Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-03-25
rs MIDD PEOPLE AT
A FLORIDA PICNIC
$50 VermOnterS Gathered at De-
land on st. PatriCk'S Day
Special to The Replsterl

DeLAND, Fla, March 22-The big
gest Vermont party ever staged in
Florida was the annual picnic of the
Vermont Society of Volusia County
which was held at Blue Lake, DeLand,
on ST. Patrick's Day. Over $50 Yer
monters were present from DeLand,
Lake Helen, Orange City, Daytona,,
Daytona Beach and Seabreeze. The
big attendance was plainly due to
newspaper publicity as the call for the
gathering was made in display adver-
tisements in all the county papers and
it brought out more Vermonters than
were known to exist in this section of
Florida. The secretary of the society,
however, has run down list of some
10 other Vermonters in Volusa county,
indicating that the total number of
Vermonters in this one county of Flor
ida this year is over 200
The chief distinction OF this Vermont
picnic in the eyes of Register readers
IS the fact that Middlebury was repre-
Sented by the largest delegation from
any town in Vermont. There were 81
Vermont towns represented some with
as many as dozen PERSONS, but the
Middlebury delegation numbered 25,
or almost one per cent Of the popula-
tion of the home town
The DeLand Daily News on Satur-
day, in a special edition which greeted
the National Editorial Association
when it arrived here, contained a two
column report of the Vermont picnic
with a complete list of those present.
The Addison County contingent was as
follows:
Middlebury-Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Stokes Mr. and Mrs. E. ID. Twitchell,
Mrs. H. NJ Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Champagne, Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Phil
lips, Mr. and Mrs. F. c, Gulley Mr..
and Mrs. E. c. Brown, Mr., Ralph
Brown, all from Daytona Beach; Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Thomas from Lake
Helen; Mr. and Mrs. H. t. James and
daughters Margaret and Theodore
from Orange City; and Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E, Crane and three children from
DeLand
Bristol-Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hanks
from Daytona Beach.
Vergennes-Mrs. L. F. Stevens, Day
tona Beach.
New Haven-Mr. J. H. Bottum,
Daytona Beach.
Starksboro-Dr. Henry Wade from
Daytona.
The picnic was the last of a series of
three meetings which the Vermont So
ciety has held in Del and this winter,
and as a result of this activity the Yer
monters are getting credit for having
the most pep OF any OF the state socie-
ties in this section.
The scene at the picnic was a pretty
one. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drucker,
owners of the Blue Lake amusement
park, were at one time residents of
Moscow in the town of Stowe, VT,
and they were glad to throw their
grounds and buildings open to the free
use OF the Vermonters The dancing
pavilion was gaily decorated with green
and white streamers and bunting and
the tables on which the picnic was
spread were arranged in the form of a
big cross. In one corner there was a
quantity of maple sugar on sale, some
Of this years make direct from Yer
mont, and Notwithstanding that it was
priced at 20 cents a pound there were
many who could not resist the tempta-
ton to indulge Mr.. and Mrs. W.
II. Thomas of Middlebury and others
brought flowers, and the tables were
gay and fragrant with orange bios
SONS, red and white roses wistiria, and
nasturtiums.
Badges of white silk ribbon bearing
the Vermont state seal in green were
provided. and the guests were also
identified by little Snow ballS"-discs
of white card with the home town and
names typed on each one. The paper
napkins used bore "VT." in big green
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