Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-16

A unified public -headth plan to reach all the school children of the town was presented before the Rotary clubs weekly monday luncheon Wednesday at the Wauregan house by Rev. Joseph H. Selden and was given vote of en- dorsement by the club. The plan was the same which Rev. Mir. Selden brought up before the meeting of the town school committee at it's Tuesday night meet ing.
 The speaker explained that the new health programme to look after the school children of the whole town was the out come of number of conferences between all the organizations engaged in well fare work. Its moving purpose is to to do constructive health work at the point where it will be most effective, which is among all the children of school age. Rev. MT. Seiden referred to the work that had been done in the past year from February to June through ; funds furnished by the Red Cross with which two public health nurses were hired, one to work in the public schools l and the other in the parochal schools. l besides which there is the school nurse under the town school committee and , the nurse for tuberculosis work paid for through funds raised by the tuberculosis ] committee of the Red Cross But the
 
 nine months and the new health plan would make it continuous through the year and thus provide the greatest meas l ure of benefit to the present and future thealth of the children of the communi- ty.
 In short the plan that Rev. Mir. Selden proposed is a transfer of the health work in the schools from the direction of the town school committee to the direction of the town health officer, Dr. gorge Thompson. It would be carried out
 through a committee of five, which would
 include in it's membership Psr. E. J Brophy, the city health officer, and ono
 representative of the school board, of
 the Red Cross, the Unied Workers. and
 the Chamber of Commerce. The extra expense would be but $500 to be add
 ed to the budget and this would enabl' | the committee to take over the two
 special nurses and the Red Cross would
 then be able to put in an extension O
 the work along the lines of aural ant
 dental hygiene.
 The matter said, Rev. MT. Selden, i
 to be brought up before the annual tow
 meeting and he felt sure 'that the citi
 zens would see the great value of thi community health programme and giv 7 it their support in the town meeting.
 | l tarians followed his brief talk. 3 In the absence of President Josep s C. Worth who was attending a Rotar s convention at Swampscott, Mass, Jame : G. Mayo, president of the IrOnside
 l Board corporation, the presiding office q at the club luncheon which was attend t ed by about thirty. including sever; n guess. Eben Leanped as song leade s ar1 Fnnrv Ia F63faine at the plan q kept the musical side of the program r IoviTig ai.d ''kIt" /Carson of the Anne h ican City Bureau entertained the me is with some admirably told stories t Mir. Mayo read a short and instructi7
 paper upon the manufacture of paper y, the United States in which he stat, l. that the annual consumption of wood r. paper making was five and half mi H. lion cords an the total consumption l. paper was 6.250,0OO tons annual ,; There was but five days supply of new V print paper today in the country al
 lass than a nine day supply of pap
 of all grades. If the mills should sh
 down for five days there would be
 newspapers on the sixth day.
 Charles F. Wells exhibited a pap at apron brought from Germany by All Pasnik and sold there at retail for "A cents.
 e, Clinton E. Lane announced the cornil sd ball game to be played either in t ol last week of this month or the fir .d week of October for the benefit of t lc Backus hospital ambulance fund al ss said the committee felt that they oug Ill to realize from s1,500~ to S2,5o0 ire G. the proceeds of the game. 't Guests at the luncheon were Robe a T Crosby and Kit Carson of t ct American City Bureau. George H. Ho se ard of Washington, D. C., William ch C+avans Irdeo Henry IT pat+is q IS Rev. MT. Selden.
 tl' At the next meeting of the club, tn Ill luncheon will he held jointly with 0h Chamber of Commerce and Americ Is' City bureau representatives in the Is organization campaign of the Chauf 1T of Commerce.