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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Floyd County: Joseph Schmidt to Provide Care for Roy Parsons, an Orphan
    2. Randi Richardson
    3. New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. SAVES HIS MONEY AND BANKS IT A Good Example for Others In May, Mr. Bernhard Schmidt, a well known farmer and berrygrower of Navilleton, came to the city and engaged a number of youths and boys for the season's berry picking. Among these was a boy from the Cornelia Orphan's Home named Roy Parsons, a little over thirteen years old, who was recommended to Mr. Schmidt by Probation Officer Joseph Kraft. The berry picking at Navilleton is ended, but during that time the boy had won the hearts of his employers and Mr. Schmidt came in this morning with the boy and reported to Mr. Kraft. The report showed that the boy had earned $28 since he was in the country and of this he has saved $25, the money used having gone for the purchase of some necessary clothing. The remaining $25 he deposited in the bank this morning and then went back to Navilleton with Mr. Joseph Schmidt, brother of his former employer, who will see after his welfare. This orphan boy is showing what a boy can do if he devotes his time to something more useful than hanging around corners and picture shows and smoking cigarettes. The Ledger will bet a fiver against a hornspoon there are not many boys in town who have saved $25 earned by themselves since May.

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