New Britain herald., 1918-02-21
WIGHTMAN ELECTED
 CITY MISSION HEAD
Progress Shown in Reports Ten-
 derod at Annual Meeting

E M vightman was reelected
 proeidor+ of the New Britain City
 Mission at the annual meeting held
 last evening in the South Congrega-
 +ionaI church. A change was neces-
 sita+ed by the absence of Clarence H. 1 Rarnes secretary of the mission, who ie engaged in Y. M. c. A. war work at Camp Jackson, Columbia, $. C., and | to fill the berth temporarily, Rev. J. ] F. Rees, pastor of the Stanley Mem-
 orial church, was elected. Other of 1 ficers chosen were: Honorary presi- 1 dent F. F. Neuman; vice-president,
 l.. P. Slade; treasurer, w. l.. Damon; auditor, A w. Upson; trustee for three years, w. l.. Damon; members of executive committee, F.. K. Neu-
 mann, E. M Wightman, l.. F. Slade, c. H. Barnes, A. w. Upson, F. G.
 Platt, Rev Lyman S. Johnson, G. H. Dyson and pastors of cooperating churches; finance comittee, F G. Plat,t churches; finance committee, F. G. Platt, chairman; J. M. Burdick, H. l.. Mills, Lucius Taylor, B B. Bassett, ".
 L. Damon, H. A. Walter, E. H. Cooper and II. H. PeaSe-
 Miss Bartlctt's Report.
 Miss Caroline E. Bartlett submitted her annual report as superintendent as follows:
 '"The the last annual meeting of the City Mission, all hearts were filled with anxiety and suspense because of the war-clouds which were rapidly gath ering; and now after. nearly a year of the active participation of our coun- try in this worldwide conflict, We of the City Mission force are called upon to give account of our stewardship during this time which so seriously
 affects all sorts and conditions of
 men,
 As City Mission workers we feel deeply the responsibility that rests upon us and we are anxious to bear
 our part toward helping on the cause that is so near to all loyal hearts; and if it seems sometimes that our work is far removed from the activi- ties in which others are so earnestly engaged, we have for our comfort the words of David: As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike In a recent arti cle in one Of our periodicals, Miss J.
 Margaret S1attery points out very forcibly te necessity for maintaining
 at this time all agencies for the wei
 fare of children and young people, that
 their needs may not be overlooked in
 the pressure the many other duties
 that comfort us. She says: The
 great mountains of, challenge have
 called hundreds of leaders in to camps and across the sea and rightly so,
 but the time has come when we must
 look beyond. and see the children
 and youth The home is here; chil-
 dren must be fed and clothed and
 taught and given legitimate pleasures
 despite the doubts, the fears, the un
 certainties that beset even the strong
 est hearts America has a future as
 well as a present. That future will
 need men and women of calibre such as the world has never called for be- fore They must be made now or
 they will never be made It is with this thought in mind that we are striving to work more zealousiy than ever in our effort to so mould the character of future men and women that thev may be ready to act well their part as loyal Christian citizens A few of the ways in which we are attempting to do this will be briefly set before you as we review the work of the past year and attempt to show the importance of investing time, money and personal influence in this work for the welfare of our city. "In the three sewing-schools that are under the supervision of the City Mission and in which all three mis- | sionaries have a part, there are en- rolled 275 children of IT different na- | tionalities. The Lafayette sewing ] school meets every Thursday after noon in the First church and is com l posed largely Of Polish, Italian and | Russian children, although ten other 1 nationa1ities are represented. In the l sewing ng-schoo1 meeting every Saturday 1 afternoon in the Methodist church, 1 there were 23 different churches rep 1 resented this past year of eleven diff l erent denominations. in this school l Swedish and German nationalites pre- l dominate, though there are many l Russians and a scattering Of various 1 others. The Burritt sewing school, l also held on Saturday afternoon, in | the Burritt chapel, is composed of l Italian children, many of whom at 1 tend the Italian Sunday school, meet ing in the South church. In all the 1 sewing-schools helpful instruction IS