The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-23
FAITHFUL SOLDIER
OF SALVATION ARMY
Miss Addie M. Reed of Brattleboro For.
merly Was Teacher and Worker
in Southern Africa.

Probably no one in Brattleboro has
done so much to keep alive the spirit
of the Salvation Army as Miss Addie
N. Reed, a lifelong resident of Brat
tleboro, saws the Brattleboro core
spondencc in the Springfield Sunday
Reputi can. Quiet, unasshming and
modest in the extreme, this little,
woman goes about every week, as she
has done for the past 80 years, selling
the War Cry or collecting funds to
meet some meagcr expenses of the
organization. There have been numer-
Gus captains and officers of the Army
here for varying periods of time who
have come and gone, but, regardless
of whether they are here or not. Miss
Reed STAYS right on the Job doing her
bit to help and uplift suffering human
| itv. just how much good She has
done, VIII never Sbe known until the
books are opened and the records are
read in the great hereafter.
| Miss Reed was for II wears teach
or and Salvation Army worker in
| Africa. In 1880 she was attending
Mount TToiyoke seminary, but left her
/ studies that year and went to GRAFT
] Renet, Africa. to engage as a teacher
/ IN 4 school that was patterned after
| the South lfadley institution This
school was founded b. Miss Murray
a daughter of 4 Scotch family. who
! induced Miss Reed To return with her
| The pupils of Miss Murrav's school
were practically all children of we'll
to-do- Dutch farmers. Il was during
i her fve-years stay at this place that
Miss Reed decided to 20 into the Sal
walton Army as an officer. leaving
her position with good salary for 4
simple allowance OF board and clothes
She went to Port ElizaI eth. where
she was assigned TO duty in tho rescu,
home for fallen women She remained
IN this work but short time, having
decided to take up field work for til,
establishment OF Army corps a
0itcnhage. which was then pretty
town in English style. She was late
sent 10 Cape Town, whore She re
NAMED % months. and where she di,
call work. dat later .her work WA
extended to include The docks an,
visit to sailors both on and of ships
She also visited the saloons and ban
rooms disposing of the War Cry. Sh
lad many and varied experiences here
but as a rule was courteouslv treated.
1 She went from that place to Kim
herly, which was then the center o
, the diamond field in Africa. while
Ilaee was at one time The toughest o
all African towns. Here she agaI
: took up the work in the anchor res
cue home and for two years an
E eight months worked incessantl
II among the miners. She left her work I
II Africa to come home and care for he
) father. the late James NJ Reed. durin
his declining years She lived man
t years IN what was formerly known 4
e Reed S castle on Green street. whic
= was bought few years since by Harr
4 L. Emerson. the old castle taken dow
n and four neat. commodious houses no,
n stand in it's place. Men may scoff an
I ridicule the work Of the Salvatio
7 Army, as a whole. but there is not
i single soul in Brattleforo that do,
7 not have a kindly feeling and pleasar
Q word or look for the faithful soldier i
u the salvation Army, Miss Reed.