The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-22
PUBLIC WELFARE
Ass N HOLDS ITS
4. ANNUAL MEETING
Well Attended Gathering at
High School Hall
REPORTS SHOW PROGRESS
Activities for Coming Year Planned
on Much More ExtenllVe
Scale.

The animal meeting Of the Public
Welfare association was held at high
school hall fast evening. A consider
abe number of the jealous workers
who have been identified with the ac.
| tiyties OF the organization for d num-
Der of years We're present but there
was not such an attendance of mem
bers as the occasion would seem to
demand.
The business OF the meeting was
limited exclusively to the submission
OF reports An election OF officers
was included in the program but was
not carried cut because OF an appar.
ent impossbilIty to find candidates.
This is no new experience for the as.
sociation and no occasion for dis.
&c engagement The members have
every confidence that an adjourned
meeting will result In the usual selec-
tion of enthusiastic officers willing to
give their time and attention to the
work of the organization.
Several of the officials and drec.
tors were not present last evening
and it devolved upon Miss Jeannette
Perkins, the secretary to read most
CT the reports; in fact, Miss Perkins
read so many reports that today she
Is probably in a position to sympath-
i2e with Cand date Cox OF the demo
cratic party whose strenuous speak.
ing campaign in the west has necessi.
tated frequent treatment by throat
specialist.
The reports were comprehensive
but no lengthy. They gave sufiici
ent amount Of detail to bring before
the meeting in a condensed form the
accomplishments OF the association
during the year and they were charac
terized by that enthusiasm and zeal
which has been responsible for the
remarkable record of the organiza.
ton. The reports not only described
the progress of the organization dur
ing the last twelve months but they
We're so Interestingly written that
they would have held the close atten-
tion Of stranger who possessed no
previous knowledge of Bennington or
the Welfare association In them.
selves the reports actually constitut.
ed an enjoyable entertainment and 1t
IS to be regretted that they could not
have been given wider publicity
through a larger attendance.
In the absence of the president.
Philip T r. Pierson, the vce-presi-
dent, f.. j Hansen, called the meeting
to order and presided The following
reports were submitted BY the pres-
dent, by the secretary, by the treas
urer, William b. Shea girls athletics,
by the director, Mrs. II. T Southall,
girls clubs, by the director, Miss
Martha Pratt, recreation, the instruc-
tor Miss Ann Wallace finance, by
Herbert f. Pritchard; entertainment
by the director, Miss Maude c. Bel
den; Welfare Players, Miss Perkins,
childrens dramatics, Mrs. Martha
Dewey Wells; cafeteria, w j. Ran
dels, building department and Fourth
of July celebration. John j Hayes;
publicity and research, Mrs. Irving c..
Cobb; Sunday evening forum, by the
director, Rev. George S. Mills; mem.
bershps, by the director, William L.
Bissel; social center, by the direc-
tor, Mrs. G. p. Endress executive
secretary, Miss Ethel Mcdonald.
The report of the finance committee
explained the budget plan which has
been adopted by the association for
carrying through the work of the com
ing year. The budget places the min
mum to be raised from all sources at
$4,000, Solicitors have been appoint
ed and considerable progress has
been made. The committee, however,
has not gone far enough to make any
definite announcement
The membership committees report
showed a roll of 499 with total re-
ceipts of $1195 In concluding the re-
port, Chairman Bissel stated that the
goal this year was Cne thousand
members.
Miss Pratt in reporting for the
SliiS NlubA cldlSu tlluL lnt iNdlHDOW
Federation consisted of clubs with
la membership of 100. The report in.
dicated that the clubs activities had
taken a wide range.
The report for the Welfare Players
showed that the association had re.
ceived from the entertainments pre-
sented by the amateur dramatsts the
sum of $51213.
Mrs Southall in her report for the
department of girls athletics fCrceful-
ly indicated the need of a community
building. The accomplishments so
far have been remarkable but they
have been made under the serious
handicap of inadequate facilities.
In her report for the social center
committee, Mrs. Endress called atten-
tion to the division OF activities with
the entertainment committee result
ing in correspondingly narrower
scope.
The report cf the housing commit.
tee contained the information that the
association had given ZIP it's lease Of
Welfare hall on North street and
had arranged with the trustees of the