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Show TELEGRAM STORY BRINGS TURKEY FOR ORPHANS "The darkest hour is Just before the dawn," said the superintendent of the Orphans' Home and Day Nursery Wednesday afternoon to The Telegram, after she bad said that there had up to that time been no contributions re- ceived that would help to make the Thanksgiving day celebration a merry one for the little orphans in the institution. insti-tution. ' The Telegram asked for help for the Institution, and stated that the prospects pros-pects for a fine dinner were small indeed. in-deed. That was Wednesday afternoon. An hour after the paper had reached the homes of the subscribers the home was swamped with telephone calls and offers of help. As a result of that story there are at the home Thursday morning morn-ing fourteen fine, fat turkeys, a bushel of cranberries and all of the other good thtngs that help to make up a Thanksgiving Thanks-giving dinner. Mrs. Fred .Blckert, president of the association In charge of the home,- Is grateful to all of those friends of the Institution who have so loyally come to the rescue. |