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East Cleveland Leader
East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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Dedication ceremonies for the new $175,000 East Cleveland YMCA branch at 1831 Lee Blvd begin January 29, 1956, with events through February 5 honoring community groups. The modern facility culminates 25 years of planning and is part of a county-wide building campaign.
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Dedication Week is made up of specific "days" and "nights" honoring various segments of the civic, service, business, church, and educational groups of the community.
Keynoting Sunday's official ceremonies is Fred Ramsey, long-time "Y" layman and Cleveland business leader. Tours, teas, receptions and dinners will continue throughout the nine-day celebration.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS DEDICATION WEEK
SUNDAY, January 29, 1956
Ceremony of Dedication 3:00 P.M., Stanley Webster, Chairman
MONDAY, January 30, 1956
Teachers' Tea 3:30 P.M., Dr. Otto J. Korb, Chairman 7:00 P.M., Rededication Program for Hi-Y, Jr. Hi-Y, Gra-Y, Gordon C. Esch, Chairman
TUESDAY, January 31, 1956
Mothers' Tea 2:00 P.M., Mrs. Glenn Kitson, Chairman Alumni Dinner 6:30 P.M., Bill Cleland, Chairman
WEDNESDAY, February 1, 1956
Church Recognition Day 8:00 P.M., Tea and Reception, Rev. J. Franklin McHendry, Chairman
THURSDAY, February 2, 1956
Business, Civic Dinner 6:30 P.M., Paul Broer, Chairman
FRIDAY, February 3, 1956
Artisans and Craftsmen's Night 8:00 P.M., H. B. Bentsen, Chairman
SATURDAY, February 4, 1956
Youth Day Program 9:00 A. M., Gordon C. Esch, Chairman
SUNDAY, February 5, 1956
Sustaining Membership Dinner 12:30 P.M., Norman Townsend, Chairman
The modernistic new facilities include an all-purpose room, modern banquet kitchen, lounge, office space, four club rooms, craft room, two large basement rooms and wash rooms. Furnishings are modern and functional, designed for use by all ages. A large parking area will provide ample parking for the expanded facilities and growing membership of the East Cleveland Branch. The present branch house, adjoining the new structure, will be razed to make even more room for parking and future expansion. The structure is engineered to allow for the addition of gymnasium or pool facilities.
For the people of East Cleveland, the new structure culminates a 25-year period of waiting for the Y to find a "home of its own"-in terms of adequacy of design and facilities.
The building is the second of ten new YMCA structures to be built throughout the county as a result of the Y's 1954 Building Fund Campaign.
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East Cleveland, 1831 Lee Blvd.
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January 29, 1956 To February 5, 1956
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Dedication week for new YMCA building features ceremonies, teas, dinners, and programs honoring community segments, culminating 25 years of planning as part of county-wide expansion.