Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-10-20
Needs of Southern Mission School.

Local ladies have received letter
from j. Walter Brown, principal of
the Normal and Industrial Collegiate
Institute, of Joppa. Ala, telling of
the wonderful Cpl ortunity the school
has for helping and building up a
mountain section of the south. 1t
also speaks of the dire needs of the
school now, mentioning some of the
necessary repairs to be made and
appeals for money. If money cannot
be sent the appeal is made for barrels
of secondhand clothing which is used
in the school and the surplus sold to
the people of the section and money
thus realized for necessities in the
school This school is under the aus
pIceo OF the American MisSloLaly a
ISOLATION and is worthy and mccoy
institution. Speaking of the barr els,
the letter says:
Gifts of money would help US very
much in several ways. If our friends
have no money with which to help us
perhaps, as in other years they could
send US a barrel of second hand
clothing. We can Sell trla clothing
for small sums. even i it does mean
great deal Of hard. sometimes unplea-s
ant work. The money from the sale
of these barrels will go long way
toward meeting these needs. There is
more work than one imagines, nnpack-
ing. sorting, selling and acknowledge
ing these barrels of clothing, but we
are willing and glad to do the work
when the funds realized are such
help to the school. | cannot tell you
here how much too this clothing has
helped the people of this community.
Last year we supplied hundreds of
families. People came from places
thirty miles distant to get the barrel
clothing. We worked harder Satur-
days, selling this clothing than we did
through the week teaching school.
The barrels were real blessing to
poor people. Parents could fit out
whole family of children on the amount
that they would pay at the stores to
outfit one child. The clothing, while
not new was of much better quality
than could be purchased at the local
stores We relieved many destitute
cases with clothing given free. Time
and again this summer people have
told.us that they did not know what
they would have done without these
barrels, and the school expenses could
not have been met without them. AS
people say here, 1--WE were right
smart proud I" to get the barrels.
Now we are beginning another year,
big with opportunity. hard work and
results for good. Will you help US
| by sending US more OF these barrels?
| Christmas will also soon be here ami
we are counting on our friends to h .lp
US play Santa Claus. Christmas means
everything to these chiluern Skirts
| for women, suits and overcoats for
men, clothing of all kinds for children,
and shoes of all sizes are the things we
need most, but clothing of all kinds if
in good condition can be used to
advantage. Quilt patches, hair rib
bons and stockings are in great de-
mand Our school opened this morn
ing with but little money. but with as
fine lot of children and young people
as you will find anywhere. They are
we'll worth helping, and we believe
that you will help us solve this finan.
cial problem that confronts US by
sending us more barrels of second
hand clothing. We want to thank
most heartily all the friends who were
so staunch in their help last year. We
hope they viii! not fail US at this time.
Send to j. w. Brown, Postoffice,
Joppa. Ala. Freight Office, Gunters-
VILE, Ala. "Put your name on inside
and outside of barrel. We were not abe
to acknowledge about dozen barrel:
last year because we did not know
from whom they came.
| Yours sincerely,
Prin. J Walter Brown.