Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
HOME FOR THE DESTITUTE
Meeting of Board of
Managers Held Thursday.
Joys and Girls TO the Number of 12s
Cared for during the Year-Tif-
tieth Anniversary Of In
stitutiOn.

The annual meeting Of tho board Of
managers for the Home for Destitute
Children was held Thursday afternoon.
the president. Mrs. l.. b. Platt, In her
report stated that 1t was the 5Oth anniver-
sary OF the founding Of the home and that
during the year 12s children had been
cared for. There have been 81 new admis-
sions and 30 have been placed in homes.
The officers and managers were re-eect- |
ed as follows:
President-Mrs. L. 3. Patt
Nice-president-Mrs. c. p. Smith.
Trcasurer-Mrs G. S. Isham
Assistant treasurer-Miss Alice c. Howe |
Secretary-Miss Mary Roberts.
Auditor-Buel %. Baldwin.
Board of managers-Mrs. G. p. Smith. |
Mrs. II. 8. Peck. Mrs. C. s. Isham. Mrs p.
Andrews. Miss Mary Roberts, Mrs II.
W. H1ckok. Mrs. l.. b. Lord. Mrs. @. G..
Il. Tobey' Miss Alice C. Howe, Mrs. c. II.
Darling, Mrs. Fred II. Wells, Mrs. +. II.
Parker. Mrs. A. G. Whittemore.
Honorary members Of the board-Mrs.
sarah p. ToTey, Mrs A. G. PIERCE
Advisory committee-Nfrs George w.
Wales. the Hon. Robert Roberts, Judge
]. II. Macomber
County managers-Addison county. Mrs
John A. Fletcher Mddlebury; Behning-
| ton county, Mrs. Edward Bradford Gale
donia county. Mrs. Walter p. Smith, ST.
Johnsbury: Franklin county, Mrs. Daniel
Moren. East berkshire; Grand Isle coun-
| ". Mrs. NJ. p Landon, South Hero; La
noble county. Mrs. o w. Reynolds. Cam
bridge; Orleans county. 80: Rutland coun-
ty, Mrs. E. ]. Hill, Rutland Washington
county, Mrs. Newton p. Nye. Barre:
Windham county. Mrs ]. NJ. Tyler, Brat.
| tleboro.
The presidents report follows:
PRESIDENTS REPORT
This Is the fiftieth anniversary Of the
Home for Destitute Children. This home
was founded by noble Christian women
and all through these fifty years there
have been women with unselfish devotion
to little children. 'who have been willing
to give OF their time and strength. with
no remuneration but the Joy Of rescuing
children from want and shame. with the
hope Of placing them in good Christian
families.
This homo Is private charity. II is
not supported by State, or town funds,
| but by legacies and contributions from,
individuals. and the income OF our per
manent fund
/. During the year We have cared for I2s
children. There have been 81 new al.
missions. 80 have been placed in homes
= We are frequently asked why We do no,
: enlarge our home. The answer is be.
cause We haven't the money. and II
: might not he wise TO do so. for many
reasons. The Proctor fund. which was
l added last year, relieves us from the
5 strain of borrowing or begging and allows
us to meet our running expenses, but W,
=. have no money with which to build Of
S make repairs. What Is most needed Is
= small hospital, with a detention room
r where children can be separated from
= the other children for such time as Il
e necessary to avoid bringing into tn
= home contagious disease. Last winter w
f had 30 cases of whooping cough, and a
t present we have another epidemic In on
= infant department. but for this our fam
). lily would have been In perfect health
d We did not have to call in a physician
d all through the summer months, and y t
e II babies were cared for all summer
8, Some OF this we attribute to Our ne,
J. sanitary toilet and bath room in tina
l. department. For ten years We have hope
u to add this new toilet room, and throug
y the generosity Of a friend we have bee
enabled to start a fund for this purpos,
d At last 1t Is completed and we have
s. very convenient. sanitary room. and
& long felt want for the babies and nursin
"a children is furnished. 1t lessons the labo
=. Of the care-takers. In this nursery ther
l. are from u to Is children under thre
n years Of age.
o. 1t Is from this department that tn
~ children are more frequently adopted
J. there are always people coming ft
Is babies. and We consider 1t our mo-
- satisfactory work We try to choos
" homes where children will have love an
affection. Many who come to us ha,
N never known either. II a babe
10 adopted we know that child Wa
~ taken for love not work. Whe
III people wish to take older childre
ne it is harder problem to find the rigi
y" place and the right child to fill it. A
;, the children placed In homes must a
tend school. during the school year. {
20 icng as the law requires. and man
OF our children are given a higher educ'
. ton. We are very anxious to have chi
-. dren taken into families while the chi
-, Is young. We want him TO grow up
80 n home, so that he becomes one of
-, family and his earliest recollections a
- associated with parents. and the lo'
s that should be part OF family If
Nv Our children certainly are a happy HIT
,s- family. Some pictures OF their hapl
n little faces will appear in the Octob
H. reports. The younger children play o
IN: a good share of the day. coming In on
at meal time to be washed and MAJ
presentable, for they always come
III. the table clean and sweet.
20. After 30 years OF work among the
t children, l am convinced that enviro
ment and early training mean mo
4. than inheritance: hence tho great 7
its sponsibility and privilege OF startil
Use these children right. One phase II o
,ht work. which believe has done gre
liz. amount OF good. is in boarding childr
yht for short period of time until pare
the is able to care for their children. W
est have been bereft of father or moth'
tho or through some misfortune are Il
ut destitute for the time being. I cot
lay give hundreds Of cases where l b
n lcve children have been saved In Il
bill way. We have at present nine childr
md whose mothers are In hospitals
ou- one case we know the mother canr
,rs recover, and tho children will be car
ion for until the father Is able to take thu
ire again. The children who are taken
,nt boardcrs have to be very carefully &C
ries sdered. We could nj home TN