Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-28
s2,S16.50
investments.
s143,210.I1 s132,s42.11
Reports from Department Heads.

Mrs. Ellen Bishop reported for the house committee stating that three rooms had been renovated and repair ed in the house at No. 8 Washington street during the year and recom- mending that the building be shingled shortly.
 Mrs. John Kukla reported for the city mission. giving an interesting ac- count of the work of the past year. She stated that it was fifteen years since this department had been allied with the United Workers and that there had been a steady growth in the work ever since.
 City Missionary's Report.
 In his annual report City Missionary Rev. c. A. Northrop spoke in part as follows:
 For nearly fifty years Norwich has been doing organized charity work. It began it long before the days of char ity organization societies It did social service work before the term social ed workers here before the United Workers came into being. MT. Northrop then gave a brief history of the de- partment of the City Mission, and, continuing, said:
 Our work deals largely with families and with individuals as related to fam lilies, and we seek to make and main tain good homes Hence, our work is as varied as the family needs may be. It may give material aid to tide over unfortunate or unforeseen conditions of child life, or married life, of neigh borhood life of public life Its char ities are all love services, whether they take the form of money, food or fuel orders, or advice or suggestion or warning.
 The story of years work in our City Mission department, or what might be called, referring to it's be- ginnings, our outdoor relief work, can not be told in figures A slight anaIy- sis of benefits conferred and some statements of why some benefits do not benefit are all that can be given here
 Our three special lines of work, fresh air Thanksgiving and Christmas. have been carried on as usual Thanks giving dinners were given to about 100 families, comprising 330 members The usual barrels of provisions from the school children, and cash contributions from these and other friends enabled us to render this amount of aid, with only a small financial deficit
 number of thoughtful friends pro- vided means for warm clothing, cheer full toys for Christmas as in former years. The same may be said of the contributions for the fresh air fund whereby we were able to give trolley
  and boat rides to 120 persons in 50 families at a cost of $60
 Aside from these specials we have in our regular work aided 51 families with things that have cost us money in food, fuel, nursing, clothing and other ways.
 Three Groups.
 These families fall naturally into three groups, according to the frequen- cy with which they are helped
 The first group has ten families They have all been aided every week and month during the year, at a mon eycost for each family from s4S to $9f per year, total of about $7oO This help has been chiefly in food and fuel Of these ten families, numbering 22 members, nine contain aged or invalid people. There are only four men in these families, all of them unable tc work.
 A second group has II families These have been aided for a period less than year from 1 to 10 months,