Smyrna times., 1933-09-13

home is here in Smyrna, has re-
! ceived more than his share of
these requests. Roughly, 1 should
say, there have been at least ten
applicants for each available po-
sition. 1 feel that it is very un-
fortunate that this is so. When /
am unable to employ approximate
ly ninety percent of the applicants
l feel that I am creating a large
group Of people who will always
be antagonistic to the Home. l
fear it is inevitable that a large
proportion of these unaccepted
applicants will consider the ques-
ton emotionally rather than in
tellectualiy and feel that they re-
ceived unfair treatment. In many
cases the individual attitude will
probably be, Although 1 had good
recommendations 1 did not secure
position" The fact of the mat
ter is that practically all the ap-
plicants presented very excellent
recommendations Most of the
people who applied for positions
seemed very desirable and 1 only
wish that I could have employed
them all
"The primary purpose of the
Welfare Home is to care for its
guests. The staff is being organ
lied with that purpose always in
view There will be on the staff
a Directress of Nurses and At
tendants,a day supervisor, a night
supervisor, graduate nurses and
attendants. The Welfare Home is
in no sense a custodial institution
and our attendants will in no way
resemble guards. Neither is the
Home primarily hospital. But
we will have a number of sick
guests and others who are old and
feeble. These people will un-
doubtedly need nursing care which
will be given them by the nurses
and attendants. I will do the
medical work of the Home, but
there will be a number of consult
ing physicians appointed from
among the various specialists
throughout the State. Our treas
urer and secretary have already
been appointed, as have the house
keeper and the supervisor of
buildings and grounds. In any in
stitution some of the employees
who never come in direct contact
with the guests are very import
ant for their well-being. In this
group are the workers in the
kitchen and power-plant. A direc-
tor of social service is necessary,
as, without investigation, there
would be no way of knowing
which Of the applicants for admis-
sion were really eligible
Buildings Cheerful and Home-EIze
You have all seen our buildings
at least from a distance. I hope
that very soon you will feel free
to come and inspect them in de-
tail. The buildings are beautiful
and they are also very well plan
ned for the comfort and conven-
fence of our guests. I feel that
the architects have been very sue
cessful in making the buildings
cheerful and homelike. An effort
will be made at all times to make
the Home live up to its name and
be as much like a home and as
little like an institution as possible.
Eventually we hope to be able to
build an amusement hall where
moving pictures and other forms
of entertainment may be given.
This hall will also be used as a
chapel for the holding of religious
services. Naturally the Home is
entirely non-denominational and
our guests viii be of various
creeds. No applicant will be dis
criminated against because of
race, color or nationality. In
housing our guests we will separ-
ate them according to color, sex
and physical condition, but no
class of guests will have quarters
which are in any way superior to
those of any other class.
Wants Smyrna to Be NeighbOr1y