The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-08
THE sAMARlTANS
Held Their Annual Meeting and Elec
Officers.

The annual meeting OF the Portland
Samaritan Association was held yester-
day afternoon with the president, Mrs.
DR.. Ludwig. The annual reports were
read and accepted.
Inc secretary's report, Miss H. Il.
harrington is as follows:
Again the wheels of time has brought
us to the sixty seventh anniversary Of the
| society, and the sixth since its incorpora-
ton. The same routine of work has been
followed, but through the systematic
efforts of our president the members have
been made to more fully realize the
amount of work and what the directors
in each ward were doing each case has
been very carefully Investigated and then
brought before each regular meeting, and
the ladies have been asked to thoroughly
discuss the case any assistance has been
given. A great many families have been
helped, some of whom have never asked
for assistance before, but owing to sick
ness and the financial depression which
has been felt so much in our city the past
and which has only too gladly been
given.
Nineteen re gular meetings have been
held with two directors and one special
with an average attendance of twenty
three the largest number present at any
one meeting was forty, and the smallest
seventeen. The attendance at all of the
meetings has been very large which
showed greater interest, and was very
gratifying, both to the president and her
assistants. Twenty-six new members
have joined the associations an unusually
large number. This shows the interest
the members have taken in bringing in
new ones to help us on in our good work.
Four members have withdrawn, two have
moved away and three have gone to their
long homes, never to return. Both social
ly and financially the past year has been
very successful. The "Kirmess, which
was repeated, proved success beyond
our expectations. The picnic suppers of
which there were four and always a
social feature of the winter proved no less
SO this year. From the first one at Mrs. |
Ingalls, it netted us twelve dollars and
thirty two cents (S12.2) from the next at
Oakdale, we Melted eleven dollarsl and |
sixty seven cents ($1167) from that at
Mrs Ludwig's, which was the anniver-
sary of the society we netted seventeen
dollars and thirteen cents (S1713} and
from the last one at the home of our
president we netted thirteen dollars and
twenty cents (S13.20) making total OF
S54. 80. From assessments we have re-
ceived sixty eight dollars (S6s.o0) from
fines eighty cents, from donations,
fifty cents; and from the superintendent
of work twenty dollars and ffty-two
cents which is very good showing con
sidering no regular sale has been held
during the year, making total of one
hundred and forty-fou dollars and four
teen cents which sum was paid to the
treasurer To all those who have helped
carry on our work either by word or deed
we say gratefully "we thank you," and
especially to the press for unvaring
courtesies
The following is summary of the re-
port of the treasurer, A. E. Blanchard:
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last year, S42.70
Fees, private sales and donations, l6l "a
Kirness entertainment, 4620 w
Investment, w. w
loans, 10y 70
Savings banks, 3,92ooo
81, S36. "a
EXPENSES.
Charities. 1874. So
Change of investments from
savings banks, 1000. 90
Cash on hand. 51.99
81, $50. "a
The following officers were elected
President-Mrs F. o. Bailey
Vice President Mrs. A. S. Spaulding
Secretary-Mrs Fred Harrington.
Treasurer-Mrs. Henry Blanchard.
Collections-Mrs E. G. Chase and Mrs
g. M. Pickett
Membership Committee-Mrs. Henry
Taylor, Mrs. r. Y. Barbour, Mrs
IreenOuph,