The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-03
War Chest Members Vote
to Set Aside En-
tire Balance
COMMITTEE TO MAKE
FINAL DISPOSITION
Nature of Memorial to Be Decided by
Public-Sentiment of Meeting that
it Take Form of Building, Although
No Vote Was Taken.

Brattleboro War Chest subscribers
voted last night to set aside the
entire balance in the treasury for use
toward a memorial to those who served
in the World war. 1t was voted also
that the disbursing committee of the
War Chest association appoint a COM
mittee of five from among its member
ship or to include others, to have full
charge of the fund and its final disposi-
tion, it being the expressed sentiment
that when some definite form of memo
rial had been decided upon by the public
the committee would apply the balance
thereto or withhold it according as the
committee approved or disapproved of
the memorial proposed,
The meetoing was held in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms and was we'll at
tended. Oscar F. Benson, an official of
the association, presided and Carl S.
Hopkins was elected secretary. Treas
| urer H. Ps Webster stated that the bal
ance in the treasury was sl5,9lO42.
At this point Charles A. Boyden, who
has charge of the campaign to raise
| 81, 100 in Brattleboro toward the fund
of $4,000 being raised by the Vermont
| tuberculosis association, moved that the
War Chest association appropriate 50 100
/ for that purpose and 81 900 for the Sal
vation Army drive.
| j. ]. Vanderveer questioned the right
OF the meeting to vote money for those
purposes, as it was raised for war pur-
poses and the war was not vet over.
I, Il. A AUSTIN expressed similar view
Martin Austin stated that if the asso-
lciation began voting the balance away
in the manner proposed various other
demands upon it would be made, and he
i favored keeping the entire balance for a
memorial and raising in some other way
what was required for other purposes.
i His remarks were greeted with applause.
| Mr.. Boyden stated that sentiment
seemed to be in favor of preserving the
Il balance intact and he withdrew his mo-
tion.
:. There was then general discussion,
participated in by Rev. ID. f. Trout, S.
! a. Daniels, f. c. Adams, Z. III. Crane,
; Leon |. Leader, F. c. Brown and o. f.
Il Benson, and it was the general opinion
THAT the money should be set aside for
lsome form of memorial not only to the
Isoldiers but to all from this locality who
participated in the World war, and mo-
tion to that effect by Mr.. Daniels was
carried by unanimous vote.
p Mr.. Adams suggested that the final dis
f IpOsition of the money be left to com.
t mittee of five to be appointed by the
, disbursing committee, and the idea was
! embodied in a motion by Mr.. Crane Civ
|. ing the committee authority to includ,
!, some not members of the disbursing com
n mittee. This motion caused some discus
Q sion, in which it was made clear that tn,
e Icommittee would not determine the form
. of memorial, that being for the publ,
to decide, but that the committee woule
V have the power to apply or withhold tn,
Q money from any memorial proposed a.
e its Judgment dictated After this ex
l. lplanation the motion was carried bv
: unanimous vote.
n On motion of Mr.. Boyden it was votes
er Co drop the matter of the proposed pub
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