The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-05
Sixty Civil War Fighters AS
semble Here at Island
Park
DINNER SERVED
BY RELIEF CORPS
Company Reunions and Election Of Of
ficers This Afternoon, Also Speaking
by Local Men-singing by Choir of
Baptist Church.

About go members of the Windham
county Veterans association gathered
today at Island park for their an
nual reunion, dinner, election of off
GERS, and to exchange "reminiscences of
their experiences during the Civil war.
For many it was an annual visit while
Others came for the first time. some not
having been in Brattleboro for many
years, and some had not met before since
the close OF the conflict between the
North and the South.
Dinner was served at noon by Sedgwick
Woman's Relief corps to the veterans.
visiting members of the Relief corps and
associate members, after which the vet
Grams gathered on the lawn at the Hooker
house and later formed in line to escort
| the draftees to the railroad station, IA
leaving on the 1.53 o'clock train for
Camp Upton, Yaphank, n. Y One of the
veterans, Webster ID. Derby of Peter
| boro, n. H., also Joined in the parade in
keene, n. H., when several draftees were
escorted to the station in that place.
| The business meeting opened at 2
o'clock and the program included ad-
dresses by Rev. Clark I. Brownell, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Attorney
! Harrie b. Chase and Rev. Delmar L.
Trout, pastor of the Universalist church.
Music was rendered by the choir of the
First Baptist church, under the direction
of Frank NJ. Cram. After the speaking
the musical program reports were given
and officers were elected
A reunion of Companies Z and G of the
\ L.
park this forenoon with five mem
hers of Company G and two mem
bers of Company E present. The death
of Comrade jerome Winship of Caven-
dish, a member of Company G, was re-
lported. These officers were elected: Pres,
Albert Patch of Medford, Mass; vice
lpres., Henry j. Allen of Brattleboro,
4 George III. Hubbard of Vernon, Francis
Ray of Wilmington, Emory Howard of
Newfane; see. and treas, Henry A. Car
lpenter of Newfane.
Ten members of Company F. 4th Yer
lmont volunteers, held their reunion at
the home of Major Linn d. Taylor on
IOak street. as Major Taylor's father, the
late Col. II. f. Taylor, was member of
that company. In business session
these officers were elected: Pres, Ever
lett Alden; vice pres. Frank StockweH;
lsec and treas, Lewis III. Lynde A dona-
tion was made to the Red Cross. Major
Taylor and aunt, Miss Caroline Dutton.
lare associate members of the company.
For several years Major Taylor has en-
tertained the company at dinner at the
Brooks House in memory of his father,
and the party went there today at LIS
The members attending were John Grout
OF Newfane. Lewis Lynde of Dummer-
ston, Charles Gould of West Haven
Conn, Ferdinand klinge of Easthampton
Mass, Henry Hutchens of Bellows Falls
Everett Alden of Torrington, Conn, John
Graves of Springfield, Mass, Samuel
Fairbanks of Saxtons River. George d
Marsh of Athol, and Frank Stockwell OF
| Brattleboro.
Reunions of Company B, 10th Vermont
and Company X, 9th Vermont, viii be
; held in Grand Army hall the first day Of
the Valley fair.