Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-15
Was 81 pearees MONDAY.
COUNTY HOME CHILDREN
Predominate in Attendance at Sawyer
District SehooI-Authorities Discuss
Matter of Changes.

An important meeting between the
county commissioners, Messrs. Hall,
Corttis and Day, Superintendent of
the Windham County Temporary
Park and Charles L. Torrey and E. H.
johnson, a committee of the town
school board was held in Mr. Torrey's
Office Monday morning. The meeting
was in reference to school conditions
in the Sawyer district where the
County Home is located. The school
board finds that there are only 10 or
IL pupils in the Sawyer district school
that come from the outside the home
while from 20 to IS pupils attend from
the home. By the arrangement en-
tered into sometime ago with the
ment is still in effect, it is found that
for the last three years it has cost
the county but from 81 to So per cap
tia per year for the home children
and that the town has had to stand
the balance of the expense which has
made a cost of $40 to 500 per capita
for the pupils outside of the home.
The contract which is now in force
was made some Is or 20 years ago
when the number of children in the
home was much smaller than at the
present time. The board feels that
it would be cheaper to close the Saw
yer district school and transport the
to some other school than to maintain
the school under the present arrange
ment. 1t is felt that the town should
not carry this burden of expense for
educating children from all parts of
the county who became inmates of the
ten porary home. Il was for the pUr-
pose of putting the matter before the
commissioners that the meeting was
asked and held. While the matter was
discussed at length the commissioners
wished time to consider the situation
so no definite plans were formulated
or action taken and the matter is held
open for further consideration and dis
cussion at a. future day.
Enthusiastic for Suffrage.
Contributed
At most interesting suffrage
meeting held Saturday afternoon at
the home of r. P. DanielSon of Put
nam Heights meeting of suffragists
from all over Windham county, Miss
Rosamond Danielson, chairman of
Windham county, presided.
Interesting reports were given from
various leagues, telling of work done
in the past, and what each one hoped
suffragists in this county are not go
ing to sit down and simply believe in
votes for women, they are going to
work for votes for women.
Inc speaker OF the afternoon was
Mrs. Annie Porritt of Hartford. In
her quaint and forceful way, she urged
everyone to do something" saying
the sin of all is to do nothing"
Miss Washburn, state secretary, told
of the value of the Woman's Journal
in making efficient suffragists, who are
thoroughly VerSed in facts regarding
the work of the women in state where
they are now enfranchised. To close
Miss WhitcOmb and Miss BirtWeII of
Massachusetts,, each gave short talks
on how the work is carried on in a
campaign state, and told US how Con-
nectieut might help her neighbor,
Massachusetts, to win a victory
After the meeting, sandwiches, cake
tea and punch, and suffrage candy
were served. The enthusiasm of the
suffragists for their cause, the inspira-
ton which comes from exchange of
ideas, and the delightful social in
tercourse made the meeting a decided
success from every point of view.