by DR.. T. o. Blanchard. |
The officers of the company are f. o. |
Blanchard, president; Thomas Fitch, |
| vice president, and Frazer Metzger
| secretary and treasurer
| James Hartness of the Jones & |
lamson Machine Co, Springfield has |
been appointed delegate to represent |
the Greater Vermont association az the |
meeting OF the Chamber Of Commerce |
| of the United States of America at
Washington in February.
A correspondent writes: .Renufnp-
ton never appeared so prosperous as at
the present but we need about 100 new
houses here next summer If YOU know
of ANYBODY with money to invest in
this line, send them here and we will
give them good opening
The Swanton board of trade recently
arranged for a farmers meeting which
was another evidence of the interest
members of Vermont board of trade
;re taking in the business of agricul-
tire. The speakers at the two SEES
sions were Prof. Hugh Van Polt of
Waterloo, Iowa. Hon. Andrew OF
Ganlt, Canada, and Commissioner f.
= Brigham.
Herman \. Morse, secretary of the
Bennington County Vermont Improve
ment association, will be one of the
speakers at the annual meeting of the
Greater Vermont association which
win be held in Burlington Tuesday,
Feb -. Mr.. Morse Is address will be.
supplemented by an exhibition Of pie
lures. maps AMI charts which illustrate
the work and policies Of the associa-
ton.
The annual ncctong an banquet of
The Windsor board OF trade wa~ held
at the ncw Windsor Club ian. the
members being tho guests Of the club
, Secretary Glhort r. Davis read an
elaborate repor; Of the work OF the
| board for The past year. lie closed
, his review Of the activities OF the
hoard with the statement rhat the
I most significant result Of the wear 5
n work is "A more firmly established
spirit of cooperation among the bus
? mess men.
Members of the Dartmouth Outing
clrh are planning 10 take their annual
: trip 10 Vermont Jan. 80. spending sew
"ral days in climbing mountains on
sk,is ana snoWSh0eS They will climb
: Famci's Hump and Mount Mansfield
l. and explore Smugglcrs Notch. Winter
rranping along the Green Mountain
; rang" appeals also t. the appalachi
d club Of Boston \ party equipped
to camp in the woods is following the
= long trail north from Mt Horrid with
Mourt Mansfield their objective
e At large and enthusiastic meeting
:. Of the White River Junction board OF
Y. trade George +. Nichols was elected
! secretary to succeed r. II. Chapman
st who has removed from town. 4 Prob
n lens connected with the sweeping OF
G. concrete roads and the oiling of other
: roads were discussed. A committee
= was appointed 10 arrange for the annual
banquet. The members of the boa rd
= listened with great interest To tbs
description of the social welfare ex
re hibit 10 be held in White River June
tion Feb. ~ and -.
~ The annual meeting and banquet OF
!, civic associations has been sent 10 III,
ia New York Commercial tercentenars
% commission incorporated to celebrat,
.. the 300 anniversary of the beginnin:
an of the chartered commerce of New
York, which was, as they say. .'prac
- tical!y the beginning of the commercial
/ hfe OF this great country. The com
:. mission requested that the list of Yer
~ mont organizations be sent to them
"' since they are DESTROYS of invitin,
% all the Business associations of tn
~ United States and possessions to par
= tieipate in this celebration.
ar There is an increasing interest in tn
eF forward movement in Vermont on tn
~ part of newspapers and magazine
~ published in other states. Three re
quests for information have recent
been made, and as a result tn
Christian Science Monitor printed Jar
nj q an article on the Greater Vernon
,la association and its work; the Tow
mn Development Magazine for January
he published in New York city. contain
,st a more elaborate description to while
of the editor gives the heading, The Me
loo of the Green Mountains Awake to til
he Realization of their Agricultural an
!. Industrial Opportunities; and IL
ain Springfield Republican of Dee. 80 ha
an account OF an interview with q
. officer of the association.
An endeavaris being made to estal
of lish closer relations between Vernon
ABB ers at home md the Vermont soc;eti,
sini abroad from Boston to San Franeisc
re- A yermonter in New York eitv recen
pes, II, Wrote RI tho Office of the Crest
Else Vermont association ms follows. yyb,
OF | was at Montpelier n short time ag
'ez- they told me that you would probab
en- know If there was o Vermont clti,
ate ~. VI, ;t I ,yo,,ll =,