Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1930, Page 7

- ORPHANS REPAYING BREECE FOR HELP Near East Relief Worker Says Former Refugees Become Good Citizens. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Greece is now beginning to reap her reward for the charity which she ex- tended eight years ago to the thousands| of réfugee orphans who poured into the country after their deportation from Turkey. | Mrs. Edna Ashley Bassett, after 10/ years spent in the countries of the Near | East, engaged in social service work, | has arrived in Washington with enthu- siastic reports for assistance rendered the Near East Relief by the Greek Gov- | ernment and the happy outcome of the| work among Armenian and Greek! , orphans which started 10 years ago. | With the last orphanage conducted under auspices of the American Near East Relief closed in October, Mrs. Bas- | sett, whose social endeavors have been confined to the refugee children and| orphans of the Near East, has had the satisfaction of seeing the last chapter| close upon a happy ending to her decade | of work there. Helped Move 18,000. “The orphans have become grown | boys and girls” she said. “They have gone forth amdng the people of Greece, well educated and with high princi- ples. In 1922, after two years spent in work with orphanages of Turkey, I| helped in the transfer of 18,000 home- less and orphaned children from Asia Many of these children have been grad- uated with honors from universities and high schools. Others have been spe- cially trained in trades and in agricul- ture. Many of tfie older children who were given shelter in Greece eight years ago already knew the art of carpet weaving, and that is becoming a grow- ing industry in Greece today. Young people who have come from the Ameri- can Near East Rellef institutions in Greece never have difficulty in finding employment. I once asked an employer why he preferred our orphans. He a swereC that they were always well ed cated, honest and willing workers, Many of these children have gone to farms and are now helping with modern agricultural methods in the country.” Member of First Party. Mrs. Bassett was one of the first of a group of American men and women to answer the cries of thousands . ¢ be- wildered children who in 1920 were made homeless and parentless by the Armenian deportations from Turkey. She had previously received consider- | able experience in welfare work among the mining districts of Mexico, where her husband, a mining engineer, was supervisor of mines. In 1924 Mrs. Bassett was given the position of child welfare director of Greece. She witnessed, among many other remarkable cights, the building of an orphanage on ihe Island of Syra by the children who later occupled the lace. P The orphanage accommodated 2,200 children,” she said. “The boys and girls did practically all of the work in the building of the place, even the smallest of the children helping in_the carrying of stone and sand. Older boys, assisted in the electrical work as well as the carpentry and masonic work. “After the place was finished the children carried on the work, making their own clothes, and even their own shoes. These are some of the children who, now grown, have taken their place as constructive and progressive citizens of Greece. May Yet Find Parents. “Only abot 17 to 20 per cent of tue Minor to Greece, establishing heal-| quarters in Athens. “The Greek Government was won-| derful at that time. It placed at our disposal many of its handsomest build- ings to house the children. It gave us free transportation of the children and of supplies throughout different parts of the country. We were given free and telegraph service and free tion of foodstuffs. “But I know that Greece will be re- paid for its kindness to these orphans. refugee children ever found their par- Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday ‘Telephone National 5000 and de- Uvery will start at once. “Highlights” am(;ng the Givables Here are specials that are proving excep- tionally attractive — from the viewpoint of value and appropriateness. Flannel Lounging Robes Genuine all-wool flannel; stripes and plain effects; double-breasted $9-75 and cut long and full............ 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There was, an till s, always a possibility that & child ma. be found by a parent or relative. “Although the orphanage and relief work in the Near East is at an end, important educational work is carried on by the Near East Foundation,” Mrs. Bassett concluded. “It is of utmost im- portance that the boys and girls, still very young, who have gone forth from our institutions be guarded and super- vised against reverting to the unedu- cated status of many of the villagers among whom they 'live. The workers of the Near East Foundation will carry on supervisional and advisory work which will make this group of erstwhile orphan refugees a credit to Greece and g:a institutions which have cared for =iy BODY IS IDENTIFIED NORFOLK, Va. December 10 (®). — Identification of the body of the woman washed ashore Sunday at Gwynns Is- land, Mathews County, as that of Mrs. Caroline Godfrey, 49, of St. Louls, was made today by R. E. Raiford, her brother-in-law. Mrs. Godfrey disap- peared last Thursday night from a bay steamer bound for Baltimore from Nor- folk. The body was brought to Norfolk Mon- day night, and funeral services will be held here. AN U. S. ACTS TO TAKE KAISER AT BALTIMORE Stolen Auto Transport Charge Among Many Offenses Faced by State Prisoner. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, December 10.—Agents of the Bureau of Identification of the Department of Justice Monday placed with the Baltimore police a detainer on behalf of the Government against Ernest W. Kaiser, who had represented himself as Maj. Don S. R. K. McLaren, & British World War ace. Kaiser, sought by the Federal authorities for two years, has been charged with trans- porting & stolen automobile. He was indicted in Danville, 11, last December, and it was said Monday night by the Federal authorities he would be given a removal hearing as soon as he was turned over to them. He also is accused of obtaining $450 from Amy Wilson at Newport, Long Island, by representing himself as an airmail pilot. Officers also asserted he married un- der the name of the British war ace. Charges of forgery, bigamy and non- support were being investigated. Kaiser was arrested Sunday night as he alighted from a train arriving in the city from New York. “QUALITY THE SAME—PRICES LOWER" Easy Chairs INCOMPARABLE BACKGROUND Or CONFIDENCE TobAy SERVES YOUu AT LOWEST PRICES SINCE THE YEAR 1914 . Moses Gift fm;n M oses Means More ¢ 5 F Street at Eleventh Light up. for Christmas This year, let the friendly warmth of twinkling lights say “Merry Christmas” to your friends and passers-by. The decoration of lawns and shrubberies of homes with colored lights for Christmas, is now as much of a Yuletide custom as is the Christmas tree. 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