Donate Old Clothing so Poor Children in Brevard Can Attend School, Dec. 13, 1919

From the Brevard News, Dec. 13, 1919. For the first time, all children were required by law to attend elementary school. To make sure this new state law was followed, counties appointed a county welfare officer whose job was to make sure children attended school and to provide additional attention to delinquent or destructive children who had come in contact with the police or criminal justice system.

A Worthy Cause

A chance to bring a real blessing to some deserving children in our own beautiful county and to make them a mighty force for the welfare of the communities where they live. Come one, come all to the U.D.C. Building Thursday evening and let us reason together; and then launch some form of associated charities that will commend itself to all the humane people of our county who are able and who would like to do something where they can see the results of their contributions. Two hundred dollars is badly needed by the County Welfare Officer to make it possible for children in a dozen families to be equipped for school. The writer knows personally of cases where the Welfare Officers has taken his own money to help needy children. This is too big a burden for one man and we citizens ought gladly to come and assist him. He can use second-hand clothes. People of Brevard: Look thru your ward-robes and fix up a bundle of any kind of wearing apparel for the County Welfare Officer, who will endeavor to distribute it where it will be appreciated. Leave the packages or package at the Brevard Drug Store, Dr. Pickelsimer, Proprietor.

J.C.S., Chairman, County Welfare Board