The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-07
DIRECTORS HEAR
REPORT OF WORK
United Charities Board Meeting Held
Yesterday and Activities
Of Work Out
lined.
MUCH IS ACCOMPLISHED
Secretary o. A. eIasscoff Submits
Verbal Report for December
and Report for
November.
MUCH is ACCOMPLISHED

The monthly meeting Of the direc
| tors of the United Charities was helt
last night at the Y. w. C. A. audi
torium. The report for December
was made by d. A. GLASGOW, secre
tary of the association. Mr. Glascot
made a verbal report of the doings Of
the association for the past monl-l.
The November report which was
also made at this board meeting Is
given herewith:
"The continued good weather dur
ing November and the prevalence Of
more or less work of steady nature
as well as many small jobs has done
much to reduce the number OF fami
lies to which our attention has been
directed. OF the Lightweight indi
viduals, thirty-one were unknown tc
this Office at any previous time. There
were twenty-eight families, one OF
whom was colored, whose >marital
conditions were as follows: Married
couples. ten: widows, four; widow
ers, two; deserted women, three; di
vorced couples, separated couples
single women, and child, each one
single men transient, three; and two
Humane society cases. Our atten.
ton was directed to this group sew
enty-one times as follows, The needy
came in their own behalf twenty-one
times and applied for work only in
eleven instances.
How They were Reported.
Private individuals reported the
needy fifteen times: church officials
and societies, seven; relatives, six;
opt-of-town sources, three; business
firms, two: police. one; school teach
ers and officers, Ave. OF the eighty
eight individuals with whom we dealt
this month, forty-seven were IA years
Of age and over and forty-one were
under that age. Material assistance
was secured from friends, employers
and church officers and societies each
five times; from the Golden Book
fund, four; business firms and fra
ternal and benevolent organizations
each two: private individuals. four |;
worn clothing was supplied two: and
seven families were found not to be
needing material assistance. In one
family where the home ties had been
loosened, the husband had gone to
another city to work, we were able
to gain his cooperation to the ex-
tent OF his paying the family each
week enough to keep up. their current
expenses. Perm anent institutional
care was obtained for two and three
were referred to other organizations.
II was rather a difficult matter to
find workmen for the Positions for
the workmen last month. Two tenn
porary jobs were secured and one per-
manent one. Transportation was CIV
en- to one family, consisting OF two
one fraud exposed. and
legal aid secured in another instance.
The secretarv's Work.
There were one hundred five WIS.,
its made during the month by your
secretary, one hundred twenty-eight
telephone calls and thirty-one letters
written.
while but two Humane society
cases have been recorded during the
month, this does not cover the work
done az there were several instances
in which owners of animals were
warned to take better care Of their
stock and another instance In which
a pet dog had been poisoned. While
there was considerable moral evil
dence against the culprit. 1T was i'm
possible to obtain sufficient evidence