The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-16
SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING HELD YESTER-
DAY AFTERNOON.

SOciety- Interesting Reports Rend.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Seamens Friend society was held yes
terday afternoon In Warner hall. The
meeting was very largely attended anc
! was a most successful one 1t was
| called to order at 3 o'clock by the presi'
dent, Mrs. A. E. Winchell. The session
| opened with a very delightful duet by
| Miss Winchell and Miss Law, followed
by a prayer and scripture reading by
Rev. James P. Deane, assistant pastor
of United church.
The report of the treasurer of the
society, Mrs. Human Cowles was then
| heard 1t showed that at the present
time 1888 are in the treasury.
| Following Mrs. Cowles' report came
| the report of the superintendent, Rev.
John o. Bergh. Rev. Mr.. Bergh is also
chaplain of the society. The report was
most interesting one and showed that
during the last year Mr.. Bergh had
! visited 1884 vessels. 1t is among the
/ duties of Mr.. Bergh's office to visit yes
sells coming into this port for the pur-
pose of seeing if the captains are in
need of men or if the men are in need
| of help in any way. If so the society
gives what assistance it can. The
| boarding house and reading room are
| always open to the seafaring men and
| generally they are pretty well filled. II
| the sailors desire to write letters and
are not able to do so then Mr.. Bergh
| writes for them and in other ways as
sista them.
The report also showed that 2019 sail
ors have come to the reading room
during the yeartand that Mr.. Betgh
shipped $50 men on the different YES
sells.
Miss Lines then gave an excellent
piano selection.
The library report was then given by
Mrs. Henry Champion. The report
showed that sixty libraries are now in
circulation on different vessels. These
libraries pass from one ship to an
other and include books of great inter-
est. Mrs. Fl. p Hoadley is the other
member Of the library committee.
Mrs Albert S. Holt, the secretary,
read her report, which in substance was
as follows:
1.-The Womans Seamen's Friend so
ciety has been in existence thirty-nine
years. The president and board of
managers are most efficient and give
much time and thought to 1t. Mr..
Bergh is not only the chaplain, but
kind friend at all times to the sailors
and always ready to give them aid.
Services are held in the chapel every
Sunday afternoon and are well attend
ed, more than half of the number being
e4o Is o1v
observed. The home was closed to
boarders during the summer, but was
opened the first of October.
1.-THE president, treasurer and chap
lain attended the convention for sail
ors' at Boston in that month.
Thanksgiving day and Christmas
We're events for the sailors, as well as
all others. Either playing and a sleight-
of-hand performance, together with
supper and gifts of comfort bags made
the Christmas a merry one. Many
friends kindly contributed gifts for
these occasions, as well as at other
times during the year. Our thanks are
due to any and all who have helped us
in any way to carry on our work.
The election of officers resulted in
the election of new president to sue
coed Mrs. A. e. Winchell, who has
been the faithful head of the society
for the last four years. Under Mrs
Winchelrs supervision the society has
grown in every manner and it was
with deep regret that the members
learned that she would not be able to
fill the place another year. Mrs
Frank Monsoon was elected to take
Mrs. WinchelPs place. The complete
list of officers and the committees
as elected yesterday Is as follows:
President--Mrs Frank Monson.
Vice presidents-Mrs. f. Wayland |
Fellowes Mrs. A. B. Fuller, Mrs. Sim |
con J. Fox.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Albert S.
Holt.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. C. ].
Monsoon, jr.
Treasurer-Mrs. Lunlan Cowles.
Missionary and Observation-Disclosures |
John o. Bergh.
Auditor--Albert s. Holt
Advisory board-George O. Crutten-
den, General e. S. Greeley, Hon Henry
B. Harrison, Judge John c. Hollister,
Frank w. Pardee, Joseph Porter, Joel
A. Sperry
Executive committee-Mrs. John H.
Booth, Mrs Robert H. Brown, Mrs.
Human Cowles, Mrs. G. O.. Cruttenden,
Mrs. James Fl. Foy. Mrs f. Wayland
Fellowes, Mrs Albert S. Holt, Mrs. S.
W. Hurlburt Mrs. Simeon j. Fox, Mrs
A. B. Fuller, Mrs. Mary A. Law, Mrs
Frank Monsoon, Mrs. S. E. Mcqueen,
Mrs. Alverd e. Winchell.
Committee on libraries-Mrs. Henry
Champion, Mrs. Horace p. Hoadley.
Home committee-Mrs. G. @. Crutten-
len, Mrs. Luman Cowles, Mrs John H.
Booth, Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs.
Frank Monsoon.
Volunteer committee-Miss Mary E.
law, Miss Eloise Blakeslee, Miss Flor
nee Brown, Miss Florence Clark, Miss
Alice Cowles Mrs Edward Dorman,
Mss Florence Graham, Mrs. Theodore
Iagaman Miss Henrietta HoadIey,
Irs. Leonard Hotchkiss, Miss Anna G.
udson, Miss Harriet Lum. Miss Clara
smith, Miss Helen Sanford, Miss Mary
1ersick Miss Helen Merwin.
Nominating committee-Mrs A. B.
fuller, Miss Frances S. Ives Mrs.
oseph Porter.
Honorary memberships. Sarah A.
Booth, Mrs. John Nicoll. Mrs. Lemuel
. PundersOn, Mrs Leonard Winship