47th Annual Report

Of The

Ladies'

Seaman' s Friend Society

Port of

San Francisco, CA

For the Year Ending July 31, 1903

 

SAN FRANCISCO: George Spalding & Co.,

Printers and Lithographers

414 Clay Street, below Sansome.  1903

 

 

 

 

FORM OF BEQUEST

 

 

I give and bequeath to the "Ladies Seaman's Friend Society of the Port of San Francisco," incorporated April, 1858, the sum of $___, to be applied to the charitable use of this Society.

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION THE LADIES' SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.

 

We, the undersigned, hereby certify that at a meeting of the Board of Managers are the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society of the Port of San Francisco, held in the City and County of San Francisco, on the fourth day of August, in the year 1858, for the election of the Board of Trustees of said Society, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of said Society, and statutes in some cases made and provided:

 

We, Rebecca H. Lambert and Harriet J. Bunker, were duly appointed the judges of said election, and counted the votes of the members and declared the result.

 

And we do further certify that, at the said election, Mrs. Catherine D. Knight, Mrs. Martha N. Thurston, Mrs. Eliza Beck, Mrs. Harriet R. Cushing, Mrs. Rebecca H. Lambert, Mrs. Mary J. Shelly, Mrs. Margaret A. Tracy, Mrs. Serena M. Goodall, and Mrs. Harriet J. Bunker, were duly elected Trustees of said Society, and that the said Trustees and their successors in office are forever hereafter to be called and known as a corporation by the corporate name of the Board of Trustees of the Ladies' Seaman's Friend the Society of the Port of San Francisco, CA.

 

All which is hereby certified, according to the provisions of the Act entitled and Act concerning corporations, passed April 22, 1850, and particularly the eighth chapter of all the Acts extending said Act.

 

Witness our hands and seals this 4th day of August, A. D. 1858.

 

REBECCA H. LAMBERT, [L. S.]

HARRIET J. BUNKER, [L. S.]

 

In presence of

LEWIS PECK

 

 

 

OFFICERS & MANAGERS

Of  The

LADIES' MEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY

OF THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

1903.

 

 

 

OFFICERS.

 

Mrs. D. Oliver, President, 2811 Howard Street, S. F.

Mrs. John W. Dickie, Vice-President, Clinton Avenue, Alameda.

Mrs. A. C. Bainbridge, Rec.  Secretary, 622 Golden Gate Avenue, S. F.

Mrs. W. H. Barnes, Cor.  Secretary, 1931 Divisadero Street, S. F.

Mrs. Philip Cox, Treasurer, 320 11th Avenue, S. F.

 

BOARD MANAGERS.

 

Mrs. W. T. Reilly, 3215 Twenty-third Street, S. F.

Mrs. W. H. Slocom, 1223 Pine Street, S. F.

Mrs. E. B. Cooper, 2138 Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda.

Mrs. A. Beardsley, 1307 Central Avenue, Alameda.

Mrs. Sarah R. Lee, 2131 Railroad Avenue, Alameda.

Mrs. Emma Maule, 2138 Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda.

Mrs. W. H. Green, 309 Eleventh Avenue, S. F.

Mrs. E. J. Ludlow, Berkeley.

Mrs. T. M. Earl, 1308 Jones Street, S. F.

 

 

TRUSTEES.

 

Capt. A. M. Burns, President	Capt. W. E. Mighell
Mrs. W. T. Reilly	H. E. Pennell
Mrs. E. B. Cooper	J. Ralph
Capt. AM Simpson	Mrs. D. Oliver
J. W. Dickie	Mrs. W. H. Barnes
Warren B. Ewer, Secretary	Mrs. J. W. Dickie
F. S. Stratton, ex officio, Collector of Port	Hon. E. E. Schmitz, ex officio, Mayor of San Francisco.

 

 

Legal Counsellor, H. W. Brown.

Superintendent Sailors' Home, John Ferem.

Librarian, R. H. Sloan.

 

 

STANDING COMMITTEES.

 

 

Committee on Application.

 

Mrs. A. E. Bainbridge

Mrs. W. E. Green

 

 

Purchasing Committee.

 

Mrs. J. W. Dickie

Mrs. T. M. Earl

 

Committee on Religious Services.

 

Mrs. Philip Cox	Mrs. J. W. Dickie
Mrs. C. J. Ludlow	Mrs. W. H. Slocum

 

Committee on Library.

 

Mrs. W. H. Barnes

Mrs. W. T. Reilly

 

Committee on Grounds.

 

Mrs. A. Beardsley

Mrs. S. R. Lee

 

Printing Committee.

 

Mrs. T. M. Earl

Mrs. A. Beardsley

 

Finance Committee.

 

Mrs. A. Beardsley

Mrs. T. M. Earl

 

Auditing Committee.

 

Mr. Ewer

Capt. Burns

 

Committee on Entertainment.

 

Mrs. A. C. Bainbridge	Mrs. Philip Cox
Mrs. J. W. Dickie	Mrs. W. H. Barnes

 

 

CONTRIBUTORS OF BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND PAPERS

 

Mrs. Arundle	Mrs. Ludlow
Mrs. Barclay	Mrs. Lee
Mrs. Boyd	Mrs. Lowe
Mrs. Bainbridge	Mrs. Percy Meeker
Capt. Burns	Mrs. McClosky
Mrs. J. B. Davis	Presbyterian Church, Pacific Ensign Co.
Mrs. Philip Cox	Mrs. Webster
Mrs. Damarest	Mrs. Reilly
Free Baptist Church	Mrs. Y. F. Raher
Fruit and Flower Mission	Mrs. Morgan Shephard
Mrs. Graves	Ladies' Christian Temperance Society
Mrs. W. L. Gorham	C. E. Society, Franklin Street
Mrs. Howard	Society for Christian Work
Mrs. Harris	Mrs. Swanicke
Mrs. W. L. Irwin,	Mrs. Sara E. Wise
Mrs. Kronquist	Mrs. Samuel Billings Welch

 

 

ANNUAL MEMBERS.

 

Bainbridge, Mrs. A.C.	Green, Mrs. W. H.
Barnes, William H.	Ludlow, Mrs. E. J.
Barnes, Mrs. William H.	Lee, Mrs. S. R.
Beardsley, Mrs. A.	Maule, Mrs. M.
*Coombs, Sr., Mrs. J. H.	McLain, Mr.
Cooper, Mrs. E. B.	Oliver, Mrs. D.
Cox, Mrs. Philip	*Pierre, Mrs. E.
Dickie, Mrs. J. W.	Reilly, W. T.
Ewer, Mrs. W. B.	*Scott, Mrs. D.
Eldridge, Mrs. O.	Slocomb, Mrs. William H.
Earl, Mrs. T. M.	Steinbuhler, Mrs.
*Ewer, Mrs. H. N.	*Spaulding, George
*Ewer, Mrs. Martha D.	*Simmons, Mrs. M. J.
*Fuller, Mrs. A.	Wright, Mrs. Anna C.

 

*Deceased.

 

 

 

LIFE MEMBERS.

 

 

Bigelow, H. H.	Loftis, Mrs. S.
*Blethen, Capt. J. H.	*Lux, Mrs. Charles
Cain, Mrs. A. J. (San Jose)	*McLane, Louis
*Cogswell, Dr. H. D.	Miner, Mrs. J. V.
Cogswell, Mrs. C. E.	Perkins, Gov. George C.
*Cushing, Dr. J.	Palmer, Joseph C.
*Dall, Capt. (S. S. Columbia)	Platt, R. G.
DeFremery, J.	Pope, Mrs. A. J.
*Farewell, Capt. J. D.	*Pratt, Mrs. A. A.
*Goodall, Capt. Charles	*Rowland, Mrs. Jane
*Goodall, Mrs. Charles	*Sather, P.
*Kohler, Andrew	Swannack, Daniel
Kohler, Mrs. C. A.	Swannack, Mrs. Daniel
*Lambert, Mrs. R. H.	Talbot, Mrs.

 

*Deceased.

 

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS.

 

*Austin, Mrs. L. A.	Kellogg, Mrs. L. M.
*Baker, Mrs. A. E. A.	*Knight, Mrs. C. D.
Burrows, Mrs. George	*Ludwick, Col. E. A.
Bunker, Mrs. H. J.	Lolor, Mrs. C. P.
Barclay, Mrs. R. S.	Merrill, Mrs.
Brannan, Mrs., A. L.	Reilly, Mrs. W. T.
Brown, Mrs. E. V.	Smith, Mrs. S. A.
Clide, Mrs.	Sawyer, Judge E. D.
Ewer, W. B.	*Soule, Capt. S.
*Eldridge, Capt. O.	*Tucker, Capt. H. S.
*Freeman, Capt. J. H.	*Tucker, Mrs. H. S.
Hughes, Mrs. H. H.	Voorhies, Mrs. W. H.
Williamson, Mrs. S. P.

 

*Deceased.

 

Transcribed by Nancy Pratt Melton.