New Britain herald., 1925-02-07
CLUB NOTES
Visiting Nurse Association Has New President in
 Mrs, Smith


 For the past. twenty years the Visiting Nurse association has been aiding and caring for needy cases in New Britain, sponsored by 8 group of prominent local women who are interested in carrying on this work. The organization this year Is headed by Mrs. Ernest \. Smith as president; Mrs. Hartwel Taylor, first president; Mrs. Andrew J. Sloper, second vice pres ident; Mrs. James B. Thompson, secretary, and Mrs. George T. Kim ball, treasurer.
 Providing skilled nursing care for the sick who cannot or ought not be sent to hospitals and who are unable to employ skilled care for themselves, the association has been a favored charity of New Britains' social world since its founding in 1905.
 In addition to providing nurse in case of real need the association gives instruction and friendly ad- vice in hygienic living, so that the results of ignorance and neglect may be lowered in the community. It provides a nurse in response to every new call but no service can be given until the physician has been consulted. as no nurse as- sumes the right to diagnose or pre- scribe. The regular nursing service is given in order of the greatest need. from a. m. to 5 p. m. dur ing the week and on Sundays and holidays when the need is absolute ly necessary. Each call costs the as- sociation 75 cents and the nurse is required to collect as large part of this sum as possible but when free service Is required 1t is gladly given.
 Another interesting work the as sociation does comes under Infant Welfare and Child Welfare. Here the organization does great work in helping young mothers with care and feeding of their children.
 Last year 10,441 visits were made This year the month of January records s2f calls.
 Tn addition to the officers pre- viously announced the association has a board of directors composed of pr. George Dunn, Dr. Henry T. Bray, Mrs. Rufus Hemenway' Mrs Fl. M. Bates, Mrs. Walter Hart, Mrs Louis Young. Mrs. Frederick S. Chamberlain, Mrs. William s. Ba- con, Mrs. Stanley T. Goss, Mrs George Christ, Mrs. Donald Bart lett, Mrs. Harold T, sloper, Mrs Gardner Weld, Mrs. Herbert L. Mills and Mrs. Robert M. Parsons
 Nurses committee: Chairman, Mrs Rufus Hemenway: Mrs. Walter Hart, Mrs. A. J. Sloper and Mrs Stanley Goss. Finance committee: Chairman. Mrs. George T. Kimball; Mrs. r. S. Chamberlain and Mrs Robert NJ. Parsons. Publicity con- mittee: Chairman. Mrs. H. T. slo- per;. Supply committee: Chairman Mrs. Walter H. Hart: Mrs Donald Bartlett. House committee:' Chair man, Mrs. Hartwell Taylor: Mrs Louis Young, Mrs. Harry Bates, Mrs Donald Bartlett and Mrs. George Christ.
 Personages we'll known In social circles were numbered among the half hundred who attended the Guest Day" meeting of the Ca nonicus branch of the International Sunshine society at the Trinity Methodist church on Monday after noon. At this time ten new mem- bers were received into the organi- zstion and the report of the months activity in the society was given as follows: Flowers sent to ten peo- plk in the past two weeks; 30 calls were made on sick and shut-ins during the month of January: S2 oranges were sent to the New Brit ain General hospital,
 Afternoon tea and 3 social hour followed the business report.
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