The Lancaster YWCA took an active part with local Armed Forces personnel and their families. Here two servicemen get some refreshments from volunteers at the YWCA Canteen.
Mayor Thomas J. Monaghan, second from left, accepting a check for $2905.50 on behalf of the Community Chest of Lancaster County from Captain Hamilton Howe, U. S. Navy, Commander of the U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, MD. Captain Richard B. Derickson, Commanding Officer, Service School Command and Chairman of the Red Feather Drive at Bainbridge, and Mr. John Reardon, U. S. O. Area Director watch the presentation. The check represents part of the money collected in the Combined Charities Drive at the Center. Captain Howe, in presenting the check, said that it was only a small repayment from the Bainbridge men and women for the fine hospitality and friendship of the people of Lancaster.
Eight men posed in front of brick building. Abram Brubaker, second from left, top row, lived in Salisbury Township and served in Civil War in Co. F, 124th Regiment.
