The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-02
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS
ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION
OF OFFICERS YESTERDAY.

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ance in the rreasury-secretary's Report
Details Work of Past Year-New Build
ings Erected.
The annual meeting and election of
officers for the Home for the Friendless
was held yesterday afternoon in the
parish house of Trinity Episcopal
church. Officers elected were as fol-
lows:
President-Mrs. Charles E. Graves.
Vice president--Mrs. William Hill
house.
Treasurer-Mrs. Timothy Cowles.
Secretary-Mrs. Thomas B. Osborne.
Assistant secretary-Mrs. George p.
North.
Advisory committee-Mr John c. Hol-
lister Mr.. Justus S. Hotchkiss, Mr.. T..
Attwater Barnes, Mr.. Charles e.
Graves.
Executive committee-Mrs. William
Eillhouse, Mrs. T. H. Bishop, Mrs. r. G.
Stiles, Mrs. Charles e. Graves, Mrs
Timothy Cowles, Mrs. Walter McFar-
land, Mrs. Sherman F. Foote, Mrs. Will
liam Fl. Thomson, Mrs. w. W. Rodman,
Mrs. n. H. Brown, Mrs. Fred R. Coop
err, Mrs. Thomas B. Osborne, Mrs. I. +.
Gibbons Mrs. Henry T. Blake, Mrs. -.
Thurber Salisbury, Mrs. George +.
North, Mrs. Walter c. Camp, Mrs. Hen
ry G. Newton, Miss j. r. Terry.
Honorary MEMBERSHIPS. John b.
Hotchakiss, Mrs. Eli Whitney Blake,
Mrs Justus S. Hotchkiss, Mrs. George
w. Staples, Mrs. H. w. Broughton, Mrs.
Alexander McAlister.
: Bible class teacher-Mrs. Paul c.
sfM
MANAGERS.
Center church-Miss Fanny E. Chap
lain. Mrs. Henry W. Farnam.
United church-Mrs. F. w. Benedict,
Miss c. e. Richardson.
Church of the Redeemer-Mrs. Frank
lin H. Hart, Mrs. E. Henry Barnes.
Plymouth church-Mrs. William f.
Lockwood, Mrs. Linus Meade
Dwight Place church-Mrs. Charles
Fabriuue Mrs. P. M. Schoonmaker,
Mrs. Caroline Buckingham, Mrs. S. N.
Rand, Mrs. Fred Lincoln Miner.
Howard avenue church--Mrs. Arthur
b. Treat, Mrs. Martin L. Roberts.
College chapel-Miss Kingsley, collec-
tor.
Humphrey street church-Mrs. Gilbert
johnson, Mrs. Charles M. Scranton.
Davenport church-Mrs. Paul G. Skiff,
Mrs E. o. Dorman.
Grand avenue Congregational church
Mrs. s. Lloyd Salisbury, Mrs B. P.
Bacon.
Second Congregational church, Fair
Iaven--Mrs. Willett Hemingway, Mrs.
Nelson Linsley.
Whitneyville Congregational church
Mrs. Elias Dickerman.
-Trinity-Mrs. John 7. Goodrich, Mrs.
William L. Kingsley, Mrs. Rutherford
Trowbridge, Mrs. John H. Platt, Mrs. j.
Mason Hoppin, jr.
St Paul's church-Miss E. P. Hall
Mrs. e. r. Sanford, Mrs. S. D. Bowers.
st. Thomas church-Mrs. W. J. Root
Mrs L. B. Judd.
st. Johns church-Mrs. T. A. Bos.
twick.
Christ church-Mrs. William s. Chat
field. Mrs. Isaac w. Bishop.
st. James church-Mrs. E. w. Pot
ter.
Grace church-Mrs. S. r. Blatchley.
First Baptist church-Miss Hattie j.
1Iine.
Calvary Baptist church-Mrs. Leslie
Moulthrop, Mrs James B. Ryder.
Grand avenue Baptist church-To be
supplied.
Hope Baptist church-Mrs. S. o. Pres,
ton.
First M. E. church-Mrs. Thomas
Sault, Mrs. B. B. Savage, Mrs N. A
Fullerton.
Trinity M. E. church--Mrs. Arthur ]
Crawford.
Grace M. E. church-Mrs. Magnus
Manson.
East Pearl street M. i. church-Mrs
c. o. Francis, Miss Susie L. Mansfield
Court street synagogue-Mrs. Meyer
Lyons, Mrs. B. Rogowski, Mrs. Henry
e. Herr.
First Presbyterian church-Mrs. Da-
vid o. Barker, Mrs. George Petrie.
Church Of the Messiah-Mrs. 7. j
Adams, Mrs. F. S. Porter.
st. John street Swedish Lutheran
church-Mrs Andrew J. Enstam.
The treasurer, Mrs. Timothy Cowles
reported as follows: Receipts for the
wear and balance from last year, 49,.
Z64.IU, expenditures, po,lto.oo, puidiiSe
on hand December 1, 1897, $3,114.22.
The report Of the secretary, Mrs
Thomas B. Osborne, Is given below
The report was read by Mrs. George P
North, the assistant secretary.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
For the first half Of this year we
have but little to report. The number
of inmates in the Home for the Friend
less was about the same as usual
There were no cases of serious illness
The hearts of our workers were cheeret
by several instances where proof was
given that loving words had been heed
ed, that good surroundings were having
an uplifting influence, and that lives
were being changed for the better
Then for over six months we were un
able to receive any new inmates owing
to lack of room while the tearing dowr
of the old wooden buildings and thu
erection of the Mary Wade house OF
their site was in progress. AS many O.
our family as could be accommodated
in the brick wing remained there will
the matron during the summer, endur
ing cheerfully the discomfort insepara
BILE from the enlargement of that build
ing. The old women had temporar.