Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-28
HOME FOR THE
FRIENDLESS IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Funds Needed to Carry on
Work at Well-Managed
Institution

Affairs of the Home for the
Friendless, Fifth and Muench
streets, an institution which houses
at present thirty-nine guests were
discussed yesterday in the assembly
rooms of the Y. M. C. A, the meet
ing being addressed by the Rev. e.
10. Curtis, pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian Church. In
the absence of President Charles A.
Kunkel Edward Bailey presided.
The reading of various reports
from the treasurer of the board of
trustees and managers indicated
that the home is in a decidedly pres
porous condition, although funds
are needed right now to carry on the
work. In point of fact the building
could be enlarged to Judge by the
increase in demand for rooms. At
present thirty-three rooms are &C.
cupied and there is a waiting list
of seven. The financial condition of
the home is such that the trustees
have ordered that out of the per-
manent fund of the society which
cannot be used for current expenses
the sum of $3,500 should be used for
Liberty Bonds. All funds of the in
stitutlon, 1t was reported, are well
invested.
The following officers were re-
elected for the next year:
President, Charles A. Kunkel:
vice-presidents, Mrs. Elizabeth c.
kunkel, and Miss j. w. Reilly: secre-
tary, Col. Henry C. Demming; treas
urer, Harrisburg Trust Company.
The following trustees were re-
elected: Edward Bailey, Charles A.
kunkel and Carl B. Ely; also the
following managers: Mrs. Joshua
Gross, Mrs. e. c. Thompson. Mrs.
Sarah A. Herr Mrs, Annie B. Lam
berton, Mrs. Elizabeth Keffer. Mrs.
Thomas Rey, Mrs. Carrie Zollinger
and Mrs. w. A. Yontz.
Old Board Is Gone
In choosing a board of trustees it
was commented on that the death
OF James Mccormick removed the
last surviving member of the origi-
nal board, and Mrs. Lamberton is
the only original member of the
boar dof managers. The makeup
of the latter for the ensuing years
is: Mrs. Elizabeth Crane Kunkel
president, Mrs. Sarah A. Herr. vice
president; Miss Jennie j. Dull, sec
ond vice-president; Miss lydia A.
Forney,. secretary and treasurer:
Mrs. Paul A. Kunkel, Mrs. NJ. b.
Jacobs, Mrs. w. b. Hammond. Mrs.
Edward Bailey, Mrs. Charles Lynch,
Mrs. G. King. Mrs. Carrie Zollinger
Mrs. III c. Demming. Mrs. C. NJ,
Sigler, Mrs. w. a. YontZ. Mrs. S.
Cameron Young, of Middletown:
Mrs. w. s.. Young. Miss Mary M,
Mitchell, Miss Lucy Herr. Mrs
Joshua Gross. Mrs. John w. Reilly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keffer. Mrs. f.. C.
Thompson, Mrs. Charles A. KunkeI,
Mrs. Annie B. Lamberton, Mrs. w.
w. Wright and Mrs. Helen BOYD
Dull.
The board of trustees includes:
Judge George Kunkel Judge Sam
uel j. NJ. McCarrell, Edward Bailey,
Charles A. Kunkel Carl b. Ely. Cas-
per Dull, Frank b. Musser. Thomas
T. Wierman and Colonel Henry C.
Demming.
No changes were made in the
conducting of the home. Mrs. Ell
Vira Nader, matron, and Mrs. Ger
trude Schwartz, nurse, were ap-
pointed to remain and commended
for their efficiency. The chaplains al
so Will serve another year, Rev. Cur
It's and Rev A. NJ. Stamets, pastor
for the Augsburg Lutheran Church.
Paul A. Kunkel. will continue TO
donate his legal services to the
home.
The last year recorded four
deaths, Miss Amelia Osborn. Miss
Abbie Clark. Mrs. Sarah Beckwith
and Mrs. Sarah G. Balmer. The
most recent guests to be taken in
are Miss Laura Bell Chambers, of
Bressler. Miss Sophia Riddle. Mrs.
Catherine Hatcher and Mrs. Caro-
line V. Bash, of Harrisburg.