The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
NEW PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATED CHARITIES NAMED Mrs. Griffith Elected at An nual Meeting Yes
 terday. LECTURE FOR
 ITALIANS SUNDAY Keep Smiling" To Be Re- peated For St. Vincent's
 Day Nursery.


 sociated Charities for Industrial Re- lief as it's president most capabIy and efficiently for a period of twenty -one years, Mrs. J. P. Omans was made it's honorary president at the annual meeting of the organization held yesterday afternoon in The Stratfield. Mrs. Omans has been in very poor health, during the past year and has been tying out of town, yet has kept in touch with the work that has been carried on and which she has aided materially to plan. As honorary president she will still keep up her interest and the society will still have the benefit of her sound judgment ! and advice.
 The election of officers which was the last business of the afternoon following a lengthy session was the election of officers.
 The slate as presented by the chairman of the nominating com 1 mittee, Mrs. Elmer H. Ravens, was elected in it's entirety the secretary, Mrs. B. Miller Buckingham being in- structed to cast one ballot. Mrs. William H. Griffith, who, as first vice. president, has really carried the bur | den of the work on her shoulders for the past year was chosen to head | the organization. She is a capaDle l and tireless worker and should prove | most capable executive.
 Those who will serve with Mrs | Griffith during the coming year arc l Mrs. DeVer H. Warner, first vice president; Mrs. John c. Curtis. second vice-president; Mrs. Sumner Simp- son, third vice-president; Mrs. Thos Farin, treasurer; Mrs. Charlotte Whit ney, corresponding secretary; and Mrs D. Miller Buckingham, record ing secreatry.
 | The executive board is comprised of the officers and the following: Mrs i c. D. Wilmot, Mrs. H. c. Fairchild Mrs. M. M. Downer, Mrs. Harvey Hubbell, Mrs. Eleanor Bartram, Miss Mary and Miss Elizabeth Fitch, Mrs I. DeVer Warner, Mrs. A. H. Mac Kenzie, Mrs. J. T. Roche, Jr., Mrs. 5 c. Shaw, Mrs. Harry Ives, Mrs. E. K 1 Nicholson, Mrs. A. l.. Riker, Mis- Caroline Leigh, Mrs. A. E. Lavery and | MrS. J. F. OmanS.
 Advisory board: Henry Pyle, H. R
 Parrott, G. c. Waldo. o. H. Broth
 we'll, Justice G. w. Wheeler, Morris
 B. Beardsley, Henry Atwater, Frank
 Miller, D. H. Warner, Harvey Hub
 bell, Summer Simpson, David s. Day
 W. J. Grippin, J. T. Roche, Jr., A. E
 Lavery, A. H. Mackenzie, c. B. Will
 son, W. H. Griffith and W. B. Spencer
 All of the board of managers com
 prising in the neighborhood of 20(
 were reelected.
 1 The order of business was reversed
 somewhat because as Mrs. Griffith ex
 plained the reports of the treasurer
 and secretary were so very interest
 ing that it was deemed best to heal
 the reports of the various committee!
 first so that those who came late
 might net miss these ,other reports.
 After the secretary had read the re
 port of the last annual meeting Mrs Harvey Hubben reported for tht finance committee. She stated tha the October campaign netted $12,00t and that two Liberty bonds had beer , purchased with the money received from the Edward Marsh estate. Sh'
 also reported that it was the intention
 of the organization to open a Da. ! Nursery on the East Side as soon a \ a suitable location could be found. l1 Mrs. c. E. Wilmot reported for tn house committee and made specia reference to the Strangers room which affords shelter to anyone wh A cannot obtain other accommodations
 Mrs. A L. Riker, chairman of tn
 Visiting Nurses, made a very compre ] hensive aAd illuminating report
 There are now but six nurses workin
 in this city while New Haven has fou 6 times that number. There were orig ! inally seven but one has gone into wa
 service. In the past year thes
 nurses have made 5000 calls and o 9 the 326 'baby cases handled but 1 f were lost which is a remarkable re
 cord. Mrs. Riker made an appeal fo . cooperation from the physicians, say ! ing that the work could be extende
 greatly if this were given them.
 Mrs. Griffith then introduced Mis- . Phelps of the Atlantic Division of tn . Red Cross, who announced that Q course of lectures was being planne l ana Qn6CIOIS NOulO NOA1O lO IA1lS Cit
 to instruct, volunteers for home ser vice. This service is to look after tn families of the men who are in tn f army to see that they want for noth S ing.
 Mrs. Harvey Hubbell reported fo = the Day Nursery and spoke of the fac I that the place it now couples ha,
 ben sold to the Christian Union an | that the Associated Charities ha purchased the Lyon property next t the Hall home where the Nurser would soon be located. Mrs. D. H Warner read the report for the Girls Club and stated that the attendanc during the past year had amounted t 16,4o7. The girls have gymnasium an singing lessons, folk dancing, htche gardening as well as sewing and a. their work and play is under the di rection of capable instructors. Mrs. M. M. Downer reported for tn Orthopedic clinic and Mrs. B. N Buckingham gave the annual repol ] of the recording secretary. She state thai of the original membership | 4 the organization but three now re Dainad Mrs. H. H. Pyle. the firs ! lnrasident. Mrs. A. W. Platt, now hor orarv viee-president; and Mrs. l. l