Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27
VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Full Record of 18th Annual
Meeting at Montpelier.
Membership of AZ Includes Grent
Proportion of Most Prominent
Men in stnfe-Rcport Of Ii
brarian Dorman II. E. Kent.

Tho 18th annual meeting OF the YER
mont Historical society was held at it
rooms in the Vermont State Capitol at
Montpelier, Tuesday, January is. at 2:Or
p. m. The meeting was called to order
by the president. the Hon. w. w Stick
ney, and the minutes of the preceding
meeting we're read and accepted. The
report OF the treasurer, the Hon. Henry +.
Field Of Rutland. was read and approved.
The amount on hand in the treasury is
now the largest In many years although
the sum. dependent. 1t Is. solely upon
the annual dues of the society. is not as
large as might he desired. II is, however.
sufficient to care for entirely the pres
ent needs of the society supplemented ny
the annual appropriation accorded 1t ny
the State
The society now has a membership Of
AZ men and women including n very
great proportion OF the leading and most
prominent men of Vermont as we'll as a
large number Of her sons who have gone
10 other States and made names for them
eelves in their respective localities. The
report of the librarian was read and APP
proved and II Is hereby appended rs show
ing, perhaps in "a concise statement, GER
tain conditions OF the society.
The following officers were duly elected
at this meeting to serve for the comm;
year:
! President-wiliam W. Stickney, T.ud-
low.
Vice-presidents-F A. Rowland, Mont
pelier; Theodore Newton Vail, Lyndon
vile; Charles T. Smith. Burlington.
Recording secretary-Phil s. Howes,
Montpelier.
Corresponding observation-disclosures r.
r. Kent Montpelier; Walter II. Crockett,
Burlington
Treas,lrer-Henry F. Field. Rutland,
observation-disclosures Il. F.. Kent, Montpe-
Her
Curators-John NJ Thomas. Addison
county; Hall Park Mccullough. Bennins-
ton county; Henry Fairbanks. Caledonia
county: Henry y. Shaw. Chittenden
county: Porter II. Dale, Essex county;
Frank L. Greene. Franklin county; Mel
son Wilbur Fisk. Grand Isle county, Car
roll s. Page, Lamoille county: Hale Is.
Darling. Orange county: Frederick w.
Baldwin, Orleans county; Frank C. Part
RIDGE Rutland county: Andrew J. Shley.
Washington county: Lyman s. Hayes
WYndham county: Gilbert A. Davis Wind
sor county; Guy w. Bailey, secretary Of
state, Horace +. Graham. auditor OF ac-
counts. George w. Wing. State librarian.
ex-offiCio.
The following gentlemen were duly
elected to membership: Henry Steele
Wardner. Is Wall street. New York city.
Henry w. Lund. Canaan: Frank Arthur
Castle, Pittsfield; Albert w. Ferrin. Mont
pelier: Ira Holton Edison. Montpelier
James French Dewey. Quechee; Harlan
6. Mendenhall, 81 w. 18th street. New
York city: Leslie d. Pierce. Rochester;
Sherman Evarts. Windsor; Kemp r. Il.
Flint, Mortified: Lewis c. Carson. Mont
pelier.
resolution was offered by DR. Edward
r Campbell on the loss OF the Hon. 10
eepf1 Arend DeBoer and the resolution wa
una nin1o,Isly adopted. II was moved al
20 by Walter Fl. Crockett that a portrait
Of Mr.. DeBoer be secured and hung in
she rooms Of the society as a fitting me-
mortal not alone to the esteem in which
every member Of the society held its late
member hut as we'll to one Of the greatest
men who has ever lived in Vermont
The members OF the committee in charge
Of the purchase OF this memorial are
MeSers. Stickney Kent and Sibley. Mr..
Sfhley introduced a motion thanking the
librarian and secretary. Dorrnan r. f.
Kent for his article "One Thousand Men"
which apears in the last published pro-
efficient work as the society's librarian
for now many years Mr.. Crockett In a
few words spoke of his appreciation OF