Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the President Read at the Meeting
of the Home for Aged and Friend;
less Women Held Recently--An
Excellent Showing.

At the annual meeting the West Vir-
einia Home for Aged and Frlendless Wo-
men recently held in this city, the annual
report of the President of the Board Of
Lady Managers was presented. AS II
contains some items which will be of in
terest to the friends of the Home and
which will also help the general public to
understand something of the work done
bv this institution and its needs, 1t is
given below.
To the Board of Directors of the West
Virginia Home for Aged and Friendless
Women.
Mr. President and Gentlemen:-It is with
sincere pleasure we present to you a re-
port of the inside working of the Home
during the past twelve months.
w eneed not recall 10 you the pleasant
occasion when the new and remodelled
house was finished and opened TO the pub
lic-the beautifully furnished rooms, made
so i'm memory Of dear friends who had
passed away Donations then received,
i'm money and needed table supplies. as
well as the generous donations sent from
New Cumberland and Wellsburg. have
greatly helped in furnishing the table with
nourishing food. We have admitted two
permanent and thirty-seven temporary
inmates during the past year. We have
had many applicants from nearby towns,
but literal reading Of our rules has been
adhered 10 except in one case and this
person concluded at last not TO enter
From temporary inmates we received only
two dollars this year. We have a present
family of nineteen. OF whom eleven are
permanent. Some OF these are great suf-
ferers. and on all the hand Of infirmity
is visible. In looking over the bit of his
tory which covers nine years of the life
of our organization. we have only praise
and thankfulness TO utter TO Him who has
guided and led as all the way. Only one
Of our managers have been called away.
but we rejoice in the assurance that she
has gone from labor here TO a gracious re-
ward I'm heaven.
our treasury has suffered from the gen.
eral business depression. and as result
we are now owing bills of some months
standing. Winter is now here with its in
creased demands. and we turn to our
Board OF Directors with the question:
What are We to do?
The work is not discouraging. Three
hundred and sixty-seven were admitted
during these nine years. Eight children
were born in the Home: five adults and
two children died. It is a principle of
true humanity to care for the aged, who
have toiled through the heat and burden
of the day A German proverb much
quoted in that country is: The old should
be honored and cared for. and the young
instructed" This organization has been
doing this from its beginning. These
transient inmates have been instructed
and directed to walk in the paths of virtue
and rectitude. and the aged have been
ministered unto.
Respectfully submitted.
MRS. d. A. CUNNINGHAM.
President Board of Managers.
The report Of the treasurer. Mr.. ]. \.
Bell. was also presented. Summarized, it
was as follows:
January H. 1896. balance on hands 26i q
January % 1897. receipts to date. 1852 %
Total .......... ..,....... ....'..... $3.50 II
January %. 1897. disbursements to
date ................ ...............sS., 80 ~
Balance ........... ...... ...........$ 1874 20