New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

"i'o Ai"io ol the Ql1IerenC aBeHcleS ol work and uplift in our community These Included the work of the Y. NJ. c. A., Y. w. c. A, Charity Or ganization, sewing school of the city, daily vacation school boys Thurs day club, etc.
 After our Sunday evening meetings the plan of serving refreshments has been so favorable that we still con tinue the same, thereby having q chance to work out our policy of everyone knowing everyone else" and enjoying 8 social hour together On March 9th we held an enter tainment, making sixty-four dollars, ($64.0o) clear profit, which was to be I used entirely for the support of the Daily Vacation School. Under the supervision of Rev. E. T. Thienos the school was held again (naking the second term) for six weeks five days | a week, during the summer vacation, and proved to be even more of a sue cess than formerly The enrolment 1 this year was 300 against 2S8 the l summer before, the average atten- l dance 1S7 against 127, Many of l our members took part as teachers 1 in the different departments which l included basketry, raffia work, sew l ing, hammock weaving, etc, snd also had charge of the kindergarten for 1 the younger ones. Among the chill dren were fourteen different nation l alities. The parents seemed to req l lize more this year than ever before 1 what a splendid opportunity was be- ! fore them in thus being able to keep l their children off from the streets and | attend a school where their lives l would surely be broadened and their 1 minds kept busy on the source Of work which was accomplished. Ar ! engagements are now being made for another entertainment for the same purpose of running the Daily Vaca- l ton school this coming summer. A number of changes have been made In the Boys Thursday club l Instead of having just lecture and playing games, read magazines etc, they now also have a department of l carpentry work. A large number of l all sorts of tools, jig saws, etc, have so kindly been given to the club for 1 this work and thus enables the boys to spend their Thursday afternoons 1 in making good use of their time at 1 work which interests almost all boys of this age. They have already com p1eted work bench and are busily engaged in the manual work.
 l Last winter we conducted a girls sewing school and although nothing is being done with this at present we will resume these meetings very shortly on Monday afternoons We expect quite a number of girls, in cluding many from the Children $ l home, all of whom seemed to enjoy | the meetings held before and arc l very anxious to continue the work.
 The third Sunday in very month
 our society takes charge of services
 at the Town Farm. Quite @ number
 of the inmates attend these meetings | regularly and seem to appreciate hav-
 ing group of young people come in | who try to make the day somewhat brighter for them by singing songs
 and leading a short service.
 We also take charge of the Burritt
 Mission the third Wednesday in every
 month. This too, is a place where
 we are now trying to get the people
 in that section interested in the
 Mission and hope in time to make
 quite a bid of headway in the work
 we are now striving to do in this
 vicinity.
 Another new branch of outlook
 work has been brought up before the
 society for which plans are now
 being worked out. This is under the
 head of City Survey work Every
 members in the society is to be re-
 spons1ble for keeping in close touch
 With the residents of a certain sec
 tlon of the city around his own home
 and reports or investigations are tc
 De made in cases of sickness, or if
 family does not attend a church in
 this city to try and get them interest
 ed' also report if any members ot
 the church who live in this particu-
 lar section move out of town or if any
 new people come to New Britain tC
 i've. In this way the records can be
 more accurately kept and new peo.
 pie brought into the church.
 A number of socials have been held
 throughout the year, including Q
 Committeemens Tea in January. al.
 so one in October. The purpose ot
 these teas was to get all the chair.
 men together with their committees
 and discuss the plans which they in
 tended to work out during their term of office.
 On May 18th a banquet was held 1 The toastmaster was Miss Ruth
 Schade and our principal speaker 1 Rev. Irving H. Berg of the South 1 Congregational church of Hartford
 A large number were present and
 many from our society responded To ] tho toasts.
 We have had throughout the en-
 tire year a good live society with
 lots of enthusiasm and push behin Il
 it and are at present in the midst of
 great deal of work which Is stilI to be accomplished.