Foreign Language Press Service

The Ceska Utulna a Sirotcinec

DennĂ­ Hlasatel, Oct. 21, 1915

A regular meeting of the Ceska Utulna a Sirotcinec (Bohemian Old Peoples' Home and Orphanage) was held in the usual place yesterday.....

The minutes of the last meeting dealt with the distribution of functions among the officers on the occasion of the 26th Street Businessmen's Carnival, when a portion of the receipts of the wheels of fortune were to go to the Utulna a Sirotcinec.....

Mr. [John A.] Sokol reported that $38.20 was collected for the institution at an entertainment given by the Klub Svobodnych Zednaru "Dobrovsky" (Dobrovsky Free Masons' Club). Similarly, Mr. Frank Petru reported a collection for the Utulna a Sirotcinec of $21 at the convention of benevolent societies in Champaign, Illinois.....

Among the reports of the officers was also that of Mr. Freiler, dealing with the 2sale of chances on the lot. The report shows a net profit of $787.35, and also accounts due of $74.75, and $45.50 receivable from individuals and organizations for chances.....

The financial report disclosed the fact that the share of the Utulna a Sirotcinec of the profit of the 26th Street Carnival amounted to $62.43.....

More encouraging was the outcome of the tag day of the Children's Benefit League in which the Utulna a Sirotcinec participated. The report showed an income of $719.98, to which $2 collected by Miss Smolar must be added.....

Another gratifying report was that of Mr. Tichy, according to which the Tesarsko-Truhlarska Unie (Carpenters' and Cabinetmakers' Union) No. 54 donated $500 and decided to donate the promised work, free of charge....Consequently the motion to make that union an honorary member of the Utulna a Sirotcinec was unanimously adopted.....

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Manager Dusek reported an income of $5,092.11, and an expenditure of $3,384.78.....

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