The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10
BETTER BRA1TLEBoRo CAMPAIGN
Long List of Committees Chosen To
Make ARRANGEMENTS

The Better Brattleboro campaign
opened auspiciously Wednesday even
ing when committee Of $50 was choseI
to inaugurate the movement for one
week of uplift work from April 9 to 9
The organization was perfected at {
meeting held in the chapel of the Cen
tire Congregational church. After sew
eral conferences between the clergy
men of the town followed by confer
ences between the clergymen of the diff
feernt churches and the laymen it was
decided to accept the proposition and
suggestion of Frank Dyer of Chicago
secretary of the National Congrega
| tional Brotherhood, who offered to de
vote week of his time free to a Bet
ter Brattleboro campaign. The move
ment was to be initial with Brattle
borO. The meeting Wednesday even
ing was attended by about go men
from the different churches Of the town
Rev. +. @. 8. Osgood presided. He
the meeting, and asked Rev. Roy M
Houghton to explain Just what was
proposed to do.
Mr.. Houghton explained Mr.. Dyer 3
ideas with regard to advertising the
proposed campaign. A letter from Mr..
Dyer was read setting forth plan Civ
ing the proposed campaign publicity.
The plan consists in sending out large
amount of literature on three different
dates, the last literature to be in the
shape of postal card to be mailed to
of the campaign. Mr.. Houghton said
that the several conferences of clergy
men and laymen had resulted in the
formation of tentative committees and
that the number of men suggested as
workers for the various committees
would be over 160. He said that he
hoped the series of meetings might be
held in the auditorium. Mr.. Houghton
explained briefly that the campaign
was not church affair, though it was
to be for the religious and moral bet
terment of the community. George L.
Durham moved that nominating COM
chairman of the meeting to bring in a
list of nominations for the general Off
GERS of the movement and committee
men. The chair appointed Rev. ID. E.
Trout, Robert Clark and Thomas Pent
land.
While the nominating committee was
making up list several men spoke on
different phases of the proposed work.
Mr.. Houghton explained that he had
secured a refusal of the auditorium for
the week of April to until the
HldHdSoib VI CHC CUuIU utCiut
whether they wished to hold the meet
ings there. The matter of having
monster popular-priced banquet. to
which hundreds could sit down, was dis.
cussed, but the lack of proper quarters
seems to prevent anything of that kind
being carried out. The banquet feat
ure Of the campaign was suggested by
Mr.. Dyer.
The report of the nominating com.
mittee was accepted. Mr.. Durham,
who was chosen as chairman, explained
that while he could help in the prelimi-
nary work of organizing the campaign
he would be absent from Brattleboro
on cruise through the West Indies at
the time of holding the meetings He
agreed. however, to accent the chair.
manship of the organization and said
he should expect the cooperation Of
every person whose name appeared on
a committee Mr.. Durham moved that
the meetings be held in the auditorium,
and it was so voted. The matter of
financing the campaign was discussed
to some length and left with the
finance committee. At the close Of the
meeting the executive committee met
and discussed preliminary plans.