THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LEI TER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
The wiiKKKKS, on salary are
Cieo. A l.eurn. Superintendent,
Vliss leiinie lohnsen. Matron
Miss I.eua Gorrell, Matrou
Thk Purposk of the Orphanage is
to provide a Christian home and
traitiing for destitute children.
Thu Rkcokd* show that 75 males
snd 78 females (total 15^) have been
received, 54 males and 59 females
discharged 1 by completion of time
and by death ), 19 males and 19 fe
males now enrolled
Fifty-six Converts have been
Immerxeil and received in the church.
The Support is provided by The
Wornan’R American baptist Home
Mission Society which expends here
>8500.(XI a rear. It is hoped that the
Contributions marked "Alaska"
wilt eventually suffice Therefore.
Ever v Sunday-school and every
Young People's Society in the
iBnd is urged to make an annual con
tribution Help from all sources
Is gratefully accepted This is the
Oni.v Baptist mission home for
Alaskan children And the
Only Ra ptist Orphanac.e on the
Pacific Coast.
Send all Contributions from New
England to Miss Gertrude L.
Davis, Ford Building, Boston, Mass.
Contributions from othe
parts of the country are to be sent to
Mrs. Emma C. Marshall 2969 Vernon
Are. Chicago, 111.
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In the Sunday afternoon meetings
during May and .Tune Mrs. Tiearn
drilled the children in the program
issued by the American Baptist Pub
lication Society for Children’s Day.
Miss Burt of Kodiak was usked to
get together a company of Kodiak
people to come over and hear thechild
rcn. It was decided to have the en
tertainment on a week day evening.
As we can never count a day ahead
what the weather will he, or if the
sea will be rough or smooth, the ar
rangeinent was made that we would
sent the launch for the people the
first pleaant evening after a certain
date.
The pleasant evening' came and 90
did our guests, two boat loads, hs
Mr. Abbert of Raspberry Island was
at Kodiak with hislaunchand brought
a number of ladies with him.
The children all did finely with
their songs and recitations. One of
the most pleasing features of th* e
venitig was the instrumental selec
tion* the buys rendered on the man
dolins and guitars. The players were
1’hilipand Peter, mandolins; Willie,
Patia and Lyeondra, guitars
Visitors from Kodiak were Misses
Kraft, Blodgett and Hurt. Mesdames
Krskine. Silverman, Stone, Blinn
and Snodgrass and Mr. and Mrs. A.
0. Krskine. From Afognak; Misses
Leahy, Phylis and Bessie Sjoberg.
From Lee knock; Mrs. Hoffses, wife
of the foreman of the Government
Fish Hatchery. From Raspberry
Island; H. E. Abbert.
After the entertainment the visitors
together with a number of Wood Is
land friends came up to the Mission
for a social half hour. We wish we
might see our friends from across the
water more frequently at church.