The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-28
CIVIC LEAGUE is
NOW A REALITY
Officers Elected at Meeting Tues
day Night.
GEORGE L. DUNHAM PRESIDENT
Representative Gathering Discusses the
Need of Such an Organization and
Hears the Ideas of Various People
on the Subject.


on the SupJect.
Bratteboro stands more than fight
ING chance to have Civic League. In
fact it has one in embryo, the foundation
being laid at a meeting held Tuesday eve
ming at the rest room under the pilotage
of The Brattleboro Womans club An
nouncement had been made of the plans
fnr the formation Of such a league and in
addit i TO the nublictv riven the mat
~ nv the local press Invitations were
sl,,oJ d,,,,inn +bn n,st ,yael, which
ir",,l,h+ toi,ntS7or o,pirasen+at;ya natber.
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ing VI oi.i1eh0 nv 49, - :
mehts ana especlaiy IN bringing a1oul
Gonult.leons lnat WI VI maze tnls Niiase
Deaulllul MIS-. 1larhe y rluts; plesi1
dent OF tne oman citoi presiued a q y
pllehy outlined the WORK tnaC "oulu Ian
70 s'tI ieasue DIS pipposJu A. a,
H. n: Crane cohtli ,i ~ " wv w 90 go,
sion WIN SOLO ana Mrs. w. u warmer i
SPOKE OF the success OF eye league Wo or
IN northampton Mass. 9he sr told OF tne
formation OF helghpoInoou nome oultul
Glip5 IA tnaJ cIey mlllcn Hui me- seoeiai
huhdreas ana demonstrated thaI sucn
plan OF organization had eliminated
caste, Which Is laIai 10 lile success Vi
S suJn fitq h sHe soIe IN %orth
Larry OF the interest stimulated IN North
ampton by olIerlhg prizes lor nome saI-
dehs, IN Whlch me houses were cohs fel,
cred the central inquire Ill such schelhes LOT
beautl1ylhg the city. A.
Mrs. John barroWs, IN speaking Oh the
work OF peaGilylng Newton, Mass, re-
ferred especially to the landscape garden
ing ABOUT tne 10 rallfoad stations lhdI are
located IN the NeWtons. she strongly ad-
Vocated the EDUCATION Oh the llulVlqual 70
the neeq OF safeguarding the natural pedu-
tles oil Brattleboro'
MISS Coflnhe u blodgeII Favored In9se
present WIN d 500 anu Nirs' a. =. lloc
bart told OF the successful campaign OF
the Nature ana Village Improvement So
clety OF Woodstock, which IS luckily Iav-
ored with generous tlnahclal packing, ms
society does things 1T owns morse ana
cart and keeps the village streets cIean,
A caretaker OF the streets IS nlred by
the society. Her description Oh w 9ou,
stock showed tins progressive W lndsor
county village to be one OF the banner
beauty spots IN Vermont: W, Among dfter-
ent things credited 10 the WOODSTOCK eve
workers she mentioned 1ouf-acre pay
ground and a japanese garden arranged
IN delghttTIly Orlental scheme OF orhdl
mentatlohi Inns society, mas purchaser
qllaPldated pulidlhgs ana removed the i.
IL also mas PROVIDED lor systematic als-
poSal OF Carriage
Mrs. y. "A. Mchae, chairman ol thg
gives ana forestry collnlItee Oh the l9cdl
" oman cup, referred prleIy 10 "hdI
thaC committee had accoihpllsheu' anu
spoke particularly OF the screening Vi Tree
trunks she warmly advocated an ofdl-
nance 70 prohlplt eApeetordtioll Oh SUE /
walks ana ~ pupllc places ana convey
'hces. In ou'l f tne IentatlVe pan NJ, ior I
ne lollila.iolj VI ohlc I1eaeue' Ills. WI c
hae suggested graduated scale ol an l a
lues ranging from ~ Genus lor lh t S
leIi 70 ol1e tsnC Ier tne Houlgslets pg L
leatn !, Vr IT, uiSntty VI peine laoeisu IN II
llen. ane ta.ael wele " pe alio 'Na, , W
,ecole 80 ,I"a ~ ~ ,ry,an ,ra,e 70 con-
III, n" Ok oentn aanb wear 5
lanes r Hooker congratulated the ,
,Nornan;s al,b and Tho hoard of.trade unon a
'he;r afforts alone the line Of civic better
nen+ and SUGGESTED that the ciyics and '
snras+, ~ committaa of the Woman's Climb I
III 10 board of trade consult with the !
na;l;ffS road conmissioner and selectmen l
lat . more Systematic co.oneration be '
1rouobt about He disnlayed his zeal by t
oiod%;no L;nSelf 70 co-onerata az a citi
zen with The Civic T eaone |
Pov u + Trout raierred to tbe dis !
80, of +.ooa L,, ,1ost;nG lilIs on +raa G
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P,;ro;no1 L p Smith evdentlv he /
;,,ilr H. H. ,,,;ah+ rn,,,oI, L,e oroditod t
IN q ' ado, ~ trnos axnia;nad tbet tba
4iat Jorla,.t,9it - tbn hiab school
~ IT, r,bl;a;4, 10 6;ilhoardS o
Plr " n 0lopod lrcad ~ +hat tren
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> dLuen n1 auuei ~ aI H. III t
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