Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1916 — Charity Board Plans Work For the Coming Year. [ARTICLE]

Charity Board Plans Work For the Coming Year.

The county council of the Jasper County Sunday .School Association met Friday evening at the First National Bank to make plans for the work of the coming year. The following members were presqpt: J. H. Leatherman, Miss Ethel Perkins, W. L. Bott, C. G. Spitler, Mrs. J. I. Gwin, L. H. Hamilton, Miss Simpson, Mrs. C. C. Warner and Mrs. A. A. Fell. It was planned to work toward the definite goal of keeping the county a toip-notch county, as it has been for the past two years. Every school in the county will be visited by a county officer, who will urge every school to keep up every line of organized work and to contribute their share of good work to maintain the high standard. A representative of the local charity board made a plea for clothing at two of the Sunday schools last Sunday morning. The clothing was to be lef| with Mr. Morlan at the court house, where Hie board has a room»» The response to this request has not been as generous as it should be and this means is taken to again urge the people of this community and Newton township to make an effort to meet this need. The father of the family (who are residents of Newton township) has just had his eye removed and is temporarily incapacitated and after the trustee has helped all the law will allow, there is still much to be done where there is a family of ten young children. The charity board is taking care of an expensive case where a trained nurse and hotel bills are necessary, though the expenses have been greatly lessened by the kindness of the attending physician. Since the organization of the charity board many people are relieved of direct calls for charity, but on that account they are also deprived of the knowledge of the need and are inclined to indifference. We are willing to serve as a channel through which you may work. Hoping you may do your full share, for there is much need, we are, Yours for humanity, MRS. JNO. I. GWIN, M. Charity Board.