The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-08
1O4th Annual Meeting Of
Charitable Society
Held.
EVENING
SOCIAL AT. Y. w. G.. A.
Dr.. Wilfred Grenfell tx
Speak at United
Church. @

held at the home Of Mrs Walter 3
Lashar on Clinton avenue, yesterda,
afternoon, reports were read eoverin,
the work Of the one hundred an,
Fourth year Of the society. A good.
proportion Of the members We're pres
-ent and Mrs. George e. ,Somers wa
reelected to the presidency of the SO
4 ciety. Those who will serve with he
are. Vice President, Mrs. Frank Z
Staples; recording secretary, Mis-
Mary L. Fitch; corresponding secre
| tary, Mrs. William Morrison; treasur
er, Mrs. B.rederick5A. Strong; confer
ence representative. Mrs. Frank Kins-
ley. 80
| Directresses: Mrs. E. W. Fafrehi1d
Mrs. H. 8. Shelton, Mrs. zalrao1
Mrs. jerome circuit. 3's' >
Advisory board: Judge Morris b
| Beardsley, Frank T. Staples and Hen
! ~ A. Bishop.
Board of managers: Mrs George E,
| Sonners. Mrs. Edmund @. Bassick, Mrs
| Frank Kins1ey,s Mrs. Zalmon Good
sell. Mrs. Morris B. Beards1ey, Mrs
Frank T. Staples, Mrs. 2. W. Fair
child, Mrs H. 8. Shelton, Mrs. F, A.
Strong, Mrs, A 8. May. Mrs. william
Morrison, Miss Mary, L. Fitch, Mrs
Hobart r, Wheeler, Mrs Jerome Or
cult, Mrs. J. r. Woodruff, Mrs. II. p.
| Henshaw, Mrs. W. J, Nichols, Mrs.
w. B. Lashar, Mrs. C. N. Worthen.
| The report of the recording secre-
tary, Miss Mary L. Fitch was as fol-
lows:
'4The usual meetings have been held
on the first Wednesday afternoons of
nine months of the year when the
time was spent in making articles of
clothing mostly for children.
These added to the donations of
interested individuals, arad garments
from the Needlework Guild, have fur
nished clothing for distribution, Two
hundred and eighty-nine garments,
thirty-eight pairs of Shoes also ma
tefial to those who could make gar
ments for themselves have been given
out. :,
THE monthly meetings of July,
August and September were held on
the first Wednesdays, in the morn
ing, for business only. At these
monthly meetings distributions of
money, in various sums, were made
to more than forty benefioiaries. Bx-
ceptiHg the months of July, August
and September, meetings were held
by the Executive committee, consist
ing of the officers and four diree-
tresses, at the rooms of the Boys club
en- Middle street, on the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month
from 10 a. m. to Ii a. m where appli-
cations for aid were heard, new cases
given to Investigators belonging to
each district of the city and distFfbu-
items of clothing, shoes and grocery
orders made to worthy applicants The
315. Donations of second hand CLOTH.
ing are received from many interest
ed persons at these meetings. One
hundred and thirty articles were een-
tributed by the Need1ewerl Guild.
ITO the anonymous giver of 10 tons
of coal, through the Wheeler &
Hewes Co, for several years, we are
again indebted anad gratefuiiy appFe-
ciate the generosity that enables us
to help many. 1t Is given out in half
tons. The Wheeler & Hewes Com
pany have a1se been very generous in
the gift of coal and the A. w Bur
rift Company in giving wood. From
the Mary Wood estate $500 has been
received.
1.-The society has purchased Liber-
ty bonds to the amount of s4,580.
'tAt Thanksgiving time a gift of So
each was made to thirty-eight farni-
lies
1.-The annual reception was held On
Valentines Day at the home Of Mr.
was a very pleasing success both fl
nancjally and socially. This brought
to the society. 1874, dropped into the
time-honored basket that has been
used to hold the sewing for the So
ciety more years of the century Of its
existence than any one knows.
zone break has been made in the
twenty managers the past year by the
removal to California of Mrs. John
u. Whitney, who for many years has
been a. valuable member, much be-
loved and her loss much regretted.
Donations other than money have
been received from Mrs. Hellman,
Mrs. Morrison. MRS: r. s.. Stevens,
Mrs. r. T. Staples, Mrs. Morris B..
BeardsIey, Misses Fitch, Mrs. Elliott,
Mrs. Kinsley, The Wheeler & Howes
CO., The A. w. Burritt Co., The D. M
Read Co., discount on bills, John
Reck & Son, Park City Gardens, Mrs.
c. N. Northern, Mrs. VIM. Rockwell,
and others whose names were not CIV
en-. - -ssf -
ITO these, to the press for fagors re-
ceived, and to all whose kindly inter
est has helped to carry; on the work,
the managers give grateful thanks
The Saturday evening socials held
once a month at the Educational
rooms OF the Young Women's Chris
tan Association, Sc Beach St., are
such that all the young women enjoy.
This Saturday evening the girls from
the Park st. Congregational church
who are ca the social COMMITTEES of
the 7. W. C.. A. have arranged the
following program: Piano dnetts by,
Mrs. Gronquist and Miss Lawson; vo-
cal solos by Mrs. Howard Gorham;
readings by Miss Priscilla Mosher;
violin solos by Mrs. Clarence Hall.
After the program there are games
and a social time, and the association
extends a cordial Invitation to all tho
girls who feel they are strangers in