The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-11-18
CENTRAL CHARITY
BUREAU ORGANIZED
The Female Charitable Society
Forms New Organization.

The Morristown Female Charitable
society, the pioneer in charitable
work in Morristown, has placed itself
in the advance guard by taking up
the organization of central chari-
ties bureau Announcement was made
of this fact at the loan exhibit of
the society held Monday in celebla-
ton of its Tooth anniversary A
salaried charity worker is to be EN-
gagged and an office opened Ways
and means seem assured for at least
six months but it is the intention to
continue the work as an experiment
for fifteen months.
The society's board of managers has
adopted the following resolutions -
Resolved, That whereas it was the
aim of the originators of the Female
Charitable society to be an organiza-
tlon for the help and general uplift
of the poor and needy, and
Whereas the work of this Oldest
institution of the town has for some
| time been confined almost entirely
to the giving of coal to the needy,
and
Whereas. we are urged by other
organizations to resume our old place
in the town,
BE it resolved, That the Female
Charitable society on this its One
Hundredth anniversary, take steps TO
broaden the scope of its usefulness
| by constituting itself as central
bureau of charity, which shall be the
means of intelligent cooperation
among the various churches .charit-
able societies and charitable givers,
ITO this end, be it resolved, That
We enlarge our membership, and that
we elect two boards, the
First: to be composed of our pres
ent board OF managers, which shall
constitute itself and be known as the
board of managers of the Female
Charitable society, this board of man
ayers to have full control of all funds
and to disburse such moneys for cur
! rent expenses, and to receive month
| ly reports from the decisions COM
mittee. Three members, or more, of
the board of managers may also sery'
i upon the decisions committee.
Second: The second board shall be
known as the decisions committee, to
be composed of three or more, MEM
bers of the board of managers, and
such representative workers in
churches or charities as may be cleo
ted, and may wish to cooperate with
us. The duties of the decisions com
mittee will be to engage, advise and
supervise a salaried trained worker,
and to render a monthly report of
her activities to the board of man.
ayers. (The employment of trained
worker need not prevent the private
district workers from visiting their
poor)
Resolved, That this movement 10
: establish central bureau of charity
+ be undertaken as an experiment FOL
5 fifteen months from the present date.
2 November 1913, to be continued at
the discretion OF the board OF mon
+ ayers.
The central bureau will be room
No. in the DeHart offices, corler
South and DeHart streets. Dr.. Henri
N. Dodge has kindly offered this OF
flee for the present without Expense
, to the society.
: The opening of the bureau has been
! made possible by the generous pledges
! made by several churches ard organ
lzaticns sand individuals WHO fully
, realize the value of it to them in
1 economy of time, effort and money IN
their relief work. To carry on the
!, work, the support of the Community
is necessary.
r The present Officers and managers
: of this society are:
First directress, Mrs F. Il. Kellogg.
second direetress, Miss Louisa Il.
keasbey; secretary, Miss Louis= Stew
enson; assistant secretary, Miss Kate
Stevenson; treasurer Miss Elizabeth
Little.
Managers Mrs. Thomas c. Bush-
nell. Mrs. William Bard N ,Vickar.
Mrs. Frederic v Pitney, Mrs. L. 0.
> Stiles, Miss Meta Lord, Mrs. Thomas
Cauldwell, Dr. A. L. Allaben, Mrs. F.
Headley, Mrs. Alexander Denn-ll.
Miss Laura Pierson, Mrs. |. r. pier
', son, Mrs. George H. Hull.