The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-12-14
School Approved
Continued from page one)

with the home and for sale OF. pro-
duce from the home farm. 4
Her figures indicated that even
without the offer of the NYA to
take over the building, the coun-
ty could make a saving by clos
ing the institution because several
of the persons housed there are
eligible for old age assistance of
which the county pays but one
sixth, or a maximum of SIS per
month each and others can be
provided for elsewhere at less
than the present average figure.
Enlarging on plans for inmates
care, Wednesday,, Miss Tucker
said that six of the Is will go on
cid age assistance, three will be
cared for in private homes at
County expense, two will be, sent
to a Faribault institution at cost
to the county of $40 per year,
it is hoped that two men there can
be found employment on farms
for board and room, one inmate
who is sick will be well enough
to be released in two weeks ac-
cording to his doctor and one will
be retained at the home.
By taking the present six in
mates eligible for old age assist
ance out of the home, an annual
saving of $2,136 could be made.
At present there are three lnval-
ids, two of them bedridden, being
cared Tor in private homes Tor
their OAA checks of $50 monthly,
leading welfare officials to believe
an additional saving of $4,000 per-
haps even $1,000, can be made
annually by caring for inmates
ineligible for OAA because of be-
ing under age .65, in private
homes and through other econ
omieS.
She has five applicants anxious
to take persons to be cared for in
private homes and believes one
FAMILY now in need of direct re-
lief can be self-supporting by TAX
ing one of the inmates and being
paid for his care.
Big contention of opponents to
the project was that there is no
reason why the home is not full,
that dozens of couples without
children for whom the county is
providing rent and groceries could
pe moved there, filling the home
and greatly reducing the average
cost per person.
During the noon hour Miss
Tucker went through the direct
relief register and round but two
such couples in the entire county,
both of whom are being maintain
ed more economically in private
homes than the average cost at
the home. 1t was generally agreed
that it would not be feasible to
move families with children into
the home and that the county suf-
fers a financial loss On each old
age assistance case cared for there.
Even when the county maintained
33 people at the home in 1888,
the average cost was $22.99 per
month per person, MIR. johns
stated.
Mr.. Kragh urged that it is i'm
perative the county have some
place to which INDECENT sick peo-
pie can be taken In emergency
persons in such condition that II
IS difficult to locate them in pri-
waite homes. 1t was suggested that
the smaller residence on the coun-
.ty property be used for bedrid-
den patients whose condition does
not necessitate hospital care.
Other speakers during the
morning placed a high sentiment
al value on the home, contending
that it was built for that purpose
that the county has in one in
stance accepted land in return fol-
a guarantee that one inmate
would be maintained there and