Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Annual Meeung of the childrea's coua.
 iy Home.

There are two institutions in Wind ham county in which the people take great pride and deep interest, especi- ally the people in this part of the coaa- ty. They are the Day kimbsa Hosni- tai and the County Temporary Home, for Children. Each is doing grand he. neficent work. Of the Hospital il has done and Is doing . service for stick and injured humanity beyond all that was anticipated when 1t was started in an humble way by some ladies In Pom- fret, but with faith that, being need ed, 10 must bs provided. Its history. II printed, would be beautiful ssory. fts fepors of work for the pest year will se issued come tims before December. The County Temporary Home also deeply grstifies ail classes of our peo- pic, nos only for the servsce 10 is rem defins a)helplcss set of fdependenty young people, but the excellent manner 1t has been managed for the transforming and clcvasing into good citizenship, a body of children who were likely so become untrained for anything sgood.
 IL has been under the direct charge of Mr. John D. Converse, as Superin- tendent, and Mrs. Converse as Matron --and no two persons could be found to have the charge of body of child ren of like character. 10 train them up Into useful and selt.respecting citizens better equipped than they.
 Mir. Job Thatcher and wife are now filling with great acceptance the posi- tions vacated hy MT, and Mrs. ton- verse, who retired In justice to thelr own personal welfare. They had serv- ed until they had reached an age that warned that the task would prove too hard for the service that ought to be rendered.
 The County Commissioners, Messrs. Halt. Corttiss and Barber, have the direct management of the institution, and made the Home an ideal one in all its material provisions. They are gentlemen of a high stamp of charac- ter, and all the affairs of the county that come under their charge, arc so managed as to make them equally ere ditable with the Home, in everything that shows them highly capable offi- cials. and also make them attractive and q credit 10 the county and State, while they have had due regard to economy.
 The annual meeting of the Home was held last Thursday on the premis- es. The day was wet and unpleasant yet the attendance was good although not as large as usual.
 The County Commissioners and town tingcommitlecs--one member from each town in the county--were present for the annual business meeting.
 Besides some forty invited guests, there were present Dr. Edwin Down. President of the State Board of Chsii- ties; Charles r. Kellogg, Secretary of the State Board of Charities.
 After the company had been enter- tained by plain but inviting dinner, County Commissioner Hall called the business meeting to order all the guests being invited to be present.
 The session was principally devoted to hearing reports, that of the Snpefin. tendent of the Home, Mir. Job Thatch- CT and representatives of the various town vfsitinr committees.
 The report of the Superintendent contained much Of the work of the the stitution during the year, which con- tained much of interest.
 The following statistics give con- densed account as to the number of children al the Home, and the homes where they have been placed out in the country under the supervision of the Town committee. Number Of children in the Home 0c-
 tobef l, 1909, W Children admitted during the year, 70 Returned fo Home. 4
 Total 1lr, pl.cad in families. 3s Discharged from Home custody, el Died, Tn Home October l, 1910, l0S Committed to Home, probate court, zs Town court,
 Total 20.
 The children in the Home the first of the present month came from the fol- lowing towns:
 Kiliingiy, F; Windham. ib 1: Put nam, F; Thompson, 10; Pomfret, , Pisinfieid, s; Woodstock, 5; Eastford, 8 Hampton, l; Brooklyn, 1.
 There are also five private children boarders there. IL Is . good place as the childrens have all the comforts of . private home and their moral and secular education carefully looked af- ter.
 Children placed out in family homes under tho care Of the Board of Manage ment, are scattered through the towns of the county, as follows:
 Putnam, iS, Thompson, 10 ]; Wood- stock, 8: windham II Pisinfieid, {; Canterbury, 2, Brookiyn5. Ashford, l; Sterling, l, Scotland 2, Hampton, 2 Pomfret, |; Easex, 2; Csatefbfook, 2. Total 77.
 The above are tho younger cnss re- centiy plscsd out. Hundreds q the older onss have learned tfad0 and eailtnes and come have gone Into buzI. nsus Gos themselves.
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