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Fire opening gun in Community Fund Drive

Newspaper article

November 11, 1940

"Fire opening gun in Community Fund Drive. Seek $75,000 to maintain local welfare organizations"

"Here are some of the 225 workers in Massillon's 1940 community fund campaign as they gathered in front of the drive scoreboard in City Hall park."


Evening Independent

November 11, 1940

12.006 United Way Scrapbooks

Collection Massillon Museum


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Fire opening gun in Community Fund Drive

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