Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04

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Very fsw people In South DAkoss,
know much. about. the history Off the
ChildrtaR Hbise, witch Gas been ssithe:
Cling for eRiiessce ut Sioux Falls f6rsik
yoars and . HAL. The following b cullSdl
from ~ ssti6ib ihths Minneapolis Josrnsll
d Dec. i6th..
Six and, onslAalf years ago, W. b. shisr
srd and hihwBswe . living on . pros
porous fssm.nssP Clark, s. D. Becoming.
iasesssGodi6,ths vofks Of Ne ChiSsgD
rescue mlisssisa for childres, the elAAsit
couple accepted the charge Of sevcrslI
boys and sihs from that city andl
saAerteokys M p1lQrNtAems in eped
Aomea inClAEk county.
This, wsstis1eginning Of the greatt
work whi6lt,f as been carried on siAoe Ii
South Dalotss Mr.. and Mrs. Shesrsrd:
moved 70 sSibaH ralls and the formesiwes.
sooa In TIE. fssd, actively engaged In.
first one town. md then another, seeking
the parentlNss md homeless children andl
finding homes. for them in good fGmillts,.
Since the homs was founded 520' lii
Tie boys and,giSis, ranging In ages ffDm'
newly 0rn,ihlAnts to Is aud 16i years..
have, heen,cansd for and placed ih, hap.
by homes The success Of tho. lOmS;,
very naturally, has been with the.
youngen0hildsen from the irsts age. Of
infancy to tiis third or fourth ~yeanTnese
babiess'. ane. mostly sought for and tiisrs
il Now u greater demand thsn' supplR.
Tie SlasB chsldren oftimSs' have. formed
habits which are difficult to changes. yet
outoftlls. lhsge number that have been
received at the home, very few haae. faia-
ed to, yialdl TO the good treatment.
There are usually from twelve. to
eighteen children at the .oms.alle OF the
tiinR, who are waiting to be sent tO. their
new HOMES. 1t Is not always. the ssse
that a child suits Il mother or. father and
changes are, often made-sort OF pro
bation" work. II often is tfieoase that a
child is born into vice and to sin IL her
reditarv with it These children are the
most difficult to train, hut rheuenaarkable
success of the the home tnais,ing is evi-
dencef by the fact that bnteight children
six girls and two boys, have been sent to
the reform school out ofthe.EaDrcceivc,i.
Mr., Sherrard has tried fora long sine
TO get the state interested in the work.
AT the last session of the Legislature he
made \ strong effort 10 get ala appropri-
atinn for a building and was partly sue
cessfdl, in that he got the state TO furnish
the stone, which b % be Quarried and
cut by the convicAs OF the state penitrn
tary. The work has not been commenc-
ed yet, owing to the rush If orders ahead
but It Is promised that the necessary
stone will be ready for the building mex,
summer. Grnerous Donations OF mater.
ial, labor and money await the first starr
ia the spring toward he building, INT
new home will cost about t15,OOO when
completed. +.
Miss Allie Jewell has charge Of the
rescue work west q. the Missouri river
and she has In the past tv'o years found
places tor more than 100 waits. homes
where they havet the rights and privileged
OF own children.
lln. Jewell Gays but for the generoslt,
81 tho railroads III tho stAte. II would y
impossible II carry " me work. Iycl
sr~sspart NkrN \ furnished the ofscss'
of tAe hume and the children ~ ~ q
10 ~s6illpaads.
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