The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

regarded in the city as having been waterbury donation. In all WPA workers employees here donted $136. The present total at the local Red Croes office for the drive is $34,560.OO. At the time the WPA do- nations wer. sent to the state WPA or'ce in New Haver there was some conf. sion her in connection with where the credit would go. A total of $3,93S.05, representing all donations received from Con- necticut WPA project workers and administrative employees, has been sent to National Red Cross head quarters for the Flood Releif Fund, it was announced today by State Administrator Robert A. Hurley. Although a number of groups had previously donated, unsolicited, to local funds, contributions were re- ceived from project workers in III communities and in many instances meant sacrifice on the part Of employees who received only a se- curity wage.
 Grateful
 In his letter of acknowledgement of the donatoin, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, asked MT. Hurley to extend to the employees the grateful ap- preciation of the American Red Cross. "Only the prompt and gen. erous action, of which this gift :s an example, makes the work of the Red Cross in these great crises," he wrote.
 Donations were received as fol- lows:
 Litchfield county: Barkhamsted, $4.70; Harwinton, $6.50; New Hart ford, $10.25: Norfolk, $50; Ply mouth, $1250; Thomaston, $500; Torrington. $26.37: yvatertown, $23.65; Winchester, $24.8O. Hartford County Hartford county: Avon, 500; Ber- lin. $500; Bloomfield, $9.81; Bristol $54.55: Burlington $4.25; East Hartford $43.00; Enfield, $27.36; Pennington, $l325; Glastonbury, $500; Granby $400; Hartford, $497.15; Manchester $50.95; New Britain. $101.68; Newington, $5.75: Plainville, $1373: Simsbury $2.5O; Southington, $23.45; West Hartford $35.50; Winsor, $3.25.
 Holland County: Andover $9.00; Coventry $975; Ellington $2.75; Mansfield $50; Stafford, $500; Vernon $8.25.
 Windham County: Ashford $4.35; Brooklyn $17.84; Canterbury, $1.sO; Chaplin $50; Hampton, $4.50; Killingly $31.10; Plainfield, $15.45; Pomfret, $4.50; Putnam, $l.85; Thompson, $24.60; Windham. $40.4O.
 New London Couny: Colchester, $2.25; East Lyme, $16.20; Griswold, $38.20; Groton $16.00: Montville, $12.00; New London, $43.O5; Nor wich $28.35; Old Lyme, $2.25; Stou- ington $10.31; Waterford, $12.40.
 Middlesex County: Clinton, $3.50; Cromwell. $50; East aHddam SIPS; East Hampton, $500; Essex, $7.0O; Haddam, $4.5O; Middietowfin, $45.41; Old ,Saybrook, $500; Portland, $13; Saybrook $2.25: Westbrook $6.55. l VI New Haven County
 New Haven County: Ansonia, $29.45; Beacon Falls, $450; Bran- ford, $705; Derby $31.25; East Ha- ven $15.25; Guilford $6.75; Ham, den, $27 Milford, $21.90; Nauga- tuck, $l6.39: New Haven, $368.40; Meriden, $72.22; Prospect, $2.50; Seymour $4.00; Wallingford, $5785; Waterbury, $136; West Haven, $29.30; Woodbridge, $3.50.
 Fairfield County: Danbury, $43.25; Darien $19.25; Bethel, SIPS; Bridgeport $485.94; Easton, $4.75, Fairfield. $41.70; Greenwich, $41.50; Monroe, A; Norwalk, $63.15: Ridgefield, $10.75; Shelton. $29.75; Stamford, $117.15; Stratford, $50.15; Trumbull, $7.10; Westport, $l3.50; Wilton $450.
 Contributions were also received from WPA white collar workers on the following projects: Art $37.00; technical service, $5.75; Staet plan ming board. $5.86; historic Ameri- can building survey. $3.75; drama, $15.25; educatoin, $136.53; coast and geodetic survey $40.35; music, $56; blister rust, $5.25; hot lunch, $.0.25; pest control, $l5.27; statewide, $41.44.
 In addition the sum of $195 was collected from members of the ad- ministrative staff, while $43.80 in checks were made out directly to the Red Cross.