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+ | The Farnhurst ([[Delaware (USA)|Delaware]]) [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] (CPS) Unit No. 58 was officially opened in November 1942, although 25 CPS men had arrived there a month earlier. The unit employed by the Delaware State Hospital performed a variety of skilled and unskilled tasks in this mental institution, including work in occupational therapy and physiotherapy. The unit was closed in October 1946. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
Gingerich, Melvin. <em>Service for Peace: a History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service</em>. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 219. | Gingerich, Melvin. <em>Service for Peace: a History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service</em>. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 219. | ||
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The Farnhurst (Delaware) Civilian Public Service (CPS) Unit No. 58 was officially opened in November 1942, although 25 CPS men had arrived there a month earlier. The unit employed by the Delaware State Hospital performed a variety of skilled and unskilled tasks in this mental institution, including work in occupational therapy and physiotherapy. The unit was closed in October 1946.
Bibliography
Gingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace: a History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 219.
Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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Date Published | 1956 |
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Civilian Public Service Unit (Farnhurst, Delaware, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 16 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Unit_(Farnhurst,_Delaware,_USA)&oldid=130670.
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Gingerich, Melvin. (1956). Civilian Public Service Unit (Farnhurst, Delaware, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Unit_(Farnhurst,_Delaware,_USA)&oldid=130670.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 313. All rights reserved.
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