The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-11-22
cHILoREN's HOME SOCIETY or
JACKSONVILLE

dred homeless, abandoned. orphan
abused, neglected, deserted and al
! ficted little children referred to it.
+ care. these children ranging from
5 tiuy babes. one hour old TO boys ant
girls OF fifteen and sixteen, and com
ing from every county in the stat,
ot Florida. the Children's Home SO
c.ety OF Florida celebrates its tentI
anniversary Of service to the children
and 10 the citizenship of Florida, OF
sunday. November 18th.
Starting under the leadership Q.
Rev W u. Comstock, a retired min
ister. the home society provided good
family homes for %thirty-four children
The first year. Following his death
TWO years later. Mrs. Cora H. Seaton,
now Mrs. Andrew Johnson, of Kis-
simmee took charge OF the work, and
during the six years OF her work just
tVo hundred and one children were
placed ID in good family homes. Dur
m- the past two years the work has
grown ~wonderfullv under the super
F.ssou OF Marcus c. Fagg. now the
state superintendent, and during
taese TWO years and two months over
aae thousand chilFlren have come I'M
der the are Of the society, and in
stead eli only is contributors to tine
orh when Mr.. Fagg took up the
work.. over three thousand Of Flor
las best citizens now are giving reg
rlarle to this great and growing
@ork.
The chief aim OF the society is to
place every homeless child in Florida
IN a carefully selected family home,
where it viii be provided for perma-
uently-becom e a member OF the
family, be loved, educated and
brought up to a life Of usefulness.
The Home Society extends its aid
to the limit Of its financial ability,
however. to every child needing its
care in the state, whether it be Grip
pied, abused or defective.
This great work covers the entire
state, and is absolutely undenomina-
tionaI The work is supported en-
tirely by voluntary contributions and
donations. and has no support what
ever from any city, county or state
funds.
The society needs just now three
thousand dollars for its fall and win
ter work, and thirty-fve hundred dol
lars to pay off the balance on the re-
ceiying home, which is located in
Jacksonville.
Thirty representative business men
from all parts Of Florida compose the
board of directors. and every dollar
contributed to the work is wisely
used under the direction of those
men. Seventeen Jacksonville ladies
compose the ladies' auxiliary. which
looks after the welfare Of the chill
dren AT the receiving home.
The president Of the Home Society
is Cecil Wilcox Of Jacksonville, ana
The treasurer is r. V. C%oyington, also
OF that city.
The society will greatly appreciate
donations Of money, which should be
sent to the treasurer. or provisions.
clothing toys, etc. which should be
| sent to the receiving home, 1914, Riv-
erside Ave. Jacksonville.
In addition to its regular work for
all classes OF needy children the Chill
dren's Home Society has secured ia
vorable legislation. protecting the
children of the state. and is now ad-
vocating better marriage laws, a bet
/ ter desertion law. and Will try hard to
secure appropriations at the next leg
islature for institutions for the feeble
minded. the epileptic, the crippled
and the t|ubercular children OF the
state, as we'll as better equipment for
the reform school at Mariana.
The State Conference of Charities,
which will be held at Tampa Deem
UeI 80, was SldAbSu bQIOuSu TIC Ell
forts of the Home Society. This
work is worthy of the interest and
support of every man and woman in
Florida. and should have it.
Send your donation to help the So
ciety celebrate its tenth anniversary
by preparing for ten years of even
greater good accomplished.
Only twelve of these hundreds of
little ones have died. and not one of
the whole number has ever disgraced
the society or the homes in which
they were placed.
Many of the first children are mar
ried now, and have comfortable
homes of their own, while several
now contribute to the work which
saved them from lives OF poverty,
crime and sin.
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