Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-27
TUDERCUL OS|S DRIVE
PUT OFF UNTIL SPRING
Committee Decides That Prob
able Condition of Vermont
Roads in December Would
Make Organization Impossible
Sale of Seals Will Go on

The $4,000 drive against tuber-
culoSis, which was scheduled to
start December 1, was postponed until
next spring, at the meeting held FRI
day at the Hotel Vermont at which
+. A. Rowland, II. w. Slocum. T. w.
Quincy Thomas Magner. II. II. Hickols
and others chiefly Interested in the drive
were present. The drive has been post
poned fer various reasons, but that will
not in any way influence the sale of Red
Cross seals.
The BED Cross Christmas seals viii n
for number of years have raised funds
to finance nationwide work against tu-
berculosis will be on sale throughout the
United States next week. In vermont the
proceeds from the sale viii be used, as
formerly, to support the work of the
Vermont tuberculosis association.
From the pennies, dimes, quarters and
dollars received from the Red Cross
Christmas seals the Vermont Tubercu-
losis association has equipped and con-
Quoted a preventorium at Essex Center
has enlisted thousands of children in the
modern health crusade, placed a visit
irg nurse in the State and helped hum
drods Of sufferers from tuberculosis. The
Association feels that the time has come
tiss, that it is necessary to go out in the
state auJ find every case of tuberculosis
that Is II menace, to the health of others.
every incipieut case that through ignor
arce Is losing the chance of arresting the
disease and everl child that is exposed
to tuberculosis in its home.
To finance this work $4,000 is necessary.
Most every State in the Union has
planned to supplement the sale OF Christ
has seals with a drive for funds to fight
tuberculosis. Vermont was organized to
raise $1,000. Fred a. Rowland of Mont
pclier was appointed State chairman and
has appointed county chairmen. How
ever, as the worl, of organizing for the
drive continued, those most Interested
felt that the first OF December was the
worst possible time for Vermont, because
the condition of the roads would make
it impossible to get around rapidly in
some parts of the State to organize.
1t was felt that this drive was SO i'm
portant, as it will doubtless be the means
of saving many lives from tuberculosis,
that no chances should be taken. More
over, it is planned to spend q large
proportion of the funds in the districts
where they are raised and if some dis
tricts, for reasons beyond their control.
to raise their quota the work in those
districts could not be done.
Therefore. 1t has been decided to post
pone the drive to raise $4,000 to fight
tuberculosis until May or June, the
definite date to be announced soon, and
to place the Red Cross Christmas seals
on sale for the sake of keeping up the
present work Of the association until
that time.
In order that the broader program may
not be delayed by this postponement,
health nurses will be appointed and given
special training for tuberculosis work,
district associations organized in each of
the ten health districts and a doctor
selected to attend the Trudeau School for
Tuberculosis Experts in order that he
may be prepared to serve as expert con-
sultant. This will make it possible to
start the work in every part of the State
as soon as the drive next spring is
finished
1t is hoped that enough money can be
secured from the Red Cross Christmas
seals to finance this preliminary work.
as well as the other activities of the
association, until June l.