Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-25
Officers and Directors
Reelected BY Society
For The F1iendless

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officers and. directors were reelected
for the year. They are: President,
Ex- Chaplain G. B. Newcomb; matron,
Mrs. Mary f. Newcomb. Directors:
President, Hon. j. P. Jackson, Bis.
marck: first vice president, Hon. S. l..
Nuchols, district Judge, Mandan; sec
ond vice president, B. H. kroeze,
president of jamestown college,
Jamestown: treasurer. j. L. Bell
banker, Bismarck; society's deposit
tory, First National bank, Bismarck:
secretary, kev. G. B. Newcomb, Bis
marck: Governor. l.. B. Hanna, Bis.
marck: Hon. John Carmody, assistant
attorney general, Bismarck; EX-Sena-
tor George A. Welch Bismarck Hon.
j. A Buchanan, Buchanan; Principal
George A. Mcfarland, State Normal
school, Valley City; Major NJ. f. Muir
ply, Grand Forks: Hon. S. L. Wine
man, councilman Devils Lake; Hon.
F. P. Allen, district Judge, Lisbon;
DR.. A. j. MCDANIEL, Minot; Sen. w.
B. diversion, Williston Supt. j. NJ
Devine, successor to j. w. Brown,
Reform school, Mandan, was named
instead of Mr.. Brown, who has left
the state. George "A. WEIGH and J. p
Jackson were made an auditing COM
mittee.
The following report was read by
Rev. Mr.. NeWcomb:
Fifth Annual Report of the North
Dakota Division of The Society
for the Friendess Held in
Bismarck, March %.
Gentlemen OF the Board OF Directors:
In submitting the report for 1915
you will note marked change in
comparison with former years. Less
field work has been done, but very
much more service has been rendered
the unfortunate.
In this report We shall depart from
the more lengthy ones OF former
years and gi"c the work Of 1915 more
in summary form.
AS the socic.y is becoming pretty
well known over he state, it little be-
hOOvcs me to say that almost every
form Of service has been rendered
from unCared for children to the in
mates in the prison.
TabuIation for the Year.
Number of towns visited ....... SO
Number Of addresses given ...... 'G6
Number of people reached go. 1904
Number miscellaneous interviews, 800
Number miles Travelled ....... 13,42S
Number letters sent out ........ 430
Number OF pOStals .............. 154
Number papers and leaflets go. 1908
Or number Of pages ........ 41,SOS
TabuIation for the Penitentary.
Number of trips made ......... 80
Number Of League Of Christian
Endeavor meetings held ....... %
Number in attendance ....... 3,315
Number OF averages ........... l44
Number of interviews given ..... SO
Number Of l.. of G.. e. membership, 70
TabuIation for Reform School.
Number OF trips ......:......... IS
Number of services ............. 81
(Note: Entire school attends)
Other TabuIation.
Number of applications for help, 1Ol
Number assistance rendered to :. So
Number Of garments provided 49,. 80
Number of lodgings .............. Z
Number helped with money ...,.. 2
Number prisoner Redemption
song sold ............... 1OS
fluctuations Combined.
Number of places visited ....... 1877
Number of addresses .......... 1879
Number of people reached 80. 1929
Number of calls and interviews, 1,19O
Number letters Gncludes for pris
Oners) .................. 4'4
Number postas Gncludes for pris-
OnerS) ....... ........ .....'' IL
The above tabulation does not in,
clude the service rendered by the
matron, Mrs. Newcomb, only as it
appertains to the meals and lodgings
which were given in the home and
trips made by her in company with
charges.
Financial.
Receipts from all sources :. S3,O45.39
Expended .............. So,O4e.ol
The expenditures include the up
keep of the society, such as salary
travelling expenses, gratuities, litera
ture, homing, postage, printing, office
expense, rent loans, stationary, pub
fishing the "First Friend" telephones,
telegraphs, etc, etc.
Picture Machine.
About the first of the year picture
films and stereopticon slides were
added to the field work of the society.
While it is still in the initial stage,