The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-06
Charitable Organisation Elects Of
fcers and Trustees to Serve Com
ing Year for Sweet Charity.
BULLETINS CHRISTMAS FUND
Mats Enough to Maintain Ins tol
Through Twelve Months VIZ
out Further Effort.

The annual meeting of the Chill
dren's Home society was held hast
night at the home on Twenty-fffth
street, the meeting being called to
order at 7:30.
The society yearly elects four
members to the Board Of Trustees to
serve for the ensuing three years,
and Mrs. Adelaide e. Comings, Mrs.
John A. Miller. Thomas Mcfarland
and G. G.. Schaeffer were given these
positions at the meeting.
The trustees elected for the year
were Mrs. Amanda Lohr, Mrs. Ehas.
f. Miller. Mrs George Clark. Dr. j.
y. Rendleman, w. B. Gilbert, George
Parsons. NJ F. Gilbert and P. r,
Langans
The Board OF Lady Managers for
the year were selected as follows.
Mrs. A. A. Comings, Mrs. Thos. Nc
Farland, Mrs. j. J.. Rendleman, Mrs
Chas. F. Miller, Mrs. George Clark,
Mrs. ID. l.. Marx. Mrs. Mary Bern
stein, Mrs David Johns, Mrs. Cora
Zanone, Mrs Samuel Cohn, Mrs. n
e. Denison, Mrs. G. o. Patier. Mrs
A. 3. Turner, Mrs. Leo. McDaniels
Mrs. w. 8. Dewey, Mrs. w. N, But
Ter, Mrs. Frank Schoembs, Mrs, "A
D. Teer. Mrs. w. wenger. Mrs
John A. Miller, Mrs. A. c. Lohr, Mrs
Thos, Higgins. Mrs, W. A. Wal
tMound City,, and Mrs. Fl. c
Blangs tMounds).
DR. j. j. Regdleman was elected
physician to the home for the com
ing year and Walter b. Wardel
legal adviser
The corporation and board O
trustees passed the following reso
luton:
Whereas, through the splenxiif
gift of money contributed hy tht
people through The Bauetin !.
Christmas fund for the Children
Home, we are enabled to- maintair
this charity for the coming yea
without further solicitation OF fundi
either directly or through the med
tum Of suppers, dances, boat ex
cursions or other plans, we feel WI
are deeply indebted to The Cair,
Bulletin for their generosity in Civ
Ing their columns. their talent an,
their time for our cause.
The idea of this plan for raisinJ
money originated with your Mr.
Daley who. has been untiring In hi
efforts in our behalf and we wish es
pecially to thank him for hi
thouhtfulness of us and the interes
he has shown in this charity for tn
children.
Trustees of the Childrens Home.
by Mrs John A. Miller and Tho.
Mcfarland. Committee on Res
iutions.''
A tnll report or the work don
during the year was rendered b
Mrs. Adelaide A. Comings, chairma
OF the board of managers, az follows
We hereby submit report OF tn
movement of children cared for q
the Children's Home during th
past year ending March /, 1913.
Seventy children were cared 70
during the year There were fift
inmates in 1911, so this is an in
crease OF twenty children over las
year.
Thirty-ohe of the, children care
for were boys and thirty-nine wer
girls. Seven of the chi dreH wer
infants less than one year Ole
Eleven children were between tn
ages of one and three years; the re
mainder ranged in age from thre
years to seventeen years. the aver
age age being seven years. -
The largest number of inmates a
one time was twenty-four in Marcel
1912 The smallest number care
for during any month was eleven, /
| October.
There were thirteen children /
| The Home March lst. There al
now March 5thl fifteen children.
| The average number of childre
feared for during the year was sever
teen.
| The average cost OF maintenance
including insurance, fuel. clothin!