The Big Reveal
Left to right: Pamela Watts, DKH director of development, Cheryl Bozorgmanesh, president of the DKH Woman’s Board, and Bob Smanik, president and CEO of Day Kimball Healthcare unveil a picture of the hospital’s namesake, Moses Day Kimball on the 145th anniversary of his birth on Valentine’s Day. M. Day Kimball was born Feb. 14, 1868) and from a Boston family who summered in Pomfret. He graduated from Harvard and was among the first group of law clerks appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. A year later, in 1893, Kimball died in Washington, D.C. ,of pneumonia. That same year, his mother, Susan Kimball, gave the seed money to found Day Kimball Hospital in his memory. Courtesy photo.
Green Lights
extended to
March 17
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) continues to promote the National Heritage Corridor during the third annual Green Lights. The 35 towns are aglow with green as more than 100 businesses and residents have displayed strands of lights as well as porch and candle bulbs. The celebration began on Jan. 15 and continues through St. Patrick’s Day.
It also features restaurant specials, retail sales, and special rates on accommodations. For information on events, go to : www.tlgv.org.
Flu restrictions
lifted at DKH
PUTNAM — Effective immediately, the visitor restrictions that were put into place on Jan. 3 are lifted due to a decrease in the number of influenza patients seen in both the Day Kimball Hospital emergency department as well as hospital admissions.
In early January, Day Kimball Hospital implemented a visitation restriction to those under 18. For the safety of our patients, visitors and staff, we are still asking that you do not visit hospitalized patients if you have flu-like symptoms. Flu-like symptoms include fevers, chills, running nose, sneezing, coughing, body aches, vomiting or diarrhea.
Then
This is the railroad station in Pomfret, around the 1940s. Photo courtesy of the Pomfret Historical Society.
& Now
This is the same area. A way station for the trail system now graces the spot.