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Show 7 i I amilj: OF errice Society ;sait ;tAK , 1 " jr : pm acsy cr s mm ?j, " fzapI wmrnM . V 4 vf h&4k&mll:m Case worker Mrs. Jane Hamll Interviews two children as part of Family Service Society services. Childrens problems with parents, school and I J society are Investigated by workers. Incorporation papers for the agency, which receives United Fund support, were signed Oct 9, 1913. 50 Years Reap A Golden Future By Barb! Fouch Tribune Staff Writer Family Service Society of Salt Lke City pro- vldes Services for young marnecT couples I ( The golden years usually signify a mellowing, but for Family Service Society it is a year of and planning for a progressive second 50 years. Family Service Society of Salt Lake City begins its 50th year of operation this week, providing the community with a program worth its weight in gold. When incorporated Oct 9, 1912, area population was estimated at 92,777, and the budget was set at $3,600 an amount personally guaranteed by its board of directors. - Under the chairmanship of Simon Bamberger, the name Salt Lake Charity Assn. was adopted. Budget for the first year amounted to $909.50. Next year 44 persons and firms contributed a total of through family group therapy. The Society begins its 50th year of service this week. $2,157.83. Society Features Weddings 'Drama Music Books Sfilmnt Salt W omen m fc"n? Jlfb Disbursements covered costs of horse, buggy, wagon, horseshoeing, wood yard and salary of $322 to the superintendent and clerk. Four hundred ninety-eigh- t adults and 806 children were provided with coal, clothing, medicines, food, employment and friendly counsel and advice. From 1912 to 1914 the group dealt primarily in study, organization and incorporation. The Society did not begin to function as an agency until July, 1914. The next period, from 1914 to 1926, was one of - growth in community planning. During this period, the World War made it necessary for the Society to divert attention from its own program In order to lend members of Its staff to assist in organizing the Home Service Division of the American Red Cross. Miss Kate Williams was then the executive. From 1926 to 1934 the board had withdrawn from the task of raising money, as the Community Chest was then functioning. The depression, however, again made it necessary for the Society to divert its attention from Its normal program to the relief field. Today, In its 50th year, the Family Service Society serves a population of 442,787 persons in the greater Art SL1" u.m SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1962, i - iA 'ww s s $$ -- S" j Jgg K V.yA y .X'v v'' I, f . x J. "V ' Aw. r ''V v I , I V X'''' vv W . f W i'K , i t 4 ' i ' $! X ' Providing clothing fo needy families was j Grace Bywater, right, now social service di-- a tor at St. Mark's Hospital, 'was caseworker. function of Sociejy In early years,' M'S. y Salt Lake Area of the United Fund. Its operating budget for 1961 was $59,591, and it served 806 families and individuals. Mrs. Imogene W. King, executive director, of the Society notes that "similarities are found in the pervasive recognition that to give is not the most effective way to help. The individual must be strengthened out of diffifrom within so that capacity for culties, emotional or economic. Is released and deself-hel- p veloped. The change lies in the fact that economic adequacy and provident qualities were the goal in older days, but now these are seen as consequences of personal confidence and The central purpose of Family Service Society (which derives 89 per cent of its financing from United Fund) is to contribute to harmonious family inter-re- lationships, to strengthen the positive values of family life, to promote health personality development and satisfactory social functioning through social casework services. Such difficulties as marriage, divorce; childrens problems with parents, school, society; individual personality adjustment; being alone, old, sick, handicapped; preparation, for marriage; adjustment to education, employment; money management,hudgeting;relatio ships with others. are dealt with by the Society, In its projected program for the future the Service plans to place special emphasis on. young marrleds, stepparents and their children; expansion of a family group therapy program; learning difficulties and problems of social adjustment among children at school; juvenile delinquency and establishment of branch offices in suburban areas. Present officers of the Society are Wendell E. Glle, president; Mrs. Elizabeth T. Corr, vice president; Herman J. Jansen, treasurer; Mrs. J. Gordon Sorensen, public relations. In its Infancy, caseworkers for Family Service Society made home calls I Temple for friendly counsel and advice on matters of marriage, money to .J.e.f ci.euts. Today mo t cases come to the office at 524 E. South (management, relationships with others, chid he)", and other assistance. . - a s . . , 3 , v , V |
