The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-03
Large Attendance at Annual Gathering Held Yesterday Afternoon at St, Paul's
 Church.
MRS, A. F. BARNES' REPORT
Secrctary's Records Show Encourag- tug Work Done During Year Mrs. Hoppin Re Elected
 President

With an exceptionally large attend ance the Home for the Friendesr met yesterday afternoon in the parish house of St. Pau's church, Mrs, T Mason Hoppin presiding Rev, James Dc Wolf Perry. the rector of St Paurs de, lIvered a short speech and then the business of the meeting was taken up
 The following officers were elected;
 President- Mrs. ] Mason Hoppin
 Vice presidents-Mrs Timothy Bishop, Mrs Frederick J. Kingsbury, iro and Mrs Rutherford Trowbridge,
 Treasurer-Amos F. Barnes,
 Recording secretary-Nrs, Amos F. Barnes
 Corresponding secretary-Miss so- phonia Klock.
 Auditor Arthur c. Graves,
 Advisory committee Justus S. Hotchbiss. William T, Fields, Oliver S, White Arthur c. Graves. John T. Man son, C, E. P Sanford and W. Perry Curtiss.
 Mrs, Amos F. Barnes, the secretary of the Home, read her annual report showing what was accomplished during the past year The report in full fol- lows:
 To the President and Managers of the
 Home for the Friendless:
 With the ending of another year comes the thought for the next, and by showing and interesting the public in this worthy cause, we arc in hopes of receiving the wherewithal to carry on the good work for another year
 The Home should congratulate itself at the Interest taken in it by the pub- lc which during the past year has been shown In more ways than one,
 This Is very gratifying as 1t shows us that the Home is appreciated and Is supplying a need in this community which Is not filled by any other insttu- ton
 The Christmas gathering and dis tribution of gifts gave great pleasure Mrs Darlington. one of the inmates declaring 1t had been the happlest Christmas she had ever spent Our special thanks are due to Mrs. F. H Brown. for her attention and care in lll' NlCll liuAlbll bl iltNFliAf't hlll i' Mrs Henry l Kellogg and her son for so beautifully decorating the tree, and to all who aided either by personal ef- fort or by gifts to make this the bright est day of thu year,
 Among those who have helped to brighton the lives of the ladies, and to whom we are deeply gratcful---ls tho Sunshine society of Calvary Baptist church. for an entertainment given by them at the Home-and to Mir w P Frost, agent for the White automobile who took about twenty of the inmates for a ride one day last summer, which they greatly enjoyed and often refer 10 now with the greatest pleasure.
 During the year we have cared for eb persons. an increase of four over last year, the average age being 69 years. The oldest "Auntie" Tuttle. being 9l years old on Christmas day, and the youngest only few months
 We have had no contagious diseases and the health of the inmates on the whole has been all that we could de- sire
 Six births and six deaths have oc- cured in the home circle, On April 15, 1908, at the New Haven hospital, Mrs, Martha Meyer, aged 66. on June 21, at the Home, Mrs. Annie Tmie aged 76, who was a faithful member of the Home for nearly ton years and Is much missed by all who knew her; on June 2e, at the New Haven hospital,