New Britain herald., 1930-10-07
Secretary and Treasurer Report On Achievements During Past 12 Months Interest in Surgical Dressings High - Dues COllectible.

reelected at the annual meeting of the Woman's hospital board held this afternoon. Mrs. H. l.. Mills re- signed as vice chairman. Officers who were returned to their posts follow: President, Mrs. William E. Atwood; vice president, Mrs. George T. Kimball; secretary, Mrs. Helen Platt Rowland treasurer, Mrs. Katherine D. Rapelye; honor ary vice president, Mrs. Harriet Merwin.
 The annual s1 dues are collect 1ble today.
 The report of Mrs. Rowland, the secretary, follows:
 The Woman's hospital board has held it's regular meetings this year the first Tuesday of each month from September to May inclusive. They have been we'll attended and fine spirit of cooperation has been apparent all through the years work.
 AS this is the only general re- port of the years work, it will tn- clude the reports of all the various committees.
 T. The nurses committee, with Mrs. George Kimball, has charge of the various entertainments for the nurses during the year and supplies the money for them. As this money is not usually taken out of the board treasury some way of raising it has to be found. This year series of bridge parties was given and sev- eral hundred dollars were raised sum sufficient to carry on this work several years.
 I'll. The visiting committee, with Mrs. James s. North chairman, has adopted new policy this year in regard to the visiting. As every member of the board has visited the hospital repeatedly, it was decided to have only the new members who were not familiar with the hospital taken through. Besides this every day an opportunity was given the workers in the surgical dressing room to visit the hospital. In this way it was hoped different and larger group would have chance to go through the hospital.
 I'll. The nominating committee, Mrs. Weld, chairman. had the un- willing task this year of finding someone to replace Mrs. Graham : from Kensington, who for many years has done faithful and excellent work as our representative there. Mrs Griswold was elected to fill her place but she was forced to re- sign very soon and Mrs. c. F. Brick son Is now our member from Ken- sington and will I am sure uphold the high standard set by Mrs. Graham. Mrs. w. c. Hungerford was also elected to membership in Feb ruary.
 Surgical Dressings Work
 'IV. Mrs. Donald Hart has again acted as a very efficient chairman of the surgical dressings committee This committee more than any other is dependent on the work of the general public for it's success and Mrs Hart has been untiring in her efforts to reach new people and interest them in this work. The hos pital looks to this committee to keep it supplied with the large amount of surgical dressings used every day for it's patients. This necessitates a large group of people who are will ing to give time regularly to this work
 This year there have been 23 groups of women meeting at the hospital each month. One of these groups came each week and made a total of 3O3,295 dressings. Three groups met outside one in Kensing- ton and one in Maple Hill. An ap- peal sent to the various churches brought in additional workers during Lent. Enough dressings this year were made by volunteer workers to carry through the summer months when it proves hard to get the work done. Due to the signs posted con- spicuousiy about the hospital, peo- pie who come to visit are dropping into the rooms more and more to help, if only for a few minutes. We wish more would do this as there is always someone in charge to show how the work is done.
 "V. The supply committee, with Mrs. Rattenbury as chairman, has also had a most successful year. Their report follows:
 "In November. the supply con- mittee sent an appeal for sewing by the women's organizations to all the churches in the city.
 Tt was promised that any groups willing to work on hospital supply needs might have the work sent to their headquarters and called for when finished by telephoning to Miss O'Leary at the hospital MO- 2560. telling her the date they wish ed the supplies and the size of the group.
 "The various organizations re- sponded so generously that the com- nleted pieces of work for the sea- son Oct. 1929 to June 1880 far ex- ceeded the highest total that has ever been recorded in the supply Department. The total for the year was 3033.
 Churches Are Thanked
 "The Committee wishes to thank the members of the following churches and organizations for their splendid work and aid.
 South Congregational Church 3O6 Ev. Lutheran Church of the
 Reformation Women's Mis-
 sionary Society .......... $50 Congregation Tephereth Israel
 Ladies Auxiliary .......... 132 St. Johns Church .......... 1o4 A. NJ. F. Zion Church ........ 132 Memorial Baptist Church 190 Woman's Club of Maple Hill 90 Stanley Memorial Church S9 St Marys Sodality ......... 4S Eirst Cburch of Christ ... 375