The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-01
W. R. PROUTY
HEADS NEWPORT
YACHT CLUB
The Organization Votes to
Sell Milestone
Island

The annual meeting OF the
Memphremagog Yacht club last
evening brought out an attendance
of about so members, an unusually
large number, ad was the biggest
meeting in years.
This is perhaps owing to the
fact that the clubs financial af-
fairs are in a crucial condition and
ways and means must be devised
to liquidate accruing debts and
formulate plans to put the club on
a paying basis. At the present
time the club has a debt Of some
thing over four thousand dollars,
of which three thousand is the
balance owing on the purchase of
Wholesome Island and the rest for
repairs and running expenses.
At last nights meeting new Of
GERS and a new board of directors
were elected. The nominating
committee, C. S. Emery, c. A.
Brown and E. w. Savage present
ed the following list of names to
serve for the year 1922: w. X.
Prouty, commodore; w. F. Pike,
Derby Line, vice commodore; :;
Aaron H. Circuit, Rear Commo-
dore: George F. Root, clerk and
treasurer: directors, C. A. Davis,
H. b. Stewart, F. r. Sherman, f.
d. Flint and J. E. McCarten. Leigh
Wellman was appointed secretary
pro tenn, the regular secretary, l..
F. Hobson having resigned at the
time of his departure to Island
Pond. Commodore O. S. Searles,
presided as chairman.
The house, membership, island
and entertainment committees will
be appointed later by the new di-
rectors.
A motion was made by George
f. Root to borrow four thousand
five hundred dollars to nay off all
indebtedness, and to mortgage
Milestone Island or any of the
club property as security for same.
A motion was made bv Col. c.
S. Emery to sell the Island. All
motions we're carried and voted.
Te island which is the property OF
the Club, known as Milestone
Island, is situated on the East
shore of the lake near the mouth
of Fitch Bay, and contains about
16 acres At the time Of It's "ur-
chase there was much more inter
est in the lake than at the pres
ent time, when automobilin" has
taken the place of almost every
other diversion. 1t was planned
to make of the island d rendez-
vous for picnics, outings, moon
light sails and an interchange Of
courtesies with other clubs on the
lake and also to furnish an OBJ
iective point for the annual re-
gattas and races and help
put the club on paying
baEis. One Of the sug-
gestionS was a tea house, but the
new board of officials and direc-
tors with the corporation of the
members will find a solution of
this problem.
Meanwhile there is no need for
Il pesSimistic spirit. The lake and
the hills are still with Us winter
and summer and out of this tangle
ought to develop an outing or
Country CLUB which would inter
est a very large number of our
citizens both young and old and
help to develo~ a right commun-
ity spirit which signifies success
in anv large undertaking.
Several of the club members
who were most interested in the
developments of the proposed
Yacht club plans were Canadian
members, summer residents, and
owners of properties along the
shore sof the lake. With the
breaking out of the war their in
tcreSt declined. Some went
across. some died. or met with
such losses that they have never
since felt so keen an interest.
The Lady of the Lake is gone.
the only steamboat is a foreign
boat, run almost entirely to ac-
commodate the Magog end of the
lake.
= Various suggestions were made
IaS to methods by which the club
house might be made to yield some
revenue.