News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-08
WOODMEN IN MORRISVILLE
State Log Rolling Meet Draws Large Crowd.
l,500 People

The Modern Woodmen State Log Roll
ing Association meet in MorrisviIle Mon.
day drew fully l 800 people to town and
about 1000 people attended the Labor
Day sports and speaking on the Lamoille
! Valley Fair Grounds. The weather was
ideal for the events and everything on
the program was carried out as adver-
tised and the event proved big success.
| There were representatives from over
100 Camps.
At business meeting held at town
hall, presided over by the State President
ID. K. Daley of North Hartland. the tol.
lowing officers were elected for the year
ensuing:-President H. A. Gleason, St.
| Johnsbury; Vice President. VIM. Thyme,
Burlington; Sec'y, W. M. tombstone. Nor
| risville; Treas, H. B. Parker, Wolcott;
State Marshal, John L. Jones, Morris.
vile. Voted to hold next State meeting
at Essex Junction, date to be announced
by executive committee.
The speaking at the Fair Grounds was
opened by c. D. Howe, Consul of the
Morrisville Camp. who gave short,
well.worded address of welcome and in
Producing the State Lecturer. NJ P. Mau.
rice of Morrisvile, as the first speaker.
Mr.. Maurice spoke in happy vein on
fraternalism. He was followed by State
Deputy A. O. Palmer of Burlington, Dis
trict Deputy c. L. Sherwood of Rutland,
who spoke in the interests of wood
craft" Rev. W. E Baker of Morrisvile,
who spoke briefly but eoquently of the
significance of the gathering and the
teachings of Woodcraft, while H. a.
Gleason of ST. Johnsbury, the new presi
dent, closed the speaking with pleasing
remarks
THE PARADE
The parade started at 1880 from
Lower Main street under the direction
of John L. Jones and E. Fl. VanCor as
marshals, assisted by several mounted
police. The line of march was up Main
street, out Congress, Union and Summer
Academy Park, thence to the Fair
Grounds by the way of Portland street.
Some excellent music was furnished by
the Jacksonville Cornet Band and the
Morrisyille Military Band. Among the
interesting features of the parade was
the float "Our Benefciaries, gotten up
by H. L. Delano 1t was a Woodman's
Camp, in which were large number OF
little girls in white, making pretty eff
feet. The float was drawn by four
horses, driven by Fred Cleveland.
THE SPORTS
The sports were held on the track in
front Of the grand stand and were in
charge of the three local ministers, Rev.
w. T. Best, Rev. W. E. Baker and Rev
R. d. Cranmer, assisted by J. l.. Jones
and r. w. Eaton. They resulted as fol-
lows:-100 yd. dash-Richard Nye, John
son, LIST; Howard Waterman, Johnson,
2nd; Wilbur Armstrong, Morrisville, Ord.
Standing broad iump-Robert Merrill,
Morrisvlle, 1st, s #. 91a in; Ole Bedell,
Morrisville, 2nd; Nye, 3rd Running
hop-step and jump-Ellis Bridge, Morris
vile, list; Erie Morrill,, Morrisville, End;
Perley Sears, Morrisville, 3rd 100 yd |
dash for boys-Guy Moore, Morrisville;
LIST; William Howie, Morrisvile, End;
America Bianchi Morrisville, 3rd. Three.
legged race-Howard Bailey and Arm
strong, LIST; Morrill, and Bedell, 2nd;
Fairbanks and Waterman, 3rd Girls !
race-Mertie Sulham, 1st; Elsie Bowen
2nd; Aldelena Raymond, 3rd.
THE EXHIBITION DRILLS
An unusually interesting feature was
the exhibition drills given by Capt Will |