The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-09
WIDOWS SOCIETY
BYLAWS CONTAIN
A FEW REvISIONS
Annual Report Read at
Meeting Yesterday Shows
Encouraging Prospects.

At the sixty-sixth annual meeting of
the Protestant Widows society held
yesterday afterno DON, Mrs. George
Comstock was elected president. The
other officers named are: Mrs. f. B.
Hawley. Mrs. Charles G. Sanford and
Mrs. Edward Ives, vice presidents;
Mrs. William j. Grippin. correspond
ing secretary, and Miss Charlotte A.
Peck, treasurer. Mrs. Roderick J.
Mackenzie will be the new recording
secretarJ, taking the place of Miss
Fannie L. Wordin, who resigned.
Mrs. Edward A. Jennings, Mrs. Stiles
E. dse1I and Mrs. Charles E. Weeks
were elected trustees to fill the va
cancies left by the death of Mrs. Ches-
ter Russell and the designations of
Mrs. Jared Gaylord and Mrs. Edward
Marsh. The trustees reelected were
Mrs. George M. Baldwin, Mrs. Ed
ward D. Beach, Mrs. Morris B. Boards
| ley, Mrs. f. H. Benham, Mrs. Ezekiel
Birdseye, Mrs. Isaac w. Birdseye, Mrs
| William B. Bishop, Mrs. Henry B1od-
get, Mrs. George Constock, Miss Eli
zabeth Fitch, Mrs. Mary K. Zones,
| Grippin, Mrs. F. B. Haw1ey, Mrs F. S.
Ives, Mrs. George w. .Jackman, Mrs.
! r. J. Mackenzie, Mrs D. E. Marsh,
Mrs. J. H. Moore, Mrs. Edward J.
Morgan, Mrs. A. w. Mosher, Mrs.
Dudley M. Morris, Mrs. William J.
| "a
Charlotte Peck, Mrs. E. B. Plumb,
Mrs. W. A. Phillips, Mrs. Frederick
w. Read, Mrs. J. J. Rose, Mrs. Glover
/ E. Sanford Miss Susan S. Sanford,
Mrs. J. G. Shaw, Mrs. Adelaide Sher-
man, Mrs. Erva B. Sil1innan, Mrs. K.
M. Spalding, Mrs. Frank T. Staples,
| Mrs. Alexander Wheeler, Mrs. George
w. Wheeler, Mrs. George Windsor,
Mrs. Henry w. Hincks.
The executive committee will re-
main the same and conists of Mrs.
J. H. Moore, Mrs. F. N. Benham, Mrs.
Erva B. SiI1iman, Mrs. Adelaide E.
| Sherman, Mrs Morris B. Beardsley,
Miss Elizabeth Fitch. The house
committee is comprised of Miss Peck,
Mrs. w. J. Nichols, Mrs. John Cough,
Mrs. A. w. Mosh or is the collector.
The auditors are Mortimer Comstock
| and o. H. Brothwe11. The advisory
committee includes Judge Morris B.
Beards1ey, Frederick B. Hawley and
! Charles G. Sanford
1.-THE financial statement showed the
| society to be of Great strength. The
| annual report Of thy society follows:
The year just ending has been one
fof quiet, but continued achievement
in the work of the society.
I The trustees have met regularly and,
as always, have given their best effort
| in supervising every department.
| Death claimed one of our trustees,
Mrs. Chester Russell, a valued fellow
| worker. She was elected to the board
| of trustees in 1888, and chosen a vice
| president in 1890, which position she
held until 1911, a period of FL years,
when failing health caused her to re-
| sign, but she remained a member of
the board to the last. She died Jan.
! 26, 1916.
An important event in the year was
the revision of the constitution and
| bylaws and the rules and regulations.
For this purpose a special committee
was appointed in May, composed of
Mrs. F. B. Haw1ey, Mrs. -Comstock,
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Ives. This COM
| rnittee brought in thenr final report
| Nov. r.
Among the changes made in the
constitution and bylaws may be men
toned thep revision against taking on
| as beneficiaries, those having sufficient
| resources to provide for themselves,
and the requirement of careful inves-
tigation on this point before applicants
are accepted.
After revising the constitution, by
laws, rules and regulations it seemed
desirable and even necessary that they
| should be printed. Accordingly a
book was brought out, WSENH also in
cIudes a historical sketch Of the So
ciety from its very beginning-to De-
| cember, 1915-a period of exactly Sc