DeBerry, Janice

DeBerry, Jimmy

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Harding UniversityScholar Works at HardingJohn Allen Chalk: Personal Correspondence John Allen Chalk11-11-1970From/To: Janice & Jimmy DeBerry (Chalk's replyfiled first)Janice DeBerryJimmy DeBerryFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-chalk-personalThis Letter is brought to you for free and open access by the John AllenChalk at Scholar Works at Harding. It has been accepted for inclusion inJohn Allen Chalk: Personal Correspondence by an authorizedadministrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, pleasecontact scholarworks@harding.edu.Recommended CitationDeBerry, J., & DeBerry, J. (1970). From/To: Janice & Jimmy DeBerry (Chalk's reply filed first). Retrieved fromhttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-chalk-personal/2534Noverrber' 11, 1970 Dear Janice and J.llilmy: · I can certainly appreciate the distressing situation with which you are faoed in the case of the abused child. A.s you nay kn£M, child abuse is beoomin g quite a problem these days in our oount:ry. I have just had personal experience with such a situation in recent ~eks. Your best approach is probably to contact the Child Welfare Division of the State Depart:rrent of Public Welfare in your city _. You rould report the address and the narre of the family to a Child ~fare Worker who would in tum take it from there and probably visit the child's teacher and make other inquiries in the neighborhood. The other possibility ¼Uuld be to report this to the police, wh:> in many oornnun:i. ties also ·have a way: of investigating situations like tl1is. My first preference, however, is to go to the Child Welfare people wlhth whom the responsibility for handling such things is charged. You should be vecy careful about your narre be ing used in this matter. Without the official status of a Child Welfare W:>rker or sorre officer of the court, the family oould beaane extrercely hostile to you . This, of rourse, is not to pre-clude you from taking sorre action, but it is to ask you to be extrenely careful in the wey you share this infm:mation with the authorities involved . One other thought ¼UU.ld be that if this family is a militaJ:y family, the natter should be reported to the ~e COrmander' s office. There must be sone person in charge of the general oonduct of all aney personnel and dependents that J.i.rarr¥ -would krow to rontact . If, however, this is a civilian family the matter should pro-bably <;p directly to the Child Welfare division of the State Depart:rrent of Public Welfare. They handle this kind of thing often and will krxM how to proceed. We think of you often and appreciate so nuch our friendship. We hope that we will have an opportunity to visit with all of you again before any reeve of yours out of Texas. Watch for a tine when you can cone and spend a week-end with us. We would love to have you. In Christian love, John Allen Chalk JAC:lc S'<>'X3J. •oav,vs 

From/To: Janice & Jimmy DeBerry (Chalk\u27s reply filed first)

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