This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sparks , ward, pennington, hicks, brown, carter, jenkins, george,and howard , whitaker , hale, allen , shepard, adn martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGCBAEB/550.1 Message Board Post: my father was also in the wheelersburg childrens home.they have a reunion every year of people in or adopted from . i am trying to find out when the next one is . i think they said in aug. 2002 barbara sparks howard