The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-19
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Announcement for Donation Day, Next
 Thursday, November 2l. ct Frencis' Ornhan Asvlunn

Announcement TOT DOnalon Day. NeNt
 Thursday, November 2l.
 St. Francis Orphan Asylum,
 New Haven, Conn, Nov, IS, 1895.
 The undersigned officers and commit teemen having charge of the collections of donations for the above named asy- lum have issued the following appeal to the people of New Haven;
 Addressing ourselves not to strang- CTS, but to kindly disposed friends, we again invite our fellow citizens to lend us helping hand on our orphan donation day, Thursday, November 21
 No elaborate appeal in behalf of St. Francis orphans has ever been needed. The cause of the fatherless and mother less has always pleaded eloquently for itself to the benevolence of the public; and no contributions are given so heartily and so ungrudgingly as those made for the preservation of the little ones who by reason of their condition are unable to help themselves,
 For the past few years. no recourse
 
 or other entertainments as means for benefiting the orphanage; the majority of our Catholic people are poor, and except on donation day the asylum re- ceives but very little in charity.
 As the city grows the orphan popula- ton increases, and when poor families have want starving them in the face many of their offstpring are protected by the asylum.
 The current expenses of the house since last donation day have reached the sum of s2O,O0O, and during the same period upwards of s40,0OO addition have been disbursed for the erection and furnishing of its new addition.
 All this money, $60,oOO at least, has been expended the past year in this town; and while the contracts and pur- chases have been made wherever it has been for the best advantage of the or phans, our local builders, merchants and employees have had the full benefit of the asylum trade. The mites, there fore of the many contributed to our homeless children are sure to help in no small way the business activities of this community.
 The poor, too, whom we have always with us, are greatly helped by the asy- lum. Witness the cases where a man losing his wife and compelled to go out to his work cannot possibly look after his little ones, and must place them in an asylum. Think of the widows who cannot carry their children to the place where they work, nor leave them safely behind at home. To the relief oi many such surviving parents, when found worthy and not ranked as heart less, the asylum has come, by taking their weddings under It's care. St. Francis asylum, then, is not only doing a great work for its 300 inmates but its influence for good Is beneficial in more ways than one
 With the interest to pay on new debt of $35,0o0 and supplies of food and clothes for it's large family, the or phanage's heavy monthly outlays must necessarily call for needed funds. In previous years the public, with. out distinction of religion, have beer more than generous, and the help met with in the past warrants us in believ. ing that the donations this year shal not fall off, but rather increase, to meet during the coming winter the pressing needs of this worthy home charity Each Catholic parish of New Haver has its own donation committee for the collection of contributions from parish. toners, and the central committee will look after the gifts from the business portion of the city.
 Persons willing to contribute and moi likely to be called up, or expecting tc be out of town on that day, are earn estly requested to place their offerings with any subscriber of this appeal, or remit the same direct to the treasurer at the asylum.
 The names of. the collectors, many ot whom for years have lent their valtl. able services to the cause of the or. phans, who are to devote Thursday tc the same noble object, are here ap. pended:
 Officers-President, William Keane vice president, Edward McGowan; sec. retary, Hugh I. Finnigan; assistant secretary, Eugene McKenna; treasurer Rev. J. F. Corcoran; assistant treas urer, B. E. Lynch.
 Executive committee-Revs. Johr Russell, P. Mulholland, H. F. Lilly, o P, John D. Coyle, M. McKeon, J. r Corcoran, Messrs. William Keane, Ed ward McGowan, H. I. Finnigan, Flu gene McKenna, B. E. Lynch. Central committee-Messrs James Reynolds, Thomas K. Dunn, c. T. Dris coll, D. S. Gamble, J.J. Kennedy, James Reilly William J. Bohan, M. R. Ems COG, Joseph Molloy, Daniel Dore, Johr L. Foley, John E. Mcfarland, Martin Bergin, John Clancy, James P. Maher | Thomas F.McGuinness, James F. Bran | nigan, M. F. Walker, R. M. Sheridan | Thomas J. Shanley, John T. McHugh Peter Carberry, John H. Rourke, James F. Moran, James T. Moran, William Crowley, James J. Carr, Thomas F | McGrail, Paul Russo, William Noonan John P. Carney, George E. Mitchell William F. Donnelly, James H. Fogar ty C. H. Conway, William F. Shannon Matthew Reilly, Charles M Walker Peter McKeon, James B. Martin, D. S <S.rrz=zszzEssss:s {. ss:sssaz 2 zvEEy,zsss1,