The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-28
Sentiment Unanimous that
Valley Fair Should
Continue
.ONE-DAY DRIVE
DECIDED UPON
President Stickney Authorized to Ap
point Committee of Five to Map Out
Campaign-About 40 at Meeting in
Board of Trade Rooms.

There was only one mind as to whether
the Valley fair should be continued or
given up, as expressed at meeting OF
citizens in the board of trade rooms last
evening, and the officials of the fair asso-
citation confidently expect that within a
the capital stock has been sold and that
a fair will be held next fall. There was
an attendance Of about 40 men, and after
all had expressed their sentiment it was
voted unanimously to hold drive for
the sale of stock
At the close of the discussion Arthur B.
Clapp moved that drive for the sale of
stock be held on one day and that COM
mittee of five be appointed by the presi-
dent to outline a campaign for disposing
of the balance of the stock on hand. The
motion was carried by unanimous vote,
and it is expected that some of the details
OF the plan will be in shape for announce
ment tomorrow.
After this motion had been voted on
all Of those present offered to take lists
of names of persons to see with reference
to taking stock, and to do anything they
could to help the fair, some offering to
serv on the grounds.
Several also subscribed for stock and
some who already had subscribed doubled
| their subscriptions, although no one was
asked to subscribe at the meeting, the
| meeting not being called for that purpose
| President Clarence l.. Sticllney of the
newly-incorporated Valley Fair Associa
| ton, Inc, presided, calling the meeting tC
order at s o'clock. lie stated that the
meeting was called for the purpose of de
| termining what should be done, as only
| about third of the stock had been sold
| He said it would be necessary to know
within two weeks whether the rest wa,
to be disposed OF, otherwise it would b,
impossible to arrange for fair this year
| The president called on Dennisor
Cowles of the committee appointed som,
time ago to sell the stock Mr. Cowle
gave rather discouraging report, sayinI
that some of the business men had showI
no interest whatever About $4,000 o
the stock was pledged at the annual Val
ley fair meeting and since then the sale
brought the total up to only about $4,000
whereas the total capital stock was Sl5
GOO.
!. 1t was announced by the president tha
! he would call on each person present TO
an expression of sentiment relative to til
} fair, which he did Every speaker eS
, pressed, most Of them in a few words
! his feeling that the fair had been of grea
advertising and educational value to Brat
: tleboro and surrounding territory an
| that it ought not to be given up
3 The opinion was expressed that the us
, made of the grounds wholly apart fror
fair purposes made them an asset to th
]. town, which made it doubly importan
D that they be retained 1t was the genera
) belief that it would be step backwar
: to let the fair drop, and one man asser
/ ed with deliberation that the fair ha
done more to put Brattleboro on the ma
than any other one thing. Several voice
. the opinion that the drive ought to
: made for the sale of shares left in I'll
treasury, after the fashion of the w;
Chest drive.