Speaker. residents on the Northwest Side of Chicago mourn the death of Mrs. Anna Strojny. civic leader and humanitarian. who passed away on June 22. Her civic and humanitarian career started on a fulltime basis when she was recording secretary of the Polish National Alliance Welfare Department in 1930. She worked intensively organizing and conducting citizenship classes and thereby helped many immigrants to pass their citizenship tests. She organized the Gold Star Mothers after World War I. She helped to organize various veteran posts and ladies auxiliary groups that visited the VA hospitals bringing gfts. writing letters. and producing entertainment and educational programs.
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