Printed copies of the annual report of the Wright Refuge will be ready for distribution among interested people during the coming week, it was learned yesterday. It will deal with the institution in its every department and phase of work.
The Refuge represents a total investment of $136,449.72 of which amount $1,400 was given during the past year by the county and $10,691 by the citizens of the community through a drive. R.H. Wright gave the property, made repairs and endowed the institution to the extend of $121,358 during the year.
During the year 51 children were admitted into the home, coming from homes of varying influences and conditions. Forty-two of the inmates were placed in permanent homes during the year, leaving 20 children in the institution at the present time. A number of children were admitted prior to the beginning of the last fiscal year.
From page 2 of The Durham Sunday Herald, Nov. 23, 1924
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