St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-19
PEOPLE UPSTATE
GIVE TO SUPPORT
OF CHlLDREN'S AID
May Conference in st. J
Points Way to Greater
Success In Work

The May meetin" of the Directors
of "Thc Vermont Children's Aid So
cicty, Inc" held recently in The
Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury
pave evidence of the important part
alread" PLAYED by this society in the
work of safeguarding the future cit,
liens and the future fathers and
mothers of Vermont. 1t gave evidence
also of the heart fashion in which
the people of our state are rallyinr
to the support of the children's ald.
For example the Blattleboro Wom-
ans Club recently conducted a cam
yaSs which yielded S605 for the So
cicty And Mrs. G. H. Eggleston OF
Proctor has presented Dodge Mo-
tor Car which will greatly facilitate
the travels Of the General Secretary.
During the meeting there was a
discussion Of nossible candidates for
the position of assistant field worker.
1t is hoped that this worker will be
on, the field carly in July at the latest
As usual, child interest conferred in
the re"ort bv Miss Josenhine Web
ster on her work. Since she began
her work in November, 1919, no
cases of children in need have been
referred to the Society and investi-
gated: three court cases have been
successfully prosecuted on behalf of
neglected children; II children have
been taken into the legal custody of
the society. All these three are in
free homes; 7 are in boarding hous-
; cs: 2 are in hospitals.
During the month of April nine
new cases were taken un. 6 homes
were investigated and 9 CHILDREN
were given needed surgical treatment
in hospitals.
Arrangements have been made for
free examinations of children rcuuir-
ING dental attention by the members
of Chittenden Co. Dental Society.
Necessary work will be done at Il
generous discount.
Miss Webster. emphasized the value
of the physical and mental eXamina-
tions "ivcn all children taken or
placed by the Society, the several
cases a ~hvsical examination has dis
"closed defect or disease unsuspected
but requiring surgical or medical
treatment. Cooperation with the tu-
bcrculosis Association has made DOS
Siblc the placing of several children
in the EsesX Prcventorium. DR.. c.
X. Johnson, child specilst. Of Bur
lington is now medical adviser for
the society.
A most significant event was the
Joint conference between the Socie-
tvs executive committee and the
State Board of Charities and Proba-
ton. This conference took the form
of an informal discussion of the ques-
ton: How can the society best sun
plcmcnt the work of the State Board?
1t was brought out that the State
Department can spend its public
funds only in lines of work specified
bv law and that this leaves a large
fringe of cases for which only vol
untccr agency can care. The dis
cussion developed number of con-
crete suggestions of wavs il which
the c. A. S. can very effectively sup
plcmcnt the state board work. The
, conference was delightful to all con-
cerncd in that it evidenced the fact
that both organizations have as their
primary interest the children of Yer
mont and that each is ready for the
closest cooperation with the other.
This joint conference was partici-
patcd in by Chairman Picrson, Sec.
Jeffrey, Miss Corr. and Messrs. Tux
bury and Magner of the state board;
by DR.. C. f. Dalton, chairman, Miss
Webster, Sec, Mrs. Margaret N.
Haywood and A. r. Clifford of the
executive committee Of the Vt. c. A.
s., and Miss Lora Varncv of the Red
Cross Home Service.