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As you know, the Society is one
of the oldest and largest adoption
agencies in the entire country.
, Hounded fifty years ago, it helps
babies and adopting couples from
every community in the state. It
is non-sectarian. It offers its ser
vices free of charge. More than
5,000 children have found homes
and fond parents through the
Children’s Home Society. This
would have been impossible with
out the generosity of North Caro
linians whose voluntary contribu
tions keep the organization in ex
istence. The Society receives NO
TAX FUNDS.
Under the guidance of a Board
of Directors elected annually by
the contributors, the Children’s
Home Society endeavors to keep
its policies and adoption practices
of the highest calibre, adjusting
to the changing times and condi
tions, adapting the best of the
most recently approved procedures
for giving every safeguard neces
sary to protect the lives and hap
piness of adopted children and par
ents.
When a couple comes to me, or
writes to me, and says they want
to adopt a baby, what do 1 do?
I’lease tell the couple to write
a letter expressing their wishes to
the Supervisor of Applications,
Children’s Home Society of North
Carolina, Inc., 740 Chestnut Street,
Greensboro, N. C. Please explain
to them that this is the wisest
thing to do. Only too often, cou
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Society’s offices without an ap
pointment at a time when the Sup
ervisor is unable to see them be
cause of other appointments al
ready made. In order to avoid
such disappointments, a letter is
best.
How much "red tape” is involved
in adopting a child?
Change the words “red tape” to
the word PROTECTION and the
answer is ALL of it! There is
no red tape. There are certain
legal, medical, and personal pro
tections every couple should have
before they make the most import
ant decision of their lives adopt
ing a child. The Children’s Home
Society makes sure that every bas
ic safeguard is given to couples
and that every baby finds his per
manent home just as soon as it
can possibly be done with safety.
Is there an age limit on couples
who want to adopt a baby?
No, there is no arbitrary age
limit set by the Society. The needs
of the baby are considered in
terms of the adopting couples’
character, personality and general
circumstances. Most children are
born to young parents; therefore,
when a middle-age couple seeks
help in adopting a child, the So
ciety suggests that they consider
the possibility of an older child
so that he can have the immediate
advantages of their time of life.
How long does a couple have to
wait for a baby?
* An average of ten couples ap
ply for every baby that is adopt
able. Such an overwhelming dis
crepancy often results in waits of
eighteen months to two years.
Waits, however, do not depend up
on “waiting one’s turn.” When
the right baby is found for a home,
he becomes a part of that family.
Sometimes this takes less than
eighteen months, sometimes it
takes longer. The Children’s
Home Society is constantly striv
ing to shorten the length of the
waiting period.
I)o couples have to pay for adop
tion service?
No. The services of the Chil
dren’s Home Society are given
without charge. Gifts sometimes
sent by couples who are applying
for a child are returned to them.
Couples who have already received
a child may voluntarily offer a
gift which will be accepted. After
the adoption is completed, adop
tive families receive the very same
solicitation material that is sent
to other citizens of the state. They
are never singled out for special
solicitation. Our adoptive parents
are among our most generous sup
porters and their contributions are
made voluntarily. ■
If I hear of a baby in my com
munity whose relatives need help
in planning for his future, what
should 1 do?
Please ask the relatives of the
baby to telephone, wire or write
to the Children’s Home Society,
740 Chestnut Street, Greensboro,
N. C. Our telephone number is
4-1538. The office is open until
one o’clock on Saturdays and on
all Holidays except Christmas
Day. Emergency situations can
be handled at any time.
What does the Children’s Home
Society do for an un-wed mother?
The Society offers her skilled
counseling service and guidance
in deciding upon the best future for
her baby. It will care for the baby
in its nursery so that the mother
can have plenty of time without
pressure to make these grave, life
time decisions. The Children's
Home Society does not finance the
mother’s confinement care, but it
semetimes helps to secure financ
ial assistance elsewhere if the
mother has no resources.
How manv babies can be cared
for in the Nursery at one time?
“Full House” means that eight
een babies are in the nursery. Oft
en there are others being cared
for by boarding home mothers or
waiting in hospitals.
How long do the babies stay at
the Children’s Home Society Nurs
ery?
No longer tnan is aDsoiuteiy
necessary, for every child should
have the tender care and love of
mother and father just as quickly
as possible. Most babies stay from
five to seven weeks. Others re
main longer solely because of some
legal or medical problem which
must be cleared before a child is
ready to go to his new parents.
What happens to the children
who are not adoptable?
While we do help many children
who have physical disabilities, oc
casionally there is a child who is
not adoptable because he is se
verely handicapped mentally or
physically. When this is true, the
Society and some other organiza
tion, usually the Department of
Public Welfare in the county of
the child’s residence, plan the
most satisfactory arrangement for
the child’s well-being in a super
vised boarding home.
As your community becomes
more aware of the services offered
by the Children’s Home Society,
more such questions will be asked.
If you do not know the answers
or have any doubts about answer
ing these questions, put them on a
post card and mail them to the
Society. We will be only too glad
to answer them for you individual
ly.
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BOY is Delbert Dains, 4,
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Many of our readers are now
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"You Can Hit What
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RALEIGH, N. C„ Jan. 26.—The
old adage “You can’t hit what you
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He pointed out that winter driv
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it imperative that the driver see
danger far in advance so that he
can take action without danger
of throwing his car out of control.
SAM Conference
Plans Revealed
Tentative plans to hold the 1954
Southeastern Conference of the
Society for the Advancement of
Management in Asheville on May
6 and 7 were divulged this week
by N. H. Collisson of Ecusta, pres
ident of the WNC Chapter, and
Eugene Benge, of Benge Asso
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the conference.
Elected general chairman for
the eight chapter conference is
Wes Suit of Fieldcrest Mills,
Spray, S. C. Stuart Ingram of
Old Dominion Box company,
Charlotte, has been named pro
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“Participation — a tool of Man
agement” has been chosen by rep
resentatives of the southeastern
chapters as the general theme for
the conference. Emphasis will be
placed on how to obtain participa
tion according to Chairman Benge.
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MEETING SCHEDULE
SWANNANOA LODGE
Swannanoa Lodge No. 561 AF &
AM, stated communication f irsl
Thursday each month. Masonic
hall, old post office building
Arthur R. Cannon, master.
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
Black Mountain Chapter No. 200
first and third Tuesdays of each
month, 7:30 P.M. Mrs. Addic
Gaskins, W.M
Swannanoa Chapter No. 132, meets
second and fourth Thursday
Masonic hall. Mrs. Pearl Connelly
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Black Mountain Council No. 145
Every Monday at 7:30 P.M
W. W. Morgan, Councilor.
MASONS
Black Mountain Lodge No. 663
AF & AM. Stated Communication
first Friday of each month, 7:30
P.M. Fred Higginbotham, Master.
Swannanoa Camp 970
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
Swannanoa Camp 970 Woodmen
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Buckner building, Swannanoa. Don
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The D.A.V. meeting will be held
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All members are cordially invited
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Poet's Corner
Conducted by
Anne K. Sharp, Chairman,
Creative Writing Group
DAWN WIND
White as the fierce invisible frost
Of interlunar weather
Where fire and ice have met and
crossed
And fused like steel together.
Blue as the distance that a star
Stabs in the glittering sky
Where near and agonizing far
Blend to blind the eye.
Wrought extreme to the edge of
cold,
Forged of sidereal airs,
At gates of burning fade and gold
The dawn wind flares.
Still on the battlements of light
A sword defends the day:
Take, as of old, with sombre night,
Your solitary way.
Marcia Lee Anderson.
“Dawn Wind” from “The Poetry
Chap Book,” winter edition of
1D47-48, with "Voyage,” another
of Dr. Anderson’s poems, won the
H)47 Poety Chap-Book prize of
fifty dollars.
Dr. Marcia Lee Anderson, head
of the English department at
Asheville-Biltmore college, is a
member of the Asheville Branch of
Pen Women. She delivered the
address at the National Poety Con
test day, Oct. 15. Her subject was
“Shakespeare and Spencer.”
Those who love nature enough
to rise early in winter, have re
velled in the “gates of burning
fade and gold” where “The dawn
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