| Show REGIONAL BILLETS FOR WAR ORPHANS with the dedication recently of or american lem legions children a bill billet at otter lake mich the legion be has totten gotten on under way with it b a mail nation an wide program of child welfare specifically ly the legion intends intend to do rare care for far all 11 the ch children I 1 tilt wit whose fathers father werm were kill killed la ba ad action or who died A as a result remal of bof it ice I 1 in the Am american seleme tomes during the world war f there RIO are at present according to iverts ft 6 wolfs of war who are am being denied childhood privileges because their who fathers died 1 in service aral by the creation of regional billets the legion io intends intend to care cam for alt all of these the plan outlined by the national child welfare committee of the legion allows for emp expansion or ision to meet the re quire ments I 1 ten em years hence when the peak it loud load will be reached of than them the he billet at otter lake mich IB typical of the legion a method ot 1 handling this important phase of 9 C 11 tom ice work it 1 afi neither an institution nor a an orphanage ph 19 it 11 IPPI approximates tc a home as a far as 11 it i Is I 1 i humanly POss possible bl hom instead mad of irvill having g one big dormitory the way ly most moat institutions are ru run the legion be has small cottages of fr from four to six rooms moms nine children at the ah most moat are am housed in one building where they are am looked after by a house mother the chi children arce times dreas as 11 other ch children ildron with no DO semblance sale of uniformity they attend public school 21 2 leading 1 in the main ng taking their S lunch and d ratu returning about five in time to play until supper per time the tha otter E lake k billet which to Is the bit regional billet now mow C cares to for 20 28 ze children child renwith with three time houses built aej ground broken rok tor for two me more man th these children are of every ext extraction al hungarian me pat polish h french italian and the site like many 0 of them mine came to the billet tn extremely poor health emaciated listed and ad andere undernourished overt overlooking 0 oking otter lake one of the prettiest rett leat of michigan a thou thousand d lakes lake the b illet billet la is ideal tor for health purposes purpose and d under the guidance of mrs aim eva ingersoll InK ersoll sup supervising bising mother the food ceased prepared Is IB based on bodybuilding body building needs led dr 0 johnson the superintendent looks look after the health of the children childre and not one ease case of serious illness tin a he has hem been reported since tilt the 6 list got ot under way j the need tor for more mom room mom to handle the it is fat fatherless to eless childr children 1 Is manifested fly the constant requests request tor for billet P i blon atom to send children ato to the billet A waiting list ample in stze miss has co con vinced ia d he L legionnaires that they aeed no more C space pace As A fast as the anoney a 7 1 Is available pliable such much expansion panel is taking pla place C I 1 the michigan bills billet t was first t begun began s an activity of the tha michigan gin liepart depart went duent of the legion with help by the he t teg legislature lills t ora however when the no na dhonal organization of the legion went want nto the problem michigan graciously to turned read over her billet to the national body I 1 the second child billet it Is now unda way my at independence kana kame job john kj net national h at emano commander de of the lai le glon an recently dedicated a acre acra tract of land where h the second series of cat cottages will be erected led kansas malsed to inure insure comp completion I 1 edlu till va of the project act by a statewide amt ide drive for funds fund th the it tract of land was the gift ift of daniel dabney who whose two sons a were killed in action while bus serving with alth the american t forces bac in 1 F france not net only y does doe th the legion A gio n ear care tor for children I 1 in n regional billets 1111 but it also hm cares em f for or 1 them I in C childless mi families cudire ghi bill a I 1 tj le i precedents precede smash established rated I 1 by octal we workers r its the legion deltio seeks 1 I beat about gor far ex air service 1 I men man who have no fernl fand lies lie and who wish to year rear one me of the inkie of war and allows allow them to adopt on one th the los legion wk takes mca excel h tignall care cam in investigating circola stances t co so a that the child will get the good lender care can rightfully due i in other me ice instances t ancee the legion has bm samol lound that the mother does doe not wish to be separated f from am her child la in uch h an event ill the legion furnishes aaa part support ined the need to for r such welfare work Is presed when it Is kim known that the government does pat not compensate a widow sufficiently to lamer insure adequate support A wid widow 0 w with no DO children v receives but 25 a month with me on child she scam gets OS 35 and W 6 tor for each ad child As a result it 1 Is am dece ary to far her to work walk to support h her self elf 8 and old if f her child Is te tory young mong sh must place it in a no nursery if th the child Is but a few years of a age the th lagi legion be has found that it re runs wild A end in many cases casee ur the environment A meat id Is such each that it be becomes beacons cons a the child welfare bath Oett activities ottlo of the legion are am the in most at important next on to the care cam of the disabled on me the Ls L sims program of national am service |
