The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-07
FORESTRY
AND BIRDS
THE PROGRAM
Interesting Addresses By
Local Talent at WOman's
Club Meeting

states greatest natural resource and
that the birds are the greatest pro-
tcctors of the forests was clearly
shown Monday afternoon at the
meeting of the Woman's Club when
Mrs. Alvin w. Flint read paper
on Forestry in Vermont" and Miss
lnez Howe gave talk on Birds as
Related to Forestry"
The meeting was called to order at
O'Clock by the president, Mrs.
French, after which the secretary's
report was read by Mrs. Flint and
accepted. The president announced
that at the executive board meeting
S7675 was reported in the treasury.
The names of two new members
were given, Mrs. J. w. Kicker and
Miss Sara Dalton, both having been
suggested by Mrs. French. 1t was
announced that $3.50 had been rea-
lied from the little sock SEM to the
War Relief Fund and that letter
of appreciation had been received
from headquarters. Thirty dollars
was voted for the forestry committee
and a balance Of S22.68 was voted to
the social committee. The executive
board had recommended that the So
cial committee be given the guest
tickets as had been don in the past
and this was acted upon favorably.
The board also voted that Miss
Wakefield request the usual amount
for the district nurse, and make the
usual arrangements. 1t was voted
on motion of Mrs. Somervillc to set
aside Sec. 3 of Art. in the Consti-
tuition providing for Gentlemen's
nighta
Mrs. Jonas II. Brooks then asked
for an expression Of opinion on the
advisability of the Club aiding in
the acquisition of leader to work
among the girls of the town, with
headquarters at the Club House. A
discussion Of this was put over until
after the program. After several
opinions had been expressed, a reso-
luton was voted on, presented by
Mrs. Conant, That we, the St.
Johnsbury Woman's Club endorse
the movement Of the Y. w. C. A.
and we do hereby pledge our finan-
cial support to some extent"
The program was in charge of the
Forestry committee, Mrs. Theodore
Chase, chairman and was opened by
a selection by the Academy Orchestra
"Our Winner March," followed by 8.
song HE gave me Rose" by cho-
rus Of eight ladies. Mrs. Alvin w
Flint then presented most inform
ing and comprehensive paper-on the
forests of our state.
She stated that only few million
feet Of lumber from Vermont had
been utilized for war purposes. For
economic reasons this was fortunate.
This is a state which produces Il
great many manufactured wood arti
cles. Most of them were classed as
essentials during the war, so it was
not necessary to have the wood i'm
ported from other parts Of the coun H..
try as would have been necessary if
much of the timber had been convert |
ed into air-plane parts, ships, etc.
She spoke of the wood cutting clubs !
during the war and
quoted some of the aXioms written
for these clubs.
Many towns and cities are plant
ing trees and memorial avenues in /
memory of their hero dead and
cited the great Boulevard in Clevc !,
land whose name has been changed |
to Liberty Boulevard and whose (
driveway is lined with memorial
trees In our own state the Won
ans Club of St. Adams had founded
a memorial aevnue there. She put
in a plea for municipal forests and
stated that Rutland and Montpelier
already had them.
In closing she gave several reasons
why tree culture and forestry should
pc encouraged as much as possible in
Vermont.
First the splendid tree species we
nave, the white pine, red spruce, ash,
sugar maple, etc. Then the rapldity
IF growth owing to our cold climate,
which does not cause erosion as a
warmer and damper climate will.
Vermont also has the best laws
or tree protection in the country.
lcarncss to markets was cited as an
Dther reason for the interest that
hould be taken in forestry here. AL
o that small tax on young timber