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My DayMrs. Roosevelt Lauds Barelas Center HereBy ELEANOR ROOSEVELT■ NEW YORK. Feb. 1—An interesting sidelight on my trip to Albuquerque was a visit at the Barelas Community Center. This is operated under the auspices of the City Parks and Recreation Department, It was developed to meet the problem of young people of different nationalities in crowded areas of the city.This particular community | house is in an area where the part of Its finance comes from /our predominant groups in the a grant to the University of New state of New Mexico meet and i Mexico as a training programii serves a population of c^out Mail, The greatest number in that area are Spanish-speaking Americans, then the English---4*1.**• *.I hr. Negro.There is a playground adjacent to She budding and within the building all kind* of activities are planned Jar both boy* and girls. There mao U a clinic for mother* and babies.program 1* uaad, ainca See MM. llOOIIVBLT, Pin 1for ttudents in social service.Wonderful ExhibitionSome of the children take dancing there and they gave me* svOnucTl'vii Julie cAiiibiutMi.This show began with a little five-year-old, Cathy Landsvaio, pitying her caiteoett 11 well ao any grown tip, and Included a number of older girl*.The influence of then* center*
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Wed, Feb 01, 1956
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