The San Francisco call., 1904-12-26
ACTIVE WORK
FOR CHARITY
Eureka Benevolent Associa-
tion Reports Bettering
Condition of Jewish Poor
SOCIETY is GROWING
Organizations Membership
and Funds OH Hand Show
an Encouraging Increase

The board of trustees of the Eu-
reka Benevolent Association for amel-
iorating the condition of the Jewish
poor held its annual meeting yes
terday morning at 436 O'Farrell
street, and the reports of the various
officers for the past year showed that
the association had been very success
full.
Besides the regular business of the
meeting, the following officers were
elected to guide the work of the as
sociation for the coming year: Presi-
dent, Charles Hirsch; vice president,
S. w. Heller; treasurer, Albert Mey-
er; secretary, Meyer H. Levy, and
trustees, Simon Anspacher, Herman
Levy, Simon Newman, Sig. Schwa-
backer, Henry Sinsheimer and Isaac
Strasburger.
The following is in substance the re-
port of the president on the work or
the Eureka Benevolent Association
for the year:
The question Of finance being paramount
above ali Others glance at our income and
expenditures for the past year will afford the
necessary information as TO what our prin-
cipal needs are. The income of the general
fund for the fiscal year just closed amounted
to $40, 243 20 an increase Of $6033 81 over that
Of the previous year.
Our expenditures have been for charity
S19,S74 55 and sundry expenses $2TS2 g. We
have been called upon for an Increased ex-
penditure for charity OF $2545 o5 more than
for the previous year. which has caused
deficit from the general fund OF the sum or
1925 0S. This is by far the smallest dencit
that We have had for quite number OF years
principally due to the fact that our receipts
from donations and bequests for the year just
closed have bsen unprecedently large
Id,tntaS l - saI3h AZ The expenditures have
been account Of dispensations to widows
and orphans $4515 and expenses Sls1s IL a
total expenditure of $6494 II. making gain
OF $2641 35.
Legacies and donations received from friends
and benefactors amounted to Sl2,fS2 40 vi
the general fund and $15T9 99 to the widow
and orphan fund, and suitable inscriptions
placed memorial tablets In memory OF
those deceased benefactors.
In accordance with the report submitted ny
the committee on the revision OF the consul
tuition and bylaws, which had been submitted
to our members at our last annual meeting as
per resolution passed at said annual meeting.
a special meeting Of the members was heia on
February Z 1904 and the amendments sub
mitted by them adopted Quite a num-
Der of material changes were made, the prin-
ment the income OF the general fund by with
drawing from the widow and orphan fund the
proportion from membership dues and dona-
tions and bequests which had previously oeen
allotted it, This increased the income OF the
general fund with the sum of S304O 20. ana
were il not for this wise provision would
for the general fund than we have.
strenuous efforts were made by the members
OF your board of trustees during the past year
TO Increase our list of members, and as the re-
suit of their efforts 1 pleased in being
able to state that they have succeeded in en-
rolling IS new names upon our roster. We,
however lost 27 through death. designations
and stricken from the roll, which leaves a net
gain of 21 members.
The following is a synopsis OF the
report of the secretary relative to the
financial showing of the association:
Income-Membership dues, S943S; interest
account S7419 20; donations, $12, 7s2 46; life
memberships, $500; returned charity. $142;
total, $50. 0TS 70.
Expenditures-C Charity, $23, 949 90; expense.
S22l5 90; collection fees sl0So; taxes on mort
cages $757 Is; assessment, Home Of Peace
Cemetery, SEAS %; total, $2S.651 AS; receipts
both funds ,07s rs; expenditures both
funds, $2s 651 AS; gain, $1427 27; written of
members accounts and bonds, $S77 90; net
gain, $549 II. -
600: German Savings Bank, $1,000 81; cash ad-
vanced TO general fund $1200; cash advanced
to Hebrew Board of Relief. $780, cash with
treasurer, S2095 Al: dues receivable, S541; cash
advanced to secretary. $500; total, $161,976 q.
Liabilities: General Fund-Capital account
| December l, 1904, S61SS SO; cash due Widow
and Orphan Fund 1920; cash due treasurer.
S51O3 go: total. S12. 492 55; Widow and Ornhan
F1lnd-Cauital account December 1, 1904.
S149, ,4sS &c; total, $161.9I6 21