Reed's Ice Cream Hire Saleslady
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Darst, Stephen
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1970-12-18
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Box 05 , Box 05 Folder 04
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"DePorres Club Boycott Year Old This Week. Father Andrews was undaunted A new effort was launched,"" the parish history relates, ""after the beginning of the war and with the rationing of meat — St. Elizabeth chicken co-operative. During the four years of existence a thousand chickens were hatched each week in a large incubator in the basement of the parish house. After being raised to a fattening point the chickens were sold to member of the co-operative at slightly more than cost. While buyers in regular stores were paying 56 cents a pound for chicken, St. Elizabeth's co-operative members were getting their for 18 cents a pound. This co-operative was closed down with the end of the war in 1945 In all there were 16 parish organizations in the heyday of the parish These included the sodality, the Captain's Society, the Third Order of St. Francis, the Catholic Knight of American and its Ladies Auxiliary the Knights of St. Peter Claver and the Ladies' Auxiliary. the Bona Mors Society, the Little Women, the adult and junior choirs, the Philo mena Club, the Cheer-Uo Club the Altar Boy Society and the Break fast Club. According to Father Andrews the basic thing about St. Elizabeth's was the solid Catholicism based on the spiritual exercises and the solid We had the cream of the black education offered. intellectuals,” he said recently There were 53 high school teachers who were members of St. Elizabeth's. Father Markoe fit in with As well. He was a very handsome"
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