The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-07
SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY
HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Old Officers Re-elected-Reports of the
Various Officers Read and Approved
Society During the Year,

A Number of Gifts Received by the
Society During the Year.
The NNomans Seamen's Friend soci-
ETY. held their annual meeting in the
chapel Of the Seamen's Bethel on Wa
ter street yesterday afternoon. The re-
ports Of the several officers were read
for the ensuing year resulted in the re-
election, with but few exceptions, of the
officers of last year. They are as fol-
lows:
President-Mrs Alvord e. Winchell.
Vice presidents-Mrs. f. Wayland
Fellowes, Mrs. John H. Booth, Mrs.
Frank Monson and Mrs. Simeon J. Fox.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Albert S.
Holt.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. c. J.
Monson, jr.
Treasurer-Mrs. Human Cowles
Missionary and superintendent
John o. 3ergh.
Auditor--Albert S. Holt.
Advisory board-G. O. Cruttenden,
General z. S. Greeley, Hon. Henry r..
seph Porter Frank w. Pardec and Joel
A. Sperry.
Executive com1nittee-Mrs. John II,
Booth, Mrs. Robert A. Brown, Mrs. Lu-
man CowIes, Mrs. G. 0. Cruttenden,
Mrs. James H. Foy, Mrs. F. Wayland
Fellowes, Mrs. S. w. Hurlburt, Mrs.
Simeon J. Fox, Mrs A, B. Fuller, Miss
Mary e. Law, Mrs. C. J. Monson, Jr.,
c,,,- X, Nc
Queen, Miss Harriet A. B. Punderson
and Mrs. Alvord Il. Winchell.
A board of managers and committees
were also elected.
The report Of the treasurer, Mrs.
Helen T.. Cowles, contains the follow
ing:
Balance December 81, 1897 $16l.75;
miscellaneous receipts after last years
report, $4145; collections by managers,
1857. OS; in New Haven churches, $263.6S;
outside churches, s75.46; American Sea-
mems Friend society, s400; interest on
investments, $3.50; entertainment ana
sales. s133. SO: contributions for Thanks
giving and Christmas, S63.73; for read
ing room and library, $40; for repairs
and improvements of home, $50; sale OF
Middlesex bond, 5000; Withdrawn from
savings bank, $365.29; total, S9,OS5,57.
The expenditures included the FOLLOW
ing: Salaries of janitor, superintendent
and matron, $1,365; chapel expenses
s156 home expenses, $5o6.16; library
and reading room expenses, Sas'oo'
books and cases for ship libraries, $44.-
IS; printing, etc, S34; insurance, SoS'ot'
repairs, etc, S114.76; deposited in bank'
$3.50. The balance in the treasury Is
$359.01.
The report Of the superintendent, j.
0. Bergh, is a model of conciseness ana
was greatly approved by the members
1t was in part as follows:
'rrhe demand for seamen during the
late war was very great and the conse-
uuence was an advance in wages. AS
soon as a sailor would reach the Bethel
he would stay one day and then ne
would start for New York to enlist IN
the navy
During the last year naphtha
launch has been added to the equipment
of the Bethel, and visits are now mace
to vessels in stream without any OF the
former troubles. 1t also serves as an
aid in shipping and transporting sailors
to and from the ships, and the readins
matter is also distributed much easier
since this addition was made. during
the wear 361 men have put up at the
home, and while the home has not near
Nv paid expenses, the service rendered
has been we'll placed. One hundred ana
ten libraries have been put in clrcula-
ton by the society, made up OF well Sc
lected books. The record for the year
of ,itera ture distributed is 2,7O0 maya
zines. 5000 papers 223 books and eleven
Bibles.
"At the Bethel every Sunday the
word of God has been preached, ana
while there have been few conversions,
q large number Of men have been made
better by their attendance. The snip
ming offioa record for the year is T4Z
men shipped, for which not single fee
was charged Three hundred meals
and a corresponding number of lodg-
ings were given away during the year
Twentv-six men Ill with some disease
have been cared for at the home as fol-
lows: One for typhoid, one for broken
leg. others with grip and some with
rheumatism
The report of the secretary, Mrs AL
bert S. Holt, was then read. 1t spoke
of the various events Of the year, the
dinner for the alumni of the TheoloG1-
cal seminary, which netted a good sum
for the trea sury: of the Easter service,
at which sixteen sailors We're present
and of the Christmas entertainment, at
which the gifts received were very
much appreciated by the sailors. The
thanks of the society were expressed
IN John Bright, who furnished the
crockerv for the entertainment. Va
rious gifts were rcceivd by the society
during the year, viz, a gift OF money
from the missionary society of WAL
lingford church, a. gift of SiO6o from
Mrs. Farnam, clothing from the Needle
work guild and gift of $1,000 from
Miss Harriet Pundereon
Tn speaking of the death of Miss
Harriet Punderson, Mrs Holt SAID:
zone member of the society has passed
away during the year, MISS iarrle'
Purdergon, who was for many years O
very valued tireless ana interested
worker. She was a charter member and
until ill-health prevented was con-
sto,t attendant at the meetings and al
wcys ready to give time and thought
To this society. We can ill-spare such
a worker as she was, but her life's work
hove is done. She showed her love fof
the cause by leaving the sum OF Sl,col
to the society,"