The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-10
Lincoln House
 Report Reveals
 Scope Of Work
Total of 3,63O Men, Women, and Children Aided By Philanthropic Association During Year-Harris Accounts Personal Service of Past Twelve Months

More than $31,500 was expended for relief and personal service to families of the city by the Lincoln House association during 1881 ac- cordfng to the annual report of William NJ. Harris, executive sec retary, read at the annual meeting of the association yesterday after noon. Six new directors were named including Miss Edith M. Chase, Rev Dr James F.. Gregg, Mrs Charles l.. Larkin, Thomas Moore, l.. Robert Stevenson and Mrs Mark l.. Sperry, Jr.
 Offlcers were reelected as fol- lows: President. Rodney Chase; vice-president, Bonnet Bronson; secretary, Mrs Julius E. Smith; treasurer, Edwin C. Northrop. Directors continuing in office are Bonnet Bronson, Rodney Chase, John 4. Coe Jr, Charles r. Kel- logg, r. Dutton Noble, Edwin c. Northrop. Rev Joseph Valdam- brini.
 Mir Harris stated in his report that the Lincoln House worked with 7s7 families representing 3,G3O men, women and children in
 
 I,540 visits and 947 calls for in- formation in regard to cases on which they were working. Mem ton is made of the addition. dur ing the year of two new workers, Miss Kasmyra Chaponis and Miss Josephine Pope. The former speaks Lithuanian, Polish and Russian and the latter, Italian.
 Mr Harris financial report shows he received $3S,99S.74 from the treasurer. Expenditures which total that amount included: Ad- ministratlon. office supplies, rent, clerical help, etc. $4,725.01; per- sonal service to families, $10.- 747.42: relief, $2O.S00.4S: upkeep of Lincoln House, $2.G36.42; garage fund-upkeep, $89.4f.
 MT Harris' annual report reads as follows:
 ".ro MT Rodney Chase. President,
 and the Board of Directors of
 the Lincoln House Association.
 Inc.
 My third annual report adds one more chapter to the record of Lincoln House in alleviating suffer ing and distress.
 "As in 1929 and 1930, Lincoln House has continued in 1881 to meet the ever increasing demands of . community which in common with others is struggling to rcaG- just itself to new economic con- dition.
 "During the past year. we have seen the Mutual Aid Uncmploy- mont Fund firmly established and recognized as sound method of financing and rendering relief to families whose income has been re- duced to the danger point by un- employment. During T recent con- ference on unemployment in Bos- ton to which all New England cities sent representatives,, the Mu- tual Aid Fund of Waterbury was tho subject of much favorable comment and study. Perhaps the most intelligent analysis of its suc- cess was given by a representative of the Russell Sage Foundation who stated that we had the un- usual situation of an entire com munity working together for the relief of unemployment. Corpora tions, mercantile esta ablshmcnts bankers, insurance offices, com mcrcial organizations: city depart ments; men and women of profess sional standing; social. health and character building organizations. employer and cmploye, rich and poor. all pulling together for the common good.
 "Lincoln House has stood shoul- der to shoulder with the other Family Welfare organizations, the Diocesan Bureau and the City Well fare Service in cooperating with the Mutual Aid Fund and has con- tributed it's personnel. it's finances and the use of it's property as the needs of the Mutual Aid Fund re- oIIred