The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-03
many CHILDREN ARE.
TAKEN CARE OF
BY SOCIETY
Reports Made at Meeting
Thursday Are Very Interest
ing Officers Elected.

The annual meeting of the North
Dakota Children's Home society, in<
Guiding the board of directors, was
held at the receiving home in Fargo
yesterday!
A meeting of the old board of direc-
tors was held and reports <of officers
were made. including those of Secre-
tary +. d. Hall, District Superintend-
ent Anna B. Thompson and partial
report of the treasurer, s. s. Lyon.
The following statistics are from the
annual report of Superintendent Hall,
and show something of the financial
situation. The report is for the year
ending March 81, 1907. 1t is as fol-
lows: "
Places visited, rs.
Miles travelled, 1927,
Addresses delivered, "a.
Letters and circular letters, 1904.
Copies of Home Finder circulated,
$4,000.
Children on hand April /, 1906, 18.
Cases investigated, 1926.
Children received and registered, So.
Children placed for adoption, IS.
Children returned for replacing, %.
Children replaced, 16.
Children returned to friends, %.
4 Adoptions reported, Is.
z Deaths of wards, 2.
Transferred to other authorities, 2.
Children received for board, IA.
Total boarders, Is.
Children handled during year. SO.
Total children received from organ
,ization, 712.
The banking account of the treas
urer, s. 8. Lyon, showed that the total
receipts from all sources were $7,114.-
Is, and the total disbursements were
$7,067.59, leaving balance of $47.16,
less outstanding checks not paid
($4.S0), making the check book bal
ance $42.36. s
A statment of the resources and
liabilities of the society showed that
the present worth is approximately
$4,000. Superintendent Hall also an
nounced gift to the endowment
fund Of $1,000 from a prominent citi-
zen.
The report Of Superintendent Hall
covered the various phases of the
work and suggested number of per-
manent improvements in the property.
Miss Thompson's report detailed the
various experiences of the year in
placing children in homes and making
collections for the. support of the
work.
The old board of directors adjour-
ed and the annual meeting of the So.
ciety was held for the election of the
new members of the board of direc-
tors to fill the vacancies caused by ex-
pirations of terms.
The following were elected for the
term expiring 1910; ]. F. Treat, May
nard Crane, Mrs G. N. Stwart, Mrs.
G. A. Morton, Dr.. G. A. Carpenter.
Mrs. s. j. Hill, Miss Ina M. Bowers.
R. B. Griffith, H. Amerland and Mrs.
F. F. Grant
The board of directors then held
meeting and elected the following off,
GERS:
President-H. F. Chaffee, Armenia.
First Vice President-E. j. Weiser.
Second Vice President-Rev. J. A.
Zundel.
Third Vice President-C. r. Mere
dith.
Secretary-Ina M Bowers.
Treasurer-S. 8. Lyon.
Superintendent D. Hall.
District Superintendent Anna
B. Thompson.
Legal Counsellors-R. M. Pollock
and H. r. Turner, Fargo; s. E. Ellis
worth, Jamestown; r. M. Carothers,
Grand Forks.
Medical Advisors-Dr. X. II. NAL
larian, DR.. A. ]. Kaess, DR.. H. A.
Beaudoux, DIR. ]. H. Mndlaub. DR.. 8.
]. Hill. dentist.
Following the election of officers the
board adjourned till Thursday, June
6.
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