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COTION CHATS


TRADE · MAJ? K R. EG. U. S. PA. T. OFF.


DRAPER


@ RPORATION


HOPEDALE MASS.


No. 245. SEPTEMBER, 1923


HOPEDALE COMMUNITY HOUSE


GIFf OF GEORGE A. DRAPER


In this number of Cotton Chats we present a


collection of pictures of the new Hopedale Community


House and its appointments.


Designed to be the social and civic center of Hopedale


residents and all Draper Corporation employes from towns


around, this beautifully appointed Community house was


planned and built to meet what the late George A. Draper


felt was the most pressing unsatisfied requirement of the


town where he was born, of which he had been a lifelong


resident and for which he had an abiding love.


Made possible by his munificent gifts while still alive


for the building and its endowment. it was approaching


completion when his untimely and sudden death last


February prevented his 5eeing the finished structure and


being present at its opening in June.


It was in 1919 that Mr. Draper, who had often talked


of the need in Hopedale of a proper community center,


decided to meet that need at his own expense. He called

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