Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14

pnere or Waterford and Fred J- Brown 't Lebanon. were present.
 Rev C.. H. Ricketts. pastor of the M Sreeneviite Congregational church
 Matron's Report.
 the matron. showed these statistics for the home on Oct 1. 1914: Tn home 16. boarded in Roman Catholic asyiums ! 22. boarded In families 1. boarded h | sanatorium l. new cases received 3s.
 Placed out 4. replaced Ia, pIaesd ] with friends IS. boarded in Roman | Catholic asylums 21, of age 2, dis | charged to mothers 1. sent to boys | school 2. sent to girls school q, cent to | Home of Good Shepherd I. sent to Lakeville I in sanatorfun I; in home Oct l. 1915. SO.
 Work of tie Year.
 What had been the work ana expeff- ence of the year was shown in the re- port made by Mrs. Frank A. Mitchell secretary of the town vEsitors- h was as follows: Gentlemen of the Board of Manage
 ment. Ladies and Gentlemen
 The daily routine of a county home seems many times a most unonotonoua existence The ever-reearrfnG amau duties are so Identical that 1t Is hard to mark some years from others. and quite impossible to keep track Of the days were it not for the large figures on the calendar
 This is hardly the worst thing that can happen. however, as the general monotony indicates a normal family life, where plenty of nourishlng food, good clothing and all the comforts of home are as free as sunshine and air.
 H is only when disaster comes that we realize what safety lies in the even unmarked tenor of the usual daily life
 At this time last year a cloud of ugly portent hung over this horne. but thanks to the fine care the 25 scarlet fever patients received in the Bacxus hospital all made excellent reeoveries. and of the number attacked by this dreaded disease only one carries a per-. manent disability. Great credit is due the Backus hospital not only for the excellent care given the children. but for the fact that it received this large number of contagious cases at great inconvenience. taxing to the limit not only the accommodations of the isolat- ed ward but the strength and endur- ance of the nurses. some of whom con- tracted the disease While most of the cases proved of mild type, many of the children made slow recovery. so that the whole plac- lng-out system of the home was mate rfally interrupted, and the work of the school made most difficult for teachers ! expense attending this epidemic are scarcely to be considered in the light of the present good health Of these same children. and indeed of the whole family. -
 The receiving home has cared for. A children each for a period of three weeks before placing them fin the main | building.
 The garden has been almost entire ly cared for by Miss Gibson and the children and has bouutifuIly repaid all | the labor bestowed on it.
 | To the great satisfaction of the board of management, Miss Gihson and | her fine corps of assistants have left little to be desired in the conduct of the home. and 1t is also gratincation to the board that Miss Leach and Miss Holden still instruct the children ac- cording to modern methods in the | school room
 Miss Beebe. after serious constdera- tion, felt obliged to resign, and Mrs Yeomans has been secured to take her place.
 | The five weeks of summer school as- l sisted materially in making up de- | hciencies besides giving the children a more varied curriculum and keeping | the play they have must be of their own initiative. Perhaps a playground association might find sphere of use fulness in this place. certainly an tn- structor and proper apparatus would be highly appreciated.
 Pleasures a plenty have come to the children. The Bulletin Thanksgfvine turkey was supplemented with more turkey and everything else needed to furnish a bountiful dinner. and Christ
 mas was not lacking in any particu- lar either in the cheer that belongs to the season nor in the abundance of the good things provided
 Miss Edith l.. Avery and her Sunday | school class of girls of Groton seni choice gifts for the tree. and the same friend who has been so constant in ne- membering the children made it possi-
 ble that each child should have a dol
 or a toy and a box of candy and sent
 yearly subscriptions to St. Nicholas and the Youfi's Companion
 The older children went on the in- vitation of the doose this spring tc their carnival. and to a circus as guest,
 of it's manager.
 At the Fourth of July and again at the ciose of summer school tho children had ice cream and cake, bu'
 the erowning event of the year was
 the car ride to Ocean beach, which
 was given by a kind friend from Hart.
 ford. who is a summer resident al the beach, and by his equally kind I relative a resident of Norwich. Al the children in the house. 75 In mum Der. with the matrons. made the de
 lightful trip in one Of the electric carr
 of the shore Line Electric Go. who's, ] employees made comfort and safety
 certain and did much for the pleas lure of the party at the beach. Ths hosts seemed determined to make tn,
 occamion the most joyous of any evei en58yed by the children. and succeed.
 cd. A hand played for their benefit
 banners and packages of popcorn wer, . distributed and later ice cream ana
 cake were bountifuily served on th' , lawn.
 It all sounds easy, but it spealu much for the good behavior of th' children as well as for the generosit, of the entertainers that the entirl
 family reached home from this triI
 of 35 miles without the slightest sc
 cident and as happy as only childrel
 can be.
 For years the youngest chffdrel , have had their school session in on . of the playrooms. This awkward ar r engagement became unbearable as tn 1 number steadily increased and actini 5 on the opinion of Mir Willard Of tn . state board of education that tht ] Home should have another school f room. the lower part of the house oi the north of this property was rented ' two rooms thrown together and adapt
 ed to the use of the little folk
 Last year something was said abou
 the necessity of having new bufldingr The Nau(ral financial affraafion nn