The Columbia evening Missourian., 1920-11-09
November q to December
10 Set as Time to Solicit
Money for Winter
Welfare Work.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
Aqfi.Tuberculosis Seals Will
be Sold at Christmas
Various Societies
TO Cooperate.

r. we're SCI LOT November u
december Is, at a regular meeting at
o ciock Yesterday afternoon at the Con
merciai Club rooms. The organization
badly in need Of funds to carry out II
h'echarity work program planned fc
TINS Ninter. ii was announced.
A W. Taylor was elected p.esiden, g
tho organization for the coming yea
Other ehcers elected are: Vice presiden
Frank Rollins; secretary. A. r. Kuh
man; treasurer, W. K. Bayless; field sec
feifry. D. E. Major: visiting nurse. Mis-
Willie Bryant.
= cooperative program for the yea
wss outlined at the meeting, whereby tn
Red Cross. the Community Council an,
the Charity Organization Society ca,
work together in carrying on welfar,
work. ts.
The health committee Of the organiza
hon will sell anti-iuberculosis seals a
Christmas iime, the funds to be used fol
welfare work.
REPORT FOR LAST YEAR
"A charitable society is a success in
proportion as il decreases permanently
the number Of families needing relief.
Judged by this STANDARD. the Charity
Organization Society Of Columbia has at.
tanned noteworthy success said DR.. C.
A Eilwood, in speaking Of the work Of
that organization. Following are reports
sumazrizing the work for 1919 1920 given
ct tie meeting Of the board Of directors
Of the society yesterday afternoon in the
Commercial Club rooms:
During the twelve months Miss Willie
Bgsnf. visiting nurse, made 2.06l calls,
caring for 300 different patients Of which
thirYssix were tubcrcnlar.
The child welfare committee, under the
leadership Of Mrs. ]. C. Bsbb. with the
help Of the visiting nurse, gave care to
eighy-seven children, supplying medicine
and clothing, and giving other care.
Thc friendly visiting committee, under
Mrs.sW. T. Stephenson's leadership, help
q care for eishty-four families, twenty.
MIC Of which have been accepted by the
Y. ". C. A. as permanent charges in
social service work. Christmas baskets
were delivered to sixiy-threc families, and
100 children were given Christmas parties
and dinners through various sororiiies.
DE. Major. field secretary. made 705
vista and cared for 677 office calls,
total.of 1882. He gave aid to $50 pa.
tients in seventy families, Of which forty-
nineswere more or less ON the regular
list 70 be helped and twenty-one were
new
W. K Bayless. treasurer, reported ex-
pendffurcs Of $2.742.6i The Conley
Fund Committee expended sl,l08l0, and
the County Court S754J64 under the ad-
vice and counsel OF MIR. s.:ajoT, ,.;so in. /,
vcsiieased all their cases. Thus. under
the ;t1peryisions of the society, in round
numhers, 5000 was spent.
I1tfhe ten years since Miss Bryant
first look up the work Of visiting nurse,
the seumber Of tubercular patients has
beef rcduced from cighty-four to thirty.
sis. tTen years ago there were forty-one
deaths from tuberculosis in Columbia
iowfs fship. whereas during the last year
here have been only seventeen. Mean.
whiR the number Of non-tubercular pati.
rnts5earcd for has increased from thirty. |
lh.cs 10 ga. Miss Bryant's work began
Is ssti.,uberculsr; it has now become
broadly that Of a visiting nurse for the
LESS POVERTY HERE
p.r,o, El,vood ,,no,,ed ,ba, :, ,h.
ycar previous to the organization Of the
.ccissF in 1902 the Conlcy Fund gave re.
lief 10 lI2 families. or to about 500 ipdi.
,idrsls. Al the end Of eighteen wears
md s,th population more than doubled.
he number of families has been reduced
o seventy or 2SS individuals. In con-
'idefstion OF the standard OF adequacy
y relief, in lVl-2 less than $1,000 was
iistfibuicd among the III cases relieved,
shetess last year more than three times
hat amount went to relieve poor families
n Columbia, with the result that each
amily was more adequately helped,
houeh fewer were dependent. In l9ol-2
here was no visiting nurse work, no child
sclfsre. no friendly visiting of families,
md no scientific employment, Of relief.
This, says Doctor Ellwood. shows that