The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-05
ARMORY MATTER
DECIDED TONIGHT
Special Town Meeting at s
to Consider Making
Appropriation
WOULD PROVIDE FOR
COMMUNITY HOUSE
No Open Opposition to Proposal Thus
Far Has Appeared = Village Meet
ing at 7.45 to Consider Charging In
terest ON Unpaid Taxes.


terest ON Unpaid Taxes.
There is every reason to believe that
there will be large attendance tonight
at the special town meeting called to see
if the town will endorse the proposal for
a combined memorial armory and COM
munity house, appropriate sum not to
exceed $4,000 toward its erection and
choose board of trustees to represent the
town in the erection, use and occupancy
of the structure.
Thus far, no open opposition to the
proposal has made its appearance, while
on the other hand there is an active eff
fort in its behalf by ex-service men and
others who believe the plan offers Brat
tleborO the best, opportunity it will ever
have to secure an armory, an adequate
soldiers memorial, and fine gymnasium
and building suitable for community and
convention uses at a cost to the town of
less than a third of the total outlay re-
quired. This result is possible by reason
of the S50000 state armory appropriation.
the $4,000 war chest balance and the
GoOdhue lot on Main street offered as a
site by George L. Dunham. Estimates
based on the plans submitted by the state
architect place the cost of the structure
at between S93. 900 and 100000 On the
basis of the former figure the amount re-
quired from the town would be but
$4,000, including the $4,000 already
voted for an armory site.
Those interested in the proposal are
understood to favor safeguarding the
towns interests by making the appropria-
tion contingent upon the negotiation be-
tween the town and the state armory
board of a contract that will adequately
conserve the towns interests and definitely
provide for the use of portions of the
building for the purpose of a community
house and soldiers memorial. As TO the
method of providing funds. if the appro-
priation is made. the probabilities are that
the selectmen viii be authorized to issue
their orders for such sums as may be
needed, the idea being that a bond issue
Will not be necessary for several months
at the earliest and that when it is it can
be authorized according to law.
At a meeting of the disbursing commit
tee of the Brattleboro War Chest associa-
tion last evening a special committee of
five was named TO take charge of the
final disposition of the war chest balance
as provided by a vote taken June . 1920
when 1t was also decided that the entire
balance be set aside for use toward
memorial to those who served in the
World war. This special committee
composed of II. c. Rice, L. /. Dunham,
f. w. Gibson. A. L. Maynard and Mrs.
II. X. Brown, agreed this morning to APP
propriate $4,000 of the balance toward
the memorial armory- community house
project provided it is adopted at tonights
meeting. In accordance with recommen-
dations of the disbursing committee they
decided to reserve all of the balance in
excess of $4,000 for the purchase of
bronze tablet that shall bear the names
OF the Brattleboro men and women who
served in the World war and shall be
placed in the proposed memorial building.
The special town meeting is called for
$ O'Clock. At 7.45, o'clock a special vii
Iage meeting will be held to see if the
village will charge interest on taxes due
and unpaid Oct. L, 1921, as provided by
statute