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contribute the stock, which is sold at
nominal prices.
An auxiliary service of the institution is
the provision of rooms in its two buildings
for sessions of weekday schools of religious
instruction carried out by the Metropolitan
Church Federation. The children came
from the Madison, Pestalozzi and Clinton
Peabody Schools.
As landlady, we give you the Women’s
Society of Christian Service, aided by the
Community Chest. Many apartment dwellers
would be pleased to have the redecoration,
with new wallpaper and white paint, that
has been done on the living and dining suite
of the staff, while the kitchen has had a
complete renovation. …
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Recognizing in the early 1940s
that demographic trends were heading
towards an increasingly larger elderly
population, the settlement began
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C
hapter
T
wo
:
‘F
orgetting
O
ne
’
s
S
elf
in
S
ervice
to
H
umanity
’ (1928 – 1955)
P
hotos
:
D:
Day Nursey children
“whitewashing” the
playground fence
E:
“A group of foreign
members who attended
activities – Serbian, Mexican
and Russian.Twenty-two
different nationalities attend
Kingdom House activities”
F:
“Members Receive
Musical Training” (from 50th
Anniversary display)
E
D
F
R
ecognizing
in
the
early
1940
s
that
demographic
trends
were heading
towards
an
increasingly
larger
elderly
population
,
the
settlement
began
outreach
to
the
neighborhood
’
s older
residents
.