Hype for the Future 70E: Essex County, Vermont

Introduction Essex County, often recorded as home to fewer than six thousand permanent residents, often serves the role of the smallest county by population in not just the State of Vermont, but the entirety of the region commonly known as New England. Outside the contexts of Vermont and the larger scope of New England, the county is also home to numerous attractions related to the tourist draw to the county and particularly toward the Burke Mountain ski area. While the northern portion of […]

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_The Evening Post_, 10 October 1924:
              WOMEN IN PRINT.
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  Bishop #Averill remarked recently in reference to the activities of the Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society that “it is evident that this work has not yet struck the imagination of the public, otherwise it would be given more generous support.” He said that it had been suggested that wealthy people when making their wills might give a kind thought to the necessities of the outcast, the criminal, and the unfortunate.… there are no “overhead” expenses in the society, for there is no agent, office rent, or other expenses; all the work done is by voluntary and accredited persons.… every penny of the money donated will go for the benefit of those who, perhaps, come out of gaol without a friend in the world. It also assists wives and families of men serving sentence of three months and under, but the limited sum at the disposal of the committees is too small for much to be done in this direction. During the past year in #Auckland 1200 men were released from prison, and out of these nine out of ten were interviewed, and, if necessary, given assistance.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241010.2.111
His biography in DNZB is interesting reading https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3a24/averill-alfred-walter
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Prisoners #Charities #Bishops #Anglicans #NewZealand