The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-10
MONTPELIER
Banquet Given in Honor Ct National Life
General Agents

surance carried by the different members,
The so persons carried a total of 81 ,002,-
$50 of National Life insurance, which
means some of them are pretty heavily
insured with their own company. Roger
w. Hulburd of Hyde Park, general
agent, was toastmaster. Many nice
things were said to him following the
last speaker, relative to his manner of
presiding. The first speaker was +. G.
Partridge Of Proctor, who spoke upon
government ownership, the high progress
sive and conservative standing of the
company and the effects upon insurance
after the war, believing that the govern
ment's lesson is going to mean great
deal to the company in increased in
suTance.
Col. 0. d. Clark spoke as secretary Of
the company. He asked the agents to be
patient, for he has lost 20 per cent of the
male help in his Office as result of pa
triotism of the men In the introduction
of +. A. Rowland, president, Mr.. HUI
burd paid some nice tributes to the men
who had gone before him, to j. A. DeBoer
as the man who gave the company added
impetus. Mr.. Rowland spoke of the
time when the Office of superintendent
of education was offered to Mr.. DeBoer,
thing not generally known in the state.
| He also spoke of the company's records
relative to placing no objection of any
form of taxation that has been enacted
| by the state, also its record for not hay-
| ing case in the courts that has been
tried. He said Senator Dillingham; hav-
| ing been placed on the finance committee
Of the Senate in place Of Senator Gal
linger, the insurance companies are sure
of hearing before federal insurance ae-
ton takes place. He discussed war con-
ditions and it's after effects upon savings,
thrift and economy.
Secretary of State Frederick G. Fleet
wood spoke Of the company from the
outsiders view, of its reputation both in
the state and federally, how its success
seemed to have been obtained and
| touched like others, upon the war.
Commissioner of Education M. b. Bill
legas paid a nice compliment to G. +.
Moulton of the company, for assistauce
Of the formation Of the teachers pension
| system. When the federal committee
composed of insurance men had made
what appeared to be a model system
DR.. Hillegas presented it TO Mr. Moulton
who made 80 suggestions, all Of which
we're incorporated in the system. He
then explained what the boys and girls
have done in the war activities, 10000
Of them in the production of crops, $780,
| 900 having been realized from last years
efforts. On the topic Of the asset of .he
boys and girls, he called attention to the
| fact that the arithmetics Of to-day do
not teach thrift or saving; they give
only a page to il, while they give nine
pages to the instruction of square root
| He asked the agents TO use their intu-
ence for change in system. ]. H.
johnson OF Oklahoma City spoke upon
association work He is the ranking
man in that section in the production Of
business His motto is co cooperation, and
he said that the agents should be the
eyes for the home Office.
| j. A. Wellman, the new president,
spoke Of the appreciation of being Sc
| ected as the head of the association and
Of the part that the agents have taken
| in the war activities, many of them sac
rifcing heavily in stheir own business
that they might help sell bonds and say
ings stamps for the government.
| Mayor i, w. Mitchell spoke briefly
upon the pride Of Montpelier at having
an insurance institution OF the reputa
tion Of the National in the city, Of the
closer utilization that will result from
| this conference, touching upon the war
and how il viii bind the states closer
together. ending with the hope that when
the agents returned to their homes they
would in years TO come remember this
1 conference as pleasant oasis in their
| lives
| During the evening a quartet composed
Of William Fisher, Louis Baine, Hermon
| Hopkins and William Smith sang several
selections. while the Montpelier Military
band orchestra furnished program dur
| ing the dinner.
The general agents meeting Of the Ma
| tional Life Insurance company elected
the following officers yesterday; Prest-
dent. j. A. Wellman of Manchester, n.
H.: vice president, A. G. Goodrich Of
! Baltimore, Md; secretarvtreasurer, w.
/ B. Henderson of Kansas City, Mo. The
executive committee consisted Of H. NJ,
| Humphrey of Goldsboro, ~ c., and
/ George Dalder of Salt Lake City, Utah,
! for two years and J. Henry johnson Of
Oklahoma City, Okla, and Charles A..
4 AIdNHHH Vi Afbht1NAltt - ANA NAAN NehA .
Mrs. Lee s. Tillotson returned this
morning from Ludlow, Mass, where she
was called by the illness and death OF
her father, whose funeral took place
/ Sunday, with burial in that town. He
was well known in Barre and Montpelier,
having been employed many years as a
stoneeutter. His name was w. j. For
syth. He was 81 years of age and death
was due to diabetes. He is survived by
his wife, who is very i'll with cancer Of
the stomach and who could not attend
the funeral. One daughter, Mrs. Tillot-
son, and three sons. Earl A. Forsyth in
the navy, Elmer L., who lives in Ludlow,
and Wayne @. Davis, living in Albany,
in. Y.
Blaine Martin of Barre, who did not
appear last week when registrants left
the county for Camp Devens, has report
cd TO the Washington county local board
and is now ready to go to the canton
ment, but he is now classed as deserter
from the army and the matter has been
reported to the adiutant general here,
who with the local board. is conducting
an investigation of the case in which
the decision mas NOT yeb beeh dhHouuCeu'
Henry Holt, who was recently appointed
a member of the local board, has been
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