The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER NEXT FAIR
)tockhoders and Directors of Association Pledge CO.
operation in Behalf of Next Falls Show.

N tide time ii salns 10 ptrss lass Ncek
r annual mrelins ii the Valley Fair as'
rialion Mas ia nipgtrss Ia the brooks
au.s and lhr uiiieris elet.ei were given
The keiolmer Before pfoee~ling TO
j. elreilnn II nilicris hitter Nas read
mn james 4 Hooker vi Schenectady, y
the retiring president. expressing his
,fri al not lseing able Ia hv present and
Ranking he various niiicrIs lor their 90.
,rraliun 10 making the last lair such a
,lrndld snrress a. 4 proved TO h., fno'
,sling Ia the election II officers Judge D.,
Gibson moved that committee he ap'
pinlel Ia make up lisi oi officers and
ked that Dcnnis0n roNles, q. l.. Dun
am aud i. D. Avery be- made such
bmniiiee. II Mas - voted aud the board
oilicefs elected was that presented TO
b. meeting hy ia. committee. ;, 4. Sew,
anoe ii Leldcn, Mass, was somewhat
! doubt a. to the ACCESSIBILITY ni clecllng
physician A. president 81 the ASSOCIATION
hd commended that an agilruliuiisi
Aonld bc selected, O. l.. Durham paid a
igh compliment 90 Dr otonnur aud Mr..
hNciancr sald be- would accept Nj, Dun
6m's statement that d. utOnnor WAS
J. right man inf the place and did not
J.. l., Holden Offered 4 resolution asking |
J. ASSOCIATION to mtiiy the action Of the |
tecuiive committee ~ selling hy auction |
small piece OF land At the southeast cor
~ oi the associations property to l., ii. |
l,hnldsnn aud 10 authorize the secretary |
the association 90 execute a deed II the
bid 10 Mr., Richardson in consideration Of
- For a while the sole topic Of dis
|ssion was sand, ~ the piece OF land,
|hch j. about hali an acre ~ extent. j.
Dluablc only ~ a sand bank. Mr.. Cowles
Id that he opposed such a salr aud
hough, that the association was parting
9TH valuable asset, lie thought that
'ithin the next five years this sand bank
ould prove it, value to the association.
lr. Severance of l.rydcn took the same
several witty salic,. lie was inclined
} believe that there was Niger IN the
md bank somewhere and hoped that the
,ociaiion would not sell the land Mr.. ,
olden said that il was heavy burden I
r the association 10 maintain the section I
fence At this point on the associations :
ounds Harry X. Lawrence was aversc
the association going into the sand bust I
- and SAID that from personal expert :
zee he had found that the selling of sand {
thout a man on the ground to supervise :
cli sale was very unsatisfactory. II. T..
iylor asked to amend Mr.. llolden's reso. :
lion by making il incumbent upon the G
rchaser of the land TO construct and G
lintain a fence where IL is now neces' u
~. L. I. Lowell of Bellows Falls wanted a
E association TO hold onto all the sand it Il
ssessed. Discussion having closed the -
ISOLATION proceeded to vote and to facili- q
e matters the resolution was changed to il
lttl. ka ,f In avln / -
Iuired nearly half an hours discussion ia
decide whether a stakeholder could vote io
each share that he held or was entitled N
only one vote. II was pointed out that by
re was a bylaw which allowed each cI
only one vote except in the er
Al disposition of property and upon this Il
law the voting proceeded with the re- h,
/ that there were % votes recorded in til
or of the resolution and SO against. j. Of
Ullery protested against the adoption
the resolution by such a method of vot- pc
but his protest was not entered upon IA
records as no stock appeared upon the m,
)rds of the association in his name Il
resolution follows: sa
That the stockholders of the Nj
ley Fair association hereby authorize res
sale of small piece of land on the hil
th entrance and running to the line es- TIL
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auction held on the grounds on August EN-
1909, on condition that the purchaser We
i construct fence on said line like the
of the fence around the grounds, and goo
any lumber remaining of the old fai
e after said construction shall be the ere
,erty of the association and the stock age
ers of the said association hereby au- Pie
ize and appoint Oscar +. Benson to of
the same on payment OF 1913 into the tw'
sury of said association" SUI
, further enliven the occasion Dennison CAV
les asked that the offending paragraph Sta
he bylaws be stricken out. Mr.. Hol- cou
opposed Mr.. Cowles and Mr.. Severance its
the same stand as did Mr.. Holden.
Lawrence believed that the bylaw in er.
ton was without teeth and Judge j. per
1artin was called upon for an opinion sug
lie matter He said that while an asso- Va
on might make such bylaw he did bell
believe that it would affect a stock Val
sr's right to vote upon each share of tics
, held, after such an association had poll
me corporation. 1t was voted to of
e out the bylaw. Mr.. Cowles moved the
ave the secretary of the association opp
a reprint of the bylaws made and con
Is so voted. Mr.. Holden offered reso- the
MS of appreciation of the services of by
Taylor and Henry G. Clark which com
unanimously adopted for
e newly elected president, DR.. F. H. com
nnor, took the chair and in short At
facetious speech said that he would the
0 fill the Office of president as man ter
a citizen rather than as physician. supe