The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-23
=. ". Pixley Gives
$4,000 To Charity
In His Home Town
Of Fl. Wayne, Ind.

Mr.. G. W. Pixley, regular wintar
lesident OF Lakeland, has Just given
szo'oOO to charity in his home town
r. wayne, Ind, and his many Lake.
land friends will be much interested
IN the following account of this mar.
innocent donation, taken from the TT
wayne Qnd.) News-Sentinel:
One of the most munificent gifts
tnat has ever been made to charity
IN Fort Wayne has been given BY
George W. Pixley, who has presented
the Fort Wayne Relief union with the
ola Huestis homestead on Maumee
avenue Mr.. Pixley purchased the
nome from DR.. NJ A. Mason for 800
ooo and gave it to the relief union
with no other restriction than that
the place be known as the Pixley Re.
lief Home.
The Relief union will conduct the
place as an asylum for aged women,
place where children can be taken
when mothers are unable to keen
them and still wish the family kent
together and as an emergency home
for number of purposes.
The Relief union has been main.
tanning, under great handicap, head.
quarters at Ills Hanna street. but
the place was inadequate to the
needs. The gift of Mr.. Pixley, which
was gratefully accepted by the mem.
bers of the union, provides a suitable
place in which to carry on the truly
great work Of the organization.
The Gift
The old Huestis homestead was FOR
years a show place of the city. It
Is situated on Maumee avenue close
to the Lincoln Highway arch, and
consists Of an extensive plot of
ground and a big picturesque house
set back from the street, and sur.
rounded by broad lawns and big
trees. 1t is an ideal location for an
asylum, for it provides big play
ground with plenty of fresh air for
the children and place where the
aged inmates may secure the rest
and quiet that is necessary to make
their last few years on earth endur.
able.
The Huestis homestead has at va.
rious times been mentioned for hos.
pital or other public institution, but
negotiations never progressed far.
The place has been known as the
DR.. Drayer homestead and the Bell
homestead, as successive owners oc.
cupied it. The last owner and the
one from whom Mr.. Pixley purchased
it was DR.. M. A. Mason.
Are Thankful u
Some idea of the feelings of the
members of the Relief union can be
gained from the statement of mem.
Der Of the executive committee, who
said today:
IF anyone has ever been obliged
to house family varying in number
from six to fifteen In a small city ;
house, and if he never knew when
the family would increase and where I
the money was coming from to pay
the rest. for the little house and
then without warning was presented
with spacious residence and large
grounds, he would understand the
feelings of the board of directors Of
the Fort Wayne Relief union.
"A feature of Mr.. Pixley's magnlf-
cent gift is that II Is directly oppo-
site the new big city park on the
old golf grounds, and this will insure
the inmates of the home plenty Of
fresh air and plenty of room. There
the children can lead the life chill
dren should lead, more people can be
helped than the Relief union ever
helped before. and everything done
in better way,
This does not mean that the direc
tors have no worries for the future,
for the expenses will now be much
greater than before and the public
will be asked for larger donations
than the directors ever dared to ask
before. When the people fully under
stand however, the work that is be
ing done 1t is hoped they will give
what is needed.
THE Relief Union began long ago ,
as a home for the friendless, and ,
It has been an old women's home,
home for emergencies, a sewing
school and center for distribution
Of food and clothing. 1t has. helped 1
families over hard
lines, sent sick people to hospitals,