Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-30
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN
RELIEF COMMITTEE
Annapolis Health And Social Vel
fare Association Sums Up
Years Work.
MRS. ]. E. CRAVEN CHAIRMAN
Submits Report Of Relief Work-Few-
err Calls Than Usual In Spite
OF Severe Weather

AT the anQual meeting Oh lu6 All
napoIis Health and Welfare Associa-
ton held on Friday night, Mrs ]. E.
Craven. chairman, submitted her re-
port for the years work accomplish
ed, as follows:
The Relief Committees report has
to be more or less unfinished because
Miss Anne Doyle, the District Nurse,
who had been here for four or five
years, was suddenly called TO duty
for the Red Cross 23rd Sanitary Zone
at Newport News, Va, and left on the
3rd of August, when the chairman was
out of town, and much of her report
was left in an unfinished condition.
Since the annual meeting was held
on January 30, 1917, we have had 2S
meetings with an average attendance
of 8. Miss Wilson took Miss Doyles
place until October 1st, when Miss
Sutherland came, and while she was
here organized new system at the
free dispensary at the hospital. Girls
are there on duty each day for an
hour taking the history of cases which
come in, in order to have things in
readiness for the doctors who are on
duty-two each week This has been
a great help and is to be still further
organized, as it has fallen down a
good deal for the last few months ow-
ing to the illness of Miss Julia Douw,
who is chairman of that committee.
We have had fewer calls for help
than usual this winter in spite CT the
severe weather, as work is both
plentiful and well paid. We system
atically refuse to help any but de-
serving cases who apply for assist
ance to the District Nurse or for ma
terial relief BY doing this We have
eliminated most of the chronic pau
pers.
At Christmas we had generous do
nations of groceries. canned fruit,
vegetables and clothing from the
Grammar School, which were supple
mented by supplies given from the
county to the chairman for relief
work
In money the Grammar School
.
Miss Randall, from the Empty
Stocking Club ..,.......... 6.25
Mrs. A. N Brown. ........... 200
One of the branches of the Girls
Patriotic League ........... 800
The Presbyterian Church 80. go
And generous supplies of groceries
for a basket. The First Methodist
Episcopal Church gave generous sup
plies for three baskets.
We also received from the Arnold
School vegetables for four Thanks
giving baskets.
In April the bazaar at st. Johns
gymnasium was most successful, net
ting $54997, which is all we have had
to supply our needs, outside OF
membership fees and a few donations
The Red Cross drive included the
relief work in its call for funds; and
finances, that for us net all our Office
expenses, as well as the nurses sal
airy, must be a separate fund. For
this We sold Red Cross Seals. Mrs
c. c.. Thomas consented to take the
Craftsmanship, and managed it admir-
ably. 1t was hoped to be able to do il
all in one day with the Boy Scouts as
canvassers, but it did not work well
and had to be continued. In fact, the
stamps were asked for at the post
Office and kept on sale until Christ
mas Day. During the Red Cross
membership drive they were sold by
the Camnai4n Committees
Mrs. Thomas report is submitted
herewith:
RacaintS