Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
FINAL LISTS READY
 FOR cANvASSERs TODAY
Checking Progressed Smoothly Satur.
 day and Work is Nearing End.

Today, (Monday) it is expected that
 the final lists will be ready for the
 canvassers who are to secure the in
 canvass from those in this city who
 have not yet filled out the blanks. It
 is pointed out that if those who have
 not already filled out blanks stop in
 at the nearest information bureau and
 fill out blank much work and a good
 deal of valuable time will be saved not only the loci committees but also
 the state committee who are now awaiting the final returns so that they
 may tabulate the results for the state.
 For the benefit of those who have not yet filled out the blanks the list of in
 formation bureaus is herewith an nounced:
 McLaughlin's Drug Store, Central avenue: Pitcher & Service. Central
 avenue; Bray's Drug Store, Central
 avenue; Elks' club. Main street: Ar
 canum club, Main street; Shetucket
 club. Main street; Dooley 6 Simpson,
 Thayer building; Geo c. Rogers. S5
 Shetucket street; George G. E,ngler,
 Broadway and Main street William
 Bowen, Fifth street; Y. M. c. A., on
 Broadway; Shea's News Stand, on Broadway Fagan's Smoke Shop, Main
 street; Colonial club. West Main
 street; Hebrew club. Broadway; Me-
 Burney's store sherman street: Jo-
 Cigar Store, Main street; Spalding
 Co.'S store, Franklin street; Jerome
 Conant Cigar Store; Sodality rooms.
 The checking went along smoothly
 at the Commercial school under the
 direction of Robert McNeely and B.
 J. Houlihan on Saturday, l.. M. Gran
 tiall being unable to be present because
 of a sudden attack of illness How ever, he expects to be on hand this
 morning to take charge again. MT.
 McNeely and MT. Houlihan stuck right
 at their posts and much was accom-
 plished Saturday by the willing vol
 unteer workers. More volunteer work
 CTS, new ones who have not yet con-
 are looked for today and it is expected
 that the work will be well along to completion by noontjne.
 About two-thirds of the returns nearly 00,o00 blanks, giving informa- tion concerning males in the state over ed at state military census headquar- ters in Hartford. More than fifty towns have completed their work. In order to speed the work of the can night to all towns which had not fin- isfled.
 Hundreds of Connecticut trained nurses are ready to respond promptly is shown by their returns in the Con necticut military census. now in prog ress
 The splendid response of nurses ot the state to the request of the military census committee of assistants the governor for information concerning themselves. their training and their willingness to . respond to emergency calls either in the state or outside | its borders has more than pleased those in charge of the census worl at the state headquarters in Hart ford. Houghton Bulkeley is super vising this part of the work for the committee.
 e, the nurses. enrollments. and these were mailed early last week to tht 1000 or more registered nurses 1T Connecticut. As soon as the letters had time.to reach their destinatior and the nurses had a chance to fill il | the blanks and mail them, returns began to he received at the state headeuarters. Within twenty-foul
 hours a large number of the nurse. This feature of the census work i. of the utmost importance, and Joseph W. -Aisop of the governors committet made an appeal that those nurses whe have not vet forwarded their complet- ed census blanks to headquarters il I the return envelopes which they wers
 sent out with the blanks do so withou | delay.
 Besides asking for specific infor-
 height. training. telephone number experience and other things, tn. I blanks ask two questions concerning willingness to respond to an emer. gency call The first asks if the nurse would respond to such a call in ths state and the second asks as to will | ingness to respond to a call fol service anywhere. Nearly all thu nurses are answering the second question with the word ives" and ar lafirmative answer has been giveI tt the first question by nearly all. | The movement to learn the wal strength of Connecticut has come tt 1 the attention of writers and legisla- I tors in several other states. ant many of them have written or con in person to Connecticut to see how Ithe work was being done. They havs manifested considerable interest ir the project. and it is likely that othel states will soon follow the exampl,
 of this state.