The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-08
UNITED CHARITY WORK


churches and charitable organiza
tions of the city, who are attempting
to organize an association for tn,
prevention of overlapping in chart
table work and to systematic the
work of giving aid to the needy, held
another meeting at the municipal
court room Tuesday evening. AL
though officers were elected, it was
not definitely decided just what plan
will be followed, there having beer
some argument on this point. This
will be definitely settled when the
constitution and bylaws being draft
ed, come up for the adoption at the
next meeting.
| Those present and the organiza-
lions watch they represented were
Rev. c. H. Hanks, Congregational
church; Rev. w. ]. Jordan, Episco-
pal church; Rev. Cooper, Steven Bak-
er, Alfred Palmer, Asbury M. E.
church; Capt. j. Payne, Salvation
Army; w. A. Upham, Galilean class
and First NJ. E. church; Miss Adele
Ball and Mrs. o. w. Fishbeck, Build
ers' class, Congregational Sunday
schol; Miss Mccormick, Y. w. c. A. |;
w. A. Seegmiller, Improvement asso-
citation; G.. F. Friegel and G.. Hicks
Congregational church; Mrs. NJ. l..
Izor and Mrs. G.. B Mclaughlin,
Kings Daughters, and w. P. Pear
son, Church of Clrist.
The following o-iCers were elected
Chairman-G. B. Hicks.
Vice Chairman-Capt. Payne.
Treasurer-AdeleB Ball.
Secretary-G. F. Friegel
The plan which those back of the
movement have been working on for
the past two or three weeks, received
a jolt when w. A. Seegmiller and w.
A. Upham, arrived at the meeting,
somewhat late and set forth their
views on what should be done. The
original plan was that none of the or
CARNATIONS should lose their iden-
tity in the new movement, in fact
Mrs. NJ. l.. IZor stated that she hop
ed the new organization would not
be an associated charities organiza-
ton The plan contemplated each
organization going on and doing the
same work that it Is now doing, but
that after one family has been cared
for report should be made to sec
rotary who would see that this work
was not overlapped by another or
ganization.
Mr.. Seegmiller declared emphati-
cally that, working on this plan, the
charity workers would be no better
off than they are now. He advocated
an associated charities association,
with an active secretary, to act as
clearing house for all charitable work
He would not give aid until the card
index of the secretary had been con-
suited and all information necessary
be secured regarding the family to
be helped. He wanted everything to
Mr.. Upham endorsed Mr.. Seegmill-
er's remarks and urged that the city
be districted and a comprehensive
and systematic plan of dealing with
the needy be evolved and followed.
Considerable argument followed
the remarks of these two men, and
after some time, Rev. Hanks brought
the talk to an end by moving that the
chairman appoint a committee of
three to draft constitution and by
laws Mr.. Friegel named Capt.
Payne, Rev. Jordan and a member of
the Kings Daughters to be chosen by
Mrs. Izor
1t was decided that each organiza-
ton should have but one vote on the
board of directors of the association,
regardless of how many subsidiary
organizations within tle main or
were represented in the
cabinet. 1t was also declared that |
no information regarding needy FAM
lies, would be given out for any pur-
pose other than to assist the family. |
1t was suggested at the meeting
that the organization be called the
general relief committee, and this
seemed acceptable to those present. |
This was however, before Messrs. |
Seegmiller and Upham tossed the |
wrenci into the machinery by their |
suggestions and the name may be |
changed.
It was made plain at the meeting |
that the city commission frowns on
the payment of salary to a clerk of |
the organization. Mayor De Young
took the request of the charities as
ISOLATION up with the other commits
sioners and the commission decided
that the money might better be spent
IN assisting the needy. The officials
expressed the opinion that anyone
with the charity movement
should give his or her services gratis.