Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-17
$500 COUNTyS ALLOTMENT
Red Cross Assigns $500 Mem.
bership to This City.
App0rtionment b. Counties--Prepae.
edness Measures under way A.
feadg-Some Of the Arrange.
ments Already Made.

A. total Of 1900 members has been
apportioned to the chief communities
OF Chittenden county and 3o,75o to the
IA counties in the State as tho final
membership goals by the Red Cross Of
ficials in charge Of the campaign,
which will get into action on May IS
to continue to June 2. The workers
are calling IT a Red Cross week A. ].
r. Helmus and Sidney r. Morgan have
already gotten to work at prepared
ness measures. The two, who repre-
sent the New England division and
national headquarters. respectively.
will remain here through the campaign
| and pre-campaign period. Mrs F. W.
Ward. president of the Burlington
and Chittenden county branch Of the
! Red Cross. is cndeavoring TO get AL
fred L. Sherman TO head a Burlington
committee.
The apportionment to Chittenden In
detail is as follows: City Of Burling-
ton. $500 members for the final goal.
as a minimum; Colchester. 700: Essex.
300: Milton. 200; Charlotte. $50; Rich
mond, Jericho and Shelburne, each $50;
Hines williston and Underhill.
each 100; total 1900.
The allotments by counties in the
state are: Addison. 1900; Remington,
1000: Caledonia. $500; Chittenden. g.
500: Essex, 500: Franklin, 400: Grand
Isle. $50; Lamoille. 1900; Orange. 1.4oO;
Orleans. 1900; Rutland. 1900; WASH
ington. 1900; Windham, 1900: Wind .
sor, $500.
These are merely minimum mem
bership goals in both instances and in
clude present memberships. AS a mat
ter of fact although the total which
Vermont is expected to enroll Is 10000
Hhnp l... Loo Ix,
ceeded their apportionment, with the
actual beginning of the campaign still
II days Off
Roderic M. Olzendam. who has been
a sort of travelling organizer of new
branches in many parts Of the State
for several weeks past. will spend all
or most of his time in the campaign
headquarters here during the cam
lpaign. Acting Chairman Redfeld
Proctor will also be here a large part
Of the time probably. along with other
members OF the executive committee
Secretary Harry s. Howard will be the
busiest member of the committee.
Charles II. Nutter. associate director
Of the New England division, is max
ing a short tour Of some of the chief
communities in the State. among then
Montpelier and Rutland.
Maine will be the second Of the New
England States at least. to have 6
campaign, and New Hampshire will
follow it, IL the present plan is ad
bered to. Leaders Of the Red Cross a
Washington, Boston and elsewhere are
: eagerly watching the work in Vermont
which is the first State in the Union II
have such a campaign.~~ Similar cam
paigns will be held in manS II not mos
States.
The success Of the State campaign
has been already furthered by the con
ference here Tuesday, which was at
tended by representatives from man!
: towns and communities which have NJ
branches of their own. Fred A. How
land secretary of the State commit
tee OF public safety. helped consider
ably by sending out letter to suc'
Towns and giving the movement tn
committees moral support.