New Britain herald., 1918-07-24

to prayer. Rev. Klingberg has main
tanned his orphanage for period of
fifteen years and always depending on
prayer and faith for the means for
the continuance of the work. Since
he has kept the home the cash con-
tributionS have amounted to $145,-
647.21, which figures include the sum
set aside for the building fund. The
valuation placed on food, clothing,
etc, received is estimated at S16.400,
so that prayer and faith have yielded
100000 to the institution.
The annual meeting of the trustees
was held last evening and the officers
were reelected and are as follows:
President, H. S. Walter; vice presi-
dent, Henry Capen; secretary, c.. L.
Moore; treasurer, E. F. Neumann.
There were no deaths at the home
during the year and superintendent
Klingberg expressed appreciation to
DR.. George H. Bod1ey, DR.. F. Forest
and DR.. L. E. Dairy for constant medi-
cal care and to DR.. J. H. Potts for spe-
cialist care. Rev. Klingberg's report
in part follows:
THE need of building as a per-
manent home for the orphans makes
itself felt more and more. For this
undertaking extensive preparations
have been made. Land was purchased
nine years ago for q cash price of
$11, 600. Plans for a suitable building
were prepared by an able architect
and accepted by a building commit
tee, but owing to the lack of funds on
one hand and fear of going into debt
on the other have caused the post
ponement Of this enterprise from time
to time. Although the building fund
has had an increase of IS, 154.75 this
year, yet on account of the conditions
relative to the war, it has been de-
cided to postpone the matter a little
longer, and meantime wait upon God
for larger sums in hopes that the
building might be erected free of
debt. My hope is that the Lord may
let me live to the day when these Or
phans and hundreds of others will
have Il home of their own, where
they will be brought up in the fear
Of God and be trained for life's
duties.
This year we have received % new
children. Twelve of the older boys
and girls have graduated from the
grammar school. While several of
these have decided to learn trades and
take up domestic duties, there are
and continue their studies in the high
school and in the business college.
At the opening of the year there
were 81 boys and IS girls in the
homes. With the new children re-
ceived the total was 143, but some
of them left, SO that there are now
go boys and SIS girls. The children
attend the public schools. one who
graduated from the grammar school
ranked highest in arithmetic and his !
tory. a boy took q prize in the ma
tional contest for drawing OF war saw |
ingS posters. He was the only boy in |
Connecticut so honOred. The children |
receive a careful religious training |
and are sent to churches OF the city. !
DR. George II. BOdley the attend !
ing physician, calls attention to the !
conditions existing, especially |
IN the babies house on Arch street. |
Or. Bodley's report states: In one |
instance, that of one of the older girls, |
the pneum onia from which she suf- !
fered was of an extremely severe type, |
and it might not be amiss to state that |
she owes her recovery largely to tho |
fact that access was had to the new |
serum treatment of this disease The /