Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-09-29
CAMPAIGN TO
RAISE.$35,O00 FOR
CHILDREN'S HOME
Diocese Of Easton, Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Will Inaugurate
Laudable Movement.
EVERY PARISH AND MISSION
in DIOCESE ORGANIZED

The Diocese of Easton, of the Prot.
estant Episcopal Church, is through
it's various committees maturing
plans for the early Inauguration of q
campaign to raise the sum of $35 5,000,.
90 for the purpose of remodeling and
renovating the Children's Home at
Easton. This is without question one
Of the most laudable and most vital
movements that has ever been launch
ed by the Episcopal Church on the
Eastern Shore, and it is certain to in
list the sympathy and the support of
the people in general as we'll as the
communicates and members of the
Episcopal denomination. If it is car
ried to a successful issue, as it assur-
edly will be, it will be practical
demonstration Of operative Christian
ity, which will. rebound to the glory
of Him who said "Suffer the little
children to come unto Me and forbid
them not, for such is the Kingdom of
Heaven"
It requires but a casual investiga-
ton to realize that the conditions
under which these children are of ne
cessity housed and cared for is la
mentable and deplorable. And it is
for the object Of remedying these sor-
rowful conditions that Bishop Daven-
port, the Clergy, and a number of
Jealous laymen of the Diocese, have
deemed it advisable to. launch the
drive. Every parish and mission in
the Diocese has been organized with
chairman and committees and the ma
chinery will shortly be put into mo-
tion for the splendid undertaking.
The Home was founded by Miss
Annie Earle, late of Chestertown, and
nineteen ), ladies of the Diocese of
Easton, in the year 1869, and was in
corporated in the year 1870 so that
for over fifty years through hardship
and tempest, through sunshine and
gloom, but ever with undaunted hope
and steadfast faith on the part of the
workers and officials, it has been mob
ly ministering to the homeless chill
dren with courage and a fidelity
that has been undaunted even in the
face of encouragement.
Since it's inception the Home has
done splendid work. One hundred and
sixty girls have been housed and car
ed for both in body and in spirit since
it was founded. AS some of the ear
lier records are incomplete, nineteen
Of the girls cannot be accounted for
but Of the others fifty-five girls came
from Talbot county, 21 from Kent, 35
from Dorchester, 10 from Queen
Anne, ten from Caroline, four from
Cecil, three from Wicomico, two from
Worcester and one from Somerset.
The Home has been a development.
It was originally located in 1870 in a
small farm house with forty-six acres
Of land, one-half mile from Easton.
In 1872 this property was sold and
the institution moved to it's present
location. Later an addition was built
to be utilized as an infirmary but it
has been impossible to use it as such
owing to the scarcity of space and
this wing has been used for dormi-
tory purposes.
There are at present % children in
the Home. The budget required for
the maintenance of the Home is a.
bout $5,235.00.
The average cost for a child is 48
cents day.
The amount of invested funds is
$22,193.14.
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