. Collections in Aid of the Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 8th, 1830, stated that the committee appointed in the south-east ward of Lancaster during the winter for the purchase and distribution of wood among the poor, had left an account at the office of that paper of

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

Relief of the Poor in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O NE hundred and twenty-three years ago there was no "Welfare Federa- tion," or other organized agency, in Lancaster existing for the purpose of collecting funds to be systematically used in the relief of the desti- tute and suffering of

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

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

STUDY CONDITION MAP NO. 4 MAJOR STREETS CONDITION OF STREETS CONDITION · :::::::::::::::::::::::, POOR - GRAVEL - I WAY iillill FAIR - BLACK TOP - I WAY GOOD- BLACKTOP - 2 WAY- MAJOR VACANT WIDTH SINGLE LANE - BLACKTOP • TWO LANE-BLACKTOP /'------ < ' " WEST LAMPETER ~\ TWP. ~, N . SC A LE IN FEE,T