Jerry Adams writes:
There is a medal from Texas that does not have the words "orphan" or orphanage on it. It is from Weatherford, Texas and the home opened
in 1909 and was backed by the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization.
Jerry provided these images of his piece from the Token Catalog. -Editor
To read the complete article, see:
Weatherford, Texas (Parker County), U.S.A.
(http://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=100065)
For more information on the Texas Pythian Home, see:
https://pythianhome.org/History.html
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE ON ORPHANAGE TOKENS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n08a21.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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