Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 2 | Splendid Work Performed by Orphans' Home

SPLENDID W ORK R PERfORMED BY ORPHANS ORPHANS' HOME HOMEI Two Hundred and Sixty Children Taken Care Of During Past Two Years Future Is Safeguarded Two hundred and sixt sixty children whose unhappy horn home conditions due either to the death of oh father or mother or family shipwreck of some sort have been taken care of ot d during during dur dur- rIng r- r ing the last two years by the Orphans Orphans' Orphans Orphans' Or Or- Home and Day Nursery ac according according ac- ac cording to a recent report of the there re receiving and placing committee 0 of r the institution One hundred and two forty-two of these kiddies have been admitted since October 1923 Records Rec Bee show a a. return of seven ninety-seven to parents parents' and eight children legally legal legal- ly y adopted Two hundred and sixteen children children children chil chil- dren admitted to the home means that many backgrounds investigated by sound workers with a sympathetic desire make possible the best future for the child The plan In Includes In eludes a a. consideration of the the- the the-hered heredity heredity hered- hered ity mentality health and possibilities ties of each child Social workers associate es personally with the parents who have been unable unable un- un able to meet their responsibilities in n an endea endeavor vor to ascertain the best conditions for the rearing of ot the child and to create a a. a realization tion that separation from the famIly family family fam fam- ily should be as brief as possible SINCERE EFFORT EFFORT MADE If If the childs child's future Is leCt left entirely en- en n n- n with ith the institution on ac account account ac- ac count of death or permanent dis dis- rupture of the family an effort in made t to locate relations who mi might ht care for the child dis dis- Failing Falling to discover discover discover cover these the nursery assumes the re responsibility of care until Chile chil dren are arc placed for tor adoption 0 or other means of assuring a happy happ future are founded Children are released to parents only after careful stud study of the family family fam Lam ily situation and assurance that U 0 has been permanently benefited an anthe anti and the future seems stable r Twenty one oIe children were p placed aced out for adoption and eight hl been legally ado adopted ted during the past year Care is tal taken en by social workers work ers era that the new homes chosen for fOt forthe the children will be beneficial to tb them Temporary placing of only nine children is recorded the difficulty culty accounted for by the fact that parents foster parents usually prefer a very young nung child and it Is la consequently less frequent that a bo boy or girl over 8 years is adopted permanently Three children were replaced HOMES VISITED Social workers of the institution last year ear made 34 visits to horne homes of applicants for admittance and anti those who desire to adopt a a. child and letters col concerned with these problems of happy happ and normal norma childhood were written The Orphans Orphans' Home and Day Nursery was enabled to start two years ago by donations of monthly sums from the Progress Acacia Scottish Rite and Mt It Moriah 1 lodges Since that time monthly sums have ha been pledged by the I L. L D. D S. S church and the Rotary club Aside Aside from this money the Institution institution institution Is financed by contributions from the Ladies Ladies' Literary club the Jewish Relief society and the Ell Elks Elks' s' s club FINANCIAL REPORT A total of has been re received received re- re and total expenditures have ha amounted to The financial report of ot the secretary states that tle the average cost per child per peL month is 1775 Of this average e cost cost 99 cents is spent per month t bit u each child in work which has for its end the permanent adjusting ting of the tho life of oC each child as nearly as possible possible possible pos pos- sible to the normal life ife of the normal normal normal nor nor- mal child The committee expressed appreciation cl- cl alion work of ot Mrs E. E Bur H.-Bur- dick social worker and Mrs 1 Jessie Creer superintendent of the home Members on the board of directors are Mrs 1 W. W Mont Ferry president Mrs Rachel Miller vice president Mrs George Corey secretary Mrs P. P C. C Loofbourow recording secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary Mrs A. A J. J Graham treasurer treasur r and Mrs F. F S. S Richards Mrs J J. J E. E Oglesby Mrs M. M M. M Johnson Mrs Phillip Farnsworth Mrs W. W 1 M. M McCrea McCrea Mc- Mc Crea Mrs Edward Rosenbaum Mrs James Edwards Mrs J. J E. E Empey Mrs G. G M. M Neeley and Mrs H. H F. F Dicke