Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-14
THE ST. GEORGES BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY.
Report from the acknowledgement
of the FesttyaI-Thanks TO Patrons
and Assistants.

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We give below the most important parts
of the able report of the Stewards of this
excellent Society, submitted to the mem
bors at a special meeting, held on the sth
inst. 1t is deeply interesting, and We are
glad to see that the festival was as success
full pecuniarily as it was satisfactory to the
guests and patrons who attended it.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: Since pre-
sen:ing their reports Of the proceedings TO
the 10th ultimo, in reference to the progress
made in the sale and issue of tickets, as
well as to the completeness of the arrange
ments then made to carry out the festival;
your Stewards feel, in approaching and
completing their labors, that when you
| know the ~pecuniary results they have to
| convey, you will share with them that ex-
IRENE pleasure and qualification which they
/ now feel, and which alone satisfies and
makes content the "labor of love-"
After the first meeting, held on the 10th
| Of March, they had no less than thirteen
sittings, to consider and decide upon the
best means whereby the eighth annual
gathering of this society could be made
successful. During the whole of their
counsellings with each other, and many
semi-meetings, it is their pleasure to say
that they acted throughout in perfect har-
mony and equanimity.
In order to secure the most perfect sue
cess to the Society on the one hand, and
satisfaction TO patrons on the other, they
first of all divided their lsbors by appoint
ing one of their body Chairman, another
Treasurer, a third Master of the Cere-
monies, and the fourth Hon. Secretary. In
these duties, apart from their united deli
berations, no one interfered with the other
thus labor was shorn of pain, and the
wheels of good understanding and manage
ment went smoothly along during the
whole time they acted.
To say that their labors were crowned
with perfect success would be a false asser-
ton. If they failed in some respects, IS
assuredIy they did, !. was in error OF
Judgment. What they did was lone FOL
the best; they sought each others opinion
couuselled with members of this com
mittee, and succeeded in many respects in
carving out matters with more complete
ness than they otherwise could have done
To the ladies who so kindly volunteered
to sing at the festival, and who so faith
fully and sweetly performed their pro
misses, your Stewards tender, on behalt o.
the Society, their warmest thanks to Mise:
Carltsue and Krabill their best acknow'
ledgment are due and hereby presented
to Mr.. Underner, words would but poorly
convey the deep obligations your Stewards
feel for his extreme kindness, ability, taci
and very gentlemanly bearing Throughout
the whole Of his most arduous duties
duties which he so gracefully performed OF
and before the 23d ult. That he should
have been disappointed in the assistance o
Mr.. Z. S. Robbins was a matter deeply {,
be lamented, yet it was one of these thing
which could not be avoided by your Ste,
wards. "Beggars as we are in thanks,
we do most cordially and with deep sin
cerity thank this talented gentleman FOL
his kind aud Justly appreciated services.
To Mr.. Garrett you committee offer thei
thanks, for the handsome manner in which
he arranged the dinner-tables, the sbund
auce with which he supplied them, and tn
faithfulness with which he fulfilled his con
tract.
To Messrs. Stairs and John Greenfield
your Stewards desire to express their thank
for the assistance they received in maxim!
some two hundred toy flags.
To the floor managers, DR.. Dickinson an'
Mr.. Justau, who assisted Messrs- Mill an'
Greenfield, we now tender our best thanks
for the pleasing ann in which they sew
orally performed their duties.
Your Stewards are also greatly indebted
to Messrs. W. Day and D. c. Jugamills, TO
their assistance at the dinner table, as wei
as to Messrs. Blackburn, Larnder, E.. Stair
and G.. Greenfield, for the support they rem
dered the President.
TIE Messrs. Walton Baker and King tn
thanks Of your Stewards are also most de
servedly due, for the loan of pictures ans
national flags
To Mr.. Helsby your stewards are deepll
sensible of the services he rendered on TN
night of the 23d ult. To him and to Prof
Undsrner, 10 G. A. Benedict, Esq and tn
Rev. j. H. Rylance, they have caused let
tiers of thanks to be written. Though thu
last named gentleman does not hold so pro
minent a position in this report as he shoulC
EeEe.Ae not HSnhffGiAf Fu yet pqpAs are .M2L!
at the dinner table, than your Stewards
and they now beg to assure him that he car
ried from the hall on the night of the fes
tival the best wishes of more than three
hundred friends.
By an examination of the balance sheet
herewith appended, it will be seen thai the
total number of tickets used and paid for j:
3l0-S03 at s., and Z at 81, the amount o.
which is s613. To this is added S5-the
gift of 6. A. Benedict, Esq, making a total
of S6lS. These figures represent your re-
eeipts. The expenses are comparatively
heavy, though your Stewards rave nothing
to regret in this respect, as they have ex
ercised as much economy as prudence could
possibly dictate
By rash paid to Mr.. Garrett....-...S429 OO
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