Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1908 — Remembered the Monnett Home. [ARTICLE]

Remembered the Monnett Home.

The Monnett Heme for Girls was not forgotten on Tnanksgiving day. The churches remembeied them in their distribution and tie young ladies Sew Club also contributed libe.a'.ly toward helping the little ones and the matron to a day of rejoicing. There were several donations al« from individuals. There are now eleven little girls at the home and for some time after the departure of Mrs. Wilson who was called away to take care of an invalid si ter, tie work was all on the hands of M ss Messner. It was no small matter to care for & big house like the one they occupy, build fires prepare me Is, dress girls for school and pe.foim all the household duties single banded but Miss Messner got along with it very nicely, but it requires the most careful management and rigid economy to make ends meet, and any assistance given them is the very best kind of charity. Among the things contributed in the way of clothing were many that could not be used at all and others that could not be remade into suitable dresses, but it was not a waste, for when the Methodist ladies held their annual rummage sale the articles were placed on sale and about >25 realized for the home. The Christmas season is drawing near and many happy homes can spai e a little for the children at this home and contribute to a worthy cause right here at home.