The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-01
COUNTY VETERANS.
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Over 70 sat down to the dinner
served by the Relief corps at noon,
many of them being wives of the vet
Grams. sons of veterans and invited
guests Prayer was offered by Rev. f.
II. Buffum of East Mortified
The veterans present were: E. F..
Copeland, Colerain, Mass. l.. w. Bush,
Brookline; NJ. X. Powers, Hubbards-
ton, Mass; Michael Sears, Greenfield,
Mass; w H. Mason, Springfield,
Mass: NJ. L. Corbett. Bernardston,
Mass. Rev. f. H. Buffum, East North
field; r. F. Porter, Brattleboro; Henry
y. Allen, BrattlebOro; Col. George, II.
Bond. Brattleboro; Joel Flagg, Gull
ford Adjt. E. Z. Putnam. Brattleboro
Charles A. Clark, Springfield, Mass. ;
A. T.. Ranney. Westminster West; H.
y. Farr, West Chesterfield, n. III.
George w. Johnson, West Brattleboro
Martin V Sleeper, Putney; Albert Ma
son, Gardner, Mass; Rollin Z. Harris,
Greenfield, Mass. Ii. 7. Hunter, Brat
tIeboro; l.. S. Axtell Wardsboro w.
A. Shattuck, South Londonderry 5. IL.
Leggett, Bellows Falls; William Ill
Pierce, Bellows Falls; John Q. Spring
Hartford, Conn; Thomas Ashwell
Westminster; Samuel Mcclure, Gull
ford George Hubbard, Vernon; II. w
Eason. Brattieboro Dexter Waite
Wardsboro; James r. LeRay, West
Brattleboro; Albert Patch, Medford
Mass H. N Fish, Seattle, Wash. n,
w. Kidder. East Jamaica; j. II. Gates
Westminster; J. l.. Ormsby, Westmln
ster West John A. Grout, Townshend
J. \. Corbett, Greenfield. Mass; NJ ii
johnson. Jamaica Wales Cheney, ia
maica II. 4. Dudley, South London
| derry; Charles Dunklee. Greenfield
| Mass. L. NJ. Tucker, Greenfield, Mass.
! NJ NJ Haskell, Brattleboro; and q
| 4. Johnson, Jamaica.
| Following the dinner, the Veterans
association held business meeting al
! which the following officers were elected
| for the ensuing year: President l.. w
| Bush. Brookline; vice-president, I'll. A
! Dudley. South Londonderry; secretary
I treasurer, H. p Hunter, Brattleboro. III
| ]. Allen of Brattleboro was elected
| chairman of the executive committee.
! Commander Bush then read letters o.
regret from the following comrades whC
were unable to be present: j. W. Steb
! bins. Hartford. Mimi; Lieut.. II. II. Rice
| Sioux Falls, Iowa. S. G. A. Field. Com
merce, Texas, and Il. :. Wright, henne
/ bunk Me.
The Vermont department of th'
! Women's Relief corps was representa-
:
boro, who read a letter of regret from
Ruth England Smith, president of tn
/ Vermont department
Her letter follows: with sincere ap
probation of the honor extended to me
| | acknowledge the receipt of an invita-
| ton to be with you in Brattleboro toda;
on this pleasant occasion. How | wis.,
it were in my power to be there; but a
/ l cannot. / am sending to you these few
! words of affectionate greeting. | exten'
| to the you the most cordial greetings o
! the Department of Vermont Women
Relief Corps, whose president | have tn
honor to be and pledge to you our loya
service, individually and as an organiza
/ ton, and for myself | viii say that
daughter of comrade salutes you eacl
and all. L wish / might look into you
faces today and clasp your hands, 70
, though many honors have been given me
my highest is that my father was a sol
der of stainless character and Sterlin
worth and l have never met conrad
yet who was not the same. | shall visi
Brattleboro later on and trust that | cal