Christmas tree in Covington
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BOYS' HOME continued to develop under the leadership of Superintendent C.C. Thurber. By 1916, the home consisted of 40 youngsters ranging in age from toddlers to young adults. Their quarters were a log cabin, a nearby farmhouse and a new bungalow. BOYS' HOME was approaching transition from the "Old…
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A study of the history of human services shows that most of the significant developments in child welfare came out of the church and other private non-profit endeavors. Therefore, when The Rev. George Floyd Rogers founded Grace Mission, he termed it a "call from the mountains." From this call to me…