Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-13
CREcHE BEING APPRECIATED
Annual Meeting D~IscIOses Prosperous
Condition.

OOhuIthOhs
That the Associated Charities. with its
creche on East Pierce street, has come
to be recognized as a needed institution in
Council Bluffs and was receiving the gener-
Gus supper of the citizens, was the state
ment Of Miss Caroline Dodge at the annual
meeting of the organization yesterday
afternoon when she was reelected presl-
dent for the ensuing year.
Referring to the recognition which the
association In it's work is receiving, Miss
Dodge said: 1--WE are meeting with a
wider interest and support from the citi-
Gems of our city. We are finding that our
members will make many sacrifices of time
and pleasure to meet the demands of mem
bership In the organization and service
upon committees. Is this wider interest
In the charity work in the city due to the
fact that we are realizing that we owe
to the community in which we live a deeper
int rest in each member Of that COM
munity? 1t seems to me that we are be-
ginning to realize that we are not bestow-
ing charity. but paying a debt to those
less fortunate than ourselves"
In her address the president referred with
feeling to the loss the association had sus-
tanned in the death Of the late E. L. Shug-
art, whose gift of 5000 made possible the
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Pierce street.
The other officers elected were: Vice
president. Mrs. Lewis Cutler; recording
secretary, Mrs. II. p. Barrett; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Fred Johnson; treas
urer. Mrs. W, II. Dudley; auditors, Mrs.
George T. Phelps and Mrs. ]. w. Bell; his
toTisn. Mrs. J. p. Greenshields.
The trustees elected are Mrs. Horace
Everett. Mrs. Frank Keeline, Mrs. ]. p.
Greenshields, Mrs. Frank Clark, Mrs. F T.
True. Mrs. F. w. Miller, Mrs. H. w.
Binder, Mrs. George Keeline. Mrs. c.. D.
Parmalee. Mrs, T.. ]. Shusart, Mrs. A..
Metzger. Mrs. NJ. Wollman, Mrs. D.. S
Frank, Mrs. j. p. Hess. Mrs. s. T. McAtee,
Mrs. ]. B. Atkins, Mrs. F.. ]. Schnorr,
Mrs. II. A. Quinn. Mayor Thomas Maloney,
Major George H. Richmond and General
Grenville NJ. Dodge.
Chairmen of standing committees were
appointed by the president as follows:
Ways and means. Mrs. Lewis Cutler; men,
bership, Mrs. f.. w. Miller; nursery, Mrs.
F. J. Schnorr; relief, Mrs. ]. p. Green
shields; house. Mrs. Adolph Beno.
The report Of Mrs. Johnson, matron of
the creche and superintendent of the relief
work OF the association, showed that 1C
children had been cared for at the creche
during the year. OF these eighteen were
under 1 year Of age. thirty-two under 6
years and fifty over 5 years. There were
only two deaths at the creche during the
year. one being from diphther!a and the
other from whooping cough.
Thirty-eight OF the children were cared
for at the creche because of the separation
of the parents, six because deserted by
mother, twenty because deserted by father,
twenty-seven on account of sickness, three
were orphans and six were deserted by
both parents. The parents OF ten Of the
children had been reunited through the
efforts of the matron.
Seventeen girls and five women had been
provided with temporary lodging and board
while employment had been found for
twenty-eight girls. twenty women and
seventeen men.
The receipts of the creche for the year
amounted TO N,s6S.S5. A system of conduct
ing the creche on a cash basis since last
September has been adopted.
The report Of Mrs. w. II. Dudley. the
treasurer. showed that the receipts OF the
association from all sources for the year
were 3,325.S so and the disbursements s., 26S.S
leaving a balance OF but s7 with which tc
start the new year.
In addition to a note OF $4,000, the associa.
ton had a floating indebtedness of s5S'
at the first Of the year.
The meeting was held in the parlors OF
the First Presbyterian church and wai
we'll attended. At the close of the bushes,
session refreshmantS were served