St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-02
COUNTY VIC.
CONVENTION
AT BARNET
Profitable Two Days Ses-
sion Held at COngrega-
tiOnal Church

The sofa annual convention of tH'
Caledonia County W. c. 7. U. VA
held in the Congregational church at
Barnet T"csday afternoon and We'd
ncsday. There was ! good attend
ance of delegates from all parts OF
the county and very profitable plo-
gram carried out. Mr.. NJ. II. G"sS
of st. .Johrsbury presided 1t the 'HI-
sion, ;ts ntcsidcnt Of the 0rganlza-
ton.
Mrs. idl c. Gregg Of Barnet wei
coined the delegates at the opening
Session Tuesday afternoon to which
Mrs. NJ. X. Fan banks Of West Buf c
happily responded. Daring the chill
crcn's hour Mrs. Chorlottc Slocum of
Amherst, Mass, addressed the little
folk, explaining the prohibitoly law
and the purposes Of the Loyal Tenn
pcrancc Legion. Mrs. VI. l.. Pearson
of Orleans, state president, briefly ad-
dressed he convention, requesting
that definite plans be- made by evtlv
union for the membership drive, and
that in effort should be made to
finish raising the county's apportlon-
mcnt for the Jubilee drive.
Al the evening session Rev. Arthur
+. Gregg, pastor of the church, con-
ductcd tn devotional service and
Miss 'lilGlcd Haywood gave a recital
of temperance story. Mrs. Slocum
was the speakcr of the evening aHd
began by referring to the glorious
achievement accomplished in the
passage of the 18th amendment. She
said the organization of the liquor
and tobacco interests into the Nation
al Lea%u; of Public Opinion was at
tempting to make the 18th amend
ment forever imperative. Mrs. Slo-
cum said this propaganda could only
be combltted by continuous CAM
paign OF education. In speaking Of
the million dollar drive she said Ls1i1
mont had nearly reached baa
At The opening of thG nssG
morning session the 4 ssssnsg de-
partmcnt superintcndents were NOM
mated and afterwards elected:
Evlngelistic and Sunday Schools,
Mrs. Ida c. Gregg, Balne..
. Christian Citizenship. Mrs. Mary
McGill, East Barnet.
Flower Mission, Mrs. Belle Nor
gan, Barnet.
Literature and Press, Mrs. s. x.
Husc, Sutton.
Moral Education, Mrs. Blanche
Aver.
Anti-Narcotios, Mrs. l.. A. Owen,
East Harlwick.
Franchise, Mrs. Myrtle S. Cross,
st. JohnSbury.
S. +. l., Mrs. Carrie Clifford, East
Eye%ate.
Health and Hercdty, Mrs M. X.
Fairbanks.
Parliamentary Usage, Mrs. Ina
Gilf'lan, Barnet.
Rescue, Mrs. Mary Gilli<, Danvilley
Medal Contest, Mrs. Emily Albee,
Barnet.
Temperance and Labor, Mrs. El"ie
NJ. Harvey, St. Johnsbulv.
The morning session was Occunied
largely with reports from the depart
ment supcrintendents. "Carry On"
was he message brought by Mrs.
Elsie Pease Barney of Swanton. She
said the buys and girls must be con-
tnuallv taught the evils of intempnr-
ancc that The 18th amendment might
be pcrpe.llatcd. She urged the women
to use their rights as voters for the
sake of u principle.
Mrs. Slocum of the influence of
wearing the white ribbon and Mrs.
M. X. Fairbanks of West Burke sd
voca,ed physical training in our pub
lis schools as the training OF the body
should be attended to as we'll as that
of the mind. A pancr on the "Con-
scrva.ion of Youth" by Mrs. Louise
G.. Rov of St. Johnsbuly was read by
Mrs. Fairbanks.
The following officers were elected:
Pros, Mrs. NJ. H. Goss. st. Johns
bury; first vice pres, Mrs. Ida c.
Gregg, Barnet; second vice pres,
Mrs. A. s. Bolc, East Hariwick@sec.,
Mrs. M. X. Fairbanks, West Burke;
treas. Mrs. Louise c. Roy. st.
Johnshury; auditor, Ms Mary Gillis,
Danyillc.
Following a bountiful dinner came
the nlanting of the memorial or
friend ship tree. This ceremony took
place on the grounds of the parson-
age, the quest of honor, Mrs. Char
lotte Slocum, casting in the fi'st
shov alful Of earth. Mrs. M. H. Cess
read a few appropriate lines of
poetry and Rev. Arthur f. Gregg
spoke of the tree as providing shade
for 'he future wavfarcr and as aiding
in the conservation of sugar, as it
was = maple tree.
At the memorial service these were
named rs having died during the
year: Miss Nettie Lang and Mrs.
Margaret Gilfillan, both of Barnet;
Miss Harriet Choate of Danville,
Mrs. Kate M. Ruggles, st. Johns
burv.
The banner was awarded the st.
Johnaburv Union as reporting the
largest gain in membership.
The county association has 154
members and II honorary members.
This is an increase of 20 during the
year. Sixty-cight regular meetings
were held, six special meetings and
two nublic meetings. The sum of
$125.i5 was expended durino the year
as follows: State work, $1,000, coun-