Putnam patriot., 1927-09-02
Improved in Health

Though the weather has uat been such as would bring out deep coats of tan or hlstering sunharn. every one of the children looked improved in physique by the two weeks away from ne city. Sallow cheeks had been replaced by firm eol8r
 An evidence of the generosity of the families with which the children stayed and of the other people in the community was the noticeable in- crease in the size of the load which the children carried in their parcel bags. Many of the visitors had on their arrival no where near enough clothes Co last them for their stay, and an appeal for more garments was made and quickly answered
 Tuesday morning all of the chil- dren were gathered on the lawn in front of the home of Mrs W. ]. Bart i lett. Main street. and there they were ! tagged and checked and made ready l for their five hour ride to the metroP- olis About three quarters of the New Workers appeared Co be girls. as l they were lined and labelled.
 Given Frui,
 In order that there might be lunch To break the hunger af the long l trip. Ernest Richards of the City i Fruit and Produce Company had pre- pared has of Bartlett peafs and peaches far eaeb child Upon their arrival he had presented each bey and l Ieifl with h#g Of bananas.
 With Poiicp fantaiu Jarvis and 1 Officer nnrand heading the parade 1 the children Were marched in pairs l from the Bartlett home to the sta- i tiun There they crowiei the plat form and during tho fifteen minute wait for ihe train everyone had an onporfnuifv ta make his farewells. i Then the engine raared bF while a dazen men prevented casualties hv
 keeping the children way back from l the tracks The whole ninety We're then filed into their car. comfortably
 seated "all ahoaed. and they
 were on their way home.
 l Mrs. Silas NJ Wheeloek was chair i man Of the committee which handled
 arrangements for entertaining the 1 1927 New York children Miss Cert rude Perry was secretary and treasur- CT of the committee.
 That so large a number as ninety children probably the greqtest to go to any town in the state. could be ,aken care of here was due to the intensive work put in by members Of the fresh air" committee here. Rev. Fr. Bellerose. pastor of St. Mary s church. was of great aid to the com- mittee by personally making arrange ments for the placing of thirty-nine, nearlv half of the children coming t0I this section. ,a,
 The comnittee which assisted Mrs. wheelock and Miss Perry was made up of Mrs. Dorothy J Bartlett, Miss Harriet Lewis, Miss Leila Holt, Miss Adrianna Hutchins. Miss Katherine Bvrne. Mrs. A. Vonsatsky. the Rev. IL F English. the Rev Il. E. Hodge tbe Rev. '. O. Bellerose. Andrew Frost. F \. Maryott Ralph Thurston' f Martin Robert son. Alexander Gilman, Alvin IoClair. and Albert Owier. Through the generosity of the
 peopie of this section over s50o was 1 available for the use of the commit ice in boarding children in homes and
 for other necessary rNBenaes. kesi- dents of Putnam contributed s2l .oO Tkempson. Sli5.00. Woodstock. Sa4.
 and Abingdon and Elliott S79. This
 with dividend of s3o.a2 made the total available S530a2
 Of the ninety children who came here from New York thirty nine were riven free board the majority or these being placed in homes through the efforts of Father Bellerose. The remainder were boarded. the usual rate being five dollars week.
 Some of the children were quite
 destitute for clothes and so S24.8g
 was spent for wearing apparel and
 some necessities This with the Sbo8
 paid for board made total expendi-
 ture of S52739 leaving balance
 of s2.68 which is deposited in the bank as nucleus for the work for lanother year
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