New Britain herald., 1928-06-28
IN. '. YOUNGSTERS
 MAY SUMMER HERE PlainYile Church Women to Aid
 City Children
 SEEK HOMES FOR THEM Mrs. C. H. Curtis Surprised Nine Loses First Gane-Lronomy Grocery Co. Leases Second Store | Union Church .Ser,ices-I,riefs.
SEEK HOMES FOR THEM
Union Church .Ser,ices-I,rj

! large crowd of boys and girls | from The hot tenepleuts of New | York city will spend two cool weeks 1 in Plainyllle this summer If the l plans of a committee of women 1 from the various local churches can | be carried out and if their appeal
 to the toNnspeople for summer | homes for these youngsters meets 1 with the desired response. The chil-
 dren ar to be placed, in pairs, in 1 suitable homes during the fortnight l Of July 1'-3l, and the committee is 1 now soliciting hosts and Ao.csses l for these residents of the hot city | districts
 The church women are working in | co-operItion with the Tribune Fresh AIT fund which placos 2o.00o chil- | dren each summer, half in camps l and the others in private country 1 homes. The object is deeper than l merely giving the youngsters a t/u- | pie of weeks of real vacation. H is to give them d different view Of | American life. Iany have been
 given such new vleNs during the
 years of he funds existence, ana | numbers ot the children. wh t> they | have grown up. have returned 70 the
 country towns and settled there. ! The children are personally | recommended as needy and deserv- ! ing doctors and social workers col | laporatlns Tn this preliminary survey | work during the winter. They will | Dc examined physically before com- l Ing, and all will be free from con- l monlcable diseaess. They will range / Ill age rom 6 to 16 years of age. , Hosts and hostesses may specify |, lheir preference in regard to age or
 sex put II there is no real choice the committee prefers to leave this
 free' The fund pays the transpor.
 la''oh to and from New York, the , local people providing free meals , ana lodging for the two weeks. , lrecautlons are taken that chil ; dren be placed in homes with moral , atmosphere and with financial ability 10 support them. The two weeks will be a period of vacation, the Metropolitan boys and girls not
 being expected to work their way.
 supervision by the host family is
 also required. but no more than
 would be given the children of the
 family, In many cases. such an at- , tachment springs up between hos
 tess and child that the former is
 loath to part with the youngster. The fund therefore allows the chll-
 dren to remain for longer periods
 and also to be reinvited in future
 years.
 Mrs. Frank P. Usher. president of the Plainville Public Health Nurs- ing association is chairman of the : local committee. The other mem
 bers are Mrs. Ray Morley of the
 Advent Christian church.; Mrs. w.. . C. Kramer of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy: Mrs A. w. Thona-
 sen. of the Baptist church; Mrs. w, A. Bailey. Mrs. Howard Smith, and Mrs. Norris E. Scovllc of the Con
 gregational church; Mrs. William A
 Albright of the Plainville NJ. F..
 church; and Mrs. Frank Powers of
 the Church of Our Saviour. Those
 who wish to take children, whether
 they have been personally solicited
 by the committee or not, are asked
 to notify any of these women before July b
 Party For Mrs. Curtis
 Mrs. Charles H. Curtis. recently
 appointed state lecturer of the
 Grange. was guest of honor at sur
 prise party held in Grange hall Tuesday night, when about 100 local
 patrons and several state officers
 gathered to do her honor. Mrs.
 Curtis was decoyed down street on
 the preteXt Of going to the theater.
 then her husband took her to the
 hall flor q moment" and as they
 stepped in the lights were flashed on
 and the gathering revealed.
 Mrs. H. l.. Newell. secretary. made
 the opening address of the program