Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
Delaware Colony Plans
For Christmas Party
Board OF Lady Visitors Arranging
Gifts For The Children

The biggest day of the year in the
lives of the boys and girls at Del
aware Colony, The State Training
School at Stockley, is approaching.
Christmas and Santa Claus have
been the most popular topics Of
conversation and like snow balls
rolling down hill have been assum-
ing larger importance as the wea-
ther becomes cooler. The Board of
Lady Visitors of Delaware Colony,
the membership of which is Mrs.
John B. Hutton, president, Dover;
Mrs. Eta G. Jones, treasurer,
Bridgeville; Miss Blanch Lockwood,
Middletown; Mrs. Robert Smith,
Wilmington; Mrs. Garrett Harring-
ton. Harrington; Mrs. George B.
Carter, Smyrna; Mrs. S. NJ. Ellis,
Delmar; Mrs. Clara Marshall, Lew
es; Mrs. Walter W. Hynson, Smyr-
ma; Miss Ida RoOsa. Milford; Mrs.
F. B. Watkins, Odessa; Mrs. l. A.
Drexler. Camden. and Mrs. Harry v.
Tubbs. S0ibyville, early in the his
tory of the Colony undertook the re-
sponsibility of providing a package
for each child in the institution. Miss
Ida RoOsa, of Milford. is chairman
of the Boards Committee having
this work in hand. The various
members of the board. representing
as they do the different State organ
izations. bring the Colony and its
work into close contact with most
of the women's clubs and allied
groups. Since the first Christmas in
the Colony history thirteen years
ago, when there were but ten boys
and sixteen girls to be provided for,
to the present time when there are
one hundred sixty-six boys and one
hundred seventy-five girls to be
looked after. the problem of provid-
ing a happy Christmas has been in
creasingly diffieult Sharing the
work with the women's clubs are
the various service clubs, such as
Quota. Rotary, Kiwanis, ETC.; the p.
T. A. groups Of the State. both white
and colored; Oranges, Churches,
Sunday Schools and individuals who
all cooperate in making a merry
Christmas possible for every child
at Delaware Colony.
The many people in the State who
are familiar with Delaware Colony
and its work realize how much joy |
at this Christmas season is provid- |
ed by gifts and packages from the |
outside" but to those Delawareans |
to whom Delaware Colony and !
Stockley are but names it is time
ly suggestion to say that the boys |
and girls in the school at Stockley |
lay great store on the gifts and re- !
which come to them |
from beyond the limits of the Insti-
tuition. Packages will be coming in |
from now on until Christmas and
will be stored in each cottage until
Christmas morning when Santa
Claus makes his personal visit and
the gifts are distributed. One who
has never spent a Christmas at
can hardly imagine the
pleasure which the employees and
other grown-ups derive from accom-
Santa Claus on his journey
from cottage to cottage. Imagine. if
YOU can. the joy that your own child
SHOWS OH OptuiHS HIS 0uElSluidS
packages, multiplied by the number
at the Colony. Each face keenly ex-
pectant and full of joy as the pack
ages are finally handed out. Unfor-
tunately there are always some chill
lren for whom packages are not re-
ceived. The Board of Lady Visitors
have requested that each package
cost approximately fifty cents and
while this amount lis not much it
ioes provide the opportunity for
residents OF Delaware to send some
Iery acceptable and joy giving items.
II there are any groups or individ-
ials who are not at present sharing
n this work who would like to par
icipate. they may communicate
With Howard T. Ennis. Superinten-
lent of Delaware Colony or with
Hiss Ida Roosa, Milford, Delaware.
Who will see that they are provided
With the names of children who will
,e made happy by the receipt of the
lackage on Christmas morning. Or,
'ackages may be prepared and sent
o the, Colony for any boy or girl
Who may have been forgotten, with
'ut any name being specified.