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Yarbrough, E.S.

Years of planning and dreaming by the Durham Lions Club for creation of a permanent structure in which to carry on its program of training the blind and partially blind people of the community have come to a successful conclusion with the completion of a $6,500 semi-fireproof structure on East Main Street in Durham.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 46, Apr 1948, p7, f Periodical Website

Blind; Community service; Lions Club (Durham)

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Yarbrough, E.S.

John Wesley Jenkins was a Methodist Minister traveling the circuit during the late 1800s. As a devout Methodist, Jenkins envisioned an orphanage dedicated solely to aiding and housing children and widows of the Methodist faith. To realize his vision, Jenkins wrote letters to The Christian Advocate and The North Carolina Christian Advocate and finally, after appearing before a Methodist conference, convinced enough fellow church members to fund the project. The facility, called The Methodist Home was approved to by state legislature March 6, 1899 to be built in Raleigh. It opened November 29, 1900 and the first child admitted, Cassie Bright, on January 7, 1901.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 43, Mar 1947, p11 Periodical Website

Methodism--History; Jenkins, John Wesley, 1832-1906; The Methodist Home (Raleigh); Orphanages--Raleigh