Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-21

The annual meeting of the Vermont
branch Of the Railway Mail association
was held at the New Sherwood Saturday
evening In the absence Of President l.. l..
Lane Of Chester, j. Ross Roberts of this
city presided. Members were present from
Albany, N. Y, and Rutland and from
towns in this part of the state. The follow
ing officers were elected: President, l.. l..
Lane of Chester; vce-presidents, @. l..
Mildam, r. p. futile and j. II. Roberts;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., C.. A. jackson; execu-
tive committee, J. r. Kicker. A. q. Jack
son, d. J. Ramp and F.. y. Akey.
Percy 8. Carpenter who has been on
the staff Of the State Board OF Health
for the past 1C years. has received an
appointment as first lieutenant In the
sanitary corps of the national army.
Mr.. Carpenter volunteered HIS services
last December. Having passed the cx-
aninaticns at Fort Ethan Allen. he has
received orders from Washington to re-
port at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. with
In ten days. Mrs. Carpenter and son.
Leslie, will rcmaiD here for the present
The Vermont Board of Health has granted
Mr.. Carpenter leave ot absence for
ar indefinite period.
Throughout several States In the East
there has beer considerable agitation re-
Gently 20 have the Red Cross financed
by tho government ana controlled by the
war department. It is held that the gen.
eral public sentiment and the usefulness
of the organization az humane one
would be totally destroyed II this was
effected and the Vermont State Chapter
has received notification that this idea
should be discouraged. # the govern
ment acquired control. it is believed, the
public would lose interest and the
spirit of contributing their time and
money to the cause of humanity
A group Of business men from Grand
Isle. South Hero. Burlington and Platts-
burgh met at the Hotel Vermont FRI
day afternoon to form company for
the purpose of operating an automobile
ferry between Grand Isle and Platts-
burgh. An option was closed by tele-
graph whereby large steam river ferry
will be brought up from the coast ready
to begin operations in the spring
Among those present at the meeting
were Juan Robinson, Horace Corbin,
George Tracy. Rome Minckler, Victor
Hurlburt, John Wright, T. B. Landon,
John Warner. c. J. Ferguson, Elisha
Goodsell and Edison Gordon.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Claire r. Richards Of Orange, N. j., to
First Lieut.. NJ. Valentine Miller medi-
cal corps. 10Sth machine gun battalion,
N. g. Pa) army. stationed at Camp
Hancock. Augusta, Ga. Miss Richards
is the only daughter Of Lieut.. George
II. Richards, formerly of the medical
reserve corps. United States army. Lieu
tenant Miller is a graduate of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania and a son Of the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs Miller Of Columbia,
Pa. The marriage will take place at
an early date and before Lieutenant
Miller's departure for the front. Miss
Richards has spent several summers at
Malletts Bay and has many friends in
Burlington,
DR.. F. ]. Ennis Friday resumed his
duties as health officer for the city
after an absence of few weeks. Dr..
Ennis received his commission as first
lieutenant in the medical corps and was
examined at Fort Ethan Allen. These
examinations he passed successfully and
he also passed the physical examination
before the board of registration. He was
then ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga,
where he was accepted, although his
heart was not quite up to the standard.
His papers were sent on to Washington.
The authorities there rejected him SO he
returns to Burlington to resume his
duties in the employ Of the city. During
his absence, DR.. Barnet Frank has
acted as health officer.