Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-28
MAKE REPORT OF YEAR IN
/ THE CITY MISSION

~ hlSSiSiN
Rev. C. H. Northrop, CITY mission
airy. presented the report for 1918 of
the City Mission at the annual meet
ing Of the United Workers held at the
Universalist church. His report fol-
lows:
Statistics ore seldom tntel esting but
they are often suggestive. col
lection of facts. wherever gathered
concerning the state and status of
families helned in social work, are
mostly hierogiyphics to the uniniti-
ated.
The City Missionaries and the City
Mission committee of tie 80 United
Workers of Norwich. with J air c"ls
and conferences have a certain inside
knowledge of some families denied to
the general public, which is seldom
| very linguistic.
| A bald statement Of the work Of the
/ mission during the past year will not
differ materially from that given in
| recent years. To say that SO families
were taken ever from the preceding
| year that DC new families were taken
on during the past year, that out of
| these 50 families helped ut some time
| during the year AZ are now helping
| themselves without our aid, and that
| only % families are with Us today of
| which only have received weekly
! help all the year. and 9 other families
have had weekly help part of the
year, and others have had only &C.
casionel help "a little wood ard coal
now and thcnl this will indicate to
I the public thG changes III families and
/ the relative changes Incurred.
! Our @S families on the ,Ist at pres
/ ent consist Of Y members in all half
| the families having less than three
members. The heads Of these families
! are 10 women and men. Twelve of
these women and all of the men are
unable to work. Seven women heads
OF families are working pretty steadi-
fy. Deaths from infiuanza have
brought US two families with chill
dren. Nine soldiers families were
neIped with loans, four Of which have
repaid them. Assistance vas dis
continued early in the year TO all tht
soldiers families of the previous year
fThe discharge of the men or govern
ment allowances and allotTe1lts rend
cred further aid from us unnecessary
Five of these soldiers have returned t.
their homes and are at work one dice
in France and his widow il receivin:
compensation and insurance money
Another is still in the HANDS OF thu
government, and another is in tn
4 hospital overseas From the begin
ming we have loaned u fam:tes of sol
diers $732.67 We have received bacl
1 $250.S4. Six of our twelve fami1ie
of soldiers have paid their leans ant
six others have refused or neglecte,
to fulfill their obligations.
There are Al other families win
il have received only clothin;. during tn
Il year. These added to thu 50 who hav
Il l.
4 total of 10 families who lave com
1 into touch IN material ways with tn
Mission during the year.
4 So far as we know no one has bee
I out of work who was wt.liug; to work
! Our help has been given to those no
4 suffering from the industrial situa
4 ton. Sickness and death and infirm
4 tiles of age, and difficulty in providing
sufficient ami suitable clothing TO
4 parents and children. and he burdc
of fuel needs in cold weather, ar
among the things which demand tn
u Missions care.
= It is possible to announce that fewe
! families than usual are calling TO
| help in the clothing line, partly be
cause Of the industrial outlook, an
partly because Of removals fror
, town. And yet. these fewer famiIie
/ have not been able to get what the
1 needed, because the Mission IS not re
| ceiving as much as formerly. It
. | we'll known, however. that many fam
lies are assisted IN this way by neigh
bors and friends or relatives, so thu
| probably no enc has needed to sui
fer for want Of clothing.
The Mission is always glad to b
brought into touch with new an
needy families and will do what il ca
= 10 make them comfortable and bel
them up.
The Fresh Air Fund, with contri7s
IS tons added. furnished trolley ride
- chiefly to elderly folks who seldom :,