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r Page Ten Waiting For A Home This chubby youngster is receiving the expert and warm care of the Children’s Home Society nursery while final arrangements are made to give him a good adoptive home. He is typical of the many homeless or orphaned babies helped each year by this pri vate, non-governmental agency which has been operating in North Carolina for 50 years. Thinking About Adopting A Baby? If So, Read Expert’s Timely Advice By ED RANKIN of wedlock, for ex u ,,4. amnle, and the new parents. Both Have you been thinking about! babies can be danger- adopting a child. the'Children’s Home director asserted. If so, ycu are in need of expert advice, because the adoption of a child is a complicated matter these days. Hasty or ill-advised adop tion methods* often bring heart ache and possible legal difficul ties to childless couples who act before they think. Take the word of an expert, Harriet L. Tynes, executive di rector of the Children’s Home So ciety of North Carolina, you should deal only with a qualified adoption agency in taking such an important step. The Children’s Home Society in Greensboro, is a volunteer, non-governmental agency which has served over 5,- 000 homeless children in North Carolina since 1917. The demand for adoptive chil If ycu are seriously interested in adopting a child, go to a thoroughly qualified children’s agency and tell them of your de sire,” she declared. ‘^Choose an adoption agency with the same care that you choose a family doc tor or family lawyer.” The Children’s Heme executive pointed out that a qualified chil dren’s agency will have a work ing arrangement with competent pediatricians and lawyers who can advise on medical and legal prob lems involved in every adoption case. This is your guarantee that you will know the exact state of the child’s health and that the adoption complies in full with tual “black market in babies” ex ists, Miss Tynes warns, and there is evidence that operators of so- called adoption agencies are do ing business in North Carolina. These unscrupulous people have found that there is big money in “selling” babies to unwary couples who let their fervent and honest desire for a child run away with their judgment and common sense. Then there is always the well-meaning but uninformed “amateur” who frequently tries to do a good turn for a childless couple by handling the “arrange ments” between the mother of a factors which you can never be sure about when you deal with unqualified adoption agencies or bumbling friends or acquaintances who have no knowledge or train ing in this field. '■‘Once your decision is made and you have selected your agen cy,” she continued, “be guided by their advice in how to adopt a child. You and the agency need to know each other extremely well. The agency will want to know your background, your health, your ability to support a child, your attitudes toward the growth and development of o&w SEVEN STAR 90 Proof! $365 4/5 Quart Gm SEVEN STAR EST'D^^^lfl32 * * * * ★ * ^ 90 PROOF. sound child, and many, many Other details. All of this forma tion is necessary in finding the right child for the right parents.” At the Children’s Home, where the aim is “a home for the child who needs a home and a child for the borne which needs a child,” trained and experienced social workers take a personal interest ,in the application of every couple for a child. A case worker is as signed to get to know each appli- caint and to follow through in all the details of the adoption. Mean while, every incoming infant re ceives a complete physical exam ination and is tested by skilled psychologists to find whether the child has normal average intelli gence for its age. A complete case history is prepared, giving all available information on family background and possible heredi tary traits. By the time the Children’s Home Society decides that it has the right child for the right pa rents, the couple selected is asked to come to Greensboro where the Children’s Home Society nursery is located; This is a tense and ex citing moment for the prospective parents. To some extent, thej show the same anxiety^ the same trembling eagerness and the same tenderness as natural parents when shown their first infant at the hospital. It is always a policy of the Children’s Home Society to leave the prospective parents and the child in a room alone when they first meet so that the couple can decide for themselves under no pressure or outside influence whether this will be their own child. It is extremely rare to find a couple deciding agairi^ taking the child they are shown. This is a tribute to the meticulous and personal care with which the So ciety workers have studied the background of the infant and the background of the couple. It is also a tribute to the thousands of young couples throughout North Carolina, unable for one reason or another to have children, who long with all their hearts to give their loving care and attention-to someone else’s homeless or or phaned child. ■When the couple accepts the child, the baby’s layette is ready and the new parents can take their little boy or little girl home immediately. It generally takes 12 to 15 months for formal and legal adoption procedures to be completed in North Carolina. The Children’s Home case workers keep in close touch with the pa rents during this period and are .Iways available for advice and assistance in any problems that may arise. Since the Children’s Home is a licensed and fully au thorized adoption agency, there is never a question of losing the in fant through legal action of the natural relatives. The Children’s Home Society never releases an infant until it has full legal cus tody of the child. This is one of the pitfalls of hasty adoption procedures. Miss Tynes pointed out that in North -dairolina the laws allow the natural mother of a child to change her mnid in the matter of whether or not she wants to keep her child anytime within the first six months after the birth of the child. In the case of the Children’s Home Society, its charter from the Legislature enables it to keep the child only one month before it can have full legal custody of Ithe infant. The demand for adoptive chil dren in North Carolina continues to grow At the present time there is a waiting list for applicants at the Children’s Home. A couple now should expect to wait at least 15 months from the first inquiry until it can receive a child, and it may take longer than this. “Regardless of the waiting period and the very' natural de sire for a child,” Miss Tynes said, “it is far better for' a couple to deal with a qualified agency and follow correct proedures rather than take hasty action and flirt ith the tragic results which may follow.” This advice comes from an adoption expert who knows from experience that the slow way, and the legal way is always the best means of adopting a child. (The annual campaign for funds to support the volunteer, non governmental Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is now under way. The Society receives no tax funds, gives its services free to all, and exists entirely on voluntary gifts. During the past 49 years it has served over 5,000 homeless or orphaned babies in North Carolina. If you want to help the Society expand its serv ices to help additional unfortun ate children, contributions can be mailed to the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, 740 Chestnut Street, Greensboro-, N C. All contributions can be de ducted from federal income taxes.) Big Flower Show Will Add Color To 1952 State Fair A flower show which will in clude for the first time this year, displays by florists and nursery men will add color and beauty to the exhibits at the 1952 N. C. State Fair scheduled to begin in Raleigh next Tuesday and continue through Saturday. Four hundred square feet of ex hibit space will be devoted to spectacular displays of florists and nurserymen, and competitive classes of the show have been al located 600 square feet of exhibit space. It will be “Swing your partners and circle to the right” again this year at the Fair when Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the famed “Min strel of the Appalachians” from South Turkey Creek in Buncombe county, directs the fifth annual Folk Festival. Three, perform ances of the festival will be pre sented daily. Dr. J. S. Dorton, Fair manager, said. The 11 and 2 o’clock performances will be on the big outdoor stage in front of the main educational building. and the 5:30 performance in the new coliseum. A musical comedian and one of the world’s' outstanding magicians are among the entertainment headliners, Dr. Dorton disclosed. There will also be automobile races, • harness horse races and fireworks. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION This is to notify all persons that the undersigned has this day qualified as Ancillary Administra trix C.T.A. of the Estate of S. A. Barnum, deceased, and all persons having claims against the said estate are required to present them to the undersigned within twelve months from this date, or this notice will be’pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in^ debted to the said estate will please make immediate settle ment. Dated this 6th day of October 1952. ELIZABETH G. BARNUM, Ancillary Administratrix C.T.A. of the Estate of S. A. Barnum, Deceased. Rowe & Rowe, Attys. ol0nl4 Full Pint BLENDED WHISKEY, 62'/2% NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM GRAIW GOODERHAM & WORTS LIMITED, PEORIA, ILLINOIS ' By having those defective elec trical appliances repaired now you “cash in” on more and better usage, while doing away with another principal cause of home fires. Grand Buys! Farm Fresl^ Firm Rjpe Tomatoes - - Juicy Tokay Grapes • - 3 Green Cabbage - ■ Idaho Baking Potatoes -10 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT ' MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING MEWS WEEKLY. Vel Lge. Pkg, ftiVW Fab Lge. Pkg. 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