The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-21

or the tHlTU year III SuCceS. sion American families have pre-. dominated in our case load. Previous to this period we had more Italian families. The di- vision in detail at this time is 240 American; 13f Italian, 26 U. S. Colored, 21 Irish. 20 French, 12 Lithuanian, 9 Russian and English. The increase in the U. $. Colored is the outstand- ing change in this years report.
 Reference Cases
 Cases referred to us by other family societies asking for local creased to a point where we are concerned with its volume. For instance, we had 129 such refer ences in 1884, involving 11S visits to homes, 216 interviews and the writing of 159 letters, including in many cases long and volumin- ous reports. ,, l.rf,
 Relief
 The amount spent for relief in 1884 was $13,455.42 as compared with $9,455.5g the previous year. The largest item in this budget was for milk for undernourished children, which cost us $3.741.09. Toward this amount the Rotary Milk Fund. contributed $1,040.32 and the employees of the Albert Furniture Company $7G2.25 through the receipts of it's play. "The Gay Nineties'. Our second largest expense was for groceries which amounted to $2.605.79. For rent and fuel, we spent $1,384.5S, which the Leavenworth Fuel and Rent Fund contributed $1,195.5S. Other items in the relief program were $1,478.76 for cash allowances; $94O.45 for spectacles, distributed by the Chase Memorial Dispensary; $415.56 for hospital care; $402 for the board of children and $1,941.19 for miscellaneous eX- penses such as medicine. shoes. rubbers, clothing, surgical appli- ances, etc. We are especially in- debted to the local Chapter of the Needlework Guild of America for cash contribution for shoes and rubbers of $375 and 2.031 garments, such as undergarments. dresses, pants. sweaters and stockings as well as comforters and blankets.
 The annual report of Miss Elizabeth Gustafson on the Travellers Aid Service indicates that she had fifty interviews at the office and made thirty-three visits to homes. This is an emergency service working in conjunction with Travellers Aid Societies throughout the coun- try. The volume of work Is not large but the necessity for quick action is often imperative.
 Finances
 In my report last year re- .ferred to the drop in our annual income from $32,000 to $21,000 and recommended the appoint ment of @ subcommittee on finances to study our situation. The board appointed:
 Rodney Chase. Milton Burrall. William M. Harris. Miss Edith M. Chase, Thomas F. Moore.
 They have held three meetings. several conferences and spent considerable time personally in the preparation of prospective lists. Tn the meanwhile the re- ceipts have increased to $26,000 with the result that the list of new names which the committee has prepared have not yet been approached.
 It would be difficult for me to express my appreciation to this board for their advice and sup port without referring to the co- operation of each member indi- vidually. Your regular attend ance at meetings has kept you in close contact with Lincoln House; it has enabled you to un. derstand it's policies and the state of it's finances; 1t has kept you in touch with the general relief situation, all of which you could interpret to other boards and committees with which you are associated. Mir Chase, as presi. dent of the board. has given freely of his time. even to shar-