The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
FINE REPORT
 MADE AT ANNUAL MEETING
Ladies' Charitable Society Give Much Help to Those
 Who Need Assistance

At the regular monthly meeting of
 the managers, and the annual meeting AeId at the home of Mrs. Walter B. Lashar today, an eXcelleent report of
 the work of the Bridgeport Ladies' Charitable Society, for the year end ing Oct. 31, 1919, was read. October Of 1919 brings the ending of the 106th year of the Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society.
 The work accomplished this year is
 the same that has been carried on for more than century, the giving of a helping hand 10 those who from mis- fortune, increasing age, illness, or
 whatever has brought them to need
 assistance.
 From the Needlework Guild was received 157 garments, from the Val entine Tea held on Feb. 14, at the nome Of the president, Mrs. George E. Somers, $925, supplemented by the generous gift of $50 from the Crane Company, the gift from the benevolent unknown doner of mar- years Of ten tons of coal, through the | Wheeler & Howes Company. from the Red Cross 567 yards of material 1 and from other sources 60 garments l On March 19 an extra all day
 meeting was held for making dresses
 from the gingham given by the Red | Cross, which added 27 dresses. | Besides monthly meetings, the ex- | ecutive committed consisting of inc 1 officers and four directresses. hold 1 meetings on the End and 4th Wednes- 1 days of each month, excepting the months of July, August and Septem- l per- at the rooms of the Boys club on 1 M1ddle street, to receive applicants 1 Tor aid, who are visited by some man. 1 ager, and help given according to 1 their needs. This includes cIothing 1 coal and grocery orders of S2 each. The garments given out this year l number S96, shoes 26 pairs, 30 yards 1 Of material, 16 coal orders of 1-2 ton each, monthly donations of money to
 about 40 ~benefciaries, grocery orders [ of $2 each to the number of 191,
 with S60 in money to special cases. The money from the FairchiId
 Fund, SIS, was given to 26 widows, s3
 to each. On Thanksgiving day S3
 each was given to 26 families
 l Donations were received from the 1 Read school, Mrs Orcutt, Mrs. Henry l Pyle, Mrs. Kinsley, Mrs. Morrison, i Misses Fitch, some unknown givers.
 Messrs. Wheeler & Howes, A. W. Bur 1 +ANI SS CO-' JOlLh fleck cS Son, James l Horan & Son.
 The managers given grateful
 thanks to all who have aided them 1 Ill their work, to the press for favors received, and for the kindly interest 1 always manifested by the public in l their undertakings.
 l The managers are: Mrs. George E,
 somers, Mrs. Edmund c. Bassick. 1 Mrs Frank Kinsley Mrs ZaImon | Goodsell, Mrs. Morris B. Beardsley,
 Mrs Frank T. Staples, Mrs. E. w.
 Falrchild, Mrs. H. $. Shelton, Mrs. F. i A Strong, Mrs. A. S. May, Mrs. Wm.
 Morrison, Mrs. Hobart R. Wheeler,
 Mrs Jerome Orcutt, Mrs. J. R. Wood hull, Mrs. H. P. Henehan, Mrs. w. .. 1 Nichols, Mrs. W. 5. Lasnar, Mrs, c.
 N. Worthen, Mrs. J. Nj. Tomlinson,
 Miss NJ L. Fitch.
 | The officers are: President, Mrs. George F. Somers; vice president.
 Mrs. Frank T. Staples; recording sec
 retary, Miss Mary l.. Fitch; treasurer,
 Mrs Frederick A. Strong; correspond
 ing secretary, Mrs. William Morrison; conference representatives, Mrs, Frank klnsley and Mrs. Hamilton s. Shelton. Directors include Mrs. F. w Fair child, Mrs. H. s. Shelton, Mrs Zalmon IGoodsell, Mrs. Jerome Orcutt The advisory board, Judge Morris B. lBeardsley, Frank T. Staples, General
 Henry A. Bishop