Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-05
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
CH|LDREN'S HOME
SOCIETY
Worthy Organization Reports
Much Good Accomplished
During First Year.
WILL BUILD RECEIVING
HOME FOR HOMELESS

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The first annual meeting of the
Children's Home society, of New
Mexico and Arizona was held at Ros-
well. The president being absent, E:
A. Cahoon was elected chairman of
the meeting and Charles r.. Mason,
secretary. Reports were made of the
work for the past year and ofhcers
and members of the board OF man
ayers elected.
The members of the board of man
ayers are as follows Hiram Hadley'
Las Cruces: c. n. Cotton, Gallup;
Palen, Santa Fe: Tom w. Hayward
and DR.. E. B. Shaw, Las Vegas; DR..
j. ]. Shuler, Edgar w. Fulghum,
Ration; f. A. Cahoon, ]. Barclay
Reeves, C. f. Mason. Roswell; Jos,
hua $. Reynolds, c. e. Lukens and
DR. ]. S. Easterday, Albuquerque;
Allan c. Heard and C. III. McLena-
than, Carlsbad; ]. p. stone, Por-
tales and John w. Corbett, Noun
tainair.
New Officers.
Joshua S. Reynolds was elected
PRESIDENT Nathan Jaffa, vice presi-
dent; Hiram Hadley, secretary, ana
Dr. ]. S. yesterday, treasurer. DR.;
Charles E. Lukens was reelected
superintendent.
Two boards were created at this
meeting of the society a board of
reference and womans advisory
board the members to be named at
the next session of the board of
managers.
Receiving Home. A.,
1t was decided to take steps look
ing toward the building of a recelV-
ing home at some suitable location
in the territory, the building to be
located after taking into consldera-
tion the various arguments of locali-
ties and their geographical conven-
ience. Such a home will mean con-
siderable to the community in adver-
tising and expenditure on the bulld-
ings and supplies.
Worthy Object.
The Children's Home society is
one of the most notable and worthy
of all the philanthropic agencies OF
the twentieth century. Its object Is
to rescue and aid with home ana
education all orphan, deserted, des-
titute children, and children of i'm
moral environment. The society
takes all children with no question
of class or condition. 1t has been
called the orphans chance OF love
and home" for instead of putting the
child in an institution, good home
is found for the child where 1t Will
receive the benefits of home and
love.
The report of good accomplish
ment was most gratifying. Scarcely
a community visited during the six
months of active work of the society,
failed TO show its case of homeless
ness and destitution, and many Of
them most pitiable, not only because
of the physical condition but because
of the degrading and immoral en-
yironment of the child.
An Example.
A case of a little five-year-old girl
at Roswell is a sample of some OF
the cases rescued. The superintend-
ent found the little girl living with
her mother a disreputable woman,
in a chicken coop, or house which
had been used for that purpose; IN
an alley The superintendent enlist
ed the aid of the town ofhcers' ana
through their sympathy the chhd
was taken away and placed in nos
pital for treatm ent, no expense pc
ing spared by the society to make
the child's cure complete. The ut
tie girl is a beautiful child with long
curly hair, blue eyes, and winning
disposition.
Work jus: Commencing.
The work of the society is just
commencing. As the knowledge OF
its work goes into the towns ana
counties of the territory more chill
dren will be found and more homes
Those who want children Tor duop-
tiOu should communicate with the
superintendent. The society does nol
ask a home to receive a child Win
out giving all information i'm its pow
er. and also places the child on trial
Cases of children having incurablt
diseases are not offered to families
but some kindly disposition made OF
the child. The youngest ward of the
society up to date is a seven days
old baby girl.
The headquarters Of the society L
at Albu0uerdue the superintendent
living at sos East Grand avenue
The society is wholly a charitable
work with no state aid, and NJ
church or lodge behind II for sup
mort but depends wholly on the sym
pathy of the people for support The
officers of the society are anxious for
knowledge of any case of need, or OF
homes open for children. The strict
est privacy is given to all matters
entrusted to the superintendent