Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1911 — State Board of Charities Breaks With Children’s Society. [ARTICLE]

State Board of Charities Breaks With Children’s Society.

The board of county commissioners has been notified by the State Board of Charities of lt§ action in severing relations with the Children’s Home Society of Indiana, stating that under authority of law it has revoked the license with the society to maintain a boarding home for children. Tbe fetter to the commissioners states that the action is based upon the fact that the institution was not complying with the intent of the law, that the children are not properly cared for and that the management is not -working for charitable purposes. The society has recently moved its headquarters to the Baldwin Block, Indianapolis, and its receiving h<sme is at Hadley, Ind. The superintendent is J. L. Peetz, formerly editor of the Monon News, who has had a rark er continuous round of trouble since being placed at the head of this society. The action of the State Board of Charities makes it illegal T the society to receive or care for orp :.n dependent or neglected children or to place children in family homes.