The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
AGED MEN.
Corporation Of Home Meets
and Reports Read.

The annual meeting of the corpora
ton Of the Home for Aged Men in
Worcester was held in the office of the
Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, yesterday afternoon. The
meeting was we'll attended by members
of the corporation and evidences plain
ly the interest felt in the object of the
association.
The death of Albert Curtis. who has
filled the Office of president for many
years, left a vacancy in the old board
| of officers, and DIR. Thomas FL. Gage
was elected unanimously to the posi-
ton. Other officers were chosen as fol-
,, lows: Vice presidents Jonas G. Clark,
Hon. e. T. Marble, Hon. Stephen SAL
isbury; treasurer, Nathaniel Painei
secretary, Roger F. Upham; directors,
Henry A. Marsh, S. Il. Haywood. Jo-
seph c. Ellis, Loring Goes, Edward l.
Comins, Waldo Lincoln, charles A.
Chase, George Swan, Horace Wyman,
Joseph NJ Baseett, William James
Hogg and G. Henry Hutchins.
At subsequent meeting of the di-
rectors, the following committees were
chosen to serve the coming year. Ex-
ecutive committee, j.. l. Comins, Il. T..
Marble, j G. Ellis; committee on adj
missions, Nathaniel Paine, Il. /. Co
minis, S. r. Haywood; finance, 8. r..
Haywood, Henry A. Marsh, stephen
Salisbury; auditors Henry A. Marsh,
Waldo Lincoln.
1t was voted to 1t up an additional
room at the home, and a committee
made up of Charles A. Chase Ma
thaniel Paine and Roger f. Upham
was appointed to superintend the get
ting up and printing a pamphlet, for
reference regarding the home.
DR.. George F. Balloon and William
H. Inman were elected members of the
corporation.
Treasurer Nathaniel Paine reported
the ordinary receipts for the year as
$2940 and the expense Of maintenance
as about $2500 There has been re-
ceived from the estate OF F.. II. Inman
$1,000; estate of Harriet W. Damon,
$4,000; estate Of Sarah b. Ellis, $40.
The total Investments are 1886, 800. The
permanent funds Of the home are the
Isaac Davis fund of s1t00 and the
Frederick w. Paine fund, $1,000.
The annual report. Of the executive
committee follows:
Everything has gone pleasantly at
home during the year past There have
been admitted three persons by vote
of the board. namely, Zimri Townsend,
who entered Jan. %; Joseph Leland,
who entered August 10, and Dexter
Rice, whose friends have made other
arrangements for him.
Mr. Townsend, who was aged and
quite feeble when he entered, died Oct.
II. Mr.. Leland Is very much pleased
with his home and does all he can to
make the hoEne pleasant. Since the
home was first opened, Oct 30. 1891,
there have been thirteen admissions. OF
these seven have died or left of their
own volitlon, and there are now five
remaining, namely. Edwin Hawkes.,
Samuel Griffin, George It. Clark, Thos.
Il. Deming and Joseph Leland, all Of
whom seem contented and happy.
We have been In hopes some generous
soul would be inspired to place at our
disposal sufficient funds TO erect a new
and more suitable building for our
needs, but thus far our hopes have not
been realized The present building is
not well suited to the needs of the
home. 1t Is poorly constructed and we
burn large amount OF fuel with not
very satisfactory results. The sitting
room for the inmates is too small. The
other rooms are generally larger than