The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-07-31
Detroit meeting
COMES TO CLOSE
WoRkERs OF CHILD WELFARE
IN MICHIGAN ORGANIZE
STATE ASSOCIATION.
DR.. WILSON SELECTED HEAD

Superintendent Of the Floranee Crit
tenton Home Named Temporary
Prcsident-or Organization viii
Do Made Permanent.
Lansing.-When the great confer
ence OF Michigan fraternalists and so
cial service workers in the interests
OF child welfare throughout the state
was concluded at Detroit. temporary
organization was effected and broad.
comprehensive program looking to the
relief OF conditions both in the cities
and in the rural districts was outlined.
In November there will be another
conference that will last three days
and at this time the organization will
be made permanent with headquarters.
serving as clearing house for all
efforts. established at Detroit.
The cheerful note in the proceed
ings was the unanimous support to
the movement pledge by representa-
tives of all lodges and societies
throughout the state. ~
At the close Of the meeting, the
committee on organization proposed
plan of action that was Immediately
put into effect. DR.. William A. VIII
son, superintendent Of the Florence
Crittenton home, was named temper
airy president, with Mark T. Mckee,
secretary Of the Michigan Fraternal
congress, temporary secretary, and
Grant Slocum, founder Of the Ancient
Order OF Cleaners, chairman of the
executive committee.
The following we're named on the
COMMITTEES: Right Rev. Charles ID.
Williams. bishop Of the Eastern Mich
igan Episcopal diocese; Mrs. r. H.
Ashbaugh, president of the Michigan
Federation of Women's clubs; Mrs.
q. L. Caulkins. Battle Creek. presi-
dent OF the state W. c. T. u; Mrs.
Orion H. Clark, Kalamazoo, president
Michigan Equal Suffrage association;
Judge Arthur j, futile of the United
States district court at Detroit: Judge
Henry L. Hubert of Wayne county
juvenile court; George l.. Lusk, grand
master of the F. & A. M; DR.. A. G..
Studor, secretary of the Detroit Y.
NJ. c. A.
Clyde I. Webster, United States dis
trict attorney at Detroit; Wellington
R. Burt OF Saginaw: Myles F. Gray.
grand master l. o. o. F.; Miss Hat
tie r. Parsons. Union City, worship
full grand master, Order Of Eastern
Star; Henry M. Leland, William E..
Brown, Lapeer, president Of the Mich
igan Fraternal congress; Miss Bina M.
West of Port Huron, supreme comman-
der Women's Benefit association OF
the Maccabees; Ira w. Jayne, super
intendent of the Detroit recreation
commission: DR.. Caroline Bartlett
Crane Of Kalamazoo; Senator A. H.
Ganseer of Bay City; l.. D. Dickin-
son, Charlotte; Mrs. Alton H. Roberts,
Marquette, president Of the Marquette
Ann Arbor, secretary of the Michigan
State grange; DR.. John L. Burkhart,
secretary of the state board of health;
Judge Stewart o. Hanley, member OF
| the state board of corrections, and
charities; Mrs. Frances Burns, st.
Louis. great commander Of the Ladies
Of the Modern Maccabees; d. B. Mont
| gomery, superintendent of the state
public school at Coldwater; Fred B.
Keeler. state superintendent Of public
instructions; Mrs. T. C. Greenwood of
the Twentieth Century club; Clarence
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Arthur H. Vanderburgh, editor Of the
Grand Rapids Herald.
Until the agencies for child welfare
can overcome a growing prejudice
among women against becoming moth
ers, the vital problem of Michigan's
| youth cannot be solved, according to
DR.. John l.. Burkhart, secretary Of the
state board Of health.
| Doctor Burkhart voiced this senti.
ment In an address before the confer
ence Thursday afternoon.
Doctor Burkhart's speech was one OF
remarkable symposium, contributed
to by leaders in child welfare thought
and movement.
Ira w. jayne, superintendent OF the
Detroit recreation commission, told
how the play problem had been OBJ
truded on our complicated civilization
He told Of the need of municipalixina
play.
THE play has all been squeezed out
Of work." he said. Years ago. mer
could play as they worked. but the,
cannot do It any more. We are prett,
well equipped with machinery for chile
welfare In Michigan. It ID now up Il
you to see that the machinery that 4
planted in your community IL adequate
ly used"
New Corporations.
Adler-Krause. Sample Shop. incor
pcrated. Detroit, $6.000--1. Adler ant
! Samuel Krause, Edward Rich.
The Bay View Reading club. Detroit
Il s10,000--Mary n. Hall. Trumbul
White. Anna b. Smale.
st. Claire River Gardens. Detroit
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