Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-08
new PREvENTORlUM
AN ASSURED 7A|NG
Proctor Gift of $4,000 Is More
Than Matched-Sum of $685..
900 Now in Sight and 100000
Expected - BurlingtOn's Con.
tribution the Largest

Vermont is assured Of the preventorium
for tuberculosis patients. to be build at
, Pittsford. and for which the recent cam
paign was conducted in the State to raise
$4,000 to match the $4,000 given for this
| purpose by Miss Emily Dutton Proctor
and Redfield Proctor. Reports which have
come into the headquarters office of the
Vermont Tuberculosis Association in this
city, and which were announced at the
meeting of the executive committee Of
that association here yesterday. show that
a total of $55,04e.12 has been secured in
has been secured in cash and pledges
/ throughout the State, and there are some
towns not yet heard from. It is hoped
that full reports may show a $4,000 total.
| OF the S5so4s.12 already accounted for,
| SO, O1s.43 has been turned in to the head
quarters office in cash; $16,56f.0 has been
raised. but not turned in: and 81. AGE 70 is
in pledges.
Five counties in the State oversubec rib
ed their quotas in the recent drive. These
were: Washington county with quota
of $500. which subscribed $1o'ss3; Chu-
tenden' county with quota OF $500, whicn
subs cribcd s1o.7s1: Rutland county with a
quota of 81. 700, which subscribed s.. lA41;
Windsor county with quota of s5,"'
which subscribed s. 3Go; @st Benning ton
county with a quota of 5000, wh'h sub
scrihed SsOzS The other coun les m the
State have not yet raised their quotas, ac-
cording to present reports. but in scnlc OF
the other counties the reports are nos yel
lcompcte. and it is hoped that when AZ
REPORTS are in. it will be found that every
county has reached its quota and col
lected its pledges.
Several of the cities and towns in the
State doubled the quotas assigned 20 them
Proctor. with quota of $500, raised Si'of''
S.; Fair Haven with quota of 1900. RAISED
moro than 81 900; Middletown Springs witt
! quota Of 800. raised 500; Montpelier
with a quota of $3.50. raised AoW.
burlington lei the state in TN
amount raised. the total for the cit!
being ss.4c1.43. Burlington's oriEina
quota was 80 500, as assigned from tn
headquarters office on the basis
ropuIation and grand list. 1t was ler
; with the chairman of each county
however. to raise the quota of any CIT
: or town in his county il nc though
best County Chairman Beecher raise
the quota for Burlington to S'.oo'
= which was passed by good marG'r
as seen by the report. Barre went We
over it's quota of $4,000. raising $4,000.
At the meeting of the executive com
Z mittee of the Vermont Tuberculosis AS
g the library of the State Board G
s Health. Messrs. Scopes and Fcustma'
!, architects from Sara.nac Lake. n.
!. were present and entered into the dis
r cussion which took place in regard
e plans for the new preventorium. 1t
! the desire of the committee to con
. mence construction on this building
=. Pittsford just as soon as possible.
= that it may be completed this fal
The architects named were instructe
to get their plans ready immediatei
,. and President Thomas Magner of II
" Tuberculosis Association was author
II lied to appoint a committee to go ov'
u, the plans with the architects as SOC
" as they arc ready.
In addition to the discussion of ma
terS relating to the new preventoriur
u three new directors Of the Tuberculos
-" Association were appointed ycster Ia
to fill vancancies which have occurr'
y" recently. The three new directors ar
- Mrs. Charles S. Caverly of Rutlan
Is Daniel Burditt of Pttsford and A.
= st. Pierre of this city.