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Show V. F. W. NATIONAL HOME TO HAVE NEW BUILDINGS J . j 3ty ; - - , " ! X ! ;. 1 1 I No need to say "Smile!" It comes natnral to TTownrd PoTlett and his sister Miary after a year at the Veterans of Foreicn Wars National Home for widows and orplians of ex-service men at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, A CCOMTvTODATIONS for more families will be provided this summer at the V. F. W. National Home for widows and orphans of ex-service men by four new buildings build-ings now being erected on the Home grounds at Eaion Rapids, Michigan. "The reed of enlarging onr Home facilities by adding to it more buildings and giving it sufficient suf-ficient endowment funds to carry on its service for the ever-increasing family groups of widows and orphans of our deceased comrades is pressing," said Aibei c J. F.abing, past Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and President of the National Home, in ;ommenting on the new buildings. "Official records show that deaths directly traceable to service origin ai"raged more than 4,500 yearly for the past three years. Even at the conservative estimate of one-third one-third of this number as the bas;s of those who left dependent families, famil-ies, the need of the Horns is evident. evi-dent. I "When such dependents require help, we do not ask if the man wr.s V. F. W. member W only a"1 if he served honorably in the forces for-ces of the United States. If an ex-service man is disabled to such an extent that he cannot support his family, arrangements will also be made to accommodate him at the Home with them." The Home functions on a 'family 'fam-ily group" plan of small building-units building-units and individual dwellings which ensures for each family a normal home environment and keeps mother and children together. to-gether. Cases to be admitted to the Home in the near future from various parts of the country include in-clude a mother in Louisiana, recently re-cently widowed, with four children; a war-gassed veteran in Connecticut, Connec-ticut, with two little girls, one eight and one ten years old; ar.d five children left orphaned In the Far West. In laying ont the ground plan of the Home site, which covers 472 acres, provision has been made for future expansion so that it can eventually accommodate 1500 children. chil-dren. Athletic grounds, a community commu-nity center, a school, and a community com-munity church are included in the ; plan. . |