The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-23

The office of the Portland Provident Assoc
citation will be opened this morning for the
winter months, and the officers have issued the
following appeal, which doubtless will be
generously responded to by our citizens:
This Society once more presents itself to the
benevolent public for assistance. 1t has now
been in operation for SO many years that our
citizens are well apprised of its character.
One of its prominent duties is, and in that re-
spect it is singular, to protect the public from
street beggars, who are often impostors, by
authorizing all to whom applications are made
at their dwellings or places of business to refer
the applicants TO the office. where their claims
will be tested, the impositions of beggars may
be surely detected. To effect this object the
managers must have means. Any person can
become a member and be entitled to voice in
the management, by paying one dollar annually.
twenty dollars constitute a life membership.
The money given for life membership is added
to the invested fund. Many able and noble
spirited people give us generous sums.
The agent, perceiving that many of the appli-
eants were very destitute of suitable clothing,
appeals to the citizens TO send in their partially
worn clothing which has been laid aside. The
appeal last year w3s very generously responded
to, and much suffering mitigated, there having
been about fifteen hundred garments, pairs of
boots. shoes and hose presented 1t is hoped
that this appeal will be more generously re-
sponded TO the present seoson than hitherto.
ing, &c, to the Office please inform the agent
by postal card or otherwise, where they may be
found, and he will collect them. Please put
your name on the envelope. t-
We append statement of what was done
last year, that our fellow citizens may see the
importance of our operations and the necessity
of thus making their donations as liberal and
as early as possible
Whole amount collected, Sl,526 90
Amount expended for groceries, 1914 90
ArnnI fQxYFn nd fnra
Amount expended for wood, 440 OF
ISL Os 70
Number Of families assisted 24l
Number of persons assisted, SOL
Number of adults assisted, 35S
Number of children assisted, 443
Number OF visits made by agent, IS
Our Collecting Agent, j R. Thompson, will
call at your door in few days after this cir
cular is left, and great favor will be conferred
by placing Immediately in the accompanying
envelope such donation as is attended, 50 that
he will not be obliged to call the second time,
No one is authorized to collect for this society
but j. r. Thompson.
TIE Office is in the City Building, on Myrtle
street, to which place persons whose circum-
stances are not known are directed, that their
claims may be tested, and where the General
Agent may be found every day Except Sunday
of December, January, February and March,
ready to attend to applicants, and to give in
formation about the poor and their wants.
The following are the officers of the associa-
ton: fa raa
President Woodbury. S. Dana.
Vice observation-disclosures x. Swan, James P. Bax-
ter, Ezra Carter
TreasUrer-Oliver Gerrish.
Secretary-C C. Hayes
General Agent-J. r. Thompson
Board Of Managers-T. C. Hersey, Charles Holden,
j. R: Thompson, Samuel Rolfe, Benjamin Kingsbury,
Jr,, William II. Stephenson, john Yeaton, W. w.
Brown, Edward P. Chase, l.. F. Pingree. Henry Fox
A. M. Bur on, S. B. Beckett, Eben Corey James r.
McCobb, Edward Gould. William Deering, Geo w.
Richard Cole, Alfred Woodman, George G. Burgess
and Alden j. Blethen.