The Denver Jewish news., 1920-06-09
New Building Needed at
Sheltering Home
MRS. J. n. LORBER. PRESIDENT
SHOWS NECESSITY OF DORNIy-
TORY ROOM AND OTHER RE-
QUIREMENTS. IN ANNUAL MES
SAGE.

ing Home was held last Sunday after
noon at the Home. An interested. tho
small, number We're in attendance. I'm
portant reports by the various officers
We're given. The office of II directors
expired. and the following We're elected
Tor term of three years. They were !:
Mrs. ]. n. Lorber. Mrs. l. Barnett.
Sigmund Strauss. A. ]. Weisbrod, Mrs.
Meyer Straus, J.. X. Sigman. Ben Sol
onion, Sam Isaacson. Mrs. L. Rude. NJ.
Mrs. Sam Levy. DIR. J. NJ. Morris.
Louis Stern.
The officers are elected from the
Roard at the Directors meeting, fol
lowing the annual meeting.
A new feature ut the Home is the
I.lanting of an orchard Single trees
will be sold in memory of a dear one
or in honor of n loved one. They will
he properly marked.
The orchard will serve many pur-
poses. 1t will beautify the grounds.
which are under the supervision of
a practical farmer. Louis Robinson.
who is devoting much of his valuable
time to their Improvement, as chair
man of the agricultural committee.
1t will serve as II source of revenue
to the home, and be n joy TO the chill
dren.
The president, Mrs. ]. n. Lorber's
report of the work done during the past
year was most comprehensive. She
made many suggestions for improve
ments in various departments and
commented on the successful conduct
of the Home. She gave much credit
to the Board for its fine unselfish
work as well as to the Jewish Com
munity for its support
Her report was i'm part as follows:
We call .,,r Institution n Shelterins
Homo wbi,' Womb imnlv That we keen
onr chj,Jr,., for h,t n very short
timo sucI, nc foy ,reels but tbe fact
is that the average child admitted TO
rho Home remo;ps with ne for n year
and lopeer We are. practicallv. more
an orphon home than sheltering
home. ms about eighty ne, cent of the
children, in chr Home are orphans,
either having hoo, admitted as or
,.bons or wing become ornhans after
being admitted
During The mast yeor the Juvenile au-
thorities of orr CITY handed over to
our caro- children who on account of
tbeir ope and former environment re-
opired our protectiop ami guidance
even more than orphans of more fender
yeors md am pleased TO sneak of
rho pood sccomp,;sbcd in these c,ses.
We hive before ms two probIems
which we cannot successfully meet
with opr prescnt bousinp facilities.
Your Board of Directors have been for
somet;me MAST in search of super
;ntendent We have received seyerul
apnlications for the position all tho
apnIicants beinp married and blessed
with ono mr. two children No MIN
will accent tbe M 6tiOn unless as
Sured of nroner and adeouate quarters
for his wife and family. We have no
sucb ouarters on our premises. Our
two ma ;or nrobIems ore complicated
bv severoI minor ones We ore sadly
in mood of now heating plant and
laundry Tho entire ba,emeut space
of tba old building is needed for pro
visions noptrv and general storage
room We ore bodlv crowded for spacc
,bruou+ tbo entire buiIdiug Your d.
roctorS having considered the matter
FROM orerx opg,e c,me RI the con-
c,usiop that tbere is but one solution
to this nroblem and that solution lies
In tho oreot;op of , now buildinp which