The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-08
SECURING OF AID.
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New York, when the money thus ex-
pended should have been used for the
purposes stated in the DEGREES of the
court, in the towns of Brattleboro and
Rhinebeck, all of which is more fully
shown by the records now in the office.
OF the trustees.
The petitioners, answering an inter-
rogatory as to the names and address
es of and the approximate dates when
benefciaries refrained from applying
for help, and as to the circumstances,
financial, physical and otherwise, of
said benefciaries, state as follows;
Mrs. A. O. johnson, 19 Western
avenue, refrained from asking for aid
when sick in the spring of 1919 because
she understood that it was very
hard and tedious process TO get aid
from the Thompson fund.
Mrs. Mary Lee, 226 Elliot street,
has refrained for MANY years from
| asking aid because of the experiences
that she has had and known jof others
having with Trustee Bradley and the
agents of the fund. She preferred to
undergo such hardships as she might
have rather than to ask the fund for
help.
Mrs Mary Mather has refrained
from asking for help for many years
| because of the treatment she received
when she asked for help when she was
sick in the fall of 1905
| "All of the above beneficiaries Were
| in very limited circumstances at the
time they refrained from applying for
aid and, owing TO age aud impaired
health, their earning capacity was re-
duced TO practically nothing
| The petitioners, answering an inter
rogatory as TO in what respect and on
what approximate dates and toward
whom the trustees have refused TO al
ford relief until and unless other
agencies and persons should also con
tribute, state that
| 1.-The attention of the trustees is
called to a letter from the trustee r
N. Bradley to the editor of The Brat
tleboro Reformer, dated March 10
1919, to which the fullest publicity
was requested, in which it is stated:
/ The trustees -. wish to take this OPP
portunity TO give public notification
that they have believed themselves tC
be empowered to use part of the fund
! referring to two-t thirds of the income
Of the Thompson fund which is TO b'
spent in Brattleboro) elsewhere if not
needed for the direct aid of seamstress
es. needlewomen and shop girls, anc
that unless otherwise ordered by the
court, the extent of the use of tho
funds of the trust in the town of Brat
tleboro for purposes other than direc'
aid TO seamstresses, needlewomen ant
shopgirls or other self-supporting WON
en- will. in the future, be determined
not only by the need that exists il
Brattleboro for giving care to the siel
and for other kindred charitable DO
nations but also largely upon wha
the people of Brattleboro themselve
do in giving such service and none,
! as are usually given by the people o
: similar towns for such purposes, tn
: fair intent and meaning of which i
that the trustee refused to afford I'll
: relief which the testator intended an,
: he DEGREES of this court authorized t
the direct and indirect benefciarie
of the trust, until and unless the pee
pie OF BrattlebOro themselves give sue
service and money as the trustee, in hi
discretion, decides that these agencie
shall contribute. So
THE trustees also4state in mem
! orandum filed in connection with thei
! petition now pending in this court 70
greater discretion in the Distribute
of the income of the trust fund tina
1t is the belief of the trustees tina
the existence of this fund has had.
a certain degree, an unfortunate effeC
a upon both of these towns (meanin
Brattleboro and Rhinebeck), and es