The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-07
SUCCESS IN WORK.
Baldwinville Hospital
Board Has a Good
Year.
ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY.
DR.. Paige Reviews the Work
of the Hospital Elec-
ton of Officers.
ANNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY.

Members of the woman's board of the
Baldwinville Hospital Cottages associ-
alton held their annual meeting in the
parlors of the First Baptist church yes
terday with a arge attendance
The meeting, which was preceded by
meeting Of the advisory. board. was
called to- order by Mrs. Emma s. Clark,
the president who made an informal
addresseof welcome and extended
HEARTY GREETING TO MEMBERS
of the board, congratulating them on
the success which has rewarded their
efforts Of the year past.
The list of nominations, as proposed
for the annual election by members Of
the advisory board, met with approval
and these officers We're elected unsni-
mously:
President, Mrs Emma S. Clark, Wor-
cester; first vice president, Mrs. Martha
A. Culley, Fitchburg; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. M. l. Disco, Leicester: clerk,
Mrs. Emma L. Dickinson Baldwinville;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Annie M.
L. Clark, Lancaster; treasurer, Mrs.
Edith p Greene, Clinton; auditors, Mrs.
Maria H Parker, Worcester, and Mrs.
Frances p. Daggett, Clinton; directors,
Mrs. Emma S. Clark. Mrs. Martha A.
Culley Mrs. NJ o. Disco. Mrs. Elizabeth
c.. Looming, Boston: Mrs. M Abbie
Lewis, Westminster; Mrs. Margaret D.
Wood, Boston; Mrs. Helen r. Green
wood, Gardner; Mrs. Henrietta w. Dex-
ter, Springfield; Mrs. Hattie S. Kendall,
Worcester Mrs. Helen Fowler, Worces-
ter; Mrs Hattie Richardson, Leomin-
ster.
Members at-large of advisory board,
Mrs. Laura A. Haywood, Gardner; Mrs.
Sarah E. Thompson Princeton.
superintendent of Children's league,
Mrs. Henrietta w. Dexter of Spring
field
Business manager of the Hospital
Cottage Friend" Mrs. E. S. Clark; edi-
tor, Mrs. A. M. l.. Clark, Lancaster; as
sistant editor, Miss Flora E. d. Clark,
Worcester.
Reports of the different, officers en-
bodied much of interest, indicating that
the year past has been one Of progress.
Especially interesting was the annual
report of the clerk, Mrs. Emma L. Dick
inson. 1t was replcte with general infor-
nation of work accomplished during
the past year indicating that.
SUCCESS HAS BEEN ATTAINED
in all branches; success attained by
earnest effort. not by accident. The
quarterly meetings which were held in
Fitchburg, Clinton and Baldwinville
were all we'll attended The present
membership is 300, an increase of Is
over last year.
The work of the past year has been
principally along general lines laid
down in former years.
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big success, the treasury being the
gamer by ST. from the proceeds. The
schools each year are approaching
nearer the ideal standard requisite to
meet the needs of the pupils The sup
port for these schools is derived from
the birthday boxes, but as the amount
received from this source is not suffi-
cient, 1t is urged again and again upon
the friends of the institution that they
keep alive their interest in it and dc
whatever they can to aid it. The other
reports of the work of the past year
were Of the same tenor.
The report Of the finance committee
as to the work for the coming year was
listened to with interest. 1t
RECOMMENDED AN INNOVATION
in that it asserted that the best in
terests of the institution would be sub
served by doing away with what was
known as the building fund" now in
the hands of the treasurer, dividing 1t
up between the permanent fund and
the school fund. 1t was recommended
that $500 Of this building fund be added
to the permanent fund, which is now
s270o. making it $1,000, and adding the
other $500 to the school fund This
would make the interest on the per-
manent fund amount to $500 year and
would be quite an item.
The committee also recommended
that the board pledge to the trustees
the sum of $S075 for the coming year.
The board pledged $4,000 last year, but
when the report was made up for the
year 1t was found that they lacked
s125 of that amount. The day that the
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