Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-29
SARAH WHITE, HOME.
Report Of the Institution for the Yea
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Communicated. gs1sgs ls
Tho managers of The Sarah White |
Home for Aged Colored People, in pre-
senting to the friends Of this organiza- |
tion their annual report for the year |
OF 1898, feel that their first thoughts |
are due TO the Author of Mi good; and |
their first words shall be an acknowl-
edgment of His favor, in blessing the |
work for whose support they have been |
privileged to appropriate and in extend
ing and strengthening the interest of |
His people in their work, and opening
their hearts and hands 10 devise and |
execute liberal things. The field in
which our funds have been expended
is exhibiting in tho most gratifying
manifestations the friiits Of that gener-
Gus spirit which it has enjoyed. This
home Is received in, this community
with peculiar favor and has gained
strengthening support with a rapidity
almost unprecedented in the annals
of charitable work among tho colored
people. Those who have beon con-
| nected with the support Of this bene-
faction have labored zealolisly above all
to make it u success, and q living
monument to the memory of the pure
and pious soul after whom it is named.
| On the whole there is every reason to
anticipate that the time will arrive
| wherein this vine Of our planting will
have grown beyond the Of prop or
culture, and will shed fruit whose Seed
| is in itself for tho production Of Others,
kindred in nature and equal in vigor
and fruitfulness. We desire not to
boast Of what has been accomplished.
To Gods blessing all our prosperity is
| to be imputed. The past, of our his
tory we contemplate with unmingled
| pleasure and gratitude. When we pro-
| posed to organize home Of this char
acter we found those who were ready to
| help lis. We believed that an institu-
| tion for the care of the aged and infirm
colored people was greatly needed in
our city and that an establishment of
the kind could be supported by CON
tributions and voluntary patronage. In
1893 number Of colored people re-
sponded to an appeal and the Sarah
White Home was established with
| three inmates in house ut Fourteenth
and Wilson streets. The incorporators
were Amelia Layton, Mrs. Martha
Spencer. Mrs. Anna Hooper; Mrs.
Elizabeth d. Clark, Mrs. Rebecca
Cooper, Mrs. Rachel Ruly and Rev.
Benjamin T. Ruly. The work pro-
crossed while it was found necessary to
secure larger quarters. In 1896 the
present home at Thirty fifth street
and Woodlawn avenue was purchased
and Ia inmates are now cared for. 1t
has required time and patience to look
after all the details of the work. The
home is beautifully situated and the
general health of the inmates is good.
All the work of the household is done
by them, SO that considerable expense
is saved. Surrounding the house are
grounds upon which enough vegetables
are raised to supply the table. during
the summer and fall. During the year
there were two deaths that of George
Evans and Susan Armstrong. Both
were pious souls and we feel assured
that they are now at rest in peace with
the Lord. A number Of entertainments
were given for the benefit Of the WORK
and these, we are pleased to report,
were eminently successful. These were
the envelope rally, held in June in
Union Church, Twelfth and French
streets; the harvest home, the camp
meeting, the picnic and the concert at
the Opera House. Meetings arc held
every Sunday in the assembly room Of
tho home and at them considerable
| Tbul ftIlSlOuS ltIboI oloPiRlp iiu
admission fee is 800 and this amount
entities the inmate to all the privileges
and benefits of the home as long as he
or she may live. The body, as we'll as
the soul, Is ministered to. In times Of
sickness skilful medical practitioner
is in attendance and the best of nurs-
ing is given. The colored people OF
Wilmington should take q pride in
helping to sustain this benefaction and
should endeavor to make it selfAsup-
porting. There is a mortgage of S3, 50t
on the home, and this we would like
to pay off. This can be done if oul
friends will only help US. We make M
earnest appeal for help in the name o.
Him who fed the hungry, clothed the
naked and gave comfort to the sorrow
. ing. Contributions may be sent to the
treasurer, and no matter how small the
amount may be it will be thankfully
received and duly acknowledged. The
present board of managers are; Amelia
, Layton; president; Rev. Benjamin Il.
, Ruly, Mrs. Martha Spencer, Mrs
Maria Hamilton, Mrs, Rachel Rudy
.. Mrs. Rebecca Cooper, treasurer; Mrs
M. A. Bayard, Mrs Rachel Backus
Mrs Emeline Berry, Mrs. Mary Christy
, Mrs. Lidy Bass, Mrs. Lizzie Spencer
Mrs. Mary Collins, Mrs. Rhoda Biddie
|. Mrs. Anna Hatfield. Mrs. Sarah Small
. wood and Mrs Alphonso Price, Mrs
Mary DOMAIN, Mrs, Annie Polk, Mrs
Rachel Brown, Mrs. Lucinda Williams
The receipts and expenditures durinl
the year wero as follows: t&.'N
RECEIPTS. Iat ~
/. Money received for admissions 1928, Q
! july Contribution I. .........3 ~
: Enyelore rally re. 9