The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-08-19

seven built window boxes, eight re
paired or secured a new flag, nine
piled up wood in shed, five graded the
yards. seven built new walks or steps
One set Of steps was built from waste
marble, two walks were built from
cobblcstone and cinders, 20 schools
started school gardens, while in ii
the children started home gardens,
nine schools built play ground appar-
atus, li2 trees were set out on Is
school yards, one school was painted,
FIVE school improvement associations
were formed Money was raised by
entertainments, soap orders, candy
sales, suppers, children's earnings and
children's contributions. Other ac-
complishments were charts, maps and
lags secured, shelves built, clocks and
thermometers purchased, manufactur-
ers' exhibits obtained, row Of seats
changed to give better lighting,
stoves and stove-pipes blackened,
hooks put up for hats and towels,
trees trimmed, bitches dug for drain
age, two stone walls built and in one
school the name of the village was
set up in white-washed stones,
Next year the School Contest will
be changed in character, in order that
it may meet more of the needs. The
Association will give as prizes 20 per
cent Of the cost of any equipment Sc
cured without aid from the town, to
limit of giving any one teacher $500
and rs per cent of the cost Of making
the outbuildings meet the require
ments of the State Board of Health to
a limit of giving any one school SIS.
Village Improvement
There are 20 villages, some have
had village associations for a long
time, others have organized such with
the aid of the County Association and
others yet need such. To organize
more and to cooperate with those now
existing in efforts to arouse interest
which will clean up and paint up many
sections that now give the whole
county rundown and dilapidated APP
pearance, is the object of our efforts
along this line.
Social Service
No department of the work is more
needed throughout the County than
the district nursing service. The Man
chester District Nursing service with
Miss Edna l.. Bachelor as nurse has
been most successful. The local inn
provement associations in the three
villages there are now supporting this,
entirely Independently of the County
Association, thus leaving us free to
undertake similar work elsewhere.
Publicity
The aim of this work is to get
worth while things thought about,
talked about and brought about. Ar
has been made with the
County papers by which double col
umn is to be given to the County
Association each week. Watch this
section in your paper carefully. In it
will appear timely articles.
Finances
efficiency" is the slogan of the
finances of the Association. 1t costs
money to produce good things, but
money should not be spent unless the
good things are produced. To carry
IN the work with strict economy and
yet bring about great accomplish
nents is the aim.
The Association is maintained by
and subscriptions. Mem
,erships are, regular, 81 to 5; contrib
lting, $40; sustaining, 500. Every
nan, woman and child in the County
$ invited to join and aid in the work.
TO join, it is necessary simply to send
Iues to the Secretary, Willard W.
Bartlett, Bennington, Vermont.