The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-17
LIBERTY LOAN
CALL URGENT
Barre Must Wake Up to the
Need of Subscribing, Says
the Board of Trade
WAR CHEST FUND
PLAN ACCEPTED
Officers Were Elected at the
Annual Meeting Last
Evening


rooms last evening developed into a
boost meeting for the Liberty loan al.
though, of course, the annual election of
officers was held and some other impor-
tant actions were taken, notably the
adoption of the war chest fund idea TO
meet calls upon Barre during the war.
The meeting was attended by about so
men and was more lively than usual ow
ing, perhaps, TO the introduction of sew
ersl topics of rather urgent interest.
Vice President Alex Duncan presided and
kept the ball rolling.
At the outset of the meeting Secretary
H. A. Phelps reported that the directors
had held 10 meetings during the year,
each meeting .being well attended At.
the beginning of the year there were 304
names on the membership list and six
names had been added during the year;
| but against that, Is members had died.
10 had removed from the city and 6s had
failed TO pay their annual fees. That
leaves a net membership of 2ll. Tho
secretary has turned 81 262 into the
treasury during the year
Among some of the things accom-
plished by the Board OF Trade during the
year, Secretary Phelps told of assisting
in the entertainment of the American
Association of Cemetery Superintendents
and the Modern Woodmen, the purchas-
ing of 5000 picture postcards of Barre !
and the granite industry and the distri |
button of them, the presentation of 500
to the Red Cross, joining the United /
"a Ohio tCp Of f,trpfo I'm,
iitney service to the men who went out |
TO work for farmers during a rush time
consultation with the Central Vermont I
Railway Co about service and assistance
in the recruiting campaign in 1917 The
report was accepted.
Treasurer H. c. Woodruff reported a
balance on hand of sl2.62 at the begin
ming of the year: received from Secre
tary Phelps, Sl,282; total receipts for
the year, Sl,274.62; paid out, Sl,341.ll;
deficit in current fund, S72.49 There
was on savings deposit at the beginning
OF the year $3.50, TO which has been add
ed S26.26, making total of S676.26; sub
tracing the deficit in the current ac-
counts leaves a net balance of s60377 in
the name of the Board of Trade That {
report, along with the report of the audi 4
tor, c. NJ. Wiley, was accepted. L
The committee on nominations brought
in the following list for l9lS-l9; Presi- 8
dent, Fred d. Ladd; vice president, H. A.
secretary H. A. Phelps.
treasurer, II. G.. Woodruff; auditor, G. NJ.
Wiley; directors for four years, r. 6.
and John 0Leary Those Off .
GERS were elected and the annual assess
ment was fixed at IS.
The tuberculosis Hospital
The business out of the way, the mem d
bers launched into discussion Of various n
topics, the opening subject being the To- e
,ation of the proposed Washington coun =
" tuberculosis sanatorium When called d
lpon for an explanation of one phase of =
he law creating the sanatorium, +. G. &
Rowland, a member OF the board of trus d
ees of the proposed Institution, told D
Ibout the duties of the trustees and then e
his conviction that it would
lot be best for him to enter into dis le
ussion of the location of the building n
t that time. Homer c. Ladd stated that b
Board of Trade committee is working al
N the matter of the location of the in W
titution but he was not prepared to RI
make any definite statements regarding NJ
he matter. Rev. j. B. Reardon thought W
would be best to have the institution Il
ocated at some high point in the county bs
emote from a community. 10
The War Chest Fund.
The subject of the tuberculosis hos N
ital having been laid away for the time of
eing, a proposal of instituting a war NJ
nest fund in Barre to meet all demands
uring the war, such as Red Cross, Y. M.
A. war work, etc, was brought up and
h,-,,, : he, D.,
!. II. Jackson moved that. the Board of M
rade conduct a campaign for the raising
war chest fund
H. G. Woodruff heartily favored the
ea and he explained the operation of viz
lie campaign in Montpelier, where it had NJ
'me under his personal observation, and o'c
Brattleboro, from which he had indi- fol
ct evidence, He said the scheme is to ne
, away with the numerous drives" for he
ar purposes, eagh of which requires sta
eat deal of effort and the sacrifice of a
ueh time by considerable number of Lii
ople. The size of the war fund is de- Law
rmined by the amount of the city's Mr.
during year and in ac- az,
Tdance with its ability to contribute hal
r such purposes. Montpelier started to yes
Use minimum of $4,000 and ended I
tn a fund of $4,000. aud Brattleboro Tn
mt after about $4,000 and succeeded ter
amassing a fund of $4,000 or over.
a result. those two communities will
{ have to go through the constant
rers of raising quotas for war charity
rposes, they simply going to the war Ar,
ast and drawing therefrom the pro
rtion that it allotted to the approved
Uses.
The war chest fund started in Syra- mel
,e, " v, where something over mil has
n dollars was raised and il has spread istT
many other places. In some places Mic
, raising Of the money Is carried on by will
ing a certain percentage which men Of cou
wing incomes should pay monthly TO No.
fund. That manner was not tried in soOl
utpelier. said Mr.. Woodruff. but ncv- fied
heless the fund was readily raised. 7
? chief idea j. to get everyone. or ceiy
lrlv everyone. IN a community enrolled boa
ong the contributors to the good hato
i~es. II wss argued that the var thrs
- fund manner ~ raising quotas docs nler
~ with great deal II repeated work. day
IL to thrift. raises the community abu'
rit- insures mere general particips- into