The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
CHARITY BALL
CHILD BENEFIT

One of the most interesting and
pleasant of the activities of Ely in the
near future is the MooSeheart Charity
Ball, to be held on Saturday night,
March LIST, at the Washington Aud
itorium. This will be a public affair
and the object of the Ball is to help
the Ely Lodge raise its quota Of the
funds in the vast building program at
Mooseheart, the Child City of the
Moose.
Mooseheart is city complete in it
self. Here nearly 1000 children, or
phans or dependents of deceased mem
bers OF the Moose, are being provided
home. high school education and
instruction in any one of the nearly
forty trades being taught in its schools.
There is nothing about the Child City
to give it the air of an institution
All such atmosphere has been elm
mated. The children are even being
allowed to select their own clothes at
the general store in order that no two
OF them may be dressed alike. The
success which the Child City is at
tanning as an educator of heart, mind
and hand and producer of sterling
men and women, fully equipped to
meet life, is being watched with APP
prevail and amazement by educators
and social workers the country over
With the growth of the Moose as
fraternity, the Child City is also ex-
banding and a vast building program
is under way to meet the needs of this
growth. The Board of Governors,
headed by James j. Davis, United
States Secretary of Labor, believes that
better training of the youngsters and
better administration of the affairs of
the Child City can be brought about
by the building of the boys village.
wherein boys of eight to twelve years
of age will be lodged. Aside from the
boys village project, a new school
system is being planned that will in
volve an expenditure of upwards of
100000. The more than 100000 men,
bers of the fraternity throughout the
world have enthusiastically agreed to
support these two vast movements and
are at work to raise the necessary
funds.
The plan calls for the construction
of thirty buildings, which will comprise
the boys village. The buildings will
be beautiful in design, totally devoid
of every institutional aspest and each
supplying home for twenty boys
growing to intelligent and efficient
manhood under the instruction of
tactful and earnest leaders.
Every Moose is Justly proud of
Mooseheart, the Child City. Physic
ally Mooseheart is a vast park-like
estate if more than 1000 acres, from
whose summer greenery and winter
whiteness arise more than $50 cottages
and other buildings constructed or
granite faced concrete with red tiled
roofs. Moooseheart has it's own water
and sanitary system, its own fire pat
rol, its excellently equipped hospital
its schools and workshops. But of
greatest interest of all are its inhabit-
ants, ranging from tiny infants to
boys and girls of approximately 10
years, the age at which they usually
graduate, happy and efficient men and
women of tomorrow. The boys village
will be worthy improvement to this
magnificent estate
The Ely Lodge is hoping that the
citizens of Ely will attend the Ball and
thus help raise its quota for this
worthy cause.
The following committees have been
dPPOiiitCu NY Iiic 0lCIdtOT 10 arrange
the Charity Ball
Finance Committee. E. johnson,
L. G. SLENDER, JOS. Klobuchar, Thos.
j. Carey and A. G. Lozar.
Arrangements Committee. J.
Lindgren, Clifford Takkunen, Robert
Wilmunen, Math. Kapsch and Gust
Anderson.
Publicity Committee-Oscar Bodin,
Jack Seraphine, Enrico Bottiani and
E. E. Strom
Patron-John A. Harri.