Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-15
WAR CHEST PLAN
FOR BRATTLEB0R0
Committee to Co. ordinate Giving
for War Relief
Will Provide Steady Income for Red
Cross and Give Substantial Sums to
Other Agencies

for that purpose, which will soon solicit
suberriptions on the basis Of monthly
pledges of not less than 80 cents a
month, the pledges to be made yearly.
4 decision to coordinate the giving iii
this town for various objects such rs
the Red Cross, Y. NJ g. A., knights of
Columbus, Armenian and Syrian relief
and other relief agencies endorsed bN
the United States government was
made at public meeting in Festival
hall Friday evening, which was attend
ed by 100 to $50 men and women of
the town.
A large committee, whose names are
given in resolution published as a
part of this report, was chosen to ar
range the details of organization, and
the organization and plans of campaign
will be perfected and work begun as
early as possible. The work will be
done along the same general lines as
that of the Syracuse War Chest assO-
citation.
Chairman O. +. Benson Of the finance
committee of the Rrattlcboro Red Cross
branch, presided az the meeting and
called upon II. G. Rice, = member of
the advisory board of the tiNNnce COM
mittec, to outline the war chest idea,
which the committee favored adopting
for Brattlcborc
Mr.. Rice stated that on the basis of
the amounts raised heretofore IN the
various drives, with the addition OF a
substantial amount to meet unforeseen
demands, the committee felt that Brat
tlcboro should raise about $4,000 the
coming year, which would give $1,000
Il month as a regular income for local
Red Cross work, leaving S2l 900 to be
devoted to other forms of relief. This,
he said. could be raised if l,5OO per
sons would give an average of $50
year. He outlined the Syracuse plan
whereby 33,j3l persons pledged amounts
which aggregated $l,l59,397 yearly for
the duration of tho war. He said the
committee thought that pledges on n
yearly basis would be preferable t0r
Brattlcboro.
j. j. Nandcrvccr, F. r. Vaughan and
c. +. Mann spoke briefly i'll approval
of the plan. Scion y. Richmond as
serted that it was much easier espe-
ciallv for wage carncrs to give syste-
matically. J. Harry Estey favored
pledges on yearly basis rather than
for the duration of the war stating that
it might he easier for person to keep
promises made for year than FOR
longer period.
There was some discussion as to
what the minimum monthly pledges
should be, 81 month being the mini
mum named IN the Syracuse plan. NJ:
). Moran sad thar those who could
not afford to give month were just
us patriotic ana Well-meanlng as those
minimum OF - cents a month. Martin
Austin argued for the 81 minimum say.
that theEe were many people VINO could
Hnoru TO give more IMAM ~ month
VINO would always subscribe the MINI
mum amount.
d. Harry EStey suggested leaNihg II
10 the committee TO determine Whal
tho minimum should be. Mr.. Estey
TOOK occasion mere TO state, by way OF
oitsettlng some criticisms that had been
made IN town, that the Estey firm mad
been trying to secure contracts for max
ing wooden parts or aeropiaheS. lie
said the prospect for this was not very
good as the government wished to con
centrate the work on the various parts,
mat Is TO nave them made az nearly as
possible in one place He said the gov
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know whenever 1t could use the EsteY
plant.
c. A. Boyden of the Brattlebcro
Trust company endorsed the yearly ba
sis idea. He said that members of the
company's savings club had learned the
benefit of systematic saving, and that
it was as easy to give as it was to save
after one got the habit. He requested
Mr.. Rice to read the details of the
Syracuse plan, which was done. There
upon Major c. Houghton introduced the
following resolution which was adopt
ed:
Resolved; That the people Of Brat
tlcboro, through those assembled at this
meeting;
81. DO hereby approve forming an
association to raise all money for war
relief through system of monthly
pledges to be made annually; it being
the understanding that this method
takes the place Of all other forms of
solicitation for war relief.
go. That the details in connection
with such an organization be left IN
the hands of committee made up as
follows: