The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-12-02

where the men seemed cold to
touch. Recommendations; none.
"Mr. Reed, a hospital bed pat
lent, had absolutely no way of
giving any signal for any help and
alone in the far wing. AS l have
stated before, we have no Hos
pital and Mr.. Reed, although in
his fiineties, is not bedfast, dosn't
need any signals and as yet is
quite able to care for himself
with the exception his meals are
carried to him. He dosn't COM
plain. Wrong again.
THE inmates apparently fear
reaction from any complaints to
the Board from the Sup't and Mat
ron but we do not know what it
is". You seem to know quite bit,
why don't you find "the reaction"
and report it also?
1--WE feel the Sup't and Matron
could do much more in the way
of small courtesies ect.,
I'VE can't when we're gone so
much of the time, as you state.
I'm glad the hired help had not
hing to complain about. They'd
make a very poor County Board
of Visitors, wouldn't they?
Again we mention the large
balance reported annually from
the institution and suggest that
it be spent on the instution in var
ious ways. You sure have made
a d recommended
ions enough to spend this large
balance, but mighty proud of the
fact that we have pigs and hogs
to root; (not the front yard) but
in the hog lots so that the County
Home may never show a balance
in red on the County Treasurers
records as was shown years ago.
Oh, This poor, dreary, desolate
and forsaken Home as you state,
yet you want as pleasant a place
as the women in the Reformatory
have. Must have been to the
show. How many inhabitants and
employees are working there to
keep the place in tiptop shape?
Do you compare our inhabitants
with theirs? All ours seem to be
stricken with stage fright.
Visitors are apparently n o t
but they should be, since
this is a public institution and
they would help the morale of
those living there, so much.
Since our residence here at the
Home, visiting days have been
every day, instead of or day a
week as practiced in a great num-
Der of County Homes in the State.
When we took possession we felt
that the Home was supported by
the tax payers money and that
visitors should be admitted any
day in the week. We have found
by experience that this is not the
best policy as there are many
callers each day. But we still
carry open house.
| quite understand why, all this
fuss and grippe by you, The County
Board of Visitors.
Now it's my turn to gripe. Per-
haps a large majority of the cit
liens of Union county are not
aware of the facts as to what the
Home has to contend with regard
ing recipients of late years. To
enlighten you: If you will recall a
few years back when the Division
of Aid was established the cry
was, now we won't need the
County Homes any longer as the
recipients will have money to care
for themselves" Since times have
been good and now money is
plentiful and the great majority
have been trying to grasp that al
dollar, those earners who
have dad, mother, friends and rel
ativeS who they cared for do not
care for that old age pension check
any more. They're burdensome
and in the way. We've got to get
rid of them. Where? County
Home seems to be their first
thought. Get rid of them so we
can spend our earnings. They for
get that one of these days hard
times will strike, then what. The
answer, as ! see it, we've got to
have dads, mothers, friends, or
relatives check to tide us over.
This might relieve the increased
of the County Home.
We get no able bodied residents
any more. Only those who are un-
able to care for and wait on them
selves. We receive them if there's
room but when they pass away,
and relatives have too
much pride to publish in the pap
ers the dad, mother, or what-have
you passed away in the County
Home, but their own home.
Think that over. Doesn't fit socie-
ty news does it?
Since the present Board of
County Commissioners has been
in office | have this statement to
make to the public: They have
always tried in every way to CO.
operate with me and grant all my
requests when anything was want
ed or needed for the farm or
the Home, if it was with
in reason. l have always tried to
cooperate with them in all their
undertakings at the Home and