The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21
PENSION ARTICLE
WAS PASSED OVER
By Small Margin at School Meet
ing Tuesday.
VOTE FOR MEDICAL INSPECTION
IN Motion of s. A. Richmond Article
Relative to Granting Annuity to MIS-
J. p. Elmer Was Dismissed-Tax OF
40 Cents Voted as Recommended.

The annual meeting OF the ncofpora!eu
,ohaol district was held Tuesday evening
in the high school room taN VI
cents ON n dollar of the grand list Oh t1e
dis,r;c, was voted, the old officers reject
al with one exception, and the seNerm
ar,;cles of the warrant disposed oi-ohe
disappointingly. The meeting was sailen
10 order at few minutes AFTER . ociu.N
Inv Moderator II. ID. llolton ana tne VAN
inc was read by Clerk VIII Is. Smlth; n
Holton was reelected moderator anu VI
Sn,;,b was also given reelection as clerk,
Judge j. L. Martin of the. prudential com
mittee whose term expired this year, was
reelected. The other officers elected are
q G Averill, treasurer: +. X. BarroWs'
auditor. and W. A. Shumway, collector
IInon motion of George {. Averlii article
4 in the warrant was left to the discretion
of the prudential committee. ms article
was TO see il tuition pupils Should be re,
ca;ved into the schools of the Incorporated
district this year and upon what terms
The fifth article in the warrant, ielatiN "
the employment of a supervisor u ~ w
grades, upon motion OF Judge =. w. ~
was left TO the prudential committee Wllleli
wos authorized to hire such supervisor u
il thought best When the article was
taken M Judge Tyler asked for an expires
sion of opinion from the prudential com
mittee with regard to the necessity OF nav
;nc n supervisor of the grade schools. KEY
10 : Osgood of the committee feplieo
by saving that if the matter was lett TO inc
n,,,dential committee il would be IN favor
pf having supervisor Mr.. Osgood com
nlmented the present supervisor. MISS
Florence Welman, upon her admlnlstra'
lion of the duties of the position
Thought il had been rumored abo9t the
village Tuesday that opposition might De
raised to granting a pension to MIS-. james
p Elmer, who has closed 80 years oil ser,
vice as a teacher in the public schools OF
tbis village, il was hardly expected to de,
yeiop quite as much discussion as followed
tbe reading of the article and the law which
makes it possible for the district to reward
this veteran teacher.
scion A, Richmond wanted to dispose OF
the article by passing over 1t, and SO moved
Judge TYLER said that he did not like the
idea of passing over the article. George
L. Durham spoke of his experience as a
teacher and referred to the small salaries
paid teachers in Vermont. lie mentioned
an article he had recently read IN maya
zine in which the statement was made tllat
school teachers should provide themselves
with life insurance. He said that he would
offer a resolution after a vote had been
taken on the question of passing the artl
Gle. Mr. Richmond's friends were de
manding ballot and the moderator APP
pointed as tellers to receive the Noles
George L. Durham and S. A. Richmond
The whole number of ballots cast was %
of which 80 were in favor Of passing over
the article and % against. The article was
dismissed Before the vote was taken Mr.
Osgood, speaking for the prudential com
mittee, plainly showed the chagrn which
the committee felt at having its reeommen
dations brushed aside in such summary
manner. Mr.. Osgood did not want the
article dismissed without free discussion
of the merits of the matter and SAID that
to dismiss the article, as Mr.. Richmond IN
sisted should be done, was gross dlscourlesS
TO Mrs. Elmer. This statement from Mr.