The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-19
PRESIDENT
ADDRESSES CLUBS
Third District of Federation of WOn-
ans Clubs Meets in BrattleborO-
Children Demonstrate.

Women representing clubs in the third
district of the Vermont Federation Of
Woman's clubs gathered at the Unitarian
parish house yesterday for an alt-day
meeting. Mrs Henry 4. Slayton OF Nor
riSvilIe. state president giving the primer
pal message of the forenoon. Talks were
given in the afternoon by Frank =.
Kreager, assistant director OF Junior
Achievement Bureau Of Springfield, Mass,
and Miss Viola NJ. Cameron, club agent
for Windham county, and demonstrations
were given by local boys and girls. The
meeting was in charge of Mrs. &. &. Fits,
third vice president Of the Vermont Fed
Grafton. Among those present We're two
former presidents of the federation. Mrs
W. w. Slack of Springfield and Miss
Susan T.. Clark of West Brattleboro.
The morning session opened at 1880
O'Clock with prayer by Rev. G. Z. Chayer,
pastor of the Methodist church. Daniel
Nolan, music organizer of Community
Service, rendered music and Mrs. G, l..
Sticlney. president of the Brattleboro
club, spoke words Of welcome.
Mrs. Slayton then gave an interesting
and detailed report of the New England
conference of WOman's clubs held at
Boston to speak at luncheon of the
Daughters of Vermont today. Short
talks We're given by representatives of
the three clubs in Springfield. and the Bel
lows Falls, Morrisville and Bennington
clubs, am letters were read from other
clubs. There also were reports by de-
partment chairmen.
Luncheon was served at l o'clock at
Hail & Farwells and the afternoon ses-
sion opened at > o'clock with a group of
songs by Mrs. w. II. Bond with piano ac-
. compartment by Miss Izetta NJ. Stewart.
Mr. kreager's talk was on Achievement
Clubs and the Training of Children. He
compared the knowledge acquired from
books with that gained by doing things.
and gave examples of what had been done
i through demonstrations. To delegate all
education to the schools. he said. is a mis-
take. Man is the sum total of his life
work. he declared.
i Miss Cameron told of what had been
accomplished by the various boys and
girls clubs in the county and of the en-
thuSiaSm aroused by the exhibits and
demonstrations at the Valley fair and
other fairs this fall, adding that as a re-
suit of that work an application had been
received for a calf club i'm East Jamaica
and for a pig club in East putney. Miss
Cameron then introduced the corn demon
strati0n,team Of three from Gulford. stat
ing that one member, Eva Borkowske. had
raised an acre and n half of corn this
year, and another member, Harry Beals
had raised an acre. They gave demon
StratlOn of corn selection. care and testing
for seed purposes. and their work was re-
celved enthusiastically.
4 Demonstrations also were given by the
Wcar-em-Over rubber club (Nlrs SewaH
Morse leader, the members of which
showed rubber to be used for various pur-
poses also mendng which had been done
by them, and by the Willing-tO-DO Mill
merry club Miss Sylvia Crosby Ieaderl
who showed dolls hats and the way i'm
which they were made. Both of these
We're Achievement clubs and they received
/ hearty applause when they closed their
demonstrations
I Tea and sandwiches were served by the
social committee as the closing feature of
the meeting.