The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-06
Springfield Women at Head
of Vermont Federation
Of Woman's Clubs
MORE FINANCIAL
ACTIVITIES IN CLUBS
Reports Show the Past Year One of
Progress-Speaker Says Character
of School Teachers Is Not SO High
as Formerly Other Reports.

of School Teachers Is Not SO High
as Formerly Other Reports.
BARRE, June 6.-The 9th annual
meeting of the Vermont State Fedora
ton of Women 5 Clubs closed last eve
ming with reception at the home of
Mrs. Guy Yarnum. At the business
session yesterday afternoon the follow
ing officers were elected: President, |
Mrs. Walter w. Slack, SpringGeld; first
vice president and also chairman of the
first district, Mrs. Dan D. Burditt of
Pittaford; second yice-president and
chairman of the second district. Mrs.
Robert French of St. .Johnsbury; third
vice president and chairman third dis
trict, Mrs. F. Blanchard. Montpelier;
secretary, Mrs Arden Taylor. Windsor;
treasurer, Mrs C. G. Clifford. Bethel;
auditor, Mrs. Mason s. Stone, Montpe-
licr; state editor, Mrs. w c. Belknap
Bellows Falls; general federation secre-
tary, Mrs. Gilbert F. Davis. Windsor
Delegates to the New England confer
ence to be held in Portland Nc, in
October: Mrs. David Conant of ST.
Johnsbury. Mrs. Robert French of ST.
Johnsbury and Mrs. Oliver G. Ashton
of Rutland
Delegates to the 18th biennial of the
General Federation Of Women 5 Clubs
in DeS Moines, Ia, June Is, 1920: Mrs
Edward Kirkland or Bellows Falls, Mrs
+. r. Fellows Of Springfield, Mrs. John
W. Weeks of Middlcbury. Mrs. Georga
B. Chaffee of Rutland and Mrs. c. II
Smile of Montpelier.
Presidents of the local clubs were civ
Ell two minutes each TO report the work
of their club during the past year. Prae
| tically every club has done more tinan
| ciallv than i'll any year before and many
of them reported substantial additions
| to their membership The adopting of
! French war oprhans by the payment of
| $50 year WAS also quite popular with
| the clubs. While there necessarily was
| a marked similarity in these reports,
| some of the clubs have done special
work I'M some particular line. IN Bel
| lb8ss1 part hef the IN cttfEjers of tftt Eihb
thought last fall that it would be best
| TO disband,. but the others disliked to
! give up entirely, so il was carried along
on part time until the war work sub
sided in necessity, and had one program
Il month. every other meeting being &C.
voted to war work In this way the Bel
lows Falls club made 900 refugee gar
| mcnts. The chief work of the club was
4 the supporting Of the district nurse. The
work Of the coming year has started Of
with great vim.
4 IN Brattleboro the club has 90 mem
4 hprcsA tr+it Il a 49,
crease, Much money has been given by
Il the Organization.
Miss Bessie +, Goodrich Of the John
son Normal school spoke in behalf Of
such school; exercising her appreciation
Of the work the wbmens clubs have
done in giving scholarships to those who
otherwise would not have had the privi.
lege Of such m education We must
raise the salaries of our teachers still
more in order to pet Young women tc
take up that occupation in competition
with others. In one railroad town OF
the state, and this is but an example
Of other towns. one high school princi
pal stated that engine wipcrs were get
ting more of salary than he
Another thing that causes lack oil
teachers is social conditions Some OF
them get into an environment where
nothing is dcnc to make them feel a
home and no effort put forth to Civ,
thcm a cordial welcome to the commun
fty. As a whole. the character of III,
girls who in late years have taken "
the business Of teaching is not as higl
as il used to be-.
" The T. w. G. A. in Vermont wa
presented by the county secretary, Mis-
Marion Gary of Rutland, "a live wire
who brought 10 the federation a prac
teal, interesting subject in delightful
and convincing way.
The recent girls meeting in Rutlanl
brought forth a spontaneous response
Out Of thGt came a demand for tcacl