The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-30

Harris. The directors VIII meet with
in a few days for the purpose OF or
ganizatlOn.
Suggestions from Members.
At the close OF the routine business
President Houghton called on several
members for suggestions. Mai f. ".
Childs touched upon the need of bet
ter telephone service between here and
Wilmington and expressed the hope
that President Vail of the American
Telephone & Telegraph company could
be induced to address the iucai board
Of trade.
Rev. L. Q. :. Osgood. chairman OF
the prudential committee of the incor-
porated school district, spoke OF It plan
to call a special school meeting in June
/ to make provision OF increasing the ia
cihties OF he Oak Grove school build
! ing. He said that the two rooms now
finished were accommodating 50 chill
dren Of the first. second and third
grades, and that two more rooms ought
to be finished on the second floor to
accommodate children in that part OF
the village who have reached the
fourth and fifth grades. He also men
toned the need of another room in the
high school building for the high
Il school, and said that this could be
brought about by finishing another
room in the Fleming house on Grove
street for the fourth grade which is at
present quartered on the second floor
; Of the high school building. Mr.. Os
!; good said that this would obviate the
immediate necessity of building anoth
er school house. In this connection he
: spoke of the fact that the bonded in
debtedness of the district was but
$4,000, as compared with $47 900 l:
: years ago, and that the indebtedness,
0 was being reduced at the rate OF
r 81 600 a year. Mr.. Osgood said tha
}. from $4,000 to $4,000 ought to be am
= pie to provide for the Improvement,
- contemplated by the committee.
l. Dennison Cowles spoke Of the need o
n REMEMBERING the streets and though
it would be a good plan to have Main
> street include South Main and .NortI
,. Main streets. He said he beloved i
i the value of advertising. incidental
- referring to the fact that he receive
i some advertising in The Reformer We,
4, terday, and expressed the belief tina
~ when an out of-tOwn concern received
= letter from 500 Main street. Brattl(
q boro, the size of the number would in
Id press upon the recipient that BrattI,
y. boro was "some town. This matte
20 was referred to the public improve
ot ments committee.
We NJ. J. Moran spoke briefly on the l.
lai cal railway situation, saying that IN h
If opinion the details wiere so arrange
Ia that d final agreement with the railros
B." companies could be secured just as SOC
al as a conference was brought about. |
10 also spoke of the BrattleborO Cooper
Mt tive Building & Loan association, sa
. ing that a meeting to stimulate int
at, est in this organization was to be
,ay held in Festival hall May IA, when OF
by of-town speakers would be heard.
5tf After adjournment the members c
OK, jOyed a buffet luncheon served by
l.. March.
ro' President Houghton's Report.
ma The report of President NJ. C. Houa
ton contained numerous interestii
.w. statements. He expressed the sat
. faction of the directors with the
aw. vestment which brought the Verne
!. Last Block company here and said IL
ute the present force of 80 would be pr
. tically doubled under favorable e
4. ditions for numbering. One of t
. year s important achievements, he sa
ana 9t was the forming of the county agric
=; tural association by the board of trs
sca with the cooperation of the Bello
Falls board and other commercial
.eet. CARNATIONS and Changers. Great 90
36tf will come to the whole community,
Con- in time the employment of a farm
wv pert should solve the abandoned fa
= problem.
% He spoke as follows concerning