The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-12


for the past four years has outgrown
/ its quarters in that building. Satur-
! day, seven years after the bureau had
! started work in this city, was given
over to moving the records of the in
stitutiOn into its new home on North
! Eighth street, next to the high school.
| Much larger working quarters, bet
| ter facilities for accommodating the
patrons of the bureau, and a more con-
venient location, are among the ad-
vantages cited by officials of the So
cial Service bureau for the change.
/ Rev. George c.. Burbanck, head of the
department of social education en-
phasized the need of the institution
| for quarters that would allow it to
function properly.
| The court house is run on a bust
ness schedule" he said. land the needs
! of society, which the bureau must
! serve, are not run on a business SEIZED
ule. People do not get sick on SEIZED
ule, but when they do fall i'll, they
want relief at once. We wanted the
| bureau accessible at any time
Good Location.
That it is easily reached is evidenced
! by the fact that it is less than two
/ blocks from the heart of the city. Lo-
Gated between the high school, on the
north, and St Paul's Episcopal church
on the south, the building, which was
| formerly occupied by DR.. j. C. Blossom
| is ideally arranged for the work which
| will be carried on within its walls.
! Each department of the Social Serv-
! ice bureau will have separate quar-
: . SoI, h.
ried on in complete harmony, without
confusion of detail. Entering the build
| ing from the front, the observer sees
on his right, a large well lighted room
which will be used for committee meet
/ ings, and for the office of the executive
| secretary of the bureau, Miss s. Ethel
/ Clark
! On the left of the hallway, two rooms
! have been reserved. the first as a re-
ception room for visitors, and back of
. it. a consultation room, in which eli
ents may be taken for private inter
views.
Adequate Lighting
At the end of the hall, about half
way TO the rear of the house is a
long narrow room, extending clear
across the building. Large windows
: DIT bdCu emu Ol tue IOOul sure dut-
quate lighting. Present plans are to
run a partition across the middle OF
/ the room. and turn it over to the Red
/ Cross work carried on by the bureau
Rooms upstairs are arranged on the
same general plan as downstairs. In
the southwest corner of the second
I floor is located the room in which the
health department will conduct clinics
it finds necessary.
Across the hall, two rooms will be
turned over to office work and the
storing of supplies for the two nurses
employed by the health division. This
division cares for such problems as re-
late to the public health, including ad
vice to mothers of small children, milk
distribution, visits from nurses and
the like.
Two nurses, Miss Virginia A Jones
and Miss Katherine Daub, have been
employed by this division. The de
mand for their services has grown sc
great. however that another, Miss
Shute, will take up the work within
few weeks.
Have Storeroom
One room upstairs has been reserv
ed for a storeroom in which clothing
will be held subject 10 call from people
in need.
A new departure in the work of the
bureau is that which will be carried
on in a small room downstairs. for
merly the kitchen. This room is be
ing repainted in white. It will bt
equipped with a simple outfit of cook
ing utensils, and lessons in domestic
science of the simpler sort will be
given at intervals in this room.
When the Social Service bureau was
reorganized in 1917, ii started work
with four affiliated organizations
Last year it had II. This year it has
20, and board of directors numbering
SO, made up of representatives OF
these organizations. Howard A. Dill
is president of the bureau, and mem
bers of the house committee which ar
ranged for the new quarters are: A
j. Harwood chairman; Thomas Tark
. elson and Mrs. Joseph II. Mills
. Aids Suffering
Many activities are carried on under
the direction of the bureau. In each
and every one, the primary object o.
the organization, that of saving the
taxpayers money, by making relic
go as far as possible, and obviating the
need for relief as much as possible, Is
never forgotten
The work of the Richmond Socia
Service bureau, according to state
> ments of its officials, is always con
structive. 1t is not a relief organiza
ton IN the strictest sense of the word
as 1t aims to strike at the root of the
) trouble in most cases.
In every community, there are un
= fortunates, who find it necessary Il
fall back on outside aid at certain
periods. The bureau takes these
cases, gets them on their feet, ant
: sets them to making their own way
once more. Many an individual has
/ been saved from becoming a public
| charge through such action. Hun.