Brief history of Hering House, incomplete, 1944

Description:	Typewritten account of the founding and activities of Hering House Community Center, 1924-1944, incomplete. Brief History of Hering HouseIt was 1924Men and Women and boys and girls who were colored needed a place to meet for recreation, informal education, organizational development and a place in which their social welfare problems could be treated. In the manner of the times. Hering House was born to partially satisfy these demands. Mrs. Clairbel O. Hering donated the building and her husband, the late Frank E. Hering rallied financial support from interested influential white citizens. The program of activities and the policies of the institution were organized and carried out by the colored people of South Bend with R. a. b. Crump as the director. It was 1934Men and women and boys and girls suffered during years of depression mentally and morally as well as physically. Transient men, sometimes as many as a hundred a night found shelter food and hope at Hering House. With government encouragement, a recreation and education program occupied the minds of depressed people, keeping alive hope for a better day. B.G. Smith was the moving spirit.It was 1944Men and women and boys and girls are upset by a world at war. They grow up and older much faster. They need places to work, places to live, and places to play. They need more space. Milan Annex was begun. Teen’s Inn was the biggest thing at Hering House. There have been other years since then. They have been filled with a play school; increased group work, summer programs of hiking, camping and playground activities. Actual management of the Community Chest funds has …….
Origin:	1944
Source:	http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll4/id/1835
Collection:	Civil Rights and African American History
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Subjects:	African Americans--Indiana--South Bend Clubs--Indiana--South Bend

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