Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-02-10

patients are Mrs. Frank Bushey and
daughter, Mrs. ]. HI. Belor, and Mrs.
George i. Shepard and daughter of
Lower Weldon street and G.. E. Sabin
of Kingman street. Mr.. Sabin has
been taken to the Bushey house as all
the other patients were there, Mrs.
Shepard and her daughters boarding
with Mrs. Busney.
State Bankers Association
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Bankers association will be held
at Burlington, Monday, Feb. 22nd.
Alfred l.. A sen. governor of the Fed
eral Reserve bank of Boston. will
speak on the subject, 1.-THE Federal
Reserve Banks. and Some Phases of
Their Opera ons" An effort is being
made to secure other speakers and
fur, n particulars will be given out
later.
Boston Vermont Association.
The Vermont Association of Boston
desires to renew its invitation to
Vermont people to visit the association
during their sojourns in that city !;
Vermonters will find a homelike air
about the place which will put them at
ease and make their visits pleasant.
Moreover, the visitors Will find practi-
ca)ly every Vermont newspaper on file
there, so that they will be able to keep
in touch with home affairs during their
absence from their home towns It is
very kind invitation which the Yer
mont association of Boston gives ard
one which all Vermont people would
gladly accept. providing it s1oul6 be
called to their attention. When in
Boston temporarily be sure to pay
occasional visits to the headquarters Of
the association. The Westminster S
near Copley Square. Huntington ave-
nue. cars all pass it.
Annual Meeting of Womer's Clubs.
A notable conference took place at
the New Sherwood House. Burlington,
Feb. 4th. when 200 delegates to the
of the State Federation of Women s
clubs met. Far-reachipg Legislation
J was suggested as to child labor, the
| feeble minded, etc. Vermont is the
last of the New England states tC
, entertain the conference. The zoo
delegates include all of the state
presidents and several other prominent
club women of New England. The
conference opened with a banquet al
the New Sherwood hotel. Following
the banquet an address of welcome
was given by Mrs. Thomas H. Brown
! president of the Athena club, in which
2 she recited Judge Charles H. Darling'>
: poem, "Where Vermont Comes In
= Responses were made by state club
presidents as follows: Mrs. Frederick
P. Abbott, of Maine. Mrs Jennie NJ
Demerritt of New Hampshire. Mrs
George H. Smile of Vermont Mrs
, George w. Perkins of Massachusetts
5 Mrs. William P. Congdon of Rhode
a Island, and Mrs. James P. Ballou o.
! Connecticut.
: The Vermont Association of Boston.
At the annual meeting of the Yer
= mont association of Boston held at it.
I rooms in Hotel Westminster, Cople,
: Square. Boston, on Saturday evening
. Ian. 80. the following officers were
e elected for the coming year: Presi
y dent, Elmer E. Silver; first vice-presi
=: dent, Carroll w. Doten; second vice
L president, George M. Dimond secretary
Arthur w. DeGoosh ; treasurer. Rolan
!; E. Chafey; chaplain. Rev. j. Harr.
{, Holden. Executive committee: Scot
+ Richard M. Bradley. Edwin P Brown
n Jay R. Benton, Martin A, Brown
2 George H. Walker, William Craig
. Fred T. Field. At the same meetin.
X the association also changed its by
u laws, so that young men from Yer
Z mont who are employed in or nea
Boston may become members b
paying annual dues of two dollars onl
IT until they reach the age of twenty-fv
e years. The regular annual dues of tn
i association are five dollars. The as
q ISOLATION is always glad to get in touc
e with any young men from Vermont
IL incidentally. all Vermont people visit
II ing Boston are welcome to visit tn
Il rooms of the association. to max
u appointments to meet people there. Q
IL to make any other use of the room
{, that may be convenient.
~ Further Investigation of Poliomyeitis
DR.. A. L. Amoss, who is investiga
ing poliomyelits at the University o
Vermont under the direction of tn
o state board of health. has arrived
this city from the Rockefeller Inst
titute at New York. and the first e2
IS perimental work will be done at tn
laboratory at once. DIR. E S. Town,
is to assist him in his work, in tt
labratory, putting the finishing touche
upon apparatus which will be needle
: in the experiments. Doctor Amos
- says the laboratory in general and /
II equipment in particular is all tn;
'e could be desired The laboratory h;
been outfitted with all the late
e. apparatus which is needed j, the wor
n. 1t is the purpose of Dr. Amoss to fir
j, out through laboratory methods IL
- =, presence of and the carriers of tt
y disease by blood and incubation test
1t is known that the disease can |
Ill transferred by carriers where i
to presence is not manifest. The
ut monkeys upon which the experiment
a. will be made are in the best of conc
ton Five of the cages ordered
20 which they will be kept have arriv,
~ and two others needed are expect,
10 soon. Many wonder that this diseas
n1 which is supposed to be cont agious,
or not taken from the monkeys up,