Milford chronicle., 1960-02-19
ChiLdren's Bureau
Meeting Held Monday
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William K. Patton, of Dover, Mrs.
Otis Fl. Smith of Lewes, Mrs. John
o. Snyder of Milford, and Mrs. M.
Hayes Wilson. Jr., of Dover
In the annual report to the Board
of the agency services in 1859,
Miss Elizabeth S. Townsend, Exec
utive Director, reported that So
children from Kent and Sussex
Counties were provided with care
in boarding and adoption homes
during the past year. Of these So
children, 80 were from Sussex
County and % were from Kent
County. The Children's Bureau
care and adoption placement are
available to families and children
throughout the State of any race
or religion. The agency is sup
ported by the United Community
Fund, income from perpetual
trusts and endowment, appropri-
ations from the three Levy Courts,
adoption service fees, as we'll as
contributions from the annual ap-
peal in Kent and Sussex Counties.
In 1859 the Bureau expended
5,34185 to provide services to
388 children and their families;
$50 of which were actually given
care. Temporary boarding care is
provided for the child who must
be cared for away from home be-
cause of some crisis within the
g. 1..k t.
ton that the home will be re-
established for him and adoption
placement is offered for the child
who is legally released by his
parents for permanent care.
OF the applications for place.
ment of 172 children received in
1859, 81 were from Kent and Sus-
sex Counties and Ia of these chill
dren actually came into care dur
ing the year. The Bureau placed
a record number of children for
adoption in 1859, the report re-
vealed, pointing up the continuing
expansion of this part of the agen-
cy. program. In 1859, 112 children
were placed with adopting par
ents as compared with 80 in the
previous year. Twenty-seven fam
lilies in Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties were among those adopting
children placed by the bureau in
1859 and of these IL received their
child during the year and adop-
tions of 13 children were COM
pleted during the year.
Highlighted in the reports of
various committees of the Board
was the one on the 1859 Appeal
in. Kent and Sussex Counties. This
report revealed that to date $5,942.
As had been raised mainly due to
receipts realized from the first an
nual Charity Ball held on August
% at the Rehoboth Country Club
last summer. Ball chairman, Mrs.
Otis H. Smith of Lewes, again ex-
pressed the Boards deep appreci-
alton to the many persons who
supported the Ball and all those
who helped with it. Mrs. John o.
Snyder, Kent County Chairman for
the annual drive, expressed ap-
probation for the contributions re-
.ceived from residents of the two
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Bureau had been approved as
charter member agency in the
new Blades-Seaford United Fund.
Congratulations were extended to
the Fund on the successful COM
pletion of its first drive.
A special feature of the annual
meeting was the announcement of
the Bureaus selection as one of
two agencies in the. eastern part
of the United States to place In
dian children for adoption. This
Indian Adoption Project, sponsor
ed by the Child Welfare League, of
America and the y. S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs, will cover a three
year period and will involve the
adaptive placement of SO Indian
children. In 1859 the Children's
Bureau of Delaware received 5
Indian children into care and by
the end of the year had placed
for adoption.
CHRISTOPHER Columbus had IT