The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-13
WELL REPRESENTED
IN BOSTON MEETING
Twenty Eight vermonters at Confer
ence to Decide Upon Y. M. G. A.
War Work Plans.

Twenty-eight representative Vermonters
responded to the invitation of George w
Perkins, chairman of the National Y. NJ
c. A. war work campaign committee, to
| be present at the Boston City club Tues
day. July o. The meeting proved to be
| one of the most enthusiastic and. inspir- /
| ing of any held in New England since the
war was -sdeclareds and every New Eng /
| land state was we'll represented, 600 be- |
ing present. T. A. sCrossett, well-known |
shoe manufacturer IN Boston and a mem !
Der of the war work council of the Y. Nj. |
/ c. A., presided, introducing as the first |
| speaker of the morning DIR, John r. Mott, |
general secretary and a. great leader in
all Y NJ. c.. A. war work activities, whose
| wonderful presentation of Y M. c. A
service and its future needs will be re-
| membered as one of the great addresses
in connection with the war Among other
speakers We're G. w Perkins of New
York Admiral Wilson of the Boston ma
w yard and several other prominent
| Americans.
Vermont was represented on the com
mittee Of resolutions by w j. Van Pat
ten of Burlington, Thomas c. Cheney of
Morrisville and Robert f. Mech of White
| River Junction 1t was announced during
r the session that the national war work
I council had selected Archibald c. Hurd
l to direct the next Y NJ. C. A. campaign
7 in Vermont Mr.. Hurd has served for
many years as secretary of the well-known
: Windsor county association and during
Z the present year has devoted considerable
: time to the Y NJ. c. A. campaign
: for funds here in Vermont as associa-
!. ton director and campaign fund execu-
tive. Mr. Hurd has also represented the
war personnel board of the Y NJ. c. A
Il here in Vermont, recruiting a large num-
IL Der of men for service overseas. During
{. the Boston meeting the state delegation
II met for a conference, electing as a pro
II visional commit tee to organize Within
the next two or three months a state
l. committee who will have fun charge Of
s. the Y NJ. c. \. war work drive mex
4, fall chairman G. t. Durham of Brattle
II boro Vermont representative of the New
= England committee, Judge Stanley c. Wi
in son of Chelsea, Earl s. Kinsley Of Rut
is land, w i, Howe of Burlington, retir
ing chairman of the 1917 campaign com
- mittee, and Archibald c. Hurd, the d
= rector of the coming campaign
:, Other men from Vermont III attendant
~ ~ were Harold s. Bishop of Bellows Fall.
IN Floyd l.. North of Burlington, w. j. Va
. Patten of Burlington, Loon S. Gray Z
ne Cavendish, A. w Bosworth and Luthe
= A. Cobb of Island Pond, Joseph G. Brow
de and Mason S. Stone of Montpelier, Judq
ay r. w Spear of Newport, NJ. NJ. Tapli
of Orleans CltarlessA. Plumley of Nortl
field George T. Chalmers of Rutland. ]
F. Mech and James A. Stacey of Whit
: River Junction, DR.. F. Thomas Kiddt
of Woodstock, f. a. Guerney of Burlin
'et ton, and several others whose names we
ice not recalled.
an, The Y NJ. c. A. war work drive is f
a SIP, 900, 900 and viii be held sometin
next October, New England being ask,
nd to raise between 100000 and $l1 ,0N
sh- 600, Nermonts quota to be between 500
on 900 and s250,000, the actual quota for Il
to state not having been determined VIII
We this report went to press. Mr.. Hurd 81
eeeded in collecting as fund eXecuti
csc for the last campaign, nearly 100 per &c
M of the total amount subscribed. Nermo
an standing second in the United States
nts had been urged to 90 to France the Wiz
nee sor county Y NJ c! A. committee cmplC
ing him allowing him a six months lea
OF absence, in order that he might do
'ho but now that he has been asked to Ia
ade charge of the drive next fall he has h
the To forcqo his MANS for the trim 10 Frar
re- until later.