Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
CH|LDREN'S HOME
TO Be DEDICATED
Mrs. Hoover Expected to At
tend Exercises at Maryland
Baptist Institution.
ny a STAR CORRESPONDENT Of rhe star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ALTA VISTA, Md, November T.
Mrs Herbert Hoover, wife of the Pres
ident is expected to attend the dedi-
cation exercises of the Baptist Home
for Children, which will be held ct
the home here Sunday afternoon, No
vember Is. beginning at 2:30 O'Clock
Information was received from the
White House today, according TO E.
Hilton Jackson. chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the home, that
Mrs. Hoover was very much interested
II the project, and would be present
If some unforeseen circumstance did
not prevent.
Judge Sellers to Speak.
Speakers at the dedication will be
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the District
Of Columbia Juvenile Court and Dan
lei c. Roper, former Internal Revenue
Commissioner, and at present a mem
Der of the District of Columbia
School Board it is announced. State
Senator Robert G.. Hilton of Maryland
has also been invited to speak, and is
expected to do so If his health Will
permit.
The dedication of the home. which
represents an expenditure of $250,00O,
has been held up for several months,
so that Mrs. Hoover could be present,
it was stated today The plant con-
siSts of 40 acres, located on Cedar
lane, about ! mile west of the Old
Georgetown road in Montgomery
County. Md.
Two large dormitories, one for boys
and the other for girls, are the major
buildings, and cost 100000 each, &C
cording to Chairman Jackson of the
Board of Trustees. Each houses sc
children.
The $4,000 fer the girls dormitory
was given by Edwin Gould. New York
philanthropist, who made the gift after
a personal inquiry of the methods of
the home, the care taken of the chill
dren and the homes financial status
This building will be known as the
Gould Dormitory, to remain as a per-
manent memorial to the donor. An
nouncement to this effect will ne made
ut the exercises. A bronze tablet has
already been placed at the entrance
to the building, in honor Of Mr.. Gould.
The boys building will be known as
the Lord Dormitory, in memory OF
John B. Lord, deceased, who was the
founder of the home, and who donated
the property formerly occupied by the
home in Brookland, D. c., which was
sold, and the money utilized to pur-
chase the present property. A bronze
tablet, in memory of Mr.. Lord, has been
placed at the entrance to the boys
building.
The Lord Dormitory was built with
100000 received from voluntary con-
tributionS of members of the Column
bia Association of Baptist Churches
which consists of about IS churches
The home is supported and main
tanned by the Columbia Association.
Occupied Two Months.
Operating expenses are kept at a
minimum according to Chairman
jackson, as the children all have GER
tain duties to perform. The girls Go
most Of the housework, while the boys
will work in the garden, orchards and
farm on a limited scale. A playground
is also being provided at the home
The plant was occupied two months
ago when the home in Brookland was
abandoned
Oficials of Montgomery County anc
of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission have also been invited tc
be present at the exercises. Montgom-
cry County, according to Chairman
Jackson, built about l mile of ma
cadam road on Cedar lane to reach
the home, while. through the effolts
of State Senator Hilton, the last
Maryland Legislature passed bill CIV
ing the home free water.
The program will be in charge OF
Chairman Jackson. Assisting him will
be the other members of the Board
of Trustees, c. Clinton James, George
Bryan, Claude Livingston, Charles
Werner and Robert n. Miller. Follow
ing the short program, TO which the
public has been invited, the home will
be opened for inspection.