Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

women to make into garments, for which sewing they are paid, and the garments clothe the poor of the 'Dorcas' or the children of the `Children's Aid.' A pathetic scene occurred the day before last Christmas, when a woman was paid seventy-five cents for some sewing she had done at nights, after hard days

, and he was encouraged to undertake a second term. This also proving satisfactory, he had by this time become so thoroughly attached to the school and children that he re- solved to continue a teacher. Many methods were introduced for the improvement of his pupils and to place the school on a better

life, while menaced by a savage foe, all to escape from British persecution, intolerance and bigotry. When settled in their new homes, in the Octorara Valley, a common im- pulse seized them, the desire to facili- tate the opportunities for the educa- tion of their children. It was here the British laws

City for tax purposes is $1 , 545 annually. The school board, which must provide educational facilities for the 120 students from Sunnyside obtains $3,704 annually from property taxes from this area. Conversely, it cost the City School Board approximately $38,000 annually to educate these same children

Ward 217.85 South-east Ward 99.83 South-west Ward 106.25 At Lititz, Pa. 39.04 $748.25 Relief of the Sick and Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Wednesday, September 10th, 1823, a meeting was held in the court house for the purpose of adopting measures for the relief of the sick and the afflicted poor

to many who were desirous of it. The want of which is a subject of general complaint among the poor of this city in the winter season. "Many idle children are permitted to roam the streets, and solicit charity, a practice which this Society thinks ought to be discouraged ; and sincerely regrets that

public worship both morning and evening." Collections in Aid of the Poor in Lancaster in 1829 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, February 23rd, 1829, citizens of Lancaster city held a meeting at Parker's hotel for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the necessitous condition of the poor during

designated by the title of "The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster." William Clark Frazer, Esq., was appointed president, and Michael Galligher, Jr., secretary. The purpose of this organization was to render assist- ance to the sick and distressed poor of the community. On Saturday evening, August