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EVERYBODY’S FRIEND
February, 1915
The Child Saving Mission
of The Church of the Brethren
of The Middle District of Iowa
Incorporated
C. H. Erb, Yale, President.
F. M. Wheeler, Marshalltown, Treas.
A. M. Stine, Adel, Secretary.
I). W. Badger, Adel, Manager.
Items for Everybody’s Friend from
Middle Iowa.
We have only two children on hand at present.
Little Donald, six months of age, and Myrtle,
aged eleven years. Both are healthy and desir-
able children, and if any of our readers want
a baby boy or a little girl, we should be pleased
to hear from them.
Little Nellie goes into a new home this week,
and will likely be adopted in due time. Her sis-
ter Evelyn was adopted in a home on an adjoin-
ing farm since our last report. We are truly
glad that these little sisters have found homes
so close together. We do not separate children
of the same family unless compelled to do so.
In addition to the adoption of Evelyn, men-
tioned above, we are pleased to announce the
adoption of little Howard and baby Harold.
Both of these little fellows were quite delicate,
but with mother love and care, they are devel-
oping into strong, healthy boys, and their foster
parents think they are treasures indeed.
Our children are becoming somewhat scat-
tered. Already we have one in Nebrasa, one in
Missouri, two in Oklahoma and this week little
Roy goes with his folks to Minnesota. We shall
always have, an interest in their welfare even
should they live in another state, and we will
appreciate a letter from Papa or Mamma at any
time telling us about our boys and girls.
Glen and Marjorie are both doing tine, and
our Matron was much pleased on a recent visit
to their homes, to note how much joy and sun-
shine achild can create when love rules supreme.
We are feeling more the need of a Receiving
Home in which to keep children offered to us,
until a permanent home can be found for them.
Desirable children are constantly being offered
to us, but our Matron’s health is such that she
is physically unable to care for all that are of-
fered us, in her own home. We have some
large hearted friends of this noble cause who
volunteer to help care for these homeless and
needy ones, and their helpfulness is surely ap-
preciated, but just now two tine boys are offer-
ed us and we have no place to keep them. Pos-
sibly in a short time applications will be filed
for just such children as are now offered, but it
will then be too late to get them—a lost oppor-
tunity.
At our last District conference the Trustees
asked and received permission to solicit funds
for the purchase or erection of such a Rceiving
Home. It has not been our purpose logo out
among the churches and make a house to house
canvass, but we hope to receive a hearty re-
sponse in voluntary contributions Since that
time $14u0.00 has come into our hands for this
purpose. We are praying that the fund will
grow much larger and that in due time we can
be prepared to do more efficient work. Who
will be the next to add to this fund?
We regret to state that it seems necessary to
correct some reports that are being circulated
throughout the District. These reports say
that some of those who “volunteered” to help
care for children until permanent homes might
be found for them, are receiving as high as $25.
per week for their volunteer work, and that our
Managers are receiving “big pay” for their
services. As a matter of fact not one of these
generous hearted ones have yet asked or re-
ceived a single cent for what they are doing.
Our Managers are offered $1.50 per day for
services actually rendered, but they have not
put in a claim for the full amount allowed. The
actual expenses of our work thus far have been
a source of both surprise and gratification to us.
We hope the above statement will place a final
quietus upon the false reports that are in circu-
lation.                             A. M. Stine.
Adel, Iowa.