New Britain herald., 1925-02-06
REPORTS OF WORK <. AT CITY MISSION
Miss Dickinson Stresses Need Of
 Interest in Juveniles

The need of more adults to take an interest In the boys and girls of the community was stressed last night at the annual meeting of the City Mission, by Miss Estelle Dick inson. superintendent. in her report. Miss Dickinson painted an interest ing word picture of the scope and progress of the City Mission work and what 1t is accomplishing.
 She cited such instances as the following remark by little girl, Every girl In our ter ement is go- ing to sewing school this fall" to show how far reaching the work now Is.
 Reports were made of the baby conference conducted in conjunc- ton with the Visiting Nurse asso- ciation, at the Burritt Mission. The work of the mission in Sunday schools, she stated, Is helping many boys and girls on the road of right living. These classes reach weekly 200 boys and girls, representing IS nationalities. She stated that there are many boys on the streets who spend their time in gambling and loafing, boys whom even the Boys club does not reach. On one of these streets the boys are anxious to help themselves and four of them recently called at the City Mission and asked help to form a Boy Scout troop, but available leaders were lacking and the troop never was formed.
 Another group meets every Tues | day evening at the mission head quarters, but according to Miss Dickinson. is in need of scout train. ing more than anything the City Mission can give.
 2,5SS Calls During Year.
 Personal calls at homes form an Important part of the work, and 1 during the year 2,5SS calls were | made, many of them to homes where the mother never had a real friend she reported. Miss Vera Kucera, g City Mission worker, has proven m. usually successful in this work, be. cause of her knowledge of a mum. Der of different languages. Miss ku. cera has been called upon to inter. pret for physicians, nurses and den- lists, and is friend moro than 6 missionary.
 Sunday school papers turned over to the City Mission by the different churches are much in demand, ant since the public schools have adopt ed library periods the demand fol these things has been increasing.
 Miss kathrine Schenkel, anothe, Mission worker, has been active fl obtaining medical treatment fo children who suffer from pfysica handicaps, under nourishment, 0 lack of fresh air and proper feeding due in most cases to ignorance. Mis- Schenkel has been active in takinI these children to doctors and clinics to the open air school and getting them into the fresh air camp durinl the summer.
 Miss Dickinson reported that Cit. Mission workers come across case which amount literally to "a starving for beauty, in the most wretchet homes" Poor. sickly plants, coaxet along under difficulties, invalid wom en who sit on wheel chairs and de vote the day to a fern or othe plant, were instances cited.
 Volunteer Workers Report.
 Reports from volunteer worker were made as follows: The Metho dist sewing school, by Mss Gladly Smaller: the Lafayette sewing schoC at the First Baptist church, by Mrs Frederick Johnson of the Swedis Bethany church; Sunday schoC work at the South church, by Mis- Olive Chase of that church: the Bur ritt Boy Scouts, by John Young scoutmaster; the Pennington avenu girls club, by Mrs. Samuel Nc Cutcheon of the First Congregations church:
 Other reports were as follows Some City Mission Good Times" b Miss Kucera; "Burritt Activities" b Miss Schenkel; Adventures in Ur derstanding," by Miss Dickinson. The opening prayer was by Re' William Ross and the benediction b Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe. Officers were elected as follows Honorary president, E. F. Neumann president, E. M. Wightman; vice president. Mortimer H. Camp; secre tary, C. H. Barnes; treasurer, Arthu H. Parker. auditor, W. N. Lock s, a..ao,,ti,.o nopo, lttaa tha off