Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1937, Page 14

‘A—14 x STHANNVERSARY OFWOVENSHONE Three Portraits Will Be Un- veiled at Ceremonies Next Tuesday. Founders and perpetuators of the | Young Women's Christian Home will be honored Tuesday at ceremonies celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the home, now lo- cated at 235 Second street northeast. Three portraits will be unveiled dur- ing the program, beginning at 4:30 pm. They are those of Mrs. Mary G. ‘Wilkinson, who founded the home in 1887 and was its first president; Miss Bessie R. Kibbey, who in 1892 con- tributed her grandfather’s mansion, at 311 C street, as a new location for the home, and Mrs. Flora M. Thomp- son, whose trust of $250,000, left upon her death in 1931, financed construc- tion of the new and present home. The portrait of Mrs. Wilkinson will be unveiled by her grandson, Edgar B. Laferty of Los Angeles, who will at- tend the golden anniversary celebra- tion at invitation of the home’s board | of trustees. | Mrs. Roosevelt is scheduled to make | a brief address, and Bishop James E. Freeman will deliver the invocation. | Early Need Realized. The home, a prominent Washington | institution for two generations, had | its birth in the realization of Mrs. Wilkinson that there was an urgent need for a home where girls and young women of good moral character and restricted income could live un- der protection and care. Shortly after her own daughter's death Mrs. Wil- | kinson set aside two rooms in her own | home, at 232 C street, and took in| two girls. This became the first Young Women's Christian Home. On February 23, 1887, the home was | incorporated with the following trus- tees: Mrs. Wilkinson, Benjamin H. Warder, Octavius Knight, Thomas P. | Morgan, Eliza N. Blair, Emma E. Dor- | sey, Nathaniel Wilson, Francis H.| Smith, E. J. Falk, R. D. Mussey, E.| D. Powell, Carolina M. Lawrence, | Francis E. Childs, H. A. Hall, Al-| phonzo Youngs and Addison Smith., | Without an endowment, the home struggled along for several y wi | . Wilkinson and her nssucml(’si 1y begg supplies from mcl | markets and benevolent merchants. House Rented in 1890. | In 1890 the original two rooms were | outgrown, and a house was rented at | 404 Sixth street to make a home for | between and 30 girls | Miss Kibbey's gift of the C street mansion was ‘made two years later. | The mansion's 18 stately rooms were converted into 42 rooms, with money | ed from life and honor mem- s set aside as a fund to re- t Sophia Rhodes, meanwhile, | had made the home her residuary | legatee should she survive her son. Both she and her son lost their lives | when the steamer Elbe sank in 1895, | om Europe. After years | he home won the case, stees received $13,904.49. | housand dollars of this legacy | y the mortgage, thus | entirely free from | | In 1904 funds from the Rhodes leg- | acy also were used for addition of a n, dining room, dormitory and 1 bed rooms, increasing the home’s accommodations to 50 girls. | For a number of its early years the on received $1,000 a year from Congress. This appropriation was dis- continued in 1906 because trustees felt the work was well established and | could continue Sistance In 1911 a house at 315 C street was purchase! and connected with the | Kibbey mansion by a large dining room constructed from two stables and over- looking the garden between the two houses. The home sheltered 75 girls with this addition and carried on its work there for 20 years. | During t! early part of its without Federal as- ence many girls living there received only $3 a week for wages and paid $2 for room and board. Later they paid a little more, but when they began earning $5 a week they were given a choice of boarding houses where girls were taken for that rate. This made room for other girls with less income. The maximum rate at the home to- day is $1 a day for room and two meals and $5 a week for those who cannot pay more. Girls living at the home also have the assurance of continued aid while seeking another job, if they become unemployed. In 1931 trustees had to seek a new location for the home when District authorities informed them the prop- erty was to become part of the future Municipal Center. Land was bought in the Spring of that year at 235 Sec- ond street northeast and the corner stone was laid by Miss K. E. M. Dum- bell, president. Many new gifts and endowments of rooms came to the home from its friends. While the new home was being planned Mrs. Flora Markward Thomp- son, a life member, died. Her will made George W. White and the di- rectors of the National Metropolitan Bank her executors. The residue was left to found a memorial to Mrs. Thompson's husband and mother, to be known as the Thompson-Mark- ward Memorial. This memorial was offered to the home. It was accepted gratefully. Home Improved by Trust. The Thompson trust amounted to $250,000 and was used for establish- ment of a convalescent home where young women recovering from an illness or operation could be cared for at a very moderate price, acquisition of additional land and construction of the new hom. building. The me- | morijal was completed with an en- trance connecting the two buildings. Accommodations were then provided for 100 girls. Miss Jennie M. Roberts was super- intendent of the home and “mother” of its girls for 27 years until {ll health forced her to retire just before the new home was completed. Mrs. Bes- sie McDade, her successor, is now superintendent. There have been eight presidents of the home, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Gurley, Miss Shellabarger, Miss Char- lotte Campbell, Mrs. George W. White, Miss Murray Ledyard, Miss Elizabeth Sawtelle and Miss Dumbell. George W. White is treasurer, NON-STOP SCHEDULE TO MIAMI STARTED Eastern Airlines Will Carry Pas- sengers From Here in 6 Hours 25 Minutes. The longest non-stop schedule yet flown by a domestic airline has been established by Eastern Air Lines be- | tween Washington and Miami, a dis- | tance of 989 miles, it was announced yesterday. The flight has been operated for several months as a one-stop sched- ule, with a refueling stop at Charles- ton, S. C. The use of the new long- range Douglas DC-3, 21-passenger | transport, made possible the elimina- | tion of the fueling stop. - Under the new schedule, the plane ! leaves Newark Airport at 1:40 p.m.| daily, stops here at 3 p.m. and arrives | in Miami at 9:25 pm. Northbound, the plane leaves Miami at 2 p.m., ar- | rives here at 8:10 p.m. and at Newark at 9:45 pm. Three round-trip schedules now are operated daily over the route. PERFECT RECORD | Eighteen years of perfect attend- ance at Kiwanis meetings by Dr. | George A. Baker, optician, was announced yesterday at the Kiwanis Club’s weekly meeting. Dr. Baker has been present at the meetings for 936 consecutive Thurs- days. International Kiwanis certify he holds the record. Sencr Juan Tercero, chief of the Travel Division, Pan-American Union, was chief speaker yesterday. | He told Kiwanis more travel by | Americans to South America would | promote better relations between the | two continents. | Boys’ and Girls’ “Packard” BICY CLES § reduced for Saturday only A grand low price! High-pr and ballon tire wheels. essure Some THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DG, FRIDAY, APRIL PENN ATHLETIC CLUB HONORS J. E. HOOVER Medal of Achievement Awarded Head of G-Men as “Outstand- ing American.” J. 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