Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-23
CITY MISSIONARIES
 ANNUAL REPORT.
  Presented at Annual Meeting of tho United Wurksrs.


 report for the past year, as did the supervisor of the club work, The re- ports followj
 The City Mission department of the l United Workers represents the evo- lution of the outdoor relief depart 1 ment of earlier years, and, like that work concerns itself. chiefly with 1 helping families in their own homes l (called outdoor relief because not institntionaD.
 It has SO far had little need or oc- casion to depart widely from it's ear | Hest task-the helping of aged, infirm, and sick people for longer or shorter periods people who do not want to ask public aid, many of whom would suffer If it were not for the private and unreported heartfelt charity of such organizations ss the United
 The bunk of the Mission's work Is still spent On such people. Contin- families consisting of only one member each, all wonaeh. aged and inhrm. Oc- casionaI help iE given to other fazni- l lies, tiding them over hard places, due 1 to i'll health. not chronic, or to heav-
 fer demands in the fuel line duFins the winter season.
 | The industrial situation has been ! good We have had no call to help l folks that were out Of wurk, through no fault Of themselves. The needs we have met have grown out of other things than nosa-efnrloyuiefat. Our lists of families aided are constantly changing. For example, thirty eight
 families were brought over from last Iyear. Thirty y4sighk new ones have bsen added, and as many more have I dropped out (frem death, removals and better tinss1 during the year so that the end Of the year finds us with prac-i tically the same number of families as Il the beginning gave Us, and these about equally divided betwesA the old and
 the neW.
 l There are many families coming to
 tne Misston rooms for clothing and Ihousehoid supplies donated freely by the many friends of the Mission, who receive only such kind of aid Fifty Of the severty-two families received
 clothing had no other help from us.
 More than 14eo pieces of clothing were given out, in numbers ranging from
 one piece to IS0 pieces per family for the year.
 l lof the missionary and his valuable as- ] sistant, Mrs. James Johnson, have been ], expended on a variety Of other cases r calling for other things, such as hear . 1 ing complaints, personal and family a wise, advising as to conduct and f 1 health, calling upon the sick and shut : lins, answering letters of inquiry and 5 Investigating cases laid before Kle : Mission by other similar organizations, ! tattending to office calls, personal and s ttelephonic, and generally acting as a
 kind of clearing house for the various
 departmental activities of the United T Workers. and for the different civic llsocial and religious activities of town | and city.
 If The usual Thanksgiving dinners for II which the vegetables, fruits and deli cac1es and such like things were, as J usual, furnished by the school chil-
 dren, were given and distributed al
 aforetfme.
 The Christmas cheer was as bright , as ever and allowed to suffer no di- ' ln1inution by reason of the war. The a same can be said Of the Thanksgiving = dinners and the rather limited use 0, T the Fresh Air tickets, for which ther, l, seems to be less need than formerly = What with Sunday school outings ant !, Emany spokes of trolley lines and ' growingly beautiful park near by, tn Z, fresh air work last year centered al 2 most exclusively in giving trolley ride . to the elderly people, who were yer. tlppISCldltfC. 5 The Mission sadly recalled, espec ' iaily during these holiday activities the helpful, cheerful presence and fin
 cooperation Of the one who had beel
 for so many years it's chairman. Mrs s F. E. Dove whose recent death i n keenIy felt by all the United Work Y CTS who knew and worked with her. n Club Department. The work of the Club Department 0 ,f the United Workers falls natural. tional work for children, and, second the visitation of the homes from whic :. these children come.
 < In the educational work, the Unite 'G Workers have had seven classes fo V children during the past year. Thes :. lclasses have been held at two place: ;e at the United Workers House t .v which the children come from tn v West Side, from the center of the cit ,a and from Greeneville and at tn 4u building known as the Falls Club o .a to accommodate the children at th ,a Falls and at Norwich Town. ua m There are three classes in sewin ,S at the United Workers House, kir ro ,o dergarten, and class in cooking. 4 se the Falls club there is a sewing clas and also one in cooking
 ..t The cooking classes have had u ns as same course of instruction, under Il = = same teacher, with different assistan ..; at each place. It has been the ali as of the teachers of cooking to sho
 the children how to prepare simp o, and neurishing dishes, which can 1
 made with such materials as the
 can use in their own homes. In u
 course just beginning if ;s f,rnndss ,st to teach the girls how to use stibst be tItes for the various articles whis Ier we are asked to conserve in these ". Ist times. They are being taught how
 cook vegetables iii various ways, ar ,a4 to use various grains other ths o. o. wheat.
 = The kindergarten was in the ca
 of one trained teacher and two yolul .tv teer assistants This class is for bo ail boys and girls from four to sev, 70 years old
 @ After the girls reach the age of SC, is en years they enter the sewing elasse ve and commence with the simplest forr
 of sewing, making samplers, pate IT, work, hennming towels, etc. As tn ,.a grow more experienced they learn a5 make simple garments of yario @ ;tS. kinds. These garments they tai .s at, home at the end of the school yes ,o. Each child pays one penny for. ca or lesson. thus preventing the feeling {. at ;; accepting charity. This fee is som ,. times refnitted in cases where even ,@e @ slight sum is difficult for the fami ,..t to spare. The sum so received, do se not, of course, cover the cost of m ssle teriaI, which is furnished by the Uni " ey' ed Workers, but is mainly used to d 1s' fray the expense of a little party gi