The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-02
AT Annual Meeting of Wash
ington County Farm
Bureau in Barre
LARGE GATHERING
OF MEMBERS
Mark Moody of w Eury
Was Elected &dent
for Ensl ~ Year

Seyenty.five farmers, representative OF
the agricultural interests of all Wash
ington county, came together in Howland
hall Thursday afternoon for the first an
nual meeting Of the farm bureau the
thriving county organization which had
its inception in Barre last February. If
the attendance and the interest manifest
ed in the proceedings may be taken as an
earnest OF what is in store for the bu-
reau, its future as an adjunct of unlimit.
ed possibilities for the farming interests
OF the county is well assured. The meet
ing was called to order shortly before
o'clock by +. c. Bancroft of Barre Town,
and number of important matters were
discussed before the election of officers
took place.
The report OF Forts H. Abbott, the
county adviser, covered the bureau op-
erations since April / and constituted an
illuminating resume of what has been ae-
complished in two months. Mr.. Abbott
also took occasion to outline some of the
plans projected for the future and sought
to impress upon the members OF the bu-
reau the Importance of working together
for common end. The membership ros-
ter is growing daily and it is predicted
that before the summer is over. the in
fluence of the bureau will be felt in the
remotest corner of the county.
On a motion from the floor the rules
of the meeting were suspended for a few
moments to permit James B. Estee. a
Montpelier man, to speak. Mr.. Estee
said he was the president of the Mont
pelier Board of Trade and bespoke for the
bureau the hearty cooperation OF that
organization. His talk contained sugges-
tions as to how the bureau might benefit
by relying upon the Board OF Trade at
the capital for support and assistance in
various ways. A second motion from
the floor empowered the executive COM
mittee TO add the committee on market
ing and buying to the list of standing
committees compiled when the bureau
was organized. Informal talks featured
an interesting open forum preceding the
election of officers and many apt sugges.
tions were noted for future reference.
Uppermost in the minds of those who
spoke, il seemed. was the belief that the
county bureau is here to stay and that
II has an important part to play in work
ing out the agricultural destinies OF the 5,
towns comprising the county.
Complete harmony prevailed when the
time came for selecting officers to serve
in l9l6-l0l7 and the following slate was
ratified: President. Mark Moody of Wa
terbury; vice president, c. A. Badger of
East Montpelier; secretary and treasur-
er, Frank G. Howland of Barre; execu-
tive committee, president. vice president
md secretary treasurer ex-officio, f. C.
Bancroft of Barre Town, w. |. Abbott of
-hbot. ID. r. Bisbee of WaitsfieId, B. A.
Denny OF Northfield and II. J. Dodge OF
Berlin.
Advisory council: Philip Shonio of
Duxbury, Carroll Lamb OF East Calais,
3. E. Sanders of West Calais, G. NJ Jones
# Waitsiield, George Rumney of Middle
ex, Wesley Childs of Middlesex, Fred
strong of East Montpelier, Lewis Coburn
# East Montpelier, NJ. J. Corliss of Ber-
in, Ira Buck of West Berlin, Dean Town
f Plainfield, c, NJ. Edison of Plainfield,
|. NJ. Farnham of Montpelier, G. w. Per
ons of Barre Town, f. r. Northrop of
Sarre Town, DIR. w. L. Wasson of Wa
erbury, Carroll C. Robinson of Water.
ury Center. NJ. r. Childs of Moretown,
eorge Sleeper of Moretown, Dan Nc
aughlin of Fayston, Sam Strong of
'orth Fayston. c. NJ. Ladd of Worcester.
. c. Heath of Warren, f. NJ. Turner of
Warren, W. f. Shepard of Barre North
cid. Woodbury. and Marshtield council
Iembers are to be named later. Adjourn
tent was taken around o'clock, subject
, the call of the president.