Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-14
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Annual Meeting OF Beard OF Trade.
The second annual meeting Of the Ran
dolph Board Of Trade was held A. Refh-
any Parish house Monday evening. An
er q few brief remarks BY Pres, E.O.
Blanchard, the reports Of the secretary.
treasurer and chairmen OF the standfne
committees were accepted and adopted.
The nominating COMMITTEES, composed
OF J. w Raymond, A. q. Osgood and A.
e.. Bass, presented the following list of
officers for the coming year, and the same
were duly elected s-President Hon. Y.
1. Spear; vice president, @. 4. Hodges:
secretary, II. N. Totman; treasurer. e. A.
Thomas; auditor, A. NJ. Hubbard. Chair
men OF standing committees: Manufac-
tories and new industries, G. C. Roundv:
railroads and transportation. J. B. El-
dredgei legislation, NJ. M. wilson; recep-
tions II. W. Vail; education, DR.. r. G.
ANGEL; farms and agriculture. d. Il.
Morse; slate, granite and quarry inter
ests, A. H. Beedle; summer resort inter
ests, Dr.. f. o. blanchard; advertising
and printing, Z. T. Salisbury.
Il was voted to have q banquet later.
arrangements being left with the execu-
tive committee. II was also voted that
the president and secretary report at the
next meeting the rropriety Of holding an
Old Home week sometime during the
summer.
The treasuEer's report was IS foIlows:-
Cash on hand Jan. I, 1908. 1852. re-
ceived from Secretary Totman for dues.
to5-making total Of 27l.82: paid or
ders drawn by secretary, s4e.s5: cash 81
hand Jan. l. 1909. f24.e7.
Secretary H. NJ. Totman reported IN
part as follows:--
Membership list has 73 names; Of these
% are paid up members, eight are deIin-
quent; one has been removed by death.
one has moved away and ten new names
have been added to the list during the
year.
Seven meetings of the executive COM
mittee have been held and several meet
ings o. the committee and citizens Of the
town. No meetings were held during
the months Of April, June, July and Au-
gust. All meetings have been well at
tended and many questions Of q vital ma
ture have been duly threshed out.
AS to accomplishments, the Board has
made no show the past year, all agreeing
tnat under present circumstances il was
best TO remain quiet so far as getting in
new industries until we could have our
water and electric light systems enlarged
and improved, which propositions the
members Of the Board might well he
thinking over between now and the next
town and village meetings, when some
action shonid be taken toward betterment
along these lines.
While the Board Of Trade does not
wish to take any thanks, it believes that
N the organization of the new firm Of
Sargent, Osgood & Roundy Co. the com
pany received considerable encourage
ment from the Board and the general
good feeling was strong enough Is make
them think that their business was want
ed here.
Several parties have been corresponded
with in regard to locating here during
the past year but the secretary has NOT
been aggressive in persuading new indus
tries to seek this location until the few
that are already with US can be well cared
for. Randolph is sadly ia need Of an up-
to-date hotel, which the secretary believes
could be made to pay as well as hotels in
other places. In speaking Of hotels IS
meant the summer resort kind, as we do
not wish to cast any shadow on our we'll
kept little hotels for the travelling public.
This summer resort business is some
thing that Randolph should push to its
utmost. II has the drives, the views, the
ar, the pure water, tsometinesl that
summer visitors desire. In fact, it lacks
nothing but accom- modnfions and Il
seems as though ii would be well for the
Board Of Trade to bend its efforts in this
direction another year, or until we have
electricity for power, light, etc., and
plenty Of water to offer industries.
part Of the foregoing is more in
the nature Of suggestion than of re-
port, but the secretary could perhaps con-
vey his thoughts to the Board Of Trade
better in this way than any other. II be
has erred. be asks to be excused.
AT the close Of the meeting, those not
OF the Christian Brotherhood
we're invited to remain to the supper and
succeeding address at the Parish house as
guests OF the Brotherhood.