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IOWA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER.SecondSection.ryaTHERE WITH THE NEWS.”r.- ■■ .I.MSATURDAYCIRCLEOrganization Now Caring ForSeventeen AgedPeople.IS THE RESULT OFYEARS OF ENDEAVORCelebrates Third.AnniversaryOf Founding ThisMonth.THE King's Daughters’ Home For 01(1 People, a unique institution in Burlington, and one whose sponsors are making the work a success, in spite of the fact that at the outset, they were told that they had undertaken an impossible task, completed its third year of existence this month, with the annual anniversary party ffr members of the homo and friends of the enterprise |When the Whatsoever Circle of King’s Daughters, the original back-\\King’s Daughter’s Home for Aged Folks and Some of Its Beneficiaries—Gazette Photo.Pages9 to 16.Stem pel Photo.—Gazette Phot o jThla picture shows the King's Daughtu ’ Home for Old People and its grounds at 616 Leebrick street. In'* a a f: as • m • . Jg - v —.w. V # _ • — _ 1 —* * I— — —. * _ VfllIMIIKIIIIIS IIWWWi-• - .Independent atmosphere of the home. Incidentally, each candidate for admission must go through a 6 month’s probation term before being finally admitted. If, at the end of this time, the individual wishes to enter and the officials of the home also favor the movement, the $1,000 deposit Is made and the person is guaranteed a home for the remainder of his or her life.Kach Has Private Room.the foreground is the old Judge Stutsman home, which was purchased by the Whatsoever circle In 1922. The stucco addition in the rear was built in 1923 and it contains most of the private rooms of the people who live in the home.Twelve of the members of the Ho me family are shown here with the matron, are: in front, left to right -Mrs. Hensel, Mrs. Christina Henken, John Wilke, Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Andrew. Behind—Miss Sally Browning, Mrs. Scott, Mr. Scott, Charlotte Bittner, Mrs. M. J. Bone and Miss Marie Mifflin.Mrs. E. E. Andrew. TheySarah Newall, Miss Cornelia William Gladstone, Mrs.Each person Is provided with a private, comfortably furnished room, most of which are located in the addition to the original house. This room is strictly private and a number of the members hare added many touches to make their rooms even more homelike. The rooms where the members gather, when the weather does not permit them to sit on the porches or to stroll about the grounds, are on the first floor of the original building. There is a nlceley furnished receptionroom and a well lighted sittingroom, where magazines and other reading materials are provided.The first floor also contains the matron’s room, the dining room and a large, well arranged kitchen. In the basement are two heating plants, one for the old building and one for the addition, and the laundry department and storerooms.The matter of entertainment foi*the members Is somewhat easilytaken care of. On account of thetr age most of the ladies enjoy nothing better than to sit in the pleasant warmth of the sitting room and chat or knit or Just to sit and rock. The men like to help with various small tasks around the house.Have Religious Services.The members of the Whatsoever Circle often hold little parties for the entertainment of those living in~ m .... .*the Home and it is customary toKe vci cAmm minUtPP of thft CitV* 01*service
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Burlington Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Oct 24, 1925
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