Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-08
". c. I. U. Institution to
Be Located in Gardiner.
Several Estates Being Con-
sidered by the Corporation.
Committee Appointed to Make a
Selection and Report Thereon.

A meeting of the corporation of the
w. {. Il. I. Temporary Home for Chill
dren was held in the Vestry of the Gar
diner First Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon for the consideration of the
purchase or lease of a suitable home.
A representative gathering was present
at the meeting, comprising members of
the w. c. T. U. from Gardiner, Halo
we'll and Augusta, and several of the
business and professional men of this
city who are interested in the pro-
ject and members of the corporation
The meeting was presided over by the
president, Mrs. S. c. Payne OF the Gar
diner w. G. II. u, and was called to
order at exactly 3 o'clock.
The notice of the meeting was read
by the secretary, Mrs. B. NJ Friend of
Augusta. The notice stated the object
of the meeting as the consideration of
the question of purchasing a house for
the proposed Temporary Home for
Children. at the suggestion of the
president and for the information of
the members Of the corporation who
had not seen the bylaws, they We're
read by the secretary. Tue question of
the purchase of a building for the home
was then laid before the meeting by
the president, Mrs. Payne.
Mrs. Payne said that in company
with several other members of the cor
poration she had visited several places
that had been suggested as possible
locations for the home.
Among the places which had been
spoken OF to her, the Brann, Lash, Har-
ringtOn and Lehman properties sug-
GeSteu themselves as particularly de-
sirable. In the case of two of the places
named it was stated at the meeting
that support of the enterprise might
be withdrawn by some sources if one
or the other were chosen, as the near
ness Of the home to surrounding real
estate would be undesirable.
Rev. l.. Fl. Clarke, Mrs. f. Il. Harri-
man and Mrs. E. NJ Friend were
among those VINO discussed the matter,
informal questions being asked back
and forth and the whole matter being
given a thorough threshing out.
Finally Mrs e. M. Friend moved
that the corporation appoint the di-
rectors as a committee and give them
authority to select a site and lease or
purchase home and select one or
more ldlnllldf Win DullQlnS matters TO
advise them in so doing. This motion
WAS seconded by Rev. l.. Ii. Clarke and
was carried.
An examination of the bylaws led
to the discovery that leasing or pur-
chase of real estate by the board of
directors was expressly forbidden, and
ut the instance OF Mr.. Clarke the vote
Was reconsidcred and the motion
amended to provide that the board of
directors select a site for the home and
report their finding to the corporation
for final action. The motion as amend
ed was then pat upon its passage and
carried. The meeting was then ad-
iourned until go o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon, April -.
II is matter of great satisfaction
to the people of Gardiner that the home
is to he located in this city This much
is settled. 1t is the earnest hope of all
those who have the interest of the home
at heart that a suitable location be at
once secured.