St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-10
VERMONT NEWS

Over 200 delegates attended the
sixth annual New England confer
nee of the state declarations of Wom-
ans clubs held at Burlington We'd
nesday. Addresses of welcome were
given by Mrs. George H. Smile of
Montpelier, president of the Yer
mont Federation, by Mrs. c. v. Girls
mer of Burlington for the city and
Miss Henrietta Wood, president of
the Athena Club, which entertained
the conference. The response was
by the president of the New Hamp-
shire federation. The conference
opened with a banquet at the New
Sherwood on Tuesday evening" The
principal speakers of the conference
were Mrs. Mary p. Remick of New
Hampshire and Mrs. Margaret Cor
don of Boston on Industrial ques-
tons. The afternoon was devoted
to rural problems and the
meeting was addressed by State
Superintendent Mason S. Stone
and Professor Bertha M. Terrill.
Mrs: Henry S. Cushman of Provi-
dence, R. l., was elected chairman
and Mrs. w. L. WATSON of Water
bury, ecretary-treasurer
The Vermont Association of Bos-
ton held it's twentieth annual meet
ing at the Vendome, Jan. 80. Of
ficers were elected as follows, Elmer
E. Silver, president; Carroll w.
Doten, first vice-president; George
M. Dimond, second vice-president;
Arthur w. DeGoosh, secretary; Ro-
land E. Chafey, treasurer; J. Henry
Holden, chaplain; Scott G. Carbee,
Frederick A. Saunderson, Richard
M. Bradley, Edwin Brown, Jay r..
rAsw A
HI. Walker, William Craig and Fred
T. Field, members of the executive
committee; James M. Gleason, trus-
tee for three years. The bylaws
were amended so as to admit to
members on So a year dues men
from Vermont who are not more than
"a years old.
E. c. Mower of Burlington has
been appointed special master to
take the evidence and report the
findings in the Plainfield high school
controversy. o. B. Wood, the de-
posed principal, is now conducting
a private school there and has most
of the town pupils in his school.
Joseph Rochela, an Italian about
&c years old, was killed in the Pat
ten marble quarry at West Rutland,
Feb. 1, while trying to get some
boards from an old ladder to build
a fire. He slipped and fell from
a ledge into the quarry, 100 feet, !
and was instantly killed.
Not only blankets and ammunition |
are being ordered from Vermont to |
European countries, but even porous |
plasters, the e. M. Pond Company of |
Rutland having received an order
for 10000. These are to be sent |
n INF
diers.
H. Clarence Buck, a senior in the
high school has been
since Feb. 2, when he told
his mother that he was going for
with him and his mother thinks he
must have found work on farm.
The second annual meeting of the
Retail Marble and Granite Dealers
Association of Vermont and New
Wednesday with about 16 dealers
present. The following officers were
reelected: President, Thomas ].
Woodstock; vice-presidents,
D. o. Eaton, Lebanon, N. H., and
Frank Lorette, Bradford; secretary,
F. NJ ODER, Morrisville; treasurer,
w. A. Fellows, White River juno
ton.
The annual meeting of the YER
mont State Bankers Association will
be held at the Hotel Vermont, Bur-
Iington, Feb. %, which is bank
holiday. The principal speaker will
be Alfred L. Aiken of Boston, pres
Ident of the Federal Reserve Bank
Of that city.
Miss Helen A. Story, SIS years old,
died suddenly Feb. 3, at the Elm
Street school, st. Adams, where she
had taught for 80 years. The cause
If death was cerebral hemorrhage.
Oliver Pecor of Montpelier is in
county jail on a. charge
If bygamy. He had been married
only a week and it is alleged that he
already had a wife whom he married
n 1910. He claims that he secured
| divorce in Maine but there is no
such record there.