The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-04
THE DIET MISSION.
Annual Meeting and Election of Of1cers
of Worthy Charity.

The annual meeting of the Diet Mission
was held Saturday. The following Off
GERS were electeds for the ensuring year:
President-Mrs. j. r. Worcester.
Vice President-Mrs. Charles W. Eobes.
Secretary-M l. T. Clark.
Ireasurer-To be filed.
Direetors--St. Paul's, Mrs. J. W. Har-
per; The Friends Society, Mrs. Nellie III.
Hoyt; New Jerusalem, Mrs. j. K. Wor-
ceste-; Congress Street Methodist, Mrs.
S. A. Skillings; St. Lawrence, Mrs.
Stephen Locke; Vaughan Street. Mrs.
J. 2. Wescott; Pine Street, Mrs. II. II.
IowIe; Chestnut Street, Mrs. I. F. HON
sted,. Mrs. W. W. Cole; Plymouth, Mrs.
N. W. Litchfeld; First Parish. Miss G.
3. Porter. Miss Lucia W. Longfellow
High Street, Mrs. H. W. Barnard, Mrs.
Albro Chase; Williston, Mrs. A. H.
Davis, Mrs. Willis Chenery; State Street,
Miss Beth Milliken, Mrs. William Senter;
Second Parish, Mrs. S. G. Ripley; Catho-
lie Cathedral, Miss Susie Towle; St.
Dominics Miss Rafferty,; st. Lukes, Miss
Kicker; Congress Square. Mrs. Q. j. Far
rington, Mrs. E. G. Jones; Church OF
the Messiah, Miss Chase; Free Street,
Miss Mailing, Miss Emma Gould; Church
of the Sacred Heart, Miss Heating.
Ward Directors-Ward One, Miss Alice
Libby, Mrs. Gertrude Weeks, Mrs. Herbert
Fuller, Mrs. Eugene Tobey. Ward Two,
Mrs. S. A. Henley, Mrs III. r. Nelson,
Mrs. Richard Flanagan, to be filled.
Ward Three, Mrs. William B. Drew, Mrs
Frank Cammett, Miss Georgia Evans,
Miss Ella Russell. Ward Four, Mrs. J.
e. Pickett, Mrs. E. M. Pickett, Mrs.
DR.. Bowers, Mrs. DR.. Files Ward Five,
Miss Ernestine Libby, Mrs. E. G. SWEET.
Mrs. Henry Taylor, Mrs. Annie Nc
Horne. Ward Six, Miss I. L. Clark, Miss
Mullen, Mrs. j. L. erie. Ward Seven,
Mrs. G. S. Fobes, Mrs. P. H. Brown,
Miss Emily Rolfe, Mrs. c. L. Horn.
Ward Seven Annex, Miss Eva Montgom-
cry.
Committee in charge of the rooms
Tuesday, Mrs. I. L. Clark, Mrs. A. G.
Rogers. Thursday, Mrs. j. L. erie, Mrs
S. 9. Ripley. Saturday, Miss Marion
Stephenson, Mrs. j, r. Worcester.
Purchasing committee-Miss G. E. Por
ter.
Committee on vacanicies-Mrs. G. S
Fobes, Miss c. E. Porter.
The report of Treasurer C. E. Porter
stated that 4421 rations of groceries ant
| food had been received from the churches
and given out
The receipts in cash were from
interest $311.94 from churches
S3307, bequest of Joseph Drown
$500, balance from 1896, $198.63; in al
S74364. The expenditures were S27 fol
rent; $167.71 for milk; $155. II aid to pa
| tients; S55 for service; s7.37 for tickets
The cash balance Oct. 2, 1897, was $13l. 80
Secretary Isabella 7. Clark reports
among other interesting facts that the
ward visitors have made 1857 visits ant
Teft 1851 tickets for supplies.
The secretary's report in full is as fol
lows:
Ladies of the Diet Mission-Over thu
blue hills of the far way land Of Galilee
| a voice comes to us this afternoon speak
ing as sweetly, as softly and yet as firm
~. as in those distant days it spoke tt
the little band of earnest men and WON
en-, who had gathered to hear the words
of wisdom that fell from the lips OF the
great teacher.
Blessed is that servant whom his Lore
when he cometh shall find so doing,
were the words with which ended his, af
ourselves today as we look backward:
over year that has been filled with at
tempts to fulfill Christ command tt
'visiU the sick, and forward to q veal
in which we shall continue in the $50
doingY
1t has been a busy year in many ways
we have had a larger number of patients
than ever before, and on some days il
the middle of the winter months oul
rooms were nearly taxed to their utmost
but our strength has always proved equa
to our burdens, SO that we can go on re
joioing that we can help SO many who
can no longer help themselves. We begaI
our working year at the delivery rooms
last October with 10 patients the number
increasing as the weeks passed till dur
ing the nine months we have assisted 10;
persons. The largest number previous tt
this year has been 80.
sEsFigures never DECISIVE, I and when We
say that or ard visit6 rs have made
1867 visits and 4551 tickets for sup
plies, we know that the work has beer
well and faithfL lily d 1ne. Seven of thos
whom we he ped nave died; d smaller
number than usual, and three have gon'
voluntarily to the department of tn,
worthy poor at the city home.
We wish it were possible this Afternoon
to look back over the year, and see jus
! where our best work has been done, bu
there is SO much in quiet charity lik
| OURS, the results of which the good people
of Portland can never know or see, tina
we must still ask them to trust us TO
the future as they have for the past t.
be the alnoners Of their bounty.