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1875-1876
Isaac Baldwin Jr.
1799-1801
Charles H. Platt
1876-1878
Ephraim Kirby
1801-1803
Walter K. Peck 1878-1879
Aaron Smith
1803-1806
James J. Newcomb 1879-1880
Peter Sherman
1806-1808
Alexander B. Shumway
1880-1881
Aaron Smith
1808-1812
W. Jerome Bissell
1881-1882
Roger Cook
1812-1814
Alexander B. Shumway
1882-1883
Lucius Smith
1814-1815
Eugene W. Meafoy
1883-1884
Elijah Adams
1815-1816
W. Jerome Bissell
1884-1886
Lucius Smith
1816-1819
George E. Jones
1886-1887
David Marsh
1819-1822
William R. Coe
1887-1888
James Winship
1822-1823
William T. Marsh
1888-1890
Phineas Lord
1823-1824
Weston G. Grannisst
1890-1891
Phineas B. Taylor
1824-1828
William T. Marsh
1891-1892
Frederick Buel
1828-1831
Neal D. Benedict 1892-1893
Heman W. Childs
1831-1837
William H. Wheeler
1893-1894
Samuel Buel 2d
1837-1843
Austin S. Wheeler
1894-1896
Stephen Deming
1843-1846
Wheaton F. Dowd
1896-1898
Charles L. Webb
1846-1849
William S. Plumb
1898-1899
Phineas B. Taylor
1849-1850
Edwin F. Potter
1899-1901
Frederick Buel
1850-1852
C. I. Page Jr.
1901-1902
Frederick D. Beeman
1852-1854
George C. Woodruff
1902-1903
David E. Bostwick*
1854-1866
William S. McLaren
1903-1904
Eli D. Weeks
I866-1868
William E. Turkington
1904-1905
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George C. Woodruff
1905-1906
George Barber 1912-1913
C. J. Ramsey
1906-1908
Harry B. Morse 1913-1914
E. F. Potter
1908-1909
J. L .Buel 1914-1915
R. F. Shinn
1909-1910
N. A. Dains
1915-1916
J. P. Woodruff
1910-19II
M. Z. Westervelt
1916-1917
E. B. Perkins
1911-1912
C. D. Kilbourn
1917-1919
Harold K. Switzer, Master 1919-
T. Lynn Barber, Senior Warden
Brandt B. Conklin, Junior Warden
C. T. Hotchkiss, Junior Steward
W. Jerome Bissell, Treasurer
W. S. Plumb, Secretary
W. Beach Morse, Tyler
*Grand Master 1864; +1909,
DARIUS CHAPTER, NO. 16. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. Organized October 19, 1815.
Past High Priests.
Roger Searls
William Deming
A. B. Shumway
Brandt Conklin, High Priest
Edson Staples
William Crutch, King
E. W. Meafoy
E. L. Phelps, Scribe
W. E. Turkington, Capt. of the Host
W. G. Granniss, Principal Sojourner
Albert E. Conklin, Royal Arch Capt.
George R. Crutch, Secretary
William Miller, 2nd Vail
W. G. Granniss, Treasurer
BUEL COUNCIL NO. 20. ROYAL AND SELECT MASONS. Organized May 12, 1853. Thrice Illustrious Masters.
Frederick Buel Charles O. Belden
W. G. Granniss
1853 A. B. Shumway W. J. Bissell 1892- W. E. Turkington, Secretary
William Crutch, Right Illustrious Deputy Master
W. J. Bissell, Treasurer
Albert E. Conklin, Principal Con- E. L. Phelps, Capt. of the Guard
ductor of Work
Aaron Crutch, Conductor
W. B. Morse, Tyler
EPHRAIM KIRBY CHAPTER, NO. 75 ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. Organized May 3, 1910.
The Order of the Eastern Star exists for the purpose of giving practical effect to one of the beneficent purposes of Freemasonry,
E. F. Potter, Chaplain
Elton R. Skilton, Senior Deacon
Charles F. Deno, Junior Deacon Robert W. Landon, Senior Steward
1815 W. F. Dowd W. J. Bissell 1882-85, 1888-1920
Archibald E. MacDonald, 3rd Vail
Wilbur B. Morse, Tyler
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which is to provide for the welfare of the wives, daughters, mothers, widows, and sisters of Masons.
Worthy Matrons.
Hattie E. Mason
1910-1911 Florence L. C. Lynch 1916-
Anna B. Plumb
1912-1913 Edith H. Crutch 1917-1918
Orah E. Kaehrle
1914-1915 Anna B. Plumb 1919-
Frances I. Barber, Associate Matron Anna A. Marley, Treasurer
Evaleen M. Switzer, Secretary
LITCHFIELD GRANGE NO. 107, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY Organized November 13, 1889.
The aim of the Patrons of Husbandry is to promote interest in agriculture, and cooperative buying and selling; to develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood, to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry and selfish ambition, as well as to bring the farmers in various parts of the country into closer contact with each other.
Masters.
George W. Mason
1889-1891
Frederick A. Stoddard 1903-1904
John Q. Ames
1891-1893 Fred B, Plumb
1904-1906
Charles D. Kilbourn 1893-1894
Wilbur F. Webster 1906-1907
William H. Plumb
1894-1895
E. W. Bigelow 1907-1909
Whitman S. Osborn 1895-1896
George F. Sanford 1909-1911
William B. Morse 1896-1898
Fred L. Tharp 1911-1912
Frederick A. Stoddard
1898-1899
Willey D. Buell
1912-1914
Fred L. Tharp
1899-1901 George B. Stoddard 1914-1916
Joseph H. Putnam 1901-1903
1916-1918
Joseph D. Coffill
Lewis A. Osborn 1918- Frederick A. Stoddard, Secretary
Leonard Dickinson, Overseer
William B. Morse, Treasurer
BEACON GRANGE NO. 118, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Northfield. Organized October 14, 1890.
Masters.
L. G. Humphreville
1890-1892 C. S. Hulme 1906-1907
E. A. Hopkins 1892-1894
Henry Gill 1907-1909
L. G. Humphreville 1894-1895 C. S. Nearing 1909-1910
H. B. Peck 1895-1897 Henry Gill 1910-1911
E. A. Hopkins 1897-1900
C. S. Nearing
1900-1902
Harry Borgeson
1914-1915
E. A. Hopkins 1902-1904
Charles S. Hulme
1904-1905
R. A. Goodwin
1917-
E. A. Hopkins 1905-1906
Charles S. Hulme, Secretary
R. A. Goodwin 1911-1914
C. S. Hulme
1915-1917
F. M. Blakeslee, Treasurer
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ST. ANTHONY'S COUNCIL NO. 56, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. Organized June 21, 1890.
In addition to insurance, the Knights of Columbus seek to unite men of the Roman Catholic Church upon a common plane of devo- tion to God, to church, and to country. The principles of the Knights of Columbus are included under the headings of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism.
Grand Knights.
Michael Kirwin 1890-1919 William W. Sepples 1919-
Edward A. Brennan, Deputy G. K.
Martin J. Bierne, Fin. Secy.
Albert J. Hausmann, Rec. Sec.
Matthew E. Brennan, Treasurer
John J. Weir, Chancellor
Rev. J. L. McGuinness, Chaplain
Thomas F. Ryan, Advocate
Frank L. Doyle, Inside Warden
THE EMMA DEMING COUNCIL NO. 265 CATHOLIC WOMEN'S BENEVOLENT LEGION.
Organized August 1, 1907.
The Emma Deming Council No. 265 is a fraternal and insur- ance society.
Presidents.
Mrs. Alice Maguire 1907-1908 Miss Mary V. Kirwin 1913-1915
Miss Mary V. Kirwin 1908-1910 Mrs. Mary R. Phelps 1915-1916
Miss Margaret Hausmann 1910-1912
Miss Mary V. Kirwin
1917-
Mrs. Alice Maguire 1912-1913
Mrs. Mary R. Phelps, Vice-Pres. Miss Leonie Rey, Treasurer
Miss Katheryn Burns, Secretary
Mrs. Joanna Meagher, Collector
ST. ANTHONY'S R. C. TOTAL ABSTINENCE and BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Organized February 20, 1916.
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society is part of the great organized movement known as "The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America". The motto of the organization is moral suasion. With prohibitory laws, restrictive license systems and special legislation it has nothing whatever to do.
The Litchfield branch of this society has rooms for social and organization purposes in the Bishop Block on West Street.
Presidents.
P. C. Burke 1916-1917 Hubert A. Higgins 1917-
Dennis Carr, Vice-Pres.
James Rogers, Rec. Sec.
Bernard T. Nolan, Sec. and Treas.
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SOCIETA ITALIANA DI MUTUO SOCCORSO DI LITCHFIELD. Organized December 1, 1918.
An Italian mutual benefit society.
Presidents.
Alfredo Franzosi
1918-1919 Tullio Aragona 1919-
Primo Strada, Vice-Pres.
Gino Valmoretti, Fin. Sec.
Frank Valeri, Rec. Sec.
Frank Fabbri, Treas.
MARY FLOYD TALLMADGE CHAPTER, D. A. R.
Organized November 17, 1899.
The objects of this Society are:
1. To perpetuate the memory of the men and women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots, and the erection of monuments; by the encourage- ment of historical search in relation to the Revolution and the pub- lication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.
2. To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of prim- ary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge", thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens.
3. To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of Ameri- can freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.
Regents.
Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel 1899-1908 Mrs. Edward W. Seymour 1909-1917 Mrs. Short Adam Willis 1908-1909 Mrs. George C. Woodruff 1917-1919 Mrs. William Scott Plumb 1919-
Miss Clarisse C. Deming, Vice-Regt. Miss Elizabeth Deming, Corres. Sec.
Miss Cornelia B. Smith, Registrar Mrs. Robert A. Marcy, Treasurer
Mrs. Martin G. Wright, Rec. Sec. Mrs. Elbert B. Hamlin, Historian Mrs. Alex. T. VanLaer, Chaplain
SETH F. PLUMB POST, NO. 80, G. A. R.
Organized May 1886.
A national association of veterans of the Civil War. "On June 1917, the records of the Seth F. Plumb Post, No. 80, Dept. of Conn., were formally turned over to the Litchfield Historical Society by
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the Commander, L. D. Leonard, and other officers of the Post, the officers of the Historical Society having kindly consented to place them in their archives for preservation. The Seth F. Plumb Post was practically disbanded at this time, although the few remaining members continued to attend Memorial Day Services". Note by Admiral G. P. Colvocoresses, added to the last record book of the Post.
Leverett W. Wessells 1887-
J. W. Wheeler 1896-
A. B. Shumway
1888-
Charles Merriman 1897-
L. D. Leonard 1889-
Charles W. Hinsdale 1898-1899
John Q. Ames
1800-
W. K. Stockbridge 1899-1902
W. H. Plumb 1891-
Edgar A. Alvord 1903-
H. T. Cable
1892-
A. B. Shumway
1903-1905
T. A. Smith
1893- S. A. Whittlesey 1906-
George W. Mason
1894- George W. Mason 1906-1909
D. C. Kilbourn
1895-
L. D. Leonard
1909-1916
MORGAN-WEIR POST, No. 27, AMERICAN LEGION.
Organized August 1, 1919.
The American Legion is a national organization of Veterans of the World War. Its objects are as follows: "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one-hundred-per-cent Ameri- canism; to preserve the memories and incidents of the associations of the members in the great war; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autoc- racy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy and to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness".
W. M. Foord, Post Com. 1920- Sutherland A. Beckwith, Historian Dr. Chas. H. Turkington, Vice-Com. Albert W. Clock, Finance Officer Archibald A. MacDonald, Chaplain
Edward A. Brennan, Adjutant
R. P. JEFFRIES POST, No. 44, AMERICAN LEGION, BANTAM. Organized October 3, 1919.
R. W. Landon, Post. Com. 1919-
Clifford Moore, Treasurer
Frank E. Wedge, Vice-Commander Bruce Jeffries, Chaplain
Samuel Leithiser, Adjutant
Andrew Terek, Historian
TROOP NO. 1, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. Organized February 12, 1915.
The Boy Scouts of America, is a corporation formed by a group of men who are anxious that the boys of America should come under
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the influence of this movement and be built up in all that goes to make character and good citizenship.
Scout Masters.
Dr. A. E. Childs 1915-1918 Edward Pikosky 1918-1919
Samuel P. Griffin, Assistant Albert Hausmann 1919-
Troop Committee.
Dr. A. E. Childs M. J. Moraghan
Samuel P. Griffin
TROOP No. 2, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. Organized January 10, 1917.
J. L. Mower
Scout Masters. 1917- J. L. Kirwin, Asst. 1917-
Troop Committee.
Dr. A. E. Childs M. J. Moraghan
Rev. William J. Brewster
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, NORTHFIELD.
Organized 1918.
Rev. W. Humiston, Scoutmaster 1918-
GIRL SCOUTS. Organized 1915.
The purpose of this organization is to train girls to be good citizens, through natural contacts of work and play; to give them healthy ideals, to keep them physically fit, to broaden their inter- ests and to increase their capabilities.
Captains.
Mrs. Baillie Ripley 1915-1917 Mrs. Richard Chisolm 1917-
Miss Blanche Richardson 1916-1917 Miss Elizabeth Deming 1917-1918
Miss Dorothy Bull 1918-
LITCHFIELD CHAPTER, AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Organized May 21, 1898, as Red Cross Auxiliary No. 16.
Red Cross Auxiliary No. 16 was reorganized October 5, 1900 as Auxiliary No. 5; became Sub-Division No. 1, July 11, 1905; became Litchfield County Chapter, March 1910; became Litchfield Chapter, April 3, 1917.
"The purpose of this Chapter shall be to aid the work of the American National Red Cross, in time of war by participating vigorously and loyally in furnishing such relief as may be necessary
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for the Army and Navy, or other forces of the country, and in furnishing Civilian Relief for the dependents of soldiers and sailors, and in time of peace by responding to general appeals for relief made by the Central Committee, by providing systematic relief in cases of disaster, and in general by rendering relief or performing service in conformity with the Charter and By-laws of the American National Red Cross and such policies and regulations as the Cen- tral Committee may from time to time establish".
Chairmen.
Mrs. George M. Woodruff 1898-1905
Rear-Adm'l Colvocoresses 1910-1919 Mrs. S. A. Willis 1905-1910
William J. Brewster, Vice-Ch.
Mrs. John L. Buel, Rec. Sec.
Miss Cornelia B. Smith 1919-
Florence E. Ennis, Corres. Sec.
Esther H. Thompson, Treas.
LITCHFIELD BRANCH, CONN. INDIAN ASSOCIATION.
Organized 1881.
The purpose of the Indian Association is to extend financial aid to the Indians, to carry on medical and hospital work among them, and to maintain an Indian mission at Fort Hall, Idaho.
Presidents.
Mrs. Allan McLean 1908-1910 Miss Josephine E. Richards 1910-1918 Mrs. G. P. Colvocoresses 1919-
Miss Mary P. Quincy, Vice-Pres. Miss Kate H. M. Sylvester, Treas. Mrs. Frederick Deming, Secretary
THE LITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Organized August 3, 1893. Incorporated 1897.
The object of the Society, according to its constitution, is "to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the civil, military, literary and ecclesiastical history and biography in gen- eral, and of the County of Litchfield, and the State of Connecticut in particular; to investigate and preserve such traditions as now exist only in the memory of aged persons; to establish and main- tain a library for general reference, also procure and main- tain collections in archeology, art and of the natural history of Litchfield County, and in general to encourage study and research, particularly that relating to local history, biography, antiquities and natural history, and to disseminate information relative thereto".
In 1901 the Society took posession of the museum and lecture room, especially provided for its uses in the beautiful building given by Mr. John A. Vanderpoel as a memorial to his grandmother, Julia F. Tallmadge Noyes, widow of William Curtis Noyes. Here are on exhibition the collections of the Society, consisting of Indian, Colonial, Revolutionary and modern local and other objects. Notable
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among these is the collection of ten portraits and a landscape by Ralph Earle, the American painter, who visited Litchfield in 1796.
The Litchfield Scientific Association, which was organized in 1903 was merged with the Historical Society in 1919, and its col- lections, which are housed in the Noyes Memorial Building, now form part of those of the Historical Society.
Presidents.
Rev. S. O. Seymour, D.D. 1893-1918 Hon. George M. Woodruff 1918-
Mrs. J. A. Vanderpoel, Ist Vice-Pres. Alain C. White, Cor. Sec. & Treas.
Cornelius R. Duffie, Rec. Sec.
THE WOLCOTT and LITCHFIELD CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
Wolcott Library organized May 27, 1862; Litchfield Circulating Library organized on June 2, 1870. Consolidated in 1903.
The Wolcott Library was so-called in honor of a generous donor, J. Huntington Wolcott, whose family coat of arms was adopted as the arms of the Library Association. The library was housed in the brick building on South Street, now known as the Telephone Building, and was a reference library. Dues were paid for life membership, $2.00 originally, raised to $3.00 in 1863.
The Litchfield Circulating Library was organized at a meeting held on June 2, 1870, in Dr. David E. Bostwick's house, which stood on the site of the present Library Building. The books were kept for many years in the house of Mrs. Mary C. Hickox, who was the first librarian.
The dues were fixed at $3.00 for membership, and were trans- ferable. Persons paying $1.00 were entitled to the benefit of the Library for one year, but not to membership. It was provided in the By-Laws that on the first Thursday of every month a meeting should be held at which should be sold at auction the use for a month of books, magazines, etc., not more than four books to be bid off by one member or yearly subscriber, and no bid of less than two cents should be accepted.
At stated periods, to be fixed by the Librarian, between each monthly sale, books returned or remaining unsold, might be taken out by members and subscribers on payment of ten cents a volume, "half to go into the treasury and half to go to the Librarian for his trouble". This method of distributing the books by auction was kept up until January, 1877, when a graded scale of charges was fixed, of ten cents for each volume for the fifty volumes of the highest numbers, five cents for all others down to No. 500, and three cents for all others, for two weeks us. These rates were altered from time to time.
The Wolcott and Litchfield Circulating Library was formed in 1903, by the consolidation of the two existing libraries. The present building was the gift of John Arent Vanderpoel, in memory
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of his grandmother Julia Tallmadge Noyes. The Library was made free to the general public. The Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter of the D. A. R. was largely instrumental in raising the money for the purchase of the site and the endowment fund.
Wolcott Library Association.
Presidents.
Dr. Henry W. Buel 1862-1894 Rev. S. O. Seymour, D.D. 1900-1903 . George A. Hickox 1894-1900
Librarians.
George A. Hickox 1862-1863 Mrs. Harriet B. Belden 1883-1886
William L. Ransom
1863-1881 Mrs. Mary J. Buel 1887-1902
Mrs. Mary C. Hickox 1882- Miss Susan Mason 1902-
Miss Katharine Baldwin 1902-1903
Litchfield Circulating Library Association.
Presidents.
Dr. David E. Bostwick
George M. Woodruff 1876-
Mrs. Adelaide Bostwick 1870- George A. Hickox 1877-
Edward W. Seymour 1871- Mrs. E. G. Roberts 1878-1879
George M. Woodruff 1872-
A. B. Shumway
1880-1884
George A. Hickox
1873- George C. Woodruff
1885-
1874- George M. Woodruff 1886-1901
Dr. Howard E. Gates George A. Hickox 1875- Dr. John L. Buel
1902-1903
Librarians.
Mrs. Mary C. Hickox 1870-1871 Miss Nellie Tompkins 1880-1881
Mrs. E. W. Seymour 1872- Mrs. Mary C. Hickox 1882-
Mrs. Mary J. Buel 1873- Mrs. H. B. Belden 1883-1884
Mrs. D. E. Bostwick 1874- Mrs. H. W. Wessells 1885-
Mrs. E. G. Roberts 1875- Mrs. H. B. Belden
1886-
Mrs. H. W. Wessells 1876- Mrs. Mary J. Buel
1887-1901
Mrs. C. H. Platt
1877-1878 Miss Susan Mason
1902-
Miss Annie Roberts 1879- Miss Katharine Baldwin 1902-1903
Wolcott and Litchfield Circulating Library.
Presidents.
Rev. S. O. Seymour, D.D. 1903-1918
George M. Woodruff 1918-
Alain C. White, Secretary Charles H. Coit, Treasurer
Miss Katharine Baldwin, Librarian 1903-
NORTHFIELD WOMEN'S LITERARY CLUB. Organized 1893.
A social club for the study of literature, history and science, and for local civic work.
Presidents. Mrs. Louise A. Wooster 1893-1894 Mrs. Ella Catlin 1894-1895
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Miss Ella J. Curtiss
1895-1896
Miss Ella J. Curtiss
1903-1904
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Pond 1896-1897
Mrs. Gertrude Peck 1904-1905
Mrs. Gertrude Peck 1897-1898 Miss Ella J. Curtiss 1905-1909
Mrs. Laura Peck
1898-1899 Mrs. Grace Humphreville 1909-1910
Mrs. F. S. Grant 1899-1900
Miss Ella J. Curtiss
1910-1911
Miss Ella J. Curtiss
1900-1902 Mrs. Grace Humphreville 1911-1912
Mrs. Amelia Ray
1902-1903
Miss Ella J. Curtiss
1912-
Mrs. F. M. Blakeslee, Vice-Pres.
Miss Lucy Beatson, Treasurer
Mrs. Louise A. Wooster, Secretary
THE CANSTANAWACTA CLUB.
Organized January 21, 1915.
The purpose of the club is to pay the fees of the Bantam Libra- rian and to buy new books for the Library.
Presidents.
Ruth E. Curnalia 1915- Eva Swartfiguer 1916-
Mildred E. Beers 1915- Mrs. Raymond Brown 1917-
Ruth Edwards 1916- Ruth Ravenscroft 1917-1919
Mrs. Raymond Brown 1919-
Ruby Mattson, Vice-Pres. Mary T. Dempsey, Secretary
Mrs. Clifford Hotchkiss, Treasurer
THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB.
Organized 1915.
A social club devoted to the reading of the plays of Shakespeare. Rev. F. J. Goodwin, Leader 1915- Miss Ruth Mathews, Secretary
THE MEN'S FORUM.
Organized April 22, 1908.
The object of the society is to hold meetings for social inter- course, and the discussion of subjects of common interest, and to engage in any movement for the good of the community that may seem best to the members.
Presidents.
James P. Woodruff 1908- Storrs O. Seymour, D.D. 1913- Charles Rood 1909- Dr. Albert E. Childs 1914-1915
R. K. Biglow
1910- John T. Hubbard 1916-1917 F. North Clark
I9II- Rev. William J. Brewster 1918-
W. B. Allen
1912- F. North Clark 1919-
Dr. A. E. Childs, Sec. and Treas.
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THE WOMEN'S FORUM. Organized March 1914.
The Women's Forum was organized to secure an interchange of thought on any subject of general interest.
Presidents.
Mrs. A. T. Van Lear 1914-1916 Mrs. A. T. Van Laer* 1919-
Miss Adelaide Deming 1916-1917 Mrs. William T. Marsh
1919-
Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel 1917-1919 *Resigned.
Mrs. Ellsworth F. Miner, Secretary
Mrs. Frank Mathews, Treasurer
THE LITCHFIELD VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Incorporated April 24, 1875.
The purpose for which this Company was formed is to make improvements in the Village of Litchfield, its streets, parks, public grounds and public buildings; and to purchase, erect and maintain new ones; and to do all things incidental to said business, and to the proper management thereof.
Presidents.
George M. Woodruff 1875-1876
J. Deming Perkins 1888-1889
J. Deming Perkins 1876-1877
A. E. Fuller 1889-191I
George M. Woodruff 1877-1885 Seymour Cunningham 1911-1913
Charles H. Coit
1885-1886 A. T. Van Laer
1913-1919
A. E. Fuller
1886-1888 Alain C. White
1919-
Clara Kenney, Secretary
Esther H. Thompson, Treasurer
LITCHFIELD DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION.
Organized November 1914, in affiliation with the Public Health Nursing Service of the American Red Cross.
The District Nursing Association has for its objects; to provide adequate public health nursing service for the township of Litch- field, through a trained public health nurse, with every facility to enable her to work to the best advantage; and to assist in improving the health and social welfare of the community, through its Board of Directors and trained workers, and to dispense material relief through its Auxiliary Committee.
Miss H. M. Richards, Pres. 1914- Mrs. G. P. Colvocoresses, Secretary Rev. William J. Brewster, Vice-Pres. Mrs. E. P. Roberts, Treasurer Nurses.
Miss Ada Snowden 1914-1916 Mrs. Carolyn Wright 1918-
Miss Genevieve Robb 1916-1918 Miss Emma B. Brown 1918-
THE LITCHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Organized December 26, 1906.
The Litchfield High School Alumni Association is a voluntary body formed for the purpose of promoting good feeling and loyalty
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among the graduates of the Litchfield High School, and among those who from time to time, may be associated with them.
Presidents.
Dr. Henry H. Fenn 1906-1908 James L. Kirwin 1912-1914
George R. Crutch
1908-1910 Rudolph Karl 1914-1916
William A. Crutch 1910-1912 Albert W. Clock 1916-
William L. Herbert, Vice-Pres.
Dora L. Stoddard, Sec. and Treas.
PARENT-TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
Organized November 4, 1914.
The Parent-Teachers' Association was organized for the purpose of bringing into close relations the home and school, that parent and teacher may cooperate intelligently in the education of the child.
Presidents.
Mrs. Philip P. Hubbard 1914-1915 Mrs. Milo D. Beach 1916-1917
Mrs. J. H. Reynolds 1915-1916 Mrs. W. S. Plumb 1917-1919
Mrs. R. Dunscomb Sanford 1919-
Miss Adelaide Deming, Secretary Mrs. Stanley Coe, Treasurer
THE CONNECTICUT JUNIOR REPUBLIC.
Established 1904; incorporated July 1, 1909.
The Connecticut Junior Republic was established in 1904, on a farm of 80 acres, two miles north of Litchfield, left by will by Miss Mary Buel at her death in 1900. The original homestead was destroyed in 1914, but new buildings were given by William Col- gate and Professor Roswell P. Angier, so that the Republic is equipped with an administration building, dormitory and gymna- sium; the old school house is now serving as a dormitory and there are accommodations for 70 boys. Rev. John Hutchins was largely instrumental in getting the Republic established.
The object of the Republic is to change the delinquent and way- ward (but not backward or criminal) boy of today into the self- supporting and law-abiding citizen of to-morrow; to direct but not suppress native energy.
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