The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-10-29
ANNUAL MEETING
Of ORPHAN HOME
A NOTABLE EVENT
FIVE HUNDRED FRIENDS AND
SUPPORTERS GATHER FOR
OCCASION.
Big DINNER SPREAD FOR ALL
Annual Report Of Superintendent
6oaz Gives Detailed Statement of
What Has Been Done During the
Past Twelve Months.

With balmy skies, large and bril-
liant assemblage from all parts of the
county and other sections, with a din
ner of everything that was good to
eat, with old fashioned Southern
hospitality in evidence everywhere
and with DR.. W. T. Boaz, the super
intendent, at his best, the annual
meeting of the trustees, supporters
and friends of the Tennessee Orphan
Home today was one of the notable
events in the history of that splendid
institution.
The meeting was large and rep
resentative one, including people
from this, Bedford, Marshall, Giles,
Lawrence and number of other
counties. They came in automobiles,
in buggies, in wagons, on the train
and by most every sort of convey
ance. To them the Tennessee Orphan
Home is their greatest and best in.
stitution, It's work is unquestionably
as noble as any ever done by any or
ganization. 1t touches the heart
strings, it gets next to the best that
is in man or woman. They have an
intimate personal interest in the
work. They came to see, to hear the
reports, to talk with the little folks
and to plan for better things for the
coming year
There were probably not less than
k5OQ people present when the hour for
dinner arrived Two long tables,
beautifully decorated in the flowers
of the season, and literally burdened
with their loads of good things to eat,
invited the numerous guests to par
take of all that they desired There
were pickles and cakes and custards,
and pies and breads of all kinds,
fried chicken, barbecued lamb and
shoat, coffee, such a menu as would
have brought joy to the heart of the
possessor Of the healthiest appetite
1t was there in abundance and more
than sufficient for the wants of ALL
Before the dinner hour, Superin-
tendent Boaz assembled the trustees
and all who were interested in the
work and read a complete, detailed
and itemized report of the receipts
and disbursements for the past year.
Every cent of receipts of more than
$1,000 was accurately and infinitely
accounted for. 1t was such a report
as gave every person present an init
mate idea of the financial side of the
home and also made them appreciate
what a burden the superintendent of
such an institution must bear.
In the course of his remarks and
comment on the work of the home
during the past year Superintendent
Boaz paid high tribute to the Kings
Daughters. He said that case after
case had been sent to the hospital,
but that no charge had ever been
made against the home.
The occasion was a great one II
gave to everyone who attended, who
saw the splendid opportunities that
this institution gives to all who 9th
erwise would be cast a adrift, high
er and better conception of this mag
nifcent charity They went away
more than ever convinced of the good
that their dollars invested in this
home have done for the cause of hui
manity.
The trustees we're all loud In their
praises of Superintendent Boaz and
his splendid wife, to whose nntiring
effirts is due the lions share of the
4 credit for the success of the home.
Il