Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-06-03
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members of convention. Memorial
hour was in charge of Mrs. A. R.
| Cowles. Four members have died
during the year. Mrs. Nye spoke of
Mrs. Myra Cook of West Charleston,
account of Miss Amy Fiske of Orleans.
Mrs. Page said words of appreciation
of Mrs. Martha Austin of North Troy
and Mrs. Hitchcock of Mrs. White of
Coventry, whose funeral service was
that day. Mrs. Hamilton sang solo
and Miss Billings sang. beautiful
Isle of Somewhere" Mrs. w. B.
Guild reported the rescue work. Said
| it was the best report she had ever
had. The county had raised S131. 65
for this department. Miss Frieda Carr
gave violin solo. Tuesday evening
| the devotional service was conducted
by Rev. H. B. Rankin. Rev. L. A.
| Edwards sang a solo. Mrs. Seaberry
gave the address of the evening. which
was of great interest and much en-
joyed. She spoke of "The Exaltation
of the Ideal" Moral law is the foun-
dation of ideals. Men fought and bled
and died to uphold the ideal of liberty.
| If we violate law we have to suffer.
We have discovered that we are our
| brothers keeper. Live clean life,
not for yourself alone but for the sake
of others. Everyone ought to look.at
facts.
An executive meeting was held
| Wednesday morning. Praise and prom
Use meeting was conducted by Mrs.
Niles. More reports of superinten-
dents: Mrs. Fairbanks for physical
culture, Mrs. buttons report on
mothers meetings was read by Mrs.
Keyes and Mrs. Rowe]l's on literature
read by Mrs. Dickens, school savings
banks by Mrs. Cowles and franchise
by Mrs. Seaver.
The secretary and treasurer gave
their reports. Election of officers
showed that the unions were we'll sat-
isfied with their president. Mrs. NJ. L.
Pearson; their secretary, Mrs. H. R.
Cutler and treasurer, Mrs. Emma
Keyes as they were unanimously re-
elected to serve another year. The
ternoon was led by Mrs. Joscelyn.
Miss Pease gave talk on S. T. [.
work illustrating charts for helps in
the school. Miss Dorothy Richards of
Newport, formerly a missionary in
| Chile. gave an interesting talk on
"Glimpses of Work in South America. !"
In one of the large cities in Chile there
is one saloon for every "a men and as
in other places most crime can be
| traced to alcohol. Franchise hour
was in charge of Mrs. Seaver and it
seems if any anti-suffragists were
there they must have been converted
| by the convincing arguments of Mrs.
Seaver. Miss Pease and Mrs. Seaberry
Mrs. Jones sang solo. Mark Lothrop
gave piano solo and Paul Wells sang,
all of which was much enjoyed.
Wednesday evening McCauley's orches-
ira was present. Mr.. Rankin led the
song service, Mr.. Joscelyn read scrip
ture and offered prayer, Mr.. Tinkham
and Mr.. JOscelyn sang s .4os. T. E.
| Bourke of Montreal gave the address,
els the Liquor Traffic what We Should
Tolerate?" It was given the nine
| teenth century to wipe out the slave
traffic. God is giving to the twentieth
century to wipe out the barrooms. Is
the saloon good thing for the boy?
The greatest asset of any nation is
| it's manhood.
We wish we could give full report
Of this address as we'll as of Mrs. Sea-
berry's. When people of such talent
are giving their time and strength for
the good and uplift Of mankind let us
not hold back the little we can do,
each in our own community. Dinners
and suppers were served in the large
and beautiful church and everything
done by Newport union for the pleas
ure and comfort of guests and the
convention was pleasant and profitable.