The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-25
THE MASONIC HOME.
LARGE BUILDING NEEDED--- MANY APPLICANTS WAITING

LARGE BUILDING NEEDED---
 MANY APPLICANTS WAITING All the Accommodations in the Present
 House Occupied-Grand Masters Day
 August 15-President ROosevelt--
 New Hospital Building.
 That the Masonic Home in Walling- ford is appreciated by the aged and in- digent members of the fraternity is ev- idenced by the fact that the nome is now filled to it's utmost capacity and is in need of more room, as there are a number of applicants for admission who cannot be accommodated only as 1 vacancies occur from death or some l other cause.
 In talk with Record man Sunday evening Superintendent John F. Row. lands said: "The home is filled to its capacity and yet there are many Ma sons and their wives, Masonic widows or children who may desire admission and are compelled to wait simply be- cause we have no room for them The | question of increasing our plant has been discussed time and again, and it will have to be done before long if those who are entitled to the benefits of the home are to be accommodated.
 At the present time we have seven ty-eight people here, thirty-six of l whom are women. There is but one child. We have very few children sent here, as their relatives usually find some other and probably better place for them. I am now using the chill dren's building for some of the old people. I am informed that the com mittee has a number of applications for admission which they are holding up because there is no room"
 The home and it's surroundings were never in better condition than they are this summer. Superintendent Row lands is just the right man in the right place and the people at the home are very happy in his care. Connected with the home there Is fine farm, which produces all the vegetables used at the institution, A large herd of blooded COWS is also kept and the milk and butter for the home is thus pro- cured. Superintendent Rowlands, be- sides being an efficient business man, is a practical farmer and every inch of the soil is made to pay.
 In speaking of the Grand Masters day, which takes place at the home on August 15, Superintendent Rowlands, with whom the arrangements for the services were left, said that he was greatly disappointed to receive from President Roosevelt, who was invited to be one of the speakers, a very pleasant note declining the honor be- cause he will not make plans which will interfere with his vacation at Oys- ter Bay.
 It will be remembered that at the last annual grand lodge session held in January of the present year, steps were taken towards having a hospital at the Masonic home and for com mittee to be selected in relation to the subject this committee to be one member from each of the several lodges in the state.
 This committee was chosen and q meeting was held and from that com mittee subcommittee was selected who held a meeting some time ago.
 Saturday this subcommittee met with the board of managers at the monthly meeting of the latter held here at the home. With this commit tee was also an architect.
 The buildings and grounds were looked over pretty thoroughly by the board and committee, and it was thought best that hospital could be provided for by the building of an ad- dition on the north end at that portion used as dining room some fifty to sixty feet in length by forty feet in width.
 This addition to be three stories in height to correspond with the other part of the building. The first floor tc be used for the enlargement of the dining room, which is very much need ed.
 The second floor of the addition tc be used with what is now used as a ward lnfltmary, as the hospital This would accommodate some twenty-five patients
 The third floor of the addition to be used as rooms for inmates giving ad- ditional room for some twenty-five more inmates.
 A sketch of the addition and blue print was given to each of the sub. committee and board of managers tC look over.
 The subcommittee and board of managers will hold their next joint meeting at the home on Saturday September 15.
 No definite action can be taken in the subject matter by the sub-com- mittee, as the general committee are to report to the next annual grand lodge session.
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