The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-01
State Organizations Unite
i'm Convention and
Banquet Here
CLERKS ELECT ]. A.
AUSTIN PRESIDENT
Resolution Adopted with View to Hav-
ing Rural Carriers Unite Hereafter
Speakers from Out of State-T.
A. Austin Toastmaster.

The third annual joint convention of
the Vermont Association of Post Office
Clerks and the Vermont State Association
Of Letter Carriers was held here yester-
day afternoon in the Brooks House
and in the evening a banquet was served
| in the hotel at which % members of the
associations were seated.
The afternoon was spent in holding
separate business meetings and each or
ganization appointed a delegate to confer
with the Rural Carriers association in an
effort to arrange with that organization
to hold its annual convention at the same
time and place as the two others. thus
bringing all postal employees of the state
| together once each year 1t was voted to
/ hold the next convention in st. Adams
| The letter carriers reported an increase
/ of 30 per cent in membership during the
year and that only two regular and eight
substitute carriers in the state are vet to
be made members of the national associa-
ton, membership in that body being es-
sential to membership in the state organ
ization. The clerks went on record as
endorsing the administration of President
/ Frank Rogers of Chicago of the national
association and Of favoring the civil ser
vice retirement bill and the Taylor-Mar-
tine salary BILL
! The clerks elected these officers: Presi-
dent, James A Austin OF Brattleboro:
vice presidents, Nelson B. Ober of Bellows
Falls and J. B. O'Donnell of Bennington:
secretary, John P. Corcoran of Barre;
treasurer, j. i. Livernore of Bellows
Falls; state organizer, f. H. Taylor Of
Rutland; chairman of finance committee,
Miss Grace Gleason of Burlington.
The officers of the carriers are as fol-
II ID =
Burlington; vice president, w H. Farr
Iof Bellows Falls; secretary and treasurer,
Harry L. Richardson Of Montpelier; dele
gate to the national convention, Charles
tConverse of Barre; alternate, Fred III.
Coombs of Brattleboro.
Banquet and Speaking.
The banquet was served promptly on
schedule time at o'clock and the menu
was as follows: Mock turtle (AIaderia)
celery, olives, radishes; boiled fresh sal
mon (hollandaise), potato natural; crabs
a la Newberg in cases; broiled spring
chicken toast, mashed potatoes, aspara
gus on toast; vegetable salad (mayon
J aise) strawberry short cake with ice
! cream. coffee, cigars.
5 Leitsinger's orchestra of three pieces
played during the banquet and Mis-:
4 Doris Coombs sang a solo and responded
to an encore.
Thomas A. Austin was postmaster anC
5 introduced as the first speaker Dennis E
d Tasker of Brattleboro, IAN old war hors,
/ of the association since 1899" Mr.. Tas
/ ker extended a welcome to the association
:, and in conclusion said: BE it limeston
: or marble, we hope to have a better plac
!, to entertain you when the next conven
e tion is held here"
Postmaster NJ. j. Moran was introduce
:, as the first postmaster of Brattleboro i
n many years who had not been hitched t
n a title but who as a man some others j
/ the state are now willing to admit is som
general Mr.. Moran welcomed the mel
o whom he considered were members of th
:: most important branch of the governmer
n service. He said that the difference b
q, tween a carrier or clerk and postmaste
T, is that the carrier or clerk must earn b
n his ability the right to belong to the d
r partment and can hold his position on
y by good and faithful service while pos
e, master gets his job not necessarily becau:
T of his ability to fill the position.
|, George H. Ross of Rutland, presidei
le of the state association of clerks, spoil