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Refused to commit children leads to Harbor Area school founded
In San Pedro two mothers refused institutionalization for their mentally retarded sons Michael Rafferty and Eugene Lauro. They helped form the Harbor Area Retarded Children's Foundation in 1952, a private nonprofit day center with two schools for with varying developmental levels guided by director Evelyn Bailey and principal Guadelupe Tortona.
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Michael Rafferty
Eugene Lauro
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Children’s Hospital
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Senior Citizens’ Center
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