Winchester and Frederick County Community Chest Drives Aid Eight Agencies
More than 10,000 services were rendered by local charities under the Winchester and Frederick County Community Chest. The eight agencies supported include Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Children’s Home Society Winchester Day Nursery Negro Day Nursery Sacred Heart Boys Club Salvation Army and a Frederick County boys organization. The 1949 operating expenses totaled 4 105 83 with allocations aimed at improving youth services and community welfare.
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Negro Day Nursery
Winchester
Sacred Heart Boys’ Club
Toisonone
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Sacred Heart Boys Club Serves Youth of All Denominations
The Sacred Heart Boys Club engages boys aged 10 to 18 from diverse denominations with activities in weight lifting, boxing, wrestling, swimming, painting, and games. They run exhibits at Community Building and Round Hill, took about fifteen youths to Washington for tumbling demonstrations, and rely on a small weekly meal fund and memberships to support programs through donations and subscriptions.
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Sacred Heart Boys’ Club
Tanbury
Round Hill
Tephens City
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Women Volunteers Plan City Wide Community Chest Drive
Mrs. Stewart Bell heads seven zones of volunteers to solicit funds for the Community Chest agencies. Each zone has five teams of eight to ten workers led by a captain. The drive begins October 16 and targets every resident not connected with a business.
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Community Chest
Stewart Bell
County Citizens In 22 Communities Work In Campaign
Frederick County residents near Winchester join the 1950 Community Chest drive led by C. S. Hartman. Volunteers will be assigned to 22 communities as final instructions are issued and materials distributed. The county’s agencies like the Salvation Army Boy Scouts Albin Boys Club and Virginia are noted for strong service records.
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Winchester and
Frederick, County
Winchester
Frederick County
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
C. S. Hartman
Hartman
Community Chest
Salvation Army
Albin Boys Club
The
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Covington
Cner
George Washington Hotel
Children’s Home Society Aids Winchester and Frederick County
Virginia agency of the Community Chest cares for orphans and homeless children across the state. In the past year it aided four local children and placed one in a Winchester adoption. In the first five months this year care doubled from last year and 23 children were placed for adoption.
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Children’s Home Society of
Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Day Nursery
the Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Our
Community Chest
Colored Day Nursery Serves Pre School Children in Community
Annual report from Supervisor Mrs. Gladys Crawford notes rapid growth of the Colored Day Nursery, supported by the Community Chest. In four years 167 children completed the four year course, leading to expansion with three new rooms and a Mothers' Club fundraiser. Diplomas were awarded to eight graduates who entered Douglas School. the facility remains open to visitors to encourage support for ongoing operating expenses and upkeep.
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Colored Day Nursery
Negro Day Nursery
Community Chest
Gladys Crawford
Douglas School
Winchester and Frederick Chest begins 1950 drive
The Winchester and Frederick County Community Chest launches a $35 000 fundraising campaign starting today October 2 with a goal to reach by October 23. Henry H Covington Jr chairs the drive aided by 400 volunteers under the unit account system to fund eight welfare and character building agencies.
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Winchester and
Frederick County
Covington
Salvation Army impact shown by Winchester Community Chest drive
The Salvation Army, a key Winchester and Frederick County Community Chest participant, reports thousands helped last year. It ran 139 street services and 104 religious services with thousands in attendance, plus home nursing and sewing classes, youth programs, and aid to 1,506 applicants with meals, clothing, and lodging provided.
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Salvation Army
Winchester
Winchester and
Frederick
Winchester Community Chest
Army Chapel
Loudoun Street
Ladies’ Home League
Albin Boys Club Receives Chest Aid in Frederick County
The Community Chest assigns 200 dollars to the Albin Boys Club, a new group in Frederick County. The club is inactive for lack of a meeting place and athletic field but previously averaged 43 boys ages 12 and up with baseball boxing and other indoor games year round.
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Frederick County Boys
Community Chest
Albin Boys Club
Frederick County
Local Attorney Urges Consolidated Drive Support
Winchester lawyer F. Largent urged strong participation in the Community Chest campaign to sustain its agencies serving Winchester and Frederick County. He warned eight separate campaigns would return next year without adequate current support, emphasizing that agencies deserve funding.
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Winchester
F. L. Largent
Girl Scout Program Reaches All Races and Incomes in Winchester
The Winchester Girl Scout Council reports 334 girls in 20 troops this year, with declining membership since 1950 but record camp attendance. Camp Shawnee hosted 47 Brownies and 17 non scouts, while Camp White Rock drew 57 local girls. The organization partners with local agencies and relies on Community Chest funds. executive director and staff salaries are the only paid roles.
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Winchester
Winchester Girl Scout Council
Shawnee
Camp White Rock
Winchester Girl Scouts
March of Dimes
District Nurses Association
Welfare Department
Tuberculosis Association
Winchester Day Nursery
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fellowship Club
Community Chest
Girl Scouts
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