Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-17
YE r REPORTS
WHAT THE OFFICERS OF THE
oPENSpooR MISSION HAVE
10 sAYsoF 1905.
President Mrs. katherine HaW Enurner.
ates the Good Performed BY the
Mission and Recites Her Hopes for
the Future The Various Reports.

sEs siN Srttss SESS 49,
the Future The Various Reports.
! To thessmany people who are already
Interested in the work of the Open
Mission and With a hope that q
recital of the good this institution has
performed during. the year OF 1904 will
be an incentive to the ~uninterested to
become interested, the following re.
ports Of the president, treasurer and
missionary of the mission lis repro.
duced.
The annual meeting Of the Open
Door Mission association was held at
the Y. M. G.. A.. Thursday afternoon,
and it was at this gathering that the
reports were read.
The Presidents Report.
The report Of Mrs. Katherine Haw,
president of the association was a re-
hearsal of Miss Chambers report,
which is given below. Mrs. Haw,
however, quotes some of the things
which she hopes the mission will ac-
complish in 1905, saying: Gould we
have a home finished and furnished
and some one located there to each
and work all the time, more good
could be accomplished, I am sure.
There are those who want to learn to
read and write, which we a not help
because We have not the teachers or
means to branch out and do this. Let
us take hold with new energy and faith
for 1905 and God grant larger and
greater things may be undertaken"
Miss Chambers Report.
The following in part is the annual
report of Miss Ninon Chambers who
has proven her efficiency as a mission
airy of unusual ability:
General missionary visits, 333; Wis
it's to the sick in private families, 121;
visits to tn esick in hospital, Al; Wis
its to the county Jail, 20. Thirteen
bundles of clothing have been received
from families, 100 articles of clothing
have been given out to destitute famil-
les; 545 articles of clothing have been
sold for a sum approximating $54.28.
zone hundred and forty-two library
books have been let out during the
year, eighty-six children story books
and 287 magazines and papers. We
have received old books twice from the
library, and we have mended these
books as best we could and then let
them out.
During the year we have had three
children placed in the Iowa Children,s
Home by the court, it being easily
proven that their parents were not
the proper ones to bring them up.
Three young people have been
sent to the hospital as charity pa.
tients.
There has been five deaths In the
mission district and we have had
charge of three funerals, two of which
have been held at the mission.
During the year both Miss Margaret
Young and myself have spent much
time with the fallen women and girls
in our ~neighborhood. For g. city OF
this size apparently little is, being done
ITO save them: THERE'S a belief among
many people that when a girl sins
there is little hope for her; that she
has no ,desire.sto change her way 81
living and that time spent in trying TIC
rescue her is onlyswasted. This is un
true for during the past yearawe haye
influenced five of these women to bet
ter lives and have borne the expense
of sending them to rescue homes.
.sThe Mothers Sewing class has
held ffty-six meetings and ten prayer
meetings. From January until June
these meetings were held two after
Moons each week and since September
they have been held each Friday after
noon. At these meetings. the mothers
come and spend the afternoon sew
ing. Wes furnish. the material and i
there is any clothing that has beer
sent in that needs mending, they memo
it.
''In the place of the kindergarten
we have a day nursery in which there
is a woman employed who cares TO
the little ones while their mothers q
out to work by the day. 81
far this day nursery has beer
supported by the following contribu
tors: Fortnightly club, Thanksgiving
collection from four churches. Ladies
society of the First Presbyterian
church, Mercy and Help department o
First Methodist Episcopal church, We
mems Home Missionary society Of thu
First Methodist Episcopal church. Tn
Domestic Science department Of tn
Ottumwa Woman's club and the Stud,
club of Trinity church have prom
ised assistance and last evening tn
P. e. o. society voted to help in a ma
terial way.
Treasurer's Report.
The report of l.. E. Stevens, treas
urer is as follows:
Balance cash on hand last
annual report .$153.4
Collection from all ources. . 451.O;
Total ........ ............ .$604.6'
Disbursements for salary, ex-
penses, etc $604.0
Balance on hand .,............ "A
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