Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
1900 VISITORS EXPECTED
Enthusiastic Convention of Com
merciaI Travellers Assured.
Twenty-Five New England Councils
Represented "t Meetings which
Open Mt Nine O'Clock This
Morning mt the Armory.

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United Commercial Travellers of America
jurisdiction Of New England, will oper
in Burlington to-day with the promise
| Of one of the largest ana most successful
conventions ever held The meeting Will
continue for three days and the expecta-
lions are that between 1,aO and 1,GN
visitors will be present. The members
| began to arrive last evening and the
hotels filled rapidly through the night
| The city hall has been designated as
registration headquarters, and up to nine
o'clock last evening. when the hail was
| closed. more than rs members of the or
| der had registered received their canes
| and pcnnants and copy each of the
handsome booklet and official program.
The registration headquarters will be
| open all day to-day and until nine O'Clock
/ this evening.
The Hobbies Of the hotels were crowded
| last evening with the arriving travelling
| men and their wives, and there was many
| a pleasant reunion among the knights of
! the grip. Present indications are that the
| local hotels will be taxed to their utmost
| capacity, for this will be the largest con-
| vontion Burlington has seen in somc
| years.
Among the arrivals last night were r.
| G. Cassidy of Springfield, Mass. grand
| counselor Of the Grand Council Of New
| England, and Grand Junior Counselor
George Y. Deland of Worcester, MISS
The other grand officers will arrive to-
day. They are Grand Past Counselor
+. c. ellison of st. Johnsbury, Grand
Secretary Charles A. IIanes of Melrose
Mass Chand Treasurer \. r. Simonds
of Burlington, Grand Conductor l.. s.
Willard of Wethorsf;sid. Conn. Grand
Page ". n. Hanscom of Haverhill
Mass. Grand Sentinel a. B. Reynolds +
Portland, Me. grand executive COM
mttee \. l.. Duke of Manchester, \. H.
j. steward Of Bangor. Me. T. NJ. Adams
of Bridgeport. Conn, and f. NJ Davis Of
Bonneville. Mass. Many Of the visiting
DELEGATIONS will be accompanied by bands
which will ar|iv" on Saturday, the DAY
of the big parade.
The appearance of the city last even
ing indicated that Burlington has pre-
pared to receive the visiting organization
with open arms. The hotels and business
houses We're gay with flags and bunting
and there were hundreds If the official
welcome flags displayed. Church and Main
streets were especially Illuminated with
ropes of electric globes.
Tho following councils will be repre-
scented at the convcntion: Springfield,
Mass. Boston. Mass. Providence. r. l.,
Portland. Me, Worcester Mass, New
Bedford. Mass, Bangor, Me. Twin City.
Me. Ianchester. y. H.. Hartford Conn.
ST. Johnsbury. Burlington, New Haven.
Conn, Norwich Conn. Lowell. Mass,
IridEeDOrf
hill. Mass, Marble City, Rutland, Lynn.
Mass. Somervllle, Mass. Dover, y. H..
Fitchburg, Mass. Ticonic of Waterville.
Me. and Concord. y. H.
To-days program will open at nine
O'Clock this morning with the first meet
ing OF the Grand Council. which will ne
held at the armory. From 2:30 until
900 p, M there will he receptions at the
hotels for the visiting ladies. At $50
the Grand Council will hold an evening
session. Theatre parties at the World in
Motion and at Tho Strong theatre will
be the program for thu ladies' and open
house at the clubs for the visiting
L. c. It's.
one of the features of the convention
is the magnificent souvenir program.
which is as large as a monthly MAGAZINE
On the cover is rcpr, sentation in color,
of the banner If tn order of United
Commercial Travellers The program con-
tains creating from the city. the list
OF clubs at which there will be open
house, list Of the grand officers and
photographs of them, general information
about the convention. the official pro-
gram. letter of greeting from Gov
'harles w. Gates. and brief sketch Of
the order of United Commercial Travel
ers, large part Of the booklet is taken
up with an interesting account of tho
city OF burlington, which goes into detail
as to its history, its people. past and
present. It's institutions. its lake advan-
tages, and its opportunities as a summer
resort, all Of which was prepared by
James i. Taylor. secretary of the Greater
Vernon, association, and written in his
usual entertaining and Instructive man.
ner. The text is amplned by large
number of interesting photographs.