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C Q -10- number of families represented to seventeen, the largest in the history of the school. Six of t.ese families ha? never been rep- resented before. ; The deily attendance ran from eight to fifteen, with an av- erate of tvelve. Absences were cue to illness, going away, sleep- ing too late, no clean cr wert clothes, aud inter-fenily diffi- culties, ‘ rer. “Hl an ad era nal ers ae. a * Perk ae ae ana wae ER eee! o rved in mid-morning. Pamilics that hav cows, furnia} milk. Additional mil: end tac acters erc furnished by the senool. From time to time parcnts sund apol.s, raisins and plums. Farcnts made a liousc-to-house canvas to reise money for fuel, ¢ sehool is o-en onlv in ota marni G SCnGoi 16 en Ona 2h fal morn Collection of the child-on begins at civ~ht, and school ac- tually starts at eignt-thirty-five. «at vlovinefift ty the cer starts on the hone trip, and the children are all delivered by twelveetwenty Dorothy Thomas, a rusidcnt of th: community, is ths assis- tant and rcecives 32.50 a Weck. STiiss Payne surved without rom muneuration, end in eddition provided ucr cwn cer for the collec- tion and dlivery of the children. For tcn cays in July, Hiss Aliee Ledun of Philadelphia assisted in the school. She super- vised painting ond pasting work end helped with the routine jobs. The nursery school was closed from July 28 to August 4, while the director checked with the county health officer con- cerning tne infantile paralysis in surrounding counties. Qn his advice the school reonened. as the situation became worse, ‘the school was closcd on the seventh and remained closed un- til the 22nd of September when the slomeatary schools of the vounty were permitted to reopun.: Hiss Payne wes porrmitted to spend tht last two montis of her college year at Liizhlarder to direct the nurs-ry school, receiving eredit for such work on her desree at Sarah Lawrence Cellege, conferred in absentia. Too much cannot be said for Miss Payne for the execlient job she did in the cormunity. It was difficult to follow in the stcps of such a brilliant teacher as Kiss Claudia Lowis, but “485 Paynu did so in the cteaenur ae ee most acceptably, fashion end cndvarcd herself in the heeartsof all the community. Sh. not only dircetcd tie nursery school, and started a now sroug of the young girls of thy coamnity,