New Britain herald., 1922-06-17
RED GROSS WORK IS
 INCREASING DAILY
Visiting Nurse Makes Report of
 998 Visits
PEOPLE OF TOWN MUST AID
Grange Play Scores a Hit-Accs Will Play Fast Ben Hurs of Hartford Tomorrow Afternoon-Church No- tices--Othcr Items.

Reports were heard at the meeting of the Plainville Branch Of the Amer | ican Red Cross, held in the Visiting Nurses quarters last night. Miss Elizabeth Heineman, nurse in charge. gave a list of her activities for the past year, which was as follows: Children weighed and measured 472 persons referred to physicians, IO0; nursing visits, 427; infant well
 fare visits, 32; home visits to school
 children, 320: tuberculosis visits 20; welfare and advisory calls, 60; and
 business and incidental visits, 80. This
 makes a total of 99s visits made Fees
 collected for the work amounted to
 s122, and fees collected from the
 Metropolitan Insurance company was
 $69.75 That made total of $l91.75
 in fees. The cost of transportation
 amounted to $9.So, and all visits
 totaled $1o.64.
 Tuberculosis Work.
 | Several local tuberculosis cases have
 been under the care of Miss Heine- man. and some patients have been re-
 moved to hospitals for treatment. One
 case was treated in the Crippled
 Home in Newington. The home is
 now reported as being over-crowded
 and there can be no more patients re- ceived in that institution for some | time.
 Miss Heineman has been very at-
 tentive to the children in the Gram
 mar schools. She makes it practice 1 to call at the school weekly in order ! 1T. .;.,Ir <<
 teacher. Her work is greatly appre-
 lated by Principal Orrin L. Judd, who
 eports that since the work of the
 isiting Nurse has been instituted in
 'ainville. there has been a decided
 decrease in absentees at the school,
 ue to sickness Miss Heineman has
 ,een called on many occasions to
 ach children during Sundays.
 The work at the Red Cross station
 progressing and the townspeople nore than ever realize now, what an 1 aid the department has rendered the
 town since coming here two years ago.
 Funds Are Needed
 l The Red Cross branch in this town however, has urgently requested the l | reported that some means must be l taken within a short time to raise funds in order to carry on the splendid
 work. The present income is not | sufficient to carry on the operations l of the nurse for the present year.
 Any private subscriptions would be greatly appreciated and acknowledged
 and the near future will probably see some sort of campaign launched to raise money. Bandages or any other l articles which may be used convenient 1 ly by Miss Henieman would also be gladly received. Donations of that sort aid in saving money for the pur-
 chase of gauge. of which there is l much used. The telephone connec- tion has been listed under the Plain vile heading in case any person de sires a hurry call to the office. Awards For Babies It was also voted at the meeting l last night to award a two dollar and half gold piece to the most normal boy or girl attending the welfare clinic which commences next week, | Thursday. At this conference, Miss l spence. assistant to Dr. I. T. Black, | of the state department of health, will l be in charge and render able assist records of the infants in attendance. Local Doctors To Aid Practically all the local physicians have announced their intention of | aiding in the welfare clinic Dr. c.
 Lamphere of the state board of l health at Hartford will also help and | during the sessions will keep the records of the infants in attendancs, l He will award the prizes at the end of the clinic in the fall.
 A record attendance of mothers is 1 looked forward to next Thursday af- | ternoon at the town hall in order to l meet Miss Spence, who has so readily consented to come to Plainsille. The clinic will open at ? o'clock and close at o'clock. The firemen have voted ! to turn over their rooms in the town 1 hall for the use of the mothers dur l ing the session.
 Granted Divorce
 ] Mrs Lillian Hurburt of this town, | was granted a divorce from her hus- I band, Bennett l.. Hurlburt. in the superior court at Hartford yesterday. | She was represented by Attorney J. T. Maher. The couple were married in West Haven on November s. 1897. There are eight children, four of
 whom are minors. Mrs. Hurlburt claimed her husband was cruel to her. Grange Play
 , Members of the cast in The Little Clodhopper," which was presented at l the Grange hall by the Grange last i interpretation of the various charac- [ ters The hall was filled to the ca. | pacity and the play was one of the
 best ever presented by amateurs in | this town Miss Lydia Butler, playing | the role of Judy the Little Clod- hopper from the poorhouse. carried | off her part to perfection.
 Miss Helen O'Connel supported ] Miss Butler in the role of Miss Bean, boarding house keeper. The oth- CTS in the cast, Richard Bugbee, as the hired man, Frederick Harke, as an innocent lamb from the city, who was always cared for so well by his ! mother. Mrs. Chiggerson Boggs play ed by Miss Edith Cooke, did well in their respective parts and especial mention must go to Miss Cook for her characterization of the fussy mother Miss Barbara Farrar carried off her role well as a movie vamp and Edward 1,ackey did well as . real live book