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The Orphan Train  Whitewright Sun Grayson County, Texas Friday, January 23, 1920 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY PLACES CHILDREN IN HOMES The Children's Aid Society of New York City has placed eight children in homes in this section since the arrival of their representatives with eleven children. Misses Anna Laura Hill and Caroline E. Peterson are here with the children and will be here the remainder of this week. They are more than anxious to place the three children in homes in this section, as they have brothers and sisters who have been given homes here. The society does not like to separate children of one family, and its representatives will be glad to talk to anyone who might give one of these children a home. The ladies are more than pleased with the homes the children have been placed in; in fact they state that they could not have asked for better homes for the children. They stated that they had never received better treatment anywhere than they have received at the hands of the Whitewright people. Everything possible has been done to make their visit to this city a pleasant one, and the best homes in the city opened their doors to the children and cared for them until a permanent home was found. Misses Hill and Peterson are giving their time to finding homes for homeless children and are doing a noble work. They carefully investigate each home before placing a child in it and assure themselves that the child is in good hands before leaving it. All of the children in the party show that they have received good treatment and have been well trained by the society. The following are the names of the children and the homes they were placed in - - - John Acker, age 13, with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Vittitoe; Warren Chandler, age 8, with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cooper, Van Alstyne; Raly Waters, age 13, with Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Moses, Ladonia; Tad Durfee, age 6, with Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett; Anna Miller, age 6, with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pennington; Agnes Slater, age 5, with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dugan, Bells; Hubert Slater, age 3, with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watson; Caroline Lahn, age 10, with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Simmons; George Lahan, age 5, with Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Meason. Following are the ages and names of the three children that have not been placed in homes: Howard Slater, age two, Elizabeth Lahn, age eleven, and Anna Lahn, age seven. The little boy assigned to Rev. and Mrs. Meason will be sent here later. He was not able to come at this time with his brothers and sisters as the home he was in when they left New York was quarantined on-account of mumps.  The Orphan Train Elaine Nall Bay ©2013 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |