Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-01-28
Newport chambre of Commerce Meets


Newport Board of Trade held IN the
vestry of the Congregational church
on the evening of January 2O was tne
best meeting ever enjoyed by the pusl-
ness men of Newport. The Danques
served by the Ladies' Social union |
of the Congregational churcn was
most sumptuous feast, the attendance
was large, the speaking unusually
good, and the business accomplished |
! of great Importance.
| McCauley's orchestra furnlsneo
splendid music during the banquet
and there was a spirit of .goodfeliow-
ship displayed at the fifteen tables
seldom seen in Newport. Indeed the
occasion would appear to mark new
awakening of the Board of Trade
After all had done ample justice to
the roast pork and mashed potato
with all the necessary side dlshes,
which course was proceeded by soup
and followed by apple pie and Ice
cream, w. w. True, president of the
Board of Trade called the meeting to
order and in his usual graceful manner
of presiding over a meeting, stated
something of the history of the
business mems organizations In New
port which had eliminated In the
Board of Trade, and told of their ac-
Icomplishments, which are rather
more than is generally realized. One
of the most prominent being the foS-
tering the Orleans County Farm
Mayor Gardner gave a short and
lspirited talk on the results to be
lgained when everyone pulled together,
and explained how the matter of
cleaning up the causeway was one OF
united effort and that the city was
soon to realize a park and public
playground for her children which has
been a dream for years.
Wallace III. Gilpin related the story
of the securing of VESSEL, Nickle
Gross in Barton and expressed the be-
lief that there are many concerns
seeking country locations which at
ford great opportunity for organl-
cations like Newport Board of Trade.
E. l.. ingalls, of Burlington, manager
, of boys and girls work In agrlcul-
|, ture in Vermont, told something of
. his work. He said that Thomas
, Bradley, director of the agricultural
extention work of the state told him
that he might tell Orleans county
that his department would give $3.50
per month toward boys and girls
leader in Orleans county until July /,
: if the rest of the expense would be
taken care of, an offer which can
: hardly be allowed to pass by.
/ The speaker of the evening was o.
H. Benson of Springfield, Mass, di-
: rector of the Junior bureau there.
| a new and wonderful work among
the youth. Mr.. Benson proved a
speaker of unusual interest and force.
= He said in going up and down the
= country he had come across four kinds
! of business men, tired" retired"
? rubber tired" and "attired," business
men. The first three were of COM
t paratively little use to the community,
but the "attired" business man was
2 the one who was making a new
/ program for his business because Of
: the new world program, and therefore
5 stood ready to see a business mans
:, organizations get into line on n new
e changed program of greater work and
G progress.
e He said that chamber of com
: merce was one of only two mems
S organizations in existence which de-
/ voted their interests 60 things entire
ly without class, trade, religious or
2 social preJudlceS and interests. An
: organization of this kind, and the
county farm bureau, were working
/ for the good of the entire community
G or county without thought or distinct
o ION OF color, class, denomination or
e trade. These were, indeed, the or
f CARNATIONS which make a real
: league of neighbors" possible.
n Mr.. Benson stressed the league of
e neighbors" idea. He said that it was
f inevitable that when farm producing
: fell off the entire business of the
e community fell off and when farm
e production was large all business was
o. large.
f Mr.. Benson made the point very
: clear that the boys and girls of this
Q generation were not getting the train
d ing necessary to make them achieve,
s that it had come to be a disgrace
t can boy to achieve anything with his
n hands, that the day of the husking
/ contest, chopping contest, spelling
e contest and other achievement slim
v ulants were gone and in its place the
s American boy and girl were sent
l. away from home to earn his first
n money and own his first property
s thereby training him away from home
: and community instead of training
: him into the community.
d He closed by saying that gutter
n was one who got into the game, got
n tired and fell out, but one who achiev-
ed got into the game, stayed in
s the game and completed it. Anc
20 what an individual or an organization
r wants is achievement.
# Following the address, which was
IF admitted the finest the men of New
r. port in broad business way had ever
/ listened to, matters OF business il
> connection with the organization wer,
a taken up. r. w. Spear, Carroll Davi:
q and F. S. Tinkham we're appointed tt
go over the membership book, which
N had been signed by many that even
# ing and suggest names for a nom
= ination committee to bring in list o.
n proposed officers at the annual meet
y ing later in the winter. They sug
W gested the names of C. S. Emery, H
d ~ o,' f. -. - ,,ieiAS'V., w. II
t. Oieary anu VI. a. Daliey, Wnicn com