The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-16
STATIONS RIVER.
BOARD OF TRADE BANQUET.
Annual Meeting and Review of Things
Accomplishing Officers Elected.

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Al the first annual meeting and ban
quet Of the board of trade II members
and their women guests sat down to the
tables at the Inn to one of Landlord
Wigmore's excellent course dinners, after
which everyone seemed in especial good
lmor President Glynn gave an outline
OF the work the board had done for the
year, stating that the board started ont
with a definite purpose in view and def
mite IDEAS as how to accomplish things
and the motto chosen, We cooperate,
was the key to the aim and purpose Of
the organization.
The first enterprise secured was the Bay
State Saddle Tree Co, and while it had
not yet been all that had been hoped, it
had paid $500 to different individuals and
it was hoped that more might be done by
the new ownership than the original
The purchase and opening of the hotel
under the present management was one
of the especially pleasing accomplishments
of the year While the hotel was pur-
chased for $3.50 the repairs and refur-
nishing brought the total investment mp
to nearly $1,000 and at the present rem
tai it does not pay the investors any in
come upon their investment, and IN order
to keep the house up to its present stand
ard it is necessary for everyone to CO.
operate to help make it a success.
While the board of trade did not have
charge of the Fourth of July celebration.
Its success was due largely to individual
members and the spirit OF cooperation
Iengendered by them.
The board OF trade has had printed and
sold GA 800 envelopes bearing advertising
of the village 1t has bought and is put
t,.v- tod
sign boards advertising $ aXtons River
and The Inn 1t was instrumental in Sc
touring the return of the Stone Manufac-
turing Co 1t furnished one lecture free
Ito the public on Civic Betterment, by DR..
Cow of Brattleboro and there are several
more to follow the coming winter 1t was
one of the first organizations in the conn
ty to take action toward securing an
agricultural expert. 1t has a fire protec-
.tion committee whose duties are to secure
and furnish information regarding the
location of fire extnguishers and arrange
for fire signals. 1t has a committee to
confer with the road commissioner and
cooperate with him for better roads,
streets and sidewalks.
r S Fuller spoke very earnestly IN re-
| gard to what the board of trade meant to
the village. saying it had accomplished
, much for the first year and by the united
} effort OF its members It was sure to az
compljsh much more in the future. We
mnst Keen our village clean politically. so
: cialv and in every other way.
; Dr. Osrood said those speaking before
/ him had told of most Of the good thing.
the board of trade frad done or could do
that he had in mind 10 speak about. bn
E he was in hearty SYMPATHY and accor,
with the sentiments EXPRESSED and the,
proceeded to tell some verv humorous in
Icidents that caused much merriment
+. /. Walker of Bellows Falls brough
Greetings from the board of trade iron
lis own village. He said that whateve
LeInadr Saxtons River heIped BELOW
e Fails and that what heIped Bellows Fall
also beIpcd Saxtons River.
AIberf a FRASER said he was one q
= tha infant members a. ne had been