Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-04-19
Boys and Girls Club Work.

Milo r. Bacon, County Boys and
Girls Club agent furnishes this pa
per with a report of the work ac-
complished in the county, the past
two years giving the names and Of
ficers of the several clubs that are
active. The two clubs that organized
and won charters in 1920 were the
"Wide Awake" Garden club of
Browningtop village, with Mrs. Grace
Cullen of Orleans r. F. d. as club
leader and Donald Dutton, Orleans
r. r. D., as secretary and the Mem
phremagog Willing Workers" Own
This club leader was Mrs. e. j. Heyer
and its secretary was Miss Helen
Heyer.
Clubs organized in 1921 are as fol-
lows:
ton Center, Miss Jennie Chamberlain,
Orleans R. F. D., leader and Norma
Stone, Orleans r. F. D.. secretary.
"Joily Juniors Garden" of Brown
ington, north district, with Mrs. E.
". Swanson, Orleans R. F. D., lead
er and Arene Provoncha, Orleans Il.
F. d., secretary.
"Willing Workers" sewing. Evans
vile and Bloomington. Leaders,
Mrs. w. J. Monteith, Mrs. Gertrude
Smith and Rev. w. W. Cook all of
Orleans, R. F. D. Secretary, Irene
Kittle.
"Willing Workers" sewing of West
Charleston Leader, Mrs. E. v.
Eastman: secretary Ellen Hudon.
"Busy Bees" sewing of West
Charleston, Mrs. w. E. Coffey, lead
er and Doris Weymouth, secretary.
Glover Calf club" of West Glow
er. Leader, g." r. Buchanan; secre-
tary, Irving Davio.
Glover Poultry club" of Glover.
Leader, Leslie Clark; secretary, Roy
Drew.
''Rainbow Sewing" of Glover, Mrs.
L. M. Clark, leader and Dorothy
Merriman, secretary.
Modern Priscilla" sewing of
Greensboro. Mrs. Roy Young, lead
er and Nina Lumsden. secretary.
"Hazen Road" sewing of Green's
boro. Mrs. Alpha Gebbie, leader and
Evelyn Debume, secretary.
boro. Rev. M. Audley Graham, lead
er and Frederick Lapierre, secretary.
Garden and Livestock" club Of
Lowell. Leader, Oliver Diette.
Sunshine Corner" sewing of Nor
gan. Leader, Miss E. F. Chamber
lain. secretary, Marie Sears.
"Wide Awake" garden of Morgan.
Miss c. F. Chamberlain. leader and
Stanley Whitehead, secretary.
''Memphremagog Poultry and Gar
den" Newport. NJ. R. Bacon, leader
and Ralph Sessions, secretary.
Clubs who won charters last year
were Busy Bees sewing, Browning
ton Center; Willing Workers sewing,
West Charleston; Glover Calf, West
Glover; Rainbow Sewing, Glover;
Sunshine Corner sewing, Morgan and
Memphremagog Poultry and Garden,
Newport.
The opening of this seasons work
centers at Island Pond where the
Farm Bureau has s. members. Last
week E. L. ingalls,, State club leader
of the extension service of I. V. M,
Burlington visited the clubs of the
county and spent two days in Island
Thibodeau, principal of the Island
Pond where four clubs were organized.
He was assisted in his work by Chas.
Pond school. DR.. Parlin, school di-
~ector and L. A. Cobb, president Of
the Island Pond National bank.
The "Mt. Bluf" sewing club was
organized with % members, Miss
Damon, president. Another club was
Tile We-kdH-hOOh-lI COOk1DQ cluO,
president, Mrs. Charles Thibodeau,
with a membership of 10. A poultry
club of 18 members was organized
with Treffle j. Turgeon, president
and r. p. Melcher, secretary. A Gar
den club of % members with L. A.
Cobb, leader and Ralph Morrill,, sec
retary. The standard clubs of the
county who completed work of last
year with a full corp of officers with
a definite program and goal, accom-
plished their aims and are preparing
to "Make the Best Better" which is
the clubs motto.
Mr.. Bacon attributes the success Of
the club work to securing good local
leaders and being supported by the
community.