New Britain herald., 1929-03-30
VISITING NURSES IN NEW LOCATION
"0n Display" for Week in Main
 Street Store Window

The Visiting Nurses have moved their headquarters from 5o Center street to the south window in John A. Andrews Store l32 Main street. during the week of the Community Drive
 The office furniture and the nee ! essary nursing equipment has been installed. Telephone connection has been esta blished through the cour- tesy of the Southern New England Telephone company. and every facll- ity is at hand for the nurses to func- ton in the same way as at 5o Cen ter street.
 1 Thirteen field nurses in the blue uniforms which identify them wher- ever they go, filled tho window this morning to capacity. Each nurse could be seen completing records, re- ceiving new calls and planning her days work.
 , The telephones Wer" kept busy as ,ach nurse was seen to call one or two doct ors 10 make reports or lo secure orders for the relief Of the patients under their care. Eiglltetr I, 10 20 incoming calls is not unusual durine the early morning and this i morning proved no exception. f A census is kept Of the number Of i Lew patients admitted daily and that appears on census board in q con spicuous place in the window, Yes i ttrddy's total new patients was slX.
 On the walls Of the office are at 1 tractlye posters from the Americat 1 Medical associa ton stressing the i'm portance of early uNa mination, anl continual supervision ot the eNprc- ttant mother by her doctor. Posters showing the diet Of the eNpectan' mot her also help 10 emphasize this phase Of the Visiting Nurses proven tive program.
 Besides the nursing personnel ii the window. the important function Of the office management can bs seen in operation in the persons O Mary Lockwood and Mildred Nelson These keep the organization wheel: running smoothly and make it pos Sible for the association to report il black and white exactly what 1t | doing in each type of work.
 For one whole week the nursin: office will be open to visitors in thi
 convenient location, and il is expect
 cd that many of New Britain peopl'
 will avail themselves Of the oppor tunity 10 secure first hand knoNl
 edge Of the work which the nursc arc doing.
 Welfare Association Display , A small, vine clad cottage witt an atmosphere of happiness per sitting on q front porch enjoyina the flower DedeCkod lawn. sur rounded by little white fence, WI. form the central figure of t window
 10 be trimmed Tn Helen Philips
 bookstore Monday in connection with the Community Chest drivr
 which actually is under way noN but which begins officially Monda
 noon.
 There is d story to the abov
 scene, which has been brought ou '>trikiusly by Cora NJ. Beale an
 her assistants al the New BritaJ'
 Welfare association. The life 0
 the aged couple on the front porch who have approached the s'lnset 9 life in peace and happiness, Ina
 been threatened with dang rs. tc
 cording 10 the scene. Beyond th
 white washed fence is d pack Q
 hungry wolves. their rcd tongue
 Iolling between sharp pointed tre, as they gazr towards their 1msu> recting prey. But coming throug 1 q gate is welfare worker who's
 mission is to help teach the coupI how to continue keeping the Wolya ! beyond the fence.
 "The whole scene vas planned, | Miss Beaie said today, ito drjV , home the fact that II is moi our 10
 10 support people. except in ener } gencies. nearly as much as to teac them 10 take care of themselves , We make them independent. uc , dependent" The window will | ready Monday
 Postmaster C. L. Erwin. can
 pajgn director, stated today ths