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Show LIONS WILL JOIN WITH CHURCHES IN SUCCORING HUNGRY AND HOMELESS A movement for providing food and shelter for indigent trancients proposed propos-ed by Dr. Addison Bybee at the regular regu-lar meeting of the Lions Club Wednesday Wed-nesday noon received the club's unqualified un-qualified support and a committee headed by Dr. Bybee was directed to meet with representatives of churches church-es in Milford before the city board meeting to be held tonight, to perfect plans for the charitable work proposed. propos-ed. It is the desire of those backing the movement to provide additional cots, fuel dishes and food at the city jail so that unemployed trancients may be sheltered and fed at the jail at the expense ex-pense of the county organizations supporting the project instead of depending de-pending on the charity of individuals of the town. Following the club meeting, Dr. Bybee By-bee got in communication with the various church organizations and they all expressed their willingness to cooperate, co-operate, selecting committees to appear ap-pear before the city board when it meets tonight at eight o'clock in the city offices. The Lions are to be represented by their Welfare committee composed of Dr. Bybee, Mayor Hubbel and J. R. Murdock, Jr. The committee chosen to represent the Methodists are: H. Smith, Mrs. Tom Gadberry and Roy Cottrell. The Mormon relief society will be represented by Bishop E. H. Bird, Mrs. Prank Osbome, Walter Bowman and M. T. Christensen; the Christian Scientists by Mrs. A. T. At-kin At-kin and Mrs. Ralph Ellingsworth; and the Catholics by Mrs. Bernard Hutch-ings Hutch-ings and Mrs. Joseph Hanlin. It was the opinion of all consulted on the matter that the movement is one well worthy of support as relief of the hungry and needy that drift into in-to the city should be considered a public pub-lic duty. During the winter months the suffering of the transcient is par-..ticularly par-..ticularly acute .and., with .employment scarce at the present time there are miany worthy individuals forced by circumstances rather than inclination to idleness and the suffering consequent conse-quent to unemployment and poverty. Many other cities are provideing temporary tem-porary relief to such individuals and the charitably inclined believe that Milford should make an attempt to do likewise. The enthusiastic response of the churches and organizations to the proposal pro-posal at its outset speaks, well for the future success of the movement. |