Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-19
UNCLE SANS POSTM EN-
)ermont State Letter Carriers in
Annual Convention.
eleetion Of Omcers and Address by
Congressman Foster Mt Business
, Session-Banquet in Evening,
with Remarks By Omcinls.

association held its 10th annual conven-
Non In Burlington Monday. AS Mon
lay was the anniversary of the battle
pf Bennington. and n legal holiday. the
local carriers were of duty and there
MAS ample opportunity for them to en-
Joy themselves The carriers Of this city
together with the delegates from ont or
Town. numbered about 40.
In tho afternoon the carriers took
= trip TO Fort Ethan Allen and inspect
Hd the barracks and equipment there.
A base ball game had been planned for
that excursion but It had to be given
up on account Of the rain. a business
meeting was held in Burlington ut 4:So
,. m. when officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: President
n. u. Jarvis OF St. Adams; vice-presi-
6ent. T. A. Austin OF Brattlehoro; sec
retary and treasurer, c. G. McfafI"T
VI this city. Carl Barnes Of burlington
vas the president during the year which
has Just ended. The new officers viii
constitute the executive committee and
that committee will decide upon the
place for the next annual convention.
Congressman .. j. Foster. who was
h have spoken at the banquet In the
evening. was prevented from doing 50
his plans. He. therefore appeared at The
business meeting and addressed tho
carriers then. Mr.. Foster gave an able
address touching upon the duties Of the
carriers to the government and to the
general public He also spoke Of tho
S,2c OF the postoffice department and Of
the amount OF business which the mail
rlerks were compelled TO do. Mr.. Foster
showed a thorough appreciation Of the
trials and troubles Of the lettcr car
r.er and a strong desire to dc anything
which might be in his power for their
advantage.
The banquet was held at seven
o'clock In Odd Fellows hall and
was served by the Beatrice Eebekn h
Lodge. Hagar's orchestra supplied most
admirable music for the occasion. c. &.
McGaffey OF this CRY was postmaster
and he started off the postprandial ex-
srcses by calling upon Mayor James +.
Burke. The mayor spoke at length in
praise Of the employees Of the post office
department He said that they We're gem
orally underpaid. Notwithstanding the
fact that they were expected 10 do
their duty In all hours and all wealth
srs.
Postmaster 3. ]. Derby was present
but ne did not care TO speak 80 the
next person who addressed the gather
ing was Assistaht ros'"h.e"'
Garvey. Mr.. Garvey's popularity was
ful'y evineed oF the eecep''o'' Wn'." ""
rot whom ne rose and ne justified tho
expectations OF his brother employees
MI Gnrvey SAID tha' tne 'rS' pt'"''p''
Of the postoffice employees work was
Always efhc'ency OF service 'h"E a"'
eo-operatloh' ne saio "ere ''e WV
Things most heeoeo' oh''S "'"''s ''i7
carriers ana co-operh'lon VIII! 'nc posi-.
MASTER ano oooh WIN '"e "oJe0'.Ne VI
better service ior inc peoP'e OIL hD'
ltnstoh'
MISS Jane warner ne"' RaNc '''di
Soio An, let Ms l'.a"n. ""''" ",'
encoren. inspector r. N'"' N"9 az
'er"aro cAieo uPo" an" ne poNe i''
some time upon 'he ou''es ot d" ~
speo'or ana tne oe"''''' sE.'"' "''e"
- operative III 'he Pos' o'ice depart
men'' no also toncheu "po" '''e ere"
respon"pi'i'y OF ,he pos',i"N'' an"
ra'd mat IL was me o"'y OF every car
rier 10 s'aho oF Ills postmaster MISS
FANNIE morse or the local PoS'ol 'ce
~ao 'Ie' 'aI'u "po'. ' va
ed oE r. b. fuiler OF hu''aru anu - H.
Iyer' also OF fu'ia"o MISS rl"n''S
ON 'heh gave 'ec''".'o"' N''
iao'tn"' ""c" war So '!e'''.N 'P-
piauoeo mat sne ioilo"eo !, WIN an
o'ner. "hlch WAS N0unHF well rec''Ne'
=. II Converse ol f''re spoke neNt
nno nv was 'oI'o"eo ny - a. Aus''h c'
bra''eooro' MhYof fnrke' IN MS ho-
oreSs' ma" salo something ABOUT III"
carriers neH.s on inc iooho", LOT more
pay 70 "n'oh MI AUSTIN TOOK exception
he ea'o that 'he mayor was on INC
wrong tracK ana 'hat ne wanted 70 set
MN r'Rh' MY Austin MADE the state
inent that me carriers were not actu-
ated by any selfish motives but that