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2500 people and include meeting rooms for service men and womens Boy and Girl
Scouts and similar organizations,

at Oakland, California, a $600,000 bond issue was passed on May 8 to
cover the construction of five enclosed swimming poolg to be dedicated as
living memorials.

at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, there will be either a memorial athletic
field or a recreation building. The Gold Star and Purple Heart Mothers and
Wives of Sharpsburg will meet early in June to decide which one of these
projects will constitute the Shatneturs Memorial.

Down in Kerrville, Texas, an active oampaign hes been under way for many
months, backed by the Chamber of Commerce, to construct a memorial building
that will include as wuleiriicn, indoor playground or gymnasium, lounge and
‘ia rooms and other facilities. Land has already been acquired and the
building is being planned to fit into community growth for many decades. in
Kerrville, no tax funds are being devoted to the memorial since the local
committee feels that by using taxes, service men and women who own property
would be paying in part for their own memorial.

A similar community center is well on its way in Lenior, North Carolina.
At Freeport, Illinois, the American Legion has raised a large part of the

necessary funds for a memorial home to be erected after the ware