The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-26
HILLSIDE HOME
 CREDIT TO CITY
Able Supervision of Supt. Thorne Reflected In All Departments.

l Much favorable comment on the
 administration of Hillside Home by
 Supt. Angus Thorne has been aroused 1 as the result of the visit to that in
 stitution on Tuesday of the Rotary 1 club as the guests of the Board of | Charities. which arranged for the af- l fair an object lesson to a group of
 representative citizens of the work be- ing done by the city for it's less for tunate citizens.
 The visit took the place of the reg
 ular Tuesday luncheon of the Rotary club. Mayor Atwater and Comms- sioner Behrens were prevented from attending by out of town engagements, but the Board of Charities was ably represented by the other three com missioners, Mrs. J. B. Klein, John F. Commissioner Nethercut briefly wei comed the visitors on behalf of the board, saying in part:
 ''We take great pride in this insti- tution- The trying days of 1917 saw it tried out In October of that year, at a convention in Pittsburgh With S6 cities represented, this institution was ranked first with 94 per cent, and our nearest competitor had 67 per cent. Our superintendent had only been here a few months then, and he has made many improvements since that time that you will observe. We have a hundred and forty acres here. In the Margaret Ford cottage we house children up to four years Of age until they are adQpted or commit ted to other institutions. We have mems ward and womens ward and an isolation hospital and detention ward We are delighted to have a represen- tative body of men see this instltu- tion.'
 Introduced as a RotarEn-elect, Supt. JThorne said: we are proud of this institution and delighted to have any
 one visit it. The institution IS un- doubtedly the best of its kind In the
 a
 administration division, on the left the female division, on the right the male division, with the hospital department on the second floor of the admins tration wing, and a detention ward Tor temporary care of insane and alec holics in the rear. We have had to use part of the male division for hos pital purposes now, as we nave S9 male and 37 female patients, whereas the normal hospital capacity is 22 Of each sex.
 During the past two years we have added to this institution bak-
 cry and a refrigerating plant: The bakery does all the baking TOT thlS institution, the Margaret Ford cot tage and the isolation hospital.
 s'The Margaret Ford cottage is flor
 the care of children under four years
 of age not for sick children, but for
 well children, who are orphans or
 otherwise dependent on the city. We aim to keep the children cheerful and
 healthy and place them Tn pr1Vate
 homes for adoption as soon as we can.
 We supervise the children in the
 homes for a year before we receive an application for adoption. That sys-
 tenn is best for the welfare of the
 child and best safeguards the city financially as well.
 ssWe have a herd of Holsteins here, the best producing herd in Connect- cut The average production Of cows in Connecticut is 4,128 pounds of milk yearly We have in our herd cows
 that have produced over 2O,oo0 pounds, and one with over 23 900 and another with 28,0O0. The general idea is that we have Holstefns here be- cause they are blooded cattle. That isn't it. It is because of greater pro- duction with it's resultant economy The Bureau of Animal Industry is this year submitting a study of some 50,- 900 COWS, and returns from pure bred cows show 3S per cent. excess over scrub COWS, not including the increas- ed return from selling calves. We have sold cattle here from $25o to S1825 a head"
 At the conclusion of Supt. Thorne's address, the members of the Rotary club contributed what they would usually expend for luncheon to the Thanksgiving Day fund for entertain nlent of inmates of the home, after which they made a tour of the lnstltu- comments on the cleanliness of every tion They were enthusiastic in their thing they found and the efficiency affairs were conducted.