The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-20
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the city and to seek an appropriation
| for the maintenance of the work in
conjunction with the Community house
project. This appearance was the OUT
come of movement started after the
council had decided several weeks ago
to dispense with the services of So
cial worker, an office which had been
occupied by Miss Louise NJ. Gridley of
Montpelier for two years and which
had been combined with the overseer
Of the poor department under that
same person during the past year.
No action on the social work pro-
posal was taken by the city council
last night; but at the close of the
meeting the board of aldermen came
into session and confirmed the appoint
ment of H. w. Scott to be overeer OF
the poor, to take the place made va.
cant by the resignation of George f.
Ball who, by reason of impaired health,
! had felt compelled to give up the work.
| The city government regretted that
/ Mr. Ball felt it necessary to resign as
he was making good start on the
work, but it was felt by the board that
in the appointment of Mr.. Scott the
city has secured competent official
and one who, as chairman of the char
| ity committee of former city coun-
cil was placed in a position to know
the needs of the situation. Therefore,
the appointment of Mr.. Scott was
unanimously confirmed.
The Social Work Conference.
The delegation which made an earn
est plea for a re-establishment of So
cial work department was composed of
A. b. Lane, Lowell Mcleod, Mrs.
George II. Bond and Miss Margaret
MeKenna All four spoke at various
times during the conference, Mr.. Lane,
as chairman, taking up the phases OF
the work in its general application,
Mrs. Bond speaking in behalf Of child
welfare. Mr.. Mcleod endeavoring to
show where the city gained in dollars
and cents through the social work de-
partment and Miss McKenna referring
to a particular case and commencing
Miss Gridley very highly.
wish to appear antagonistic to the city
government, nor did the sponsors for
the movement believe that social
work department should be carried on
independently of the city government
as if in antagonism to the city coun-
ell He believed that the social worker
had been doing good work and that
there were some bad spots in Barre
I which needed To be, cleaned up Mr..
Lane said he believed there was some
misconception regarding the relations
OF the Red Cross nurse and the social
worker, the speaker expressing the
viewpoint that the two positions were
not a duplication except in some mi-
nor detail perhaps. the Red Cross nurse
work being devoted largely to expect
ant mothers and to children, while the
social worker pad attention largely to
! the improvement of social conditions.
Mrs. Bond. in a brief talk, said that
/ child welfare was one Of the chief con-
Germs Of the social worker and that
| the physical and moral Development
Of the children ought TO be looked
after
Mr.. Mcleod presented figures TO
/ show that the city had been saved a
total of S3,94919 last year through the
\ efforts of the social worker. that to-
/ tai having been reached by computing
I the following: Clothes distributed,
/ Sq7g.79; % children provided with inn
proved surroundings or 81 800; a. cases
I where employment was found, $500;
three working papers secured for boys
under legal age, SIPS: dental cases,
/ $40; three cases of glasses fitted, SIS;
! 10 cases of tonsils and adenoids re-
moved. $3.50 total S3.949.79.
When asked where he got the hg-|
mes. Mr. McLsod replied: From the
city report and frouk Miss Gridley
The delegation was then lntormedI
I bv members Of the city council thatl
I the public had been able to get infor-I
. nation from Miss Gridley which thel
city council had been unable TO get.
/ Miss McKenna when called upon.
] told about a family, which had been
helped greatly through the social work.
carried on by Miss Gridley, severa
children having been placed in homes
I or in institutions Miss Mckenns
! thought Miss Gridley had done splen
did work
! At this point. the delegation pre-
Z -en;ed a petition. numerously signed
asking for the pc-establishment Of 4
social work department; and Mr. Lane
supplemented the petition by ssyiHg7
I that while the work might be carried
on rs private subscription with sue
/ cess there would b. more prestige II
/ have the cooperation Of the city gov
I ernment and an appropriation from
the citv treasury. Therefore, thew
asked for consideration of tho matte
Z bv the CITY government.
The city council took the petltion
( and subjected ID "a considerable scru
tinv The delegation was informed
that the decision Of the city counci
( ~ suspeuding the work of the social
( work department and closing the scry
I ices of Nis, Gridley had not been tho
E result of hastv action but was arrived
Al after much serious consideration.
. However. the council promised to vivs
the matter further consideration and
A. make known che decision later.
Bend Issue Authorized
The social work conference had fol-
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