. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. on is popular with the members of all the city churches, and is annuallyincreasing in usefulness and influence. The ladies meet every Wednesday,at the rooms of the Union Relief Association. The officers are : Presi-dent, Miss Sarah P. Birnie; vice-presidents, Miss Mary Bill, Miss FannyStebbins, Mrs. L. S. Brooks; secretary, Miss Sarah E. Heywood; assistantsecretarv, Miss Frances E. Stone. KING S HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 2I3 The Hale Fund is so called from the name of the donor, James , w
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. on is popular with the members of all the city churches, and is annuallyincreasing in usefulness and influence. The ladies meet every Wednesday,at the rooms of the Union Relief Association. The officers are : Presi-dent, Miss Sarah P. Birnie; vice-presidents, Miss Mary Bill, Miss FannyStebbins, Mrs. L. S. Brooks; secretary, Miss Sarah E. Heywood; assistantsecretarv, Miss Frances E. Stone. KING S HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 2I3 The Hale Fund is so called from the name of the donor, James , who died Aug. 31. 1863, leaving about $34,000 as a permanent fundto assist the deserving poor of the city. He belonged to the First-Churchparish during his lifetime, and was always helping the poor. As he left nochildren, he directed, that, after the death of his wife, the income of thismoney should be devoted to charitable purposes. The fund came into thehands of the committee, Oct. 25, 1880. and was invested, as directed, in firstmortgages on real estate in Hampden County. The income is annually. The Childrens Home, on Buckingham Street. spent in purchasing fuel, stoves, and flour, for the deserving poor of Spring-field. The fund is in charge of the pastors of the First Congregational,First Baptist, and Trinity Methodist Churches, and the clerk of the SuperiorCourt. The Taylor Benevolent. Fund consists of an invested fund in Spring-field, left by Ethan Taylor of Longmeadow, Feb. 17, 1864, the income ofwhich is devoted to the promotion of such religious, benevolent, andcharitable objects as shall be approved and designated by a committee ofthree persons, to be chosen from time to time by the South Church Societyin said Springfield. The income may be devoted to any work in the limitsof Hampden County. W. L. Wilcox is trustee of the fund, and the expend- 214 KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. iture of the income is under the direction of Henry S. Lee and E. Meekins,with the trustee.
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