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rH CM c^-3- U~WO 0-00 OS -4- Although children of all ages were involved in the program, most were 8-12 age group. Very few babies were involved. At preselected stops along the way of the trains, children^ would be inspected and perhaps chosen to live with new families. Every effort was made to insure the child's well-being. Later, other institutions followed the same general plan but altered the selection process to one of prearranging families in which children were placed. A Number, sewn or pinned onto the child's clothing would match a number card held by the new parents. Many brothers and sisters were separated in the process. ^ And now we come to the important and exciting part of the program: the orphans and their descendants. First I will read you a brief resume of her life and Annie Richter Adams Graham will tell you some of her experiences in BSL. Then, the# widow of John Damborino -Then the son of Margaret Oakley Fayard Cuevas - (Optional) There are no more "train orphans". The new orphans are "border orphans" coming into our southern borders from Mexico and South America.^ AND, "airplane orphans" coming from Afganistan to West Germany. West Germany accepts children without passports, so the Afganistans get their children on the &planes with the advice," Go to West Germany, get a job when you grown up, and send money to get us out of this Hell hole*.' w OTHSA, Spring 1989, Vol 6 = USA Today (newspaper), June 26, 1989, p 11a OTHSA, May 1989, Vol 7 = 50 Years of Charity - Golden Jubilee, Sisters of Charity, N.Y., p 1 = " p 2 . = OTHSA., Summer 1989, Vol 8, p5 = 1978 Los Angeles Times (fr. files of HCHS) no date OTHSA, Spring 1989, Vol 6 NEWSWEEK - sorry about date 10 = NEWSWEEK, Aug 28, 1989, p ^3
Orphan Train Riders of BSL Document (050)