The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-16

The annual meeting of the Cor ner House Association, Incorporate ed, which does girls protective work in Waterbury, was held at Corner House, 50 Kingsbury street, at 10 O.. clock today.
 The following officers were re. elected for another year: President, Mrs. Joel I. Butler; first vice-presi- dent, Mrs. c. P. Goss, III; second vice-president, Mrs. Edward Hin- man; treasurer, Hrs. Charles Larkin: secretary, Mrs. Rodney Chase.
 The following are directors: Mrs. Laurence Bean, Edward Carmody, Rev. T. Leroy Crosby, Mrs. John A. Coe, Jr., Mrs. Charles Durfee, Miss Dora Egan, Miss Helen Haugh, Miss Margery Hayden, Dr. Albert Herr mann, Mrs. Joseph Hatzel, Mrs. Richard Jeter.
 The annual report of the treas. lirer showed a balance of $l5.6l at the end of the years operation. The association expended s3,367.09 for It's work this year in contracting the 6e0 cases-l95 of which presented great CT problems than unemployinnet. Valuable cooperation has been re. ceived from the following agencies in Waterbury: Board of education, Chase dispensary, Diocesan Bureau, department of public welfare, jlve- nile court, probation officer, Lin. coln House association, Pearl street community center, Salvation Army, Travellers Aid, Visiting Nurse as- sociation. This Is Q surprisingly large intake when compared with that of neighboring cities at New Haven where the Girls Service, Inc, doing similar work shows a some, what smaller. case load.
 It might be of interest to the public to hear a typical case: Jean, only il when the school principal asked help, was stealing. The neighborhood store Keepers threatened to call in the police so persistent were her thefts and things like expensive boxes of candy and writing paper were going. She was small, obviously under -nourished. with It's accompanying characteris. tics of poor and missing teeth. rough unkempt hair and most of all, dull, lack lustre eyes. She was in sec- ond grade and there only because the desks of grade could not be adjusted for her.
 Her home was as forlorn as she Her stepfather obviously detested her, and expected her to do a lions share of the housework of a fanilv or six. Medical examination re- vealed that there was need of den- tistry, that diseased t0nsils should pc removed, special diet for mal- nutrition and rest in bed for a heart condition. plus eventual operation TOT the removal of cataracts from both eyes caused by an injury at birth. Investigation of the steaiines showed her pitiful attempts to stand m with her school fellows, candy treats for the crowd, expensive writ- ing paper for the teacher. Her problems were enormous and in- soluble to herself and her family. but by persistent work and iFs- numerable contacts Corner House IS able at the end of three years to present the following picture:
 A girl fourteen years old, no long, CT retarded in school; for remark ably improved physical appearance. upon whose eyes a miraculous series of operations have removed the cataracts. To effect these changes almost every social agency in Water bury at the request of Corner House ct one time or another lent such assistance as they could, as well as the Connecticut School for the Blind, hospitals fin Springfield, and Boston, Mass, where Jean had lived as a tiny child.I The School for the Blind is now relinquishing the trainingof this seeing child because of the sltccess of her eye operations. she will shortly return home. So
 The Lone Wolf Is portrayed hy Melvyn Douglas, the stage and screen star who gained enormous