The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-02
Barre Man to Head Ver-
mont Funeral Directors
and Embalmers' Asso.
18TH r~ s'NTION
49, SUCCESSFUL
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The Delegates Enjoyed a
Motor Trip to the
Quarries VI

With the election of officers and the
transaction of unfinished business that
has accumulated while the meetings have
been IN progress since Tuesday evening
the 18th annual convention of the Yer.
mont Funeral Directors & Emblamersi
association CAME to close in Howland
hail this morning. This afternoon at
80 o'clock in Howland hal. the state
board OF examiners of embalmers con
vened and IL candidates were present to
take the examination. BY noon many of
the visiting undertakers and statesmen
had departed for their homes, SO that
the vanguard of one of the most success
ful conventions in the history of the as
sociation consisted only of the local un-
dertakers and the members of the state
board, G, H. Gorham' of Rockingham.
e. A. Calderwood of st. Johnsbury and
j. B. Stearns of Rutland.
Officers who are to guide the destinies
Of the association in l9l5-l9l6 were
named by the nominating committee,
whose recommendations were ratified
unanimously. A Barre man, Marshall S.
Rounds, of the firm of B. w. Hooker q
company, who has been successively Sec
retary and ce-president of the associa-
tion, was elected president The other
officers are; First vice president. w. W.
Bennett OF Manchester; second vice.
president, Z. W. Varney of Bristol: sec
retary, A. E. Hall of Bradford; treasurer,
John A. Gibson of Enosburg Falls ire
elected sergeant-at arms, /. S. Cong
don of Wallngford. The president was
ence the personnel the legislative CON-
mittee, the executive committee and the
committee.
Reports made at the forenoon session
by the secretary and the treasurer indi-
,ate that the association is well grounded
financially and numerically stronger than
ever before, seven acquisitions having
been made to the enrolment during the
Resolutions OF sympathy
we're drafted and adopted and the secre-
AIRY was ordered TO send copy TO the
elatives of John +. Sullivan of st. AL
,ans, whose death during the year re-
moved a strong working member of the
association.
The legislative committee was in
tructed to draft bill making legal in
Iermont the exchange OF undertaker.'
licenses with other states. Reciprocity
1t,nz -. -
ther professions and among the under
akers in a number of commonwealths.
he bill is TO be presented at the next
eneral assembly, as is bill revising
he law relating TO the transportation OF
odies from station 20 station in the
lrger cities. The proposal TO abandon
state convention next year in favor Of
he New England states convention at
oston was referred TO the executive
)mmittee with power TO act. For the
'ason that the Vermont association may
acide 10 join with its sister ASSOCIATIONS
New England al the Hub next wear. a
city for 1916 was not selected.
n invitation from the New. York asso-
alton 10 attend its annual meeting in
yracuse later in September was referred
the executive committee and the sec
tary was authorized TO acknowledge
e communication.
A vote Of thanks was taken in favor
Professor G. r. Moadinger Of Brook
n. \. Y. whose clinic was such q sue
ssful feature Of the convention. Just
fore final adjournment to-day the
embers gathered about the piano and
ne Aud Lang syne.r
Motoring: Baseball Game.
Returning from their trip to the quar-.
= and Williamstoun guilt around
lock yesterday afternoon. the under.
Sers and salesmen were enthusiasts IN
sir praise Of the hospitality awaiting
en- wherever they stopped in the
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4 completed plans tor showing IN d.
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