Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
COUNTY CONVENTION
Republicans Meet at Derby Line and
Hear Stirring Addresses

The Orleans County Farm Bureau
held its annual meeting at Glover,
October 18th. President, R. A. Dut-
ton called the meeting to order at ten
O'Clock. The meeting was held in the
Community church, where arrange
ments had been made by the Rev j John
Kimball, dinner being served in the
vestry by the Glover Grange. Eighty
people were present from the different
Communities for the morning session
and about one hundred and fifty were
there to listen to the speeches after
dinner. Report of the officers and
Project Leaders were heard. Treas
urer, II. W. Shaw of Newport, gave
his report On the financial standing
of the Farm Bureau; Rawson Calkins
reported on the Dairy Improvement
Project for G. w. Bean of West Glow
er; c. w. Richmond reported on the
Corn Variety Project for A. G. Che
ney of Albany; report on Farm Man
agement Project by B. r. Buchanan
of West Glover; report on Home De-
monstration Project by Mrs. Will B.
Heyer of Newport, for Mrs. Fl. S.
Morgan reported on the Lime and
L
ident of Bloomington, reported on the
Organization Project. County Agent
w. T. Abel of Newport gave his re-
port; County Club Leader, M. r. Ba-
con of Newport, reported on the Boys
and Girls Club Work for Mrs. Inez
j. Winslow, Orleans, supplemented by
his report, and the last order of busl-
ness being the appointment of NJ. Z.
Calkins, chairman, Rev. John Kimball
and Mrs. John Bartlett, committee on
resolutions.
After the bounteous dinner served
by the Glover Grange Ladies, the af-
ternoon session was called at 1 80
! Music on the church organ being
/ played by Mrs. Parker, and singing
of America, by all present. Report
/ of the committee On resolutions was
heard, and the program for the com
/ ing year by the program of Work
! Committee. Projects, and Project
: Leaders were accepted, as follows
/ Farm Bureau Organization, R. A
! Dutton, President, Bloomington; Dai
ry Improvement, c. W. Bean, Wes
/ Glover; Lime and Clover, B. j. vii
! liams, Morgan Center; Farm Manage
ment, B. r. Buchanan, West Glover
| Home Economics, Mrs. ]. II. Bart
lett, Orleans; Crop Improvement
/ Fletcher Niles, Derby Center; Poul
try Improvement, G. 7. Cook, Glover
Maple Products Improvement, E.
Kelley, Brownington.
The report of the Nominating Com
mittee was read, and the followln;
offers elected for the coming year
President. r. A Dutton, Brownington
vice-president, c. W. Bean, Wes
Glover; secretary, B. r. Buchanan
West Glover; treasurer, Il. w. Shay
Newport.
Mr. Abel, County Agent, addresse
a few remarks on the place OF boy
and girls In the Farm Bureau Oh
ganization; the need of better finar
lcial backing for the Farm Bureau, an
also the need of a strong membershl
drive.
County Club Leader, M. r. Bacor
said a few words on the aim of Clu
Work for the coming year; the work
ing out of Standard Clubs in eac
community and the need of loca
leaders.
Miss Florence E. Ward, Home De
monstration Agent for the Norther
and Western States, then addresse
the assembly. Miss Ward addresse
her remarks primarily to the womeI
but spoke at some length upon tn
place of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in relation to tn
! Farm Bureau, offering as it doe
scientific aid and fostering inf1uenc'
it being necessary to stand in tn
back ground and let the County Fari
Bureaus do their own work, maxim
as it does, stronger organizations an
greater help to the farmers. She sal
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