Putnam patriot., 1913-09-26
ANNUAL MEETING
Officials Meet at the Temporary Home
Reports Given and Luncheon Served


 ham County Temporary Home twas l held at the home in Putnam Tuesday. | It has been customary heretofore to invite many outside guests but this year it was thought advisable to con- | fine the meeting to members of the | board of management, committee of 1 visitors and members of the press so that there was not as large a gather ing as in former years.
 The meeting was held earlier than
 usual on account of the retirement of MT. and Mrs. Job Thatcher, the first of October. It was with regret that the officials and the public learned ] that MT. and Mrs. Thatcher who have
 been respectively superintendent and 1 matron since MT. and Mrs. Converse
 resigned, were to retire. They have been efficient officials. They have been connected with various public institu- tions for good many years and feel that they should like to retire to pri- vate life andllive upon the fine farm that Mir. Thatcher owns in Dudley, 1 Mass.
 Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher have filled their positions with an ability that the officials have not been slow to recog- nize. It is tryiug task to care for over sixty youngsters besides conduct ] ing a large institution with farm connected but the retiring officials have done their work well and to the satIs- l faction of all and they have the best wishes of all for their future welfare.
 Dewitt C. Park and wife are to sue ceed the retiring superintendent and wife. They are so well known in this county that it seems superfiuous to say anything about their ability to fill this important post. They lived in l Putnam many years and are well known here. They have been at Brooklyn jail for number of years, MT. Park as deputy jailer and Mrs. Park,as matron, and gave excellent satisfaction. Theysare well qualified for their new duties.
 MT. Park, was born in Amboy, N. Y, in 1856 and at was left an orphan. i After graduating from Fairfield semi- nary, that state, he came to Putnam i in 1873, where his sister, Mrs. Edwin i Perry, resided. Since then he has been Putnamite, except for the sev- eral years he spent at the Brooklyn jail as deputy jailor, while his wife was matron. He has been book keeper, grocer, bottler and stable keep CT. Tn 1885 he was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Osgood and has held the office many years. Those in posi- tion to know say he made one of the best deputies that ever held the posi- tion in Windham county. MT. Park was candidate for the republican | nomination of sheriff at the last con vention and received the solid support 1 of the Putnam delegation. MT. Park is Mason, Shriner, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and one of the Sons of Veterans. Mrs. Parks, who was A gustus and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Houghton, will be matron of the home.
 Among those present Tuesday were County Commissioners k. H. Hall, E. H. Corttis and Frank o. Davis, MT. and Mrs John D. Converse, l.. E. Smith, Mrs. Martha H. C. Mitchell of Norwich, a member of the state board of charities, and the secretary, Charles P. Kellog of Waterbury, MT. and Mrs. Dewitt C. Park and members of the town committees.
 Superintendent Thatcher reported as follows for the year beginning De- tober l, 1912: Number of children in home, October I, 1912, o3; received during the year, 24; returned to home, F; total 99 Placed in families, not 1 relatives, 34; placed with relatives, I; discharged, 5 in county home, 56; to- | tai, 90. Children,in family homes un- der care of the board of management; In Pomfret, 3; Putnam, 15; Thomp son, B: Windham, I; Kiilingly, |; Woodstock, 3; Hampton, ?; Eastford, 1; Sterling, 1; Brooklyn, }; Scotland, i; Canterbury, l. Stonington, 1; Web ster, ,; Norwich. l; Centerbrook, 2: Colchester, l; Union, l. Worcester, l. Hartford,,l; Plainheld, l; Ashford, |; total, 67. Number of children in home from Woodstock, 4; Pomfret, 6; Put nam, 9; Windham, l9; Sterling, ,; Chaplin, s4 Thompson, s; Plainfield, 7; Eastford, 1; total, 5o.