Evening star., 1924-05-18
TWO CORNER STONES
TO BE LAID TODAY
New Central Union Mission and
Children's. Home Building
to Be Started.
PLAN ELABORATE CEREMONY
officials of Mission and Home to
Conduct Exercises.

inc corner stones of the new double
buildings of the Central Union Mis-
sion and the Children's Emergency
Home will be laid with elaborate
ceremonies at 5 o'clock this after
noon. Ihe exercises will be conducted
oy Il. IA. DeGroot, jr.. president of
the board of directors Rev. Jason
Nopic Pierce, president of the Wash
lnSton Federation of Churches, and
william II. Ramsey will speak at the
mission corner stone laying, while
NeF. Alfred l.. Barrows, president of
the ministerial council for the mis-
sion, and Stanton c. Peelle will speak
at the laying of the corner stone for
the children's home
Music will be furnished by the male
ruartet of the Vermont Avenue
Ehristian Church and the children
from the home John 3 Bennett
superintendent of the mission, will
pIace the box and its contents in the
Hett OF the children's home will per-
.prm the same act at the laying of
me stone for the home. The stone
lor the mission will be first laid.
The new building will be seven
stories and will consist of two wings,
connected only by the main corridor
on the first floor. The entrance to
the mission. or the mems building,
VIII be on c street northwest. while
the entrance to the home. or chill
dren $ building, will be at 622
louisiana avenue northwest. Al
though the wings will be widely
separated, except for the main floor
connection. they will be admins
tered as one
Building Completely Modern.
The building will be modern in
every detail and has been especially
designed and will be furnished to
meet the needs of the mission s
work. In the basement of the mems
building will be the baths and fumi-
cation plant.
The Central Union Mission was
founded in 1881 through the effort
of the evangelical churches of Wash
ington. The board of directors is
elected at an annual meeting of
which every exyangalical pastor in
the District is a constituent member.
The trustees hold the property in
trust for the churches. In addition
I" the board of directors there is
an advisory body known as the min
isterial council. This council repre-
sentS the several ministerial associa
tions Of the District and is elected
by them.
The children's home was launched
seven years ago to provide temporary
care for children whose mothers are
widows and obliged to work; for de-
serted mothers and children. and for
orphans and half orphans who We're
on the waiting. list Of some perma-
nent home. The home is the out
growth of an incident which occurred
nearly eight years ago when Mrs.
Bennett had to take two little girls
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other place for them. Other emer-
gencies brought other children. Mrs.
Bennett had just lost her own little
daughter and could not turn these
needy ones away. The home grew
Present Home Too Small.
The present home has been entirely
too small Thirty-two children could
be cared for at one time, but the need
was great for a much larger and
more sanitary, better equipped build
ing. This new building, which is the
gift of Mrs John J. Duff. in memory
of her sister Mary Farr Perry Will
accommodate seventy-two children.
This new building will contain
offices, dental clinic, dispensary board
room and womens guild room on the
first floor. Reception room. children $
chapel dining room, kitchen and
pantry on the second floor. sitting
room, intirmary, wash rooms ana
CormltorleS Tor boys, dlSo t"o pi a.
rooms and bath for caretakerS on the
third floor The same on the fourth
floor for girls. The fifth floor will be
given over to the work of the day
nursery, while the sixth VIII house
the babies and very young chlldren.
The seventh floor will be the living
quarters of the superintendent
family a fully equipped playground
will be found on the roof with
soIarium for the babies. The base
ment will have a laundry. storerooms
md an indoor playroom for rainy
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