The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
SOLDIERS ORPHANS.
Mrs. Cook Tells Of Her Trip TO Jumon'
vile With the Vores Children.

~ Nf'bi ~ ltS, tttedScu, d = ~
ion veteran, [ give short ac
count of my trip as caretaker Of
them.
Application was made by the
mother some time ago to the sol
diors' Orphars' school commls-
Slou fn aid aud protection for her
three children, William, Sarah
and Samuel Vores, aged respect
lvely nine, six and four years. At
the same tune she appealed to the
Overseers of the Poor of Tod
township for money assistance
TO. their transportation hence.
In a very short time letters of
admission came for tie entrance
OF the children to Jumonville, the
western school of the system, and
acting conformity with tie veter-
ans Of KING Post, No. 365, the
Poor Board furnished the means
/ necessary for their removal. For
information TO those who know
nothing Of the locality of Jumon-
vile, let ne state that it is the
name given to the school build
iugs on the top of a mountain,
and is five miles from Uniontown,
Pa. Near the school IS the grave
of Count Coulon De Jumonvllle,
an officer who lost his life in the
French and Indian war.
The Superintendent of the
school Is Rev, John Waters, a
lutheran minlster-hls wife was
formerly Miss Mary Banks, very
pleasantly remembered as one
time guest IN the family Of Hen,
d. II. Patterson, at Webster Mills.
The principa of the educational
= department Is Prof. Harry Gress,
of our town, and his wife is the
head matt on of the school Miss
Gertrude Reed, of Neville, is
the. matron IN charge of "Vine
Cottage" the comfortable home
of the Vores children; where,
If their lives are spared, their fu-
ture years will be spent, and
where they are well provided for
as the wards of the great state of
Pennsylvania. The affectlonate
care given to these fatherless
children by the veterans of King
Post is most touching and pathet-
H., proving, as it does, the love of
the man for HIM who marched
with hlm shoulder to shoulder IN
a common cause, for the better
ment of all orphans and widows.
These veterans al some sacrl-
fee, but most willingly, donated
the funds to provide transporta-
tion to these children of dead
comrade. Their reward will be,
let us hope, in providing the State
with three honest useful intelli-
gent citizens. Education costs
less than crime. A little sister
who was in distant state will be
removed to Scotland during the
present week and will be taken to
! Jumonsvllle in charge of the State
Inspector in very short time.
The boys were very pleasant trav-
cling companions enroute-obedi,
> eut and generally well behaved
On reaching school they were
given the glad hand of welcome
by the eighty pupils who are
there over vacation, having NJ
proper homes to visit
The school duriFg term mum
bers about $50
- was impressed with the neat
cleanly, habits of the children
whichis afocecaste ofgood health,
" minds and active bodies, and tn,
vary buoyant and cheerful atmo
phere pervading the entire place
y Never have | been so we'll repai,
- for any service rendered to an,
" one-not excepting myself as Il
% the effort made TO improve th
surroundings of these little home
" less children, and in leaving then
so happy and so popular will
those whose business it is to car
- for and teach them Much credl
" is due the ladies' of the Relic
'e Corps, No. IS, in the provision o
certain comforts necessary L
. their personal appearance and fo
u additional clothing necessary +