The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-02
VOTERS GIVE CRESSSY.
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Two ROAD cOnlinlSSloHeIS, Will inc ie-
suit as stated above.
The next article, ), was to elect Off
GERS A. P. Carpenter nominated y. F.
Schwenk for moderator, and he received
a unanimous vote, as did Clerk Hop
kins, who was nominated by l.. Z. Hol
den.
For selectman for three years
W. +. Stellman was nominated to
succeed himself by Dennison Cowles.
The moderator said the election
must be by ballot, but that he
would entertain a motion that the clerk
east a ballot if there was no opposition,
which was done and Mr.. Stellman was
reelected by unanimous vote.
The appointment of an overseer of
the poor was left to the selectmen,
on motion of Mr. Holden For first
constable c. l. Knapp was nominated
by l.. l.. Taylor and was elected with
out opposition. For second constable
L. w. Gibson nominated Merrill A.
Stark, and he received a unanimous
vote. Mr.. Gibson stated that Mr.. Stark
served on the military police at camps
in this country and in France and was
well qualified for the position.
The next officer to be elected was a
tax collector. Mr.. Cowles nominated
Fred Cressy, and John r. Kaine nom
mated Harry b. Haus. The chairman
appointed w. r. Daley to preside al
one ballot box, Constable Knapp being
in charge of the other, and balloting
started about 9.20 The moderator an
nounced that the ballot boxes would bs
| open until 10 o'clock
1t was 1915 when the boxes were
| turned and 10 minutes later the moder
ator announced the following result
Total vote, SOB; necessary for choice
| 252; east for Mr. Cressy, 81; cast fo
| Mr.. Haus, 1S6. Mr.. CresSy, who wa
of deputy sheriff.
Fred G. Adams was re elected treas
urer on motion of S. A. Daniels. MI
Durham nominated A. f. Merrill 70
lister for three years, but Mr.. Merrill
| declined with thanks to be a candidate
| Mr.. Haus was then elected without OF
| position, and on motion of j. G. Stat
ford a unanimous vote was given Henri
T.. Shipman as lister for two years. Nj
/ Shipman served the past wear by alp
! pointment. George s. Pratt, who wa
elected last year for three years hay
! ing resigned.
Charles G. Staples was reelecte
auditor for three years on motion Of Nh
Stafford, and Paul A. Chase and
Menzies Miller were elected town gran
4 Jurors on motion Of f. +. Barber an
F. ID. Z. Stowe respectively. \. /
Carpenter was reelected town agen
on motion of several For trustees 0
the Brattleboro Free library, F. ]
Brasor, Rev. D. f. Trout and F. +
Barrows. whose three-year terms e2
PRED were reelected on motion Of
G. Crosby, completing the list Of OF
! ficers.
Under article 6, relative to raiein
money in excess Of the sum require
by law to be raised for highways,
take advantage of the state aid la
I which provides that the state will dl
glicate the amount so raised up to ST
600, it was voted on motion of d.
I Perry to raise 81 200
o The next article, relative to appr'
Y priating money to maintain the librar
& brought Martin Austin to his feet wit
motion that the appropriation be 81
600 instead of $4,000, as the ext
amount could be raised by one-cer
tax, and he said that if the institute
was to function in an efficient mann
it must have more money, as the trus
|, ees were not financial wizards enoul
to make the old appropriation do VIII
+. it used to do. The vote was unanimOu
The appropriation for the observan
h of Memorial Day was $3.50 as usus
the motion being made by L. D. Taylc
| c. A. Boyden moved that the sum vote
:, for the commons and burial grounds
$500, and it was SO ordered. L.
Holden thought the SO a day paid t
!, listers was wholly inadequate and W
not ordinary day wages On his MOTIF
the pay was increased to So and t
:, salaries of the other officers were fix
5. at the usual amounts.
Mr. Holden moved under the ne
article, II, that a 53-cent tax rate
/ voted, payable at the usual time, al
there was no protest.
The question under article 2 was
! see how much the town would apr
pirate for highway purposes under
statute which provides that not IL
than 20 per cent of the grand list shi
: be voted for highway and sdewa
purposes. 0. B. Hughes pointed 0
Id that the purchasing power of doll
r was much less than it was five yea