Putnam patriot., 1923-07-20

Almost $500 in paid units and a number of pledged units of fifty dol lars apiece have been received during the week past for the Nurses Home Fund of the Day Kimball hospital. among the contributions received are the following:
 St Moniea's Guild of Holy Trinity church. pomfret. sl00 or two units. a unit more than the Guild pledged al the beginning of the campaign.
 In memory of Mrs. Caroline Perrin Trowbridge. long a friend of the Day kimball hospital. one half a unit or twenty-five dollars. the gift of Mrs. L. L. Mason of South Paris, Maine.
 As & result of the amusing opening of King Tut's Tomb" a, North Woodstock recently, Mrs. Wendell Witter has deposited s200 or four units with the Fund.
 Mrs. Clarence W. Bowen of Bald Hill, Woodstock, has made the Fund q gift of four units or s200.
 The Thompson Congregational church. as the result of two Sunday collections. sent a unit amounting to s50.75.
 A pledged unit of fifty dollars was also received from Attorney and Mrs. Charles E.. Searls.
 Two units or S100 were received just as the last weeks quota closed from Miss Nellie B. Chandler of Woodstock.
 How The Fund Began
 In response to number of letters and calls as to the names of the indi- viduals who have worked for and giv- en for the Fund il has been decided to tell in this issue of The Patriot. just how the Fund stands to date. how it began and who have been the donors IL must be clearly under stood that in giving the names of in- dividuals who sent in many of the fifty dollar units, that these units do not represent the labor of the donor alone but many others who assisted in the entertainment or other acti- witty which produced the final amount.
 The Nurses Home Fund began nearly a year ago when, at the re quest of those who realized the great necessity for proper accommodations for the workers st the Day Kimball hospital, Miss Eleanor J. Clark of Pomfret gave to the hospital the nu- eleus of the present amount, check for S2.500, representing one half of legacy left to Miss Clark for chari- table distribution.
 The First Section of Fund
 With her donation of s2,500 Miss Clark added her personal check for s1,000. To this amount was added another check for $l ,000, the gift of Mrs. Mary c. Hoppin of Pomfret, to- gether with a gift of sl00 from Dr. Joseph Clark Hoppin. From an anon ymous friend in Hartford came a gift of $200, and this same anonymous friend has since increased her gift to s250.
 Mrs. Willem C. van der Laan of CTS for the Fund. gave S206.50 as the result of supper given during the winter at Mashamoquet inn, Pom fret. A benefit card party at the Ben Grosvenor Inn, organized by Mrs. L, L. Lorillard and Mrs. R. B. Richard. son, both of whom have given un- stintedly of their efforts for the S20,- 900, resulted in ss6.00 more. Mrs Marcus NJ. kimball gave $250 and Mrs. Clark. 8 sister of the late Day Kimball. gave s50.00, and with other individual gifts, including s200 from the Woman's Board of the Hospital a total of s5,9s2.47 was on deposit before the present actual campaign began.
 Hc~ unit. Have Been Raised
 While there is nearly s3,o00 still te be paid in pledged units, the follow. ing paid units have been received:
 s174.00 as the result of the dance given by Wittstein's Orchestra at Union hall. for which Mir. Wittsteir and his men donated their services.
 S20o from the Misses Constance and Sylvia Holt of Woodstock as the result of dance recital for which Miss Ester Gustafson gave her ser vices.