Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-03

Mrs. s. c. Payne in her report gave
review Of the work for the Home ever
since It was started. Her report follows:
Some have questioned the need Of an
other Home so near the Augusta Home.
For several years past in our w. c. L. U.
work we have had quite a good deal to do
in looking for abused and neglected chill
dren, taking them into our own homes
for time and finding other homes for
them. 1t became quite task and consid-
cradle expense Your president has taken
at different times nine children into her
home and cared for them, some OF them
several weeks before they could be adopt
ed into another home. and the thought
came to us that We ought to have Home
and let the public do this work with
their money and not let it fall upon indi-
viduals.
The Legislature made n law in 1905,
amended in 1907. for the protection OF
children and to have an agent in each
county to look after them. Mrs. Ada
Hunt. a member of the w. c. t. u. was
appointed by Governor Cobb as agent for
Kennebec county. but no home was pro-
vided for these unfortunate little ones.
Some months later Mrs. Hunt suggest
ed to me that we ought to have a Home
here but nothing was done at that time.
About 4 year later the need Of such a
Home was brought before the Gardiner
union by Mrs. Hunt This was followed
by meeting Of the Gardiner. Hallowell
and Augusta unions in Augusta. Mrs. 3.
NJ. Friend and Mrs. Canes of Augusta,
Mrs H. r. Perry and Mrs. Smith of Hal
lowell, Mrs. Hartman and myself from
Gardiner with Mrs. Hunt were chosen as
committee to make plans for a Tenn
porary Home for Children.
The first day of January, 1909, the cor
poration was organized at the office OF
Hon. Charles A. knight of this city. The
seven members which were appointed by
their respective unions to form the COM
mittee to formulate plans for a Temporal
~ Home for Children were present and
were elected the directors Of the corpora
t'on and bylaws were formulated and
accepted. Jan. IS the directors met with
Mrs. Perry Of Hallowell. 1t was voted at
mat time to ask C. A. knight to draft a
OIL to present to the Legislature ask
ing for an appropriation to help carry
on the work. Feb. 10 the directors APP
peared before the legislative committee
VI finance and appropriations. Hon.
CHARLES A. Knight presented our cause in
sueh clear and concise manner that the
directors were not questioned and in the
executive meeting the committee recon-
A'shoed $3.50 annually for the next two
surs. Our cause was ably supported by
representatives Burleigh of Augusta
'nc Russell of Gardiner.
The buying or renting of a house was
NV the next thing to be done. Mrs. Har-
'aah and myself travelled hours and
Ss to secure a suitable house for the
ome. The house known as the Brann
aOuse on Dresden avenue was to be sold
-" as We looked the house and sur
i ,snulngs over we liked it and decided
uUer looking at several others) to pur-
s" ase' Accordingly, We called a corpora
NJ meeting and the members voted to
w Inc Brann house for a Home. We
~ soon informed that the neighbors
ss,y seriously objected to the location OF
,...S. ns there, 4, delegation, visited, your
I ss'deht' and iiads theirS objections
Ne DID NOE wish 10 aDeate out
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