New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-02-09

meeting were read and accepted and
then Treasurer w. S. Damon pre-
sented his report. which follows:
Treasurer's Report. }
.. Receipts
February 8. 1915. cash on
MANU- 49,. '.'''S 1o.oo
Contributions ............. 2,596.42
. 4olii p ~, VI o. y :
Disbursements.
Salaries .............. 81, 100
Kent ....... l4o.o9
Telephone, printing, carfare,
etc. l4Z:l@
Total Observation-Disclosures. s2,5s2.22
February s. 1917 cash on
hand ..... .'...'.. ..".'a S2:s
Unpaid pledges ........... -150o
Officers Elected.
IN The nominating committee pre-
scnted the following officers for the
ensuing year and the nominees were
unanimously elected:
Honory president-E. Il. Neuman
n President-E. M. Wightman.
j First vice president-A. N. Lewis.
N Second vice PRESIDENT. P. Slade.
Secretary-C. II. Barnes.
Z Treasurer-W. L. Damon.
d Auditor-A. w. Epson.
J Superintendent--Mis c. E. Bart
lett. -...
Missionary-Miss Mary. Brehovsky
Executive committee-E. f. Neu-
mann, E. NJ Wightman, L. p. Slade.
C. H. Barnes, F. G.. Platt. A. w. Up
son, Rev. L. S. Johnson, George H.
Dyson and the pastors of the COOP
erative churches.
B Trustee for three years-E. r. Neu-
mann.
Finance committee. G. Plat
w. l.. Damon, ]. NJ Burdick, H. L..
Mills. IT. S. Walter, Lucius Taylor, p.
II. Cooper, B. B. Bassett and H. H.
Pease. ..
Demonstration. -.
In order that the work of the mis-
sion might be demonstrated num-
Der of little tots from the varlou%
schools were presented and they gave
d short entertainment. They sang
songs and then told of the work that
IS being done by the sewing schools.
This part of the. program proved TO
be very interesting and showed con-
soientious training and study. 4.
Work of. Assistants. y:
Miss Brehovsky said that many
people were under the impression that
the workers in the City mission had
an easy time but after naming over
a number Of her experiences there
was no doubt left in anyone's mind
as to real amount of work that is be-
ing done by good hard labor. She
also stated number of cases where
those she visited had their own views
on education and according to these
self same views book learning did not
amount to much.
Because she had been in the city
but a short time Miss Campbell said
that she had very little to tell as
she was not really acquainted yet. She
does the work among the Italians of
the city and she said that upon first
coming to the city she was som ewhat
confused by the lack If signbOards on
the streets in the outskirts but after
a study of the directory she was able
to get about without much difficulty.
She does a great deal of work at the
'Burritt sewing school and is also an
assistant at the Lafayette school
Both of the assistants at the mission
do work at interpreting at various
times.
The report OF Tue superintendent y,
Miss Caroline E. Campbell follows:
SIN the Streets and Lanes of the City,
It was with an invitation that the
servants in our Lords parable were
hidden to go out, quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, to seek
out the poor, the MANNED, the halt
and the blind, and assure them of a
welcome at the feast; and it is on a
similar errand that the workers OF
this society go forth each day to tell
80 the dwellers in our streets and by
ways, (most Of whom have come here
from other shores, expecting to find
"a land flowing with milk and honey
or its equivalent), that we want te
share with them the blessings tha'
greater opportunities have brought te
us, that we would help them bear the
burdens that misfortupes of variou!
kinds have thrust upon them, ant
More than all, that they need not be
strangers and foreigners in the king
dom which is not Of this world, bu
fellow citizens with those who arr
Of the household of God.
The record Of the visits made by tn,
City Mission workers during the pas
year, shows long list Of home
where need Of one kind or anothe
has been found, often through n
fault of the families themselves, an
where we have sought to be IAN arm
of aid to the weak, a friend to tn
friendless" There are those who ar
sadly handicapped by their lack 0
knowledge of the language of on
country; and although 1t Is no sin no
to know the English language, thes
unfortunate ones who happened t.
be born in another country are oftel