Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

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SAN DIEGO BOYS' FOUNDATION SPECIAL GIFTS DIVISION NON~SECTARIAN CITIZENS COMMITTEE 1528 FOURTH AVENUE :: SAN DIEGO 1, CALIFORNIA

March 28, 1945

Mr. Chester N . Munson 525 Spruce St.

San Diego, C a.lif. Dear Mr. Muns on: You are undoubtedly familiar with Boys' Town in Nebraska which was founded by Father Flanagan. It has demonstrated a practical method in saving boys from lives of unhappiness and crime. San Diego is faced with a critical problem -- juvenile delinquency -- and it is a fact known from the experience of Boys' Town of Nebraska that the estab- lishment of a similar foundation in San Diego will contribute a great deal in the elimination of juvenile delinquency. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Buddy has undertaken the task of sponsoring a Boys' Foundation in San Diego. Young men of high school age will be admitted, irrespective of Race, Color or Creed. However this will not be a home for incorrigibles or mentally unfit, but an institution for the instruction of boys that will train them in the kind of work necessary for their future stability. This letter is to interest you financially in . aiding San Diego in building an institution which will mold useful citizens. Here is a purposeful way in which your deeds will live long after we are all gone. If you approve of the establishment of a San Diego Boys' Foundation, we ask that you be as liberal in your contribution as your personal finances permit. All cont ributions should be made payable to Boys' Foundation Committee and ma iled in the enclosed prepaid envelope. Phone M-9673 for any additional in- formation. The enclosed plat of the proposed Foundation will convey to lrou the ultimate hopes of the sponsors. Sincerely yours, SPECIAL GIFT DIVISION, NON-SECTARIAN CITIZIDNS COMMITTIDE l~f" -) ) ,,.J ,,;,/' f (' 1 l 1 ; /7

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