Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-08
THANKS GIVEN
BUYERS OF TAGS
Bethany Home Directors Crate
full for Aid Extended by
Public to Institution.
WORKERS ARE TO BE FETED
Committee Appointed to Arrange for
Reception at Home Nov. 10
Other Reports Received.


Home held a meeting last evening |
at the New Harper hotel and among |
other things done, a resolution |
thanking the people of Rock Island |
and Moline for the donations given |
on tag day was unanimously adopt .
ed. Tag day in the two cities netted /
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and /
this amount will prove of great ben
eft to the home. The resolution |
adopted by the board was as fol- |
lows:
| Whereas, the board of directors of /
the Bethany Home association feels !
deeply thankful TO those loyal work |
ers who gave their time and energy /
in selling tags for the benefit of the .
unfortunate children who are now ,
under the care of this association,
and.
Whereas. we are pleased beyond /
our power to express, at the unani- !
nous manner in which the kind peo- ,
pie of Rock Island and Moline |
bought tags for this worthy object; |
the rich and the poor, the young and |
me Olu all AdNluS JO1nSu III an Ell
fort to raise money for the care of
the little ones; therefore.
Support for the Home.
! Resolved, that this association
hereby expresses its thanks to all .
persons who in any way aided in the
selling of tags in Moline or Rock
Island and that IL further expresses
its fullest appreciation of the unani
nous manner in which the public
generally has on this and many
other occasions so willingly and
| generously responded by the pur-
chase of tags, which has in the past
and does now mean so much for the .
prosperity and perpetuality of this
institution and encouragement to
those who have the affairs of the
association in charge. /
To Entertain Workers.
! 1t was decided by the board to
give a reception for the young
ladies who sold tags on tag day, the
affair TO take place at the home Nov.
10. Mrs. W. c. Bennett, Mrs
Louise NJ. Copp and Mrs. NJ. L. Hen
derson were appointed a committee
/ to make arrangements for the re-
ception.
The building fund committee,
| through it's treasurer, Mrs. H. B.
Sudlov, reported that S79125 had
been raised for the fund for adding
to the home and this caused such
enthusiasm that a number of volun-
| tary subscriptions were made at
once raising the total to S1,001.25.
The lady members of the board have
taken 1t upon themselves to raise the
fund and they are very much encour-
aged over the success which has at
tended their efforts thus far. Mrs.
! Louise VI. Copp of the house COM
mittee reported a donation of over
! $50 to the building fund and bal
ance in the treasury of nearly 5000,
most of which was raised by means
of coffee and the annual ferryboat
ride which is given by Captain NJ. l..
Henderson.
Has kindergarten Going.
Mrs. A. Mosenfelder of the educa-
| tional committee reported that sue
cessful kindergarten is being operat-
/ ed a the home and that there are
! ! 0 pupils in the class under the di-
rection of Miss Lillian Junge. A
coffee and a sale of fancy work is to
be held soon by the committee to
raise funds for this work.
! Thanks were extended by the
| board to the firm of Young & Nc
! Combs for the favors shown the
! home by the heads OF the department
store. The store conducted a har-
! vest festival recently and the ex-
! hibits which were there were given
to the home at the conclusion of the
festival. The home secured a con-
siderable quantity of vegetables and
grain in this manner.
Report OF Matron.
The report of the matron of the
home showed that at present there Il
are AZ children at the home; 25 boys
and II girls. Six boys and as many
girls were received during the
month. Two were returned to their
parents and one placed with a fam
lily. There were two doctors visits;
one slight accident. $122.75 was re-
ceived for board. Donations for Oc-
tober were as follows: Mrs. S. H.
Velie, a slide and merry-go-round;
Carpenter Coal company, one ton of !
coal; J. T. Shields, apples; Mrs.
Kimball, tomatoes; Mrs. Kirsch, to-
matoes; Mrs. Mary E. Stewart, new
clothing; Miss Mamie Dillon, vege-
tables; Kings Daughters of Moline,
cakes and bread; Broadway Pres ,
byterian society, cakes and bread;
Mrs. Alonzo and Miss Jennie Petch- :
er, cakes; L. s. McCabe & Co., bread; :
Mrs. c. H. Skinner, clothing; "A
friend OF the children" Moline, ap-
pies; Mrs. John Nelson, three bushel
tomatoes; Mrs. H. B. Simmon, a
barrel of apples and case of honey;
Eagles lodge, Rock Island, bread; ,
Clifford Meyers, books and papers; =,
Mrs. G. e. Dietz, clothing; Our :
good farmer uncle" his daily trips
with milk, also a bushel of ripe to- !
matoes, four bushel green tomatoes {
for picking; Kuschman's, vegetables: