Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-16
CHARITABLEF FUND
IS EXHAUSTED
BenevolentSociety Does Much
Good Among Worthy
Poor


tober 81. The Harrisburg Benevolent
Association was incorporated in
i 1879, to relieve the worthy poor
of Harrisburg" 1t is the legatee of
the John c. Brua fund. and receives
one-tenth of the income of the A. r.
! lShellenberger memorial fund, and
has received contributions from The
through Haldeman O'Connor, sur
viving executor.
| For the past nine years the as
sociation has employed the Asso-
ciated Aid Societies as its distributor,
and has done no active work itself.
For the aid of the Associated Chari-
ties the association has paid, but
| during the last two months, owing
to the low state of the fund. the
| payment has stopped, and the asso-
| citation, for lack of funds, has been
| unable to give the Associated Aid
| Societies any funds for distribution.
| The Associated Societies still desires
| to distribute the funds when they
are forthcoming, and the members of
the Benevolent Association. in view
of the legacies that marked the
origin of the association, desire to
continue the fund.
Need Expert Workers
John II. McCandless, in his re-
port for the Associated Aid Societies,
emphasized the high cost of living,
and the need OF. taking care of the
city's worthy poor this year as well
as in previous years. The fact that
| the work of the Associated Aid So
| cietieS requires expert knowledge and
a great deal of work is brought out
4 in, hn ~ ch
during the year ended COS different
| families have been aided by the
funds of the Benevolent Association
| through the society. The funds of the
| Harrisburg Benevolent Association
have been expended in these ways:
| Two hundred and twenty-five orders
| for groceries, 125 orders for coal,
| 10l orders for new clothing, 125 or
ders for shoes. % orders for milk,
! 80 orders for medical prescriptions
from the Harrisburg dispensary, y
orders for eyeglasses, orders for
lodgings, lao emergency orders for
meals, 5 months rent for five fam
| lilies. These reports snow that there
were less orders than during any
previous year, although the amount
expended is more. This emphasizes
the high cost of living and the neea
of funds if the work is to be con-
| tinued.
Family Gardens
Another use of the money of the
| Benevolent Association has been in
! the maintenance of family gardens
| under the direction of John Z. Guy
er. Mr.. Guyers report shows that
there were over three hundred gar
den plots under cultivation, with 29S
! families represented. The average
value of the garden lots to the fam
! lilies was SIS, with a cost to the as
sociation of $3.31 each. The per-
centage of good gardens cultivated
is very large. The report shows there
were 131 very good gardens, 116
| good, 36 fair, 15 poor and only two
were given up. Seed was provided
for 1SS families and all the lots were
| plowed from the fund. Contributing
to the success of this work were:
| William jennings, CHRISTOPHER
Lynch, George A. Shreiner. estate of
James Mccormick, Henry McCor-
mick, Jr., Warren Van Dyke, who
contributed free land; plowing con-
tributed by City Commissioner Will
| liam II. Lynch. Jackson Herr Boyd,
| Elmer Wagner, Harry NJ. Cohan;
lime was contributed by Joshua f..
| Rutherford; plow contributed by
| Oliver Chilled Plow Works, b. +.
Fry, manager; service and other as
sistance contributed by L. +. Vana-
man, George ID. Rasadean, William
p. Meikle, William r. Denehey, NJ.
! b. Cowden and n. A. Staples. The
total cost of operating the gardens
was s994.25.
The receipts for the year follow:
Balance in general fund. November
l, 1916, 1881; balance in special
fund. November l. 1916. s61.61; Brua
fund interest, s55; A. r. Shellen-
berger memorial fund. $41.64; Sara
j. Haly estate. $500; f. Bailey, $40;
| Fl. A. Bear, So; Miss Mary Cameron,
| $50; Miss M. Edith Clute, $3.50;
Miss r. Blanche Clute, $3.50; Mrs. j.
II. Darlington, $5; Miss Jennie j.
Dull, $40; Casper Dull. $40; w. NJ.
Donaldson, $25; Mrs. A. j. Dull. $25;
Mrs. A. p. l.. Dull, 500; Carl b.
Ely, S10 Miss Fanny M. Eby, SO;
Miss Lydia A. Forney, 81; A. Forten,
baugh, So; the Rev. S. Friedman, So;
DR.. John II. Eager, Jr.. IS; S. w.
Fleming, So; c. Wesley Fisher, Jr.,
IS; Mrs. Lyman d. Gilbert. $25;
DR.. George A. Gorgas, S25; Mrs. w.
O. Hickok, $25; w. T. Hildrup, Jr.,
$25; r. NJ. Jacobs. So; ]. C. Kunkel
poor fund, $50; Henry A. Kelker, Jr.,
$40; G. A. Kunkel, $40; Samuel Kun
kel, $25; Mrs. A. G. Knisely. $5; Mrs.
a, ID, IdllDerIoll- 3d. =. w. Lynch,
IS; r. Mather, $5; f. B. Musser,
$40: Miss Anne Mccormick. 500;
Donald Mccormick. $100; Henry Nc
Cormick, Jr., $50; Henry B. McCor-
mick, $50; Mrs. II. B. Mccormick,
500; James Mccormick, Jr., $50;
Robert Mccormick, 800; Vance C.
Mccormick, $25; Mrs. ]. II. McFar-
land, $40; Miss Caroline Pearson,
| $40; Miss Mary II. Pearson, $40; J.
c. Rawn, $12; Mrs. f. II. Reilly, s25:
George w. Reilly, $25; w. T.. Seel,
$40; Mrs. Emma X. Smith, $5; Miss
Sibyl M. Weir. $40: Z. u. Wallower,
$25; Thomas T. Wierman. $25; War
ren A. Zollinger, S.; cash, S115; to-