Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-10

business in its new quarters woul,
surprise everybody. He said the tow
could not afford to lose such an en-
terprising citizen as Mr.. Cary ano
the development of his busines.
would be an incentive to every farm.
er to make all the maple sugar he
could.
David E. Porter said aside from
any sentimental regard for Mr.
Cary that if he came before the Com
mercial Club an entire stranger with
this proposition it would receive his
heartiest support.
George II. Cross said he heartily
favored exemption as he believed the
new building would be a great addi-
ton to the business life of the town.
The State Normal school situation
was presented to the meeting by Ar
thur F. Stone. The speaker called at
tention to the fact that it was the
purpose of the State Board of Edu-
cation to have it ready sbefore Sept
ember, 1920, central Normal school
and that Rutland had already made
a bid for this school. A commit
tee of the State board had examined
the now vacant buildings OF the
House of Correction and would later
report to the whole board. Mr.. Stone
stressed the fact that St. Johnsbury
had just as good railroad facilities as
Rutland and that its collateral edu-
cational advantages-notably the
Athenaeum and Museum-could not
be equalled in the state. He also said
sites were available if the board de-
cided to locate the new school in St.
Johnsbury.
Supt. w. H. Young followed along
the same lines as Mr.. Stone, supple
menting the lattcr's remarks that he
did not understand that it was not
the plan to have a dormitory con-
nected with the school. He said this
meant that possibly 200 ladies
would each be paying several hund-
red dollars year for room and
board.
David E. Porter and P. F. Hazen
both spoke briefly on the question
and it was voted that the president
appointed committee of five to
thoroughly investigate the matter
and put it up to the State board as
strongly as possible. President Assc-
lin appointed Harry w. Writer'S, Ar
thur F. Stone, Alexander Dunnett, A.
B. Noyes and w. H. Young on this
committee.
James Cosgrove expressed his ap-
proval of such a meeting as this and
said he hoped the Commercial club
would have one every month. He
believed much good could be accom-
plished by getting together and hav-
ing an open forum on community af-
fairs.
Rev. F. B. Richards expressed the
hope that the social service COM
mittee, which had been previously
appointed at Commercial Club
meeting, might get busy again and
help in the relieving of some of the
tenement conditions in town.
P. +. Hazen urged all to attend the
meeting Friday night to determine
the future of the work done in the
Y. M. C. A. building and his remarks
were followed by brief speeches by
z. S. Waterman and Mr.. Stone Mr..
Hazen called attention to the use
fulness of the City Mission, Mr..
Waterman said 160 boys had the use
of the gymnasium and other parts of
the building, and Mr.. Stone spoke of
the advantages of the dormitory in
furnishing lodgings at a reasonable
price.
The meeting adjourned at $50 af-
ter profitable two hours session.
Before the meeting closed Mr.
Stone urged all to give the Caledo-
MIA County fair on Sept. 23, "a and
Is their heartiest support. He said
that it was Mr.. Cary that started the
movement to raise the debt and that
now this had been accomplished the
management were planning to
us the best and biggest fair in the
history of the organization.