Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
TO STUDY NEEDS OF
STATE CHILDREN
Welfare Workers Of Delaware Or.
ganize for Thorough and
Effective Work.

A chiId-welfare meeting of unusua
Importance was held at ST. Andrew
parish house yesterday afternoon. Among
other features of the meeting steps wert
taken looking toward the creation of q
childrens code commission, the purpose
of which IL to study thoroughly the
needs of children throughout Delaware
and Ia draw up a well-t alanced set OF
bills IN their behalf for presentation al
the next session of the Legislature In
1919 As Governor Townsend has
already expressed his approval the APP
pointmcnt of a children 5 code commission
seems certain.
The meeting was called by the chill
drcn's bureau OF Delaware and an adj
visory survey committee TO hear the re-
mort of &. Spencer Richardson, of the
Russel Sage Foundation, upon study
nf Delaware chIldrcns work, which he
had made at their request, and 10 take
action regarding his recommendations.
The officers of the chldren's bureau and
tho members Of the advisory survey COM
mIttCe follow.
Hon John c. Townsend, ,Ir., Dover.
Del Miss Elizabeth Draper, 10l Market
street Mrs Robert Pennington, 1907
Franklin street: DR. Conwell Banton, o24
Iituill NAttttt NtANs ~ - h'NhpbCf %'~s
ratnall street; Miss Clara V Southwick,
Library Building, Rev Herbert T.
Randolph. Nnth and Washington streets
David Sncllrnburg, 1920 Rodney street;
Mrs Albert Rubih Seventh and II 1dnev
streets, Mrs I tilcn Hlllcs, 70l { LAYTON
street: Charles Warner. odd Fellows
Temple; Hon Everett Johnson. Newark;
Hon William ) Prickctt. Juvenile Court;
Mrs Victor Records Laurel; Rev. \. \.
living. los North Third street. New
Castle Frederick Brady Allddletown:
Miss Jeanette Eckman General Service
Board, William y Ncgcar. 1910 West
Tenth street ClarcnccC G. tillcn, Chamber
of Commerce: DR. William II kraemer,
1909 Madison street; Rev William
Temple. Rroomc and Oak streets: Mir
and Mrs Edgar RhoadS, 22ll Shallcross
avenue. Horace pilworth. II. T. D..
Mrs Henry y .Iack>on Girls Industrial
school Mrs Frederick RringhurSt. 1901
Market street. Hon and Mrs. Charles II
Curtis, ~Nlcenth street and Mt Salem
anc Mis- Ray Hcydrick Bridgeville;
Mrs ! j Whitaker, Trenton Place;
MIR and Mrs Willard c. jackson. Red
oak Road, Hon. and Mrs Josiah Marvel,
BARLEY Mill Road John Mulin, Sixth
and Market streets, Hon. and Mrs.
\ DaFit'S Is .hiitfE. fltU YAK httttls i1Oft-
and Mrs Victor b Noollcy 1909 Rodney
street. Hon Iicrvey T. HAIL Smyrna;
Hon George \ Hill, Brldgcvllle. John
Il Hutton Dover; Thomas HorSey.
Dover. Rev William H. Lard 2400 West
Seventeenth street Mrs lrenee du Pont
Rising sun Lane: Mrs David J. Reinhardt
III lI0s Franklin street; Airs. Will C.
\cShitt. 22l> Gllpin avenue; Miss Helen
Jarrett 1890 Broome street; Ri Rev
John J Monaghan 1901 Delaware ave
nue. Mrs Arthur J. Bailey. 1903 Rodney
street; Mrs Charles H. Grantland, 50l
Taylor street; Mrs Christopher L. Ward.
Rcd Oak Road. Benjamin + Shaw. 1903
boulevard: Caleb BurchenAl, 800 Broome
street: Mrs Robert L. Holiday, Dover.
Miss JuIa Burton. Georgetown: Mrs.
Newton W Ferguson 9l2 Chestnut
street Charles 4 Hagner State Labor
Commission du Pont building
The fuI report. which describes the
purpose plan and activities Of the diff
fcrent organizations and gives suggestions
ior the Improvement of their work and
also for q Statewide chldrcn's program.
s now being printed for general dis
irIbutlon