HARTLAND VERMONT 
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April, 1914, the Village Rooms were occupied, but soon after 
this date the building, then about 125 years old, was taken 
down to give place to a new Town Hall. This was called Damon 
Hall. It was built as a memorial to Luther and' Betsey Thayer 
Damon and their children, especially Wiliam Emerson Damon, 
whose influence in other scientific ventures of world-wide im¬ 
portance has been told. 
After the original plan of Damon Hall was completed, two 
more rooms, to serve as permanent quarters for the Nature 
Club and the Historical Society, were added. Mrs. W. E. Damon 
and Miss Lizzie E. Lamb were especially interested in this 
project, though the gift was from all the heirs, including the 
children of Urias and Harriet Cotton Damon, the children of 
John and Lucy Damon Lamb, and the children of Merritt and 
Lavinia Damon Penniman. 
These two added rooms are at the rear of the main building 
behind the stage and over the kitchen, with a separate entrance 
and a separate furnace. They are so divided by an archway 
that they are really one room, 40 by 18 feet. 
The club has received aid in many other ways also, notably 
from the Vermont State Botanical and Bird Club, the Univer¬ 
sity of Vermont, the Northeastern Federation of Scientific Clubs, 
and the Meriden Bird Club. 
Miss Elizabeth Billings of Woodstock and New York se¬ 
cured for several summers Professor A. P. Morse of Wellesley 
College to conduct natural history classes in Woodstock, for 
both young people and adults. His attendance at several of the 
Nature Club meetings gave a great impetus to our work. Miss 
Billings herself is an active club member and has shared with 
the club her fine collections. 
Others among the many who have helped us are: 
Mr. Ernest Harold Baynes by lectures and letters; Super¬ 
intendent E. L. Ingalls, by co-operations of the schools, especial¬ 
ly in Arbor Day observances; Mr. Charles Sheldon, by lectures; 
Mrs. H. P. Starkweather, of Florida, by specimens of Florida 
ferns, plants, and seeds; Mrs. A. T. Hurd of Huntington, Long 
Island, by gifts of money and mounted specimens; Mrs. M. C. S. 
Symonds of the same place, by gifts of books, photographs, 
specimens, and paintings; Mr. Karl A. Pember of Woodstock, 
by talks and photographs (Mr. Pember probably has the finest 
series of Duck Hawks’ eggs and photographs of the birds in 
existence); Mr. Richard Marble of Woodstock, iby talks on 
