The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-19
THE CHILDREN'S HOME.
A Brief History of the Institution
From Its Founding Up to the Present
Time.

As at present q monstrous fair is in prog
ress at the Children's Home on Ninth
street, which is intended to clear off debt
of So, 900, and which sum has actually been
raised during the last three days, it natu-
rally occurs to ones mind to inquire.
"What is this institution and how can so
much money be raised for it in so short .
timer"
To give the readers Of the STAR an insight
into this organization it will be necessary to
go back some nineteen years. In 1860
Messrs. Murray Shipley o. N. Bush, S. s.
Fisher H. H. Smith, NJ. D. Hagans, T. G.
O'Kane, John Shillito, B. Homans, Jr, and
others formed body and rented cellar
room on Mill street, below Third, and
there commenced the Penn Mission Sab
bath-school. The children who attended
were Of the rudest and roughest character.
and numbered about seventy.
In November, 1868, q three-story brick
building having been built with large hall
in it on Park street, Il removal to this place
was made and the hall fitted up for meet
ings and Sabbath-schOol purposes. The at
tendance at once increased to three hun
dred. As the Sabbath-school was doing
much good it was resolved to open homo
and day school. This plan was carried into
execution in 1864. The first children, q
brother and sister, whose mother had died
in the hospital and whose father had for
saken them, were received on the 4th of
April. Others followed, and on December
18th, 1864, the Childrens Home was iu-
corporated, with the following gentlemen
as Trustees:
President, Murray shiplcy; Treasurer.
n N Huch. Sanratarina q g Eichar
Smith and N. B. EIagans. The managers
were the following ladies: Margaretta s.
Hinchman of d25 Sixth street, Mary J.
Taylor, of 100 Eighth street; Hannah D..
Shipley, of 327 Seventh street; Hannah P.
Smith, of 437 Sixth street; Lydia L. Bate
man, of 3S Mcfarland street; Cornelia
Marsh of So York street, and Harriet d.
Bush and Aurelia Fisher, of Mt. Auburn.
In 1865 and 1866 Daniel Hill acted as
Superintendent Martha Hill as Matron,
Mary Guy as Housekeeper and J. NJ Burns
and J. Fohl as Missionaries. During this
year 80, 600 meals were furnished to poor
children by the Home. According to the
purpose of the Home the condition of tho
children was amelorated, permanent
country homes secured for them in accord
ance with its charter, temporary home
given to poor children whose parents could
not support them, and clothing books, etc.
given them.
The contributions for 1s64-5 were
81, ,437 43; the expenditures, $6945 81.
The capacity of the Park.street building
being insufficient, an appeal was made for
larger quarters, and the owners of the prem
ises at 1870 West Third street offering tho
use of the building and grounds free of rent,
the Home, assuming the taxes and insur-
ances, removed its children to this place in
October, 1871.
The missionaries and agents up to this
time had hard work, and often came near
being discouraged in their noble efforts
owing to the ignorance, bigotry, prejudice,
poverty, drunkenness and destitution of the
parents visited by them.
After this matters were not so bad, al
the poor were beginning to see the good ef.
fects of the Institution.
| An important feature of the Home was
| the organization of local committees in
different ncighborhoods in the country
where homes are likely to be found for
children.
The first committees were in Canton,
Economy, Carthage, Jericho, Beechy Mire,
Ind. and in Martinsville and West Elkton,
| Ohio.
The following statistics will give an ides
of what has been done by the Home
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