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rr mmswA BY GERTRUDE WALTON ATKINS ’*! V "Hi “We wan* a baby.’* Every year thousands of eon. pies write the Children’s Home Society in Greensboro, all with the same question, “Can you help us adopt a child?” And for over a half century the Society has been finding homes In every county In North Carolina for 6,000 .babies and little children. These are the "displaced chil dren” of North Carolina, from hdmes broken by death or di vorce, These are the babies who do not have an established family. Often the Society knows about than months before they are bom. The expectant moth er may write, or her family, her doctor, lawyer or minister. Or sometimes, an agency may In quire for her, such as the cir cumstance in the case of Pat and her baby, Nancy. Pat was the oldest of eight GREAT OAK BLENDED WHISKEY she was 15 altt escaped from the drudgery of home life by marrying Ned, an 18-year-old boy from a state 1,000 miles away.'. i The “marriage” lasted only two weeks. They saw their mis take and separated, but it was too late. Pat was stranded, alone and pregnant, in a city 1,000 miles away from “Tar (Heel” borders. As the months passed, Pat be came panlcy, and finally con tacted the . local Community Chest. They In turn called the Greensboro Community Chest who phoned The Chldren’s Home Society to see, what might be done. ‘Of course, we can help. The child is bom of a legal resident of North Carolina,” Harriett L. Tynes, Executive Director of the Society, said. Immediately plans were made for Pat to return to North Carolina as soon as her baby was bom. Soon after Nancy’s birth, Fat returned home, first to Greens boro to leave Nancy at the So ciety’s Nursery. Pat felt she had to give up &ancy for the baby’s own welfare, but the So ciety insisted that she return home and consult her parents before taking such a step. The Society consistently refuses to take a baby unless it is convinc ed it is the best plan for the baby. A .week later Pat and her parents came to Greensboro and visited the Nursery, a big white framed house on Cypress Street. It was a hard decision to give up the baby which had Pat’s own blue eyes and red curls, but they knew Pat, bare ly 16, was too young to accept the responsibilities of mother hood alone. Fat’s mother and father had a house filled with their own children. There did n’t seem to be much “promise Jarman-Howard, Inc. FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Tyndall-Wood-Jarman) D. E. Wood Mutual Burial Association DIAL 3946 KINSTON, N. C. iw!.: ->■ Comedy Team Johnson and Owen (above) will present their popnlai comedy act on a horiinmtal bar when ‘ttfepodrome of 1951'! appear* in the WilUjun' Neal Reynold* Coliseum at North Car olina State College Janaary 8-15. of a future” for Nancy there. After toeing accepted ln the Nursery, Nancy entered ya “waiting period” to give Pat still more time to be certain she had made the rght deci sion. They kept In toutoh .with Pat. Then one day she wrote, giving permission for Nancy’s adoption, but “find her. a good mommy and daddy, please,” the letter begged. Meanwhile, doctors and law. yers in Greensboro, who offer their services free to the So ciety, were watching over little Nancy. The pediatrician declar ed she was a fine healthy baby to all appearances. The lawyer reminded the So ciety'that Nancy’s father as well- as her mother had to iriva consent to her adoption. This posed another problem, for Ned hadn’t been heard from since he left Pat nearly a year ago. “Don’t try to find me,” he had written. The Society, through Its mem bership ln the Child Welfare League of America, had a net work of resources to trace Ned’s whereabouts. It wasn’t long un til they found him and obtain ed his consent to the adoption. However, in obtaining informa tion about his parents for rim baby’s record, It was discovered ther was a physical defect In Ned’s family which might be Inherited. me geneticist wno aavises tne staff was called' In on the case. After examing all the facts and seeing Nancy too, he said there was a slight chance that Nancy would inherit the defect but more than likely she would es cape the defect entirely. This bare possibility had to be re ported to the ^potential adop tive parents, along with all the other information about' the baby's background. i Now the Society must seek a couple “just right" for Nan cy. What sort of home would Deselected? First, a homje no! in Eastern North Carolina Since that is where Nancy's mother was living. This Is In line with a strict Society rale never te want her. If we had ohr own child, we would run a greater risk than that bare possibility.” Nancy gurgled when her new mother took her In her arms for the first toe, while her new father stood by, beaming with slightly misty eyes at his new family. ■ This month the Chlldfren’s Home Society’s annual Christ mas drive is underway for funds to continue to give serv ice to the hundreds of Nancy’s service* fre* to all and « entirely on voluntary gifts Contributions may be m to the Children’s Homo I ety, 740 Chestnut 81 Grensboro, North Carolina The all-farm products Index of prices received by North Carolina farmers at local mar. gets decreased 27 points (8.0 per cent during the month end ed November 15. om& DESKS SELECTION OF YOUR FAVORITE PICTURES MIRRORS To Fffl That Vacant Spot ■ ' ' BMEaK w * f '.ijBiS ip-'' 5^ f.Sp!t! |®>|p H SEE THESE |tj BEFORE YOU BUY
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