The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-06
ANNUAL MEETING OF
WOMAN'S CLUB and
OFE'eERS ELECTED
Elect Delegate, 9 Attend
the State Fede4 On
at Barre
REVIEW YEARS WORK
The Club Has Met all the Great Calls
of Past Year and Accomplished
Good Work
REVIEW YEARS WORK

The annual meeting of the st.
Johnsbury Woman's Club was held in
Pythian Hall, Monday afternoon with
the usual annual meeting attendance.
Following the usual officers reports
the secretary announced the follow
ing new members: Mrs. Roy Skinner,
Mrs. Claude Miltimore, Mrs. w.
H. Trainor, Mrs. Henry Thoren-
sen, Miss Ethel Wright, Miss Pearl
Richards, Miss Lillian Richards and
Mrs Darwin A. Houghton The fol-
lowing delegates were elected to the
annual meeting of the State Fedora
ton, which is to be held at Barre
the first week in June: Mrs. J. H.
Brooks, Mrs. +. G. Bundy, Mrs. S.
A. Moore, Miss Mary E. Ide, Mrs.
w. H. Young; alternates, Mrs. H.
II. Eldredge, Mrs. Sarah F. Hovey,
Mrs. James A. Hunter, Miss Bridget
Rooney and Mrs. George F. Cheney.
The chairman of the entertainment
committee, Mrs. w. H. Young, re-
ported that 1873 tickets have been
pledged for the Chatauqua entertain
ment course the coming winter, and
that 400 must be sold to guarantee
the course. Special work is to be
put upon the work of can
vassing the town in the next few
weeks. A rising vote of thanks was
given Mrs. S. J. Somerville, who has
given the executive board the priv
ilege of holding their meetings at
her home, and thus save the expense
of hiring hall.
The president announced that
through the efforts of the civics COM
mittee, Mrs. Ellen M. Cross,
chairman, liquid soap and containers
and sanitary towels have been fur
nished at the passenger station, with
prospects from proper authorities
of a bubbling fountain in the not
far distant future.
The annual report Of the secretary
was given by Mrs. Theodore W..
Chase. 1t was very thorough review
of the years work, and among points
of special interest were the present
number of Club members, 218 regu-
lar and 10 associate, 50 having Joined
the past year; the industrial commit
tee has been made a standing COM
mittee, making II in all; during the
year the Club has been presented
with five shares of Club House stock,
by one of its members; change in
the constitution allows the st.
Johnsbury school teachers to come
into the Club and enjoy its privileg-
es as associate members, upon pay
ment of $1.00 annually; $154 has
been given to worthy causes outside
the Club-to the Recreation Houses
in France, Woman's Hospital Relief
Fund, Red Cross Chapter, Mrs. l. G.
Marshall for nursing during the infu-
enza epidemic, state scholarship fund,
Hostess House in Burlington, and
the Kurn Hattin Homes; several
special committees have been ap-
pointed by the president throughout
the year, among them being the war
activities committee, Mrs. w. A.
Kicker, chairman, whose duties were
to assist the Club in any way possible
along war lines; committee to Sc
cure game tables for the Hostess
House in Burlington, Mrs. A. F.
Stone, chairman; and committee to
cooperate with the State Conserva-
ton Board to look after the school
gardens in town, especially during
the summer, Mrs. Alvin w. Flint,
chairman. e,L@ skss
Of special interest is the work of
the industrial committee, which be-
gan at the Club House on January
8 with a class of 20 girls. Eleven
meetings were held, the classes in
creasing each week until 70 were en-
rolled. A committee of the women
gave freely of their time and talents.
Classes were formed in dressmak-
ing, crocheting, knitting, tatting,
basketry, typewriting and dancing.
AS result of the public health and
child welfare committee, Mrs. w.
G. Kicker chairman, $50 babies were
weighed at the Club House in Sept
ember, when the work had to be dis
continued on account of the influenza.
This committee with the help of the
war activities and the social commit
tees have raised $81, eight dollars
being sent to the italian Relief Fund,
towards the support of an Italian or
phan, while the /$73 was given
for the entire care for two years of
a little eight months old French baby
at the time of adoption, whose name
is Rene Louis Martin. These COM
mittees raised $28 at their ten cent