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Hiram House is 15 synony synonymous synonymous synonymous mous with good goodcItIzenslup goodcitizenship cItIzenslup citizenship cItIzenslupFor citizenshipFor citizenshipFor For the past 50 years , HIram HIramHouse HiramHouse HiramHouse House andIts and its founder , George GeorgeA A Bellamy , have labored to tobuIld tobuild tobuild buIld for Cleveland the finest finestkmd finestkind finestkind kmd kind of citizens possIbleNow possibleNow possible possibleNow Now the mstltut instdut mstituton on which is sup supported supported supported ported by the Community Chest is iscclebratmg iscelebrating iscelebrating I ofI cclebratmg celebrating the 50th anniversary of ofits ofits ofits its found ng This year also marks marksthe marksthe marksthe the golden goldcn anniversary anmversary of Bellamy s sconnection sconnection sconnection connection w th the inst Jnst tution tutlon He Hehas Hehas Hehas has the dist notion nctlon nction of being bemg not only onlyti1e onlythe onlythe ti1e the founder but also the first and andonly andonly andonly only d rectorBellamy rectorBellamy rector rectorBellamys Bellamy Bellamys s philosophy \ was as devel dcvel developed dcveloped dcveloped oped in the backwoods o of Michiganwhere MichIgan MichIganwhere Michiganwhere where be he v . was as borr In bringing brmging ros his rosideas hisideas hisideas ideas and ideals to one of the coun coon country coontry country try s larger cities cltles he became the thefirst thefirst thefirst first of h s family to pioneer in a alarge alarge alarge large community commumty All AIl prevIous prevIousmoves previousmoves previousmoves moves by his family had been back backto backto backto to the land landFounded Founded In 1896 1896Cleveland 1896Cleveland 1896Cleveland Cleveland s first settlement house housefounded housefounded housefounded founded as such grew out of a achance achance achance chance remark made in 1896 in m a aHIram aHiram aHiram HIram college classroom Boston s sSouth sSouth sSouth South End House was under dls dis dlscusslon discussion discussion cusslon cussion and someone said Wby Why Wbynot Whynot Whynot not a Hiram House for Cleveland7 Cleveland Cleveland7That ? ' That someone was George Bellamy Bel Bellamy Bellamy lamy A few months after ros his rosgraduatIon hisgraduation hisgraduation graduatIon be he went to Cleveland andt andx and andy y ' * wyv " "A A " ' , W v V ] ; 'IW IW ' ' " t r rl x p l W t u us uv s v 4 4ryY _ < - ryY ryYsl9 Wt < - " s 7s sl9 " tt U 7 7aa aa aab ' . , " , , - b " S SIN IN A DAY DAYS S WORK FORK ) A game gameof gameof gameof of ofcheCkers checkers provides dIVersIOn dIVersIOnfor diversionf diversionor diversionfor for f or young fry " " at Hiram House HouseCleveland HouseCleveland HouseCleveland Cleveland Clevelands Clevelandssettlement settlement ssettlement s house Theprogram Tho The Thoprogram Theprogram program isn rsn t all play hoivever however howeveropened hoiveveropened opened his first settlement house at at143 143 Orange street . . . The first few months were werehechc werehectic werehectic hechc hectic There was very littlemoney btUe little btUemoney littlemoney money the first furmture-and furmture and furniture-and furniture furmtureandfor furnitureandfor furniture - - andfor for a time hme the only furniture furmture- furmture furniture- furmturewas furniturewas furniturewas - was a baby crib and table tableloaned tableloaned tableloaned loaned by a neighbor nelghbllr the pur purchase purchase purchase chase of a quarter s worth of ofsoap ofsoap otsoap soap brought halt baU half a dozen metal metalspoons metalspoons metalspoons spoons as a premium within wlthm a afew afew afew few months the landlord gavenotice gave gavenotice gavenotice notice to \ vacate aeate because too tooman toomany tooman man many } ) young people were com corn comIng corning cornlag Ing to the house and he feared fearedfor fearedfor fearedtor for its foundatIOns foundatIOnsThe foundationsThe foundationsThe The struggling struggl1ng little l1tt1e settlement settlementhouse settlementhouse settlemen'house settlemenhouse ' house v . was as moved to another Orange Orangestreet Orangestreet Orangistreet street location where it operated operatedfor operatedfor operate'for operatefor ' for two iears years ) ears By 1899 there waenough was wasenough wasenough enough money to start building bUlldmg a anew anew , new structure The move to the new newquarters newquarters newquarters quarters at 2723 Orange avenue was wasmade wasmade wasmade made in 1900Teaches 1900Teaches 1900 1900Teaches Teaches AmerlC3D1sm Americanism AmerlC3D1smMen AmericanismMen AmericanismMen Men women and children came cameto cameto cameto to Hiram House m droves-from droves from droves - from its n R j v vf va 9 9 f I ' a F ' Z # d dGOOD GOOO GOOD CITI7EN Just out ont of ofcollege ofcollege ofcollege college George Bellamy founded foundedHuam foundedHiram foundedHiram Huam Hiram House nouse ' in 1896 For half a acentury acentury acentury century he his h'ts hts ' rlmamed r5raaaned remained } as the thefrst thefrst thefrst frst and only director duector of the In m Inshtuhon mstitution institution shtuhon stitution known for Its promotion promotionof of good citizenship c1hzenshlp in Clevelandfirst Cleveland Clevelandfirst first day of operaton operat on They came cameto cameto cameto to learn how to be good AmerIcans AmerIcansfor Americansfor Americanslor for help in burying burymg their dead mar marrymg marrying marrymg rymg rying the living lIvlDg and counselling the thewayWard thewayward thewayward thewaywardGradually wayWard wayWardGradually Gradually Hiram House began to tobulld tobuild tobuild bulld build a reputation as a model mode ] settlement settIe settle settIement settlement ment house its founder and dlree direc dlreetor director director tor a manVlth man \ with \Vlth Vlth extraord nary vIsIon vIsIonForeIgn visionForeign visionForeign ForeIgn countries countnes began to send sendtheir sendtheir sendtheir their representatives representahves to the Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cloveland land settlement to study its pro program program program gram More than 200 scientists sClenhsts m in mterested interested interested terested themselves in m Bellamy s sseven sseven sseven seven point pomt program tor for the growthand growth growthand growthand and development of the ch IdWhen IdWhen Id IdWhen When in 1906 Hiram House Houseopened Houseopened Houseopened opened Progress City a model modelcommunity modelcommunity modelcommunity community with its liS own boy judgest judges judgesfor t r 1 'yv yv ' 0 0r r t'4 t4 ' " a xt b ' 'R R 'Rg4tz ' g4tz ire x " { " ' " 3 F 1 ' t ! " * k i v DreSr"n9 DreSrn9 " s d mfz4 SB rp s b bt A " d dfor ' LEA t 4 s for / children c/lIldren c lIldren also are taughtthe taught taughtthe taughtthe the rudiments rudwlents ofsetung fsetting o of f setungand settingand setting setung andoth and oth other other other er Jwusehold household householdarts arts 4s 45 summer summertime summertime summertime time comes the selling seurng basket bas1.et bas1et . isdiscarded IS ISdiscarded isdiscarded discarded discardedr discardeduhcn ulit-n ulit n uhcn ulitnpolicemen r uhcnpolicemen , Ln - policemen eng neers and mayor mayorvar mayorvar mayorvar var ous cities clhes stud ed cd its program programwIth programwith programwith wIth the thought of incorporatingits lncorporatmgits lncorporatmg incorporating its best ideas in m their o 0 vn vii plan plannlng plannmg plannmg nlng nmg Two representatives of the thePresIdent thePresident thPresident ( PresIdent of Czechoslovak a later laterI1ved laterlaved latellived I1ved laved at Hiram House for monthsstudying months monthsstudymg monthsstudying studymg studying Progress City ClIy A hUle little hUlemodel littlemodel littlemodel model cottage was built bU11t on the thesand thesand thesand sand dunes of Cairo Egypt pat pattereed patterned pattcrned tereed terned after the model cottage at atH atH alH H ram House Japan 20 years ago agostud agostud agostud stud studed ed Hiram House with the vIew vIewof viewof viewof of copying copymg its best points pomts H ram House and George Bc Be Bellamy ] lamy have chalked up manylrsts many /lrsts lrsts firsts lrstsIn firstsrn / firstsin In rn their 50 year assoc alion ahon atron It was wasthe wasthe wasthe the first Ilrst settlement in the world hav hay havIng haying having Ing a year round lighted play playground playground playground ground with trained tramed workers this thissettlement thissettlement thissettlement settlement Inaugurated summer summercamping summercamping summercamping camping tor for healthy children who whohad whohad whohad had never seen a woods or a farmanimal farm farmaDJmal farmanimal aDJmal animal it had among the first Ilrst cook cookbig cooking big sewing sewmg and manual tramiDg training tramiDgclasses trainingclasses trainingclasses classes in Cleveland studies made madeby madeby madeby by Hiram House workers resulted resultedIn resultedin In public pubhc bath houses for the city and andimprovcQ andImproved andimproved improvcQ Improved standards for its pubbc public pubbcI publicdance publicdance I ' halls dance hallsAids Aids Other ProjectsBellamy Project Projects ProjectsBellamy & Bellamy has become famous for forhIs forhis torhis hIs association assoc13hon with movements de desIgned designed designed sIgned to make Cleveland a better betterplace betterplace betterplace place in which to live bve He was wasone wasone wasone one of the or gmal glnal ginal committee whIch whIchorgamzed whichorganized whichorganized orgamzed organized the Babies dispensary dispensaryand dispensaryand dispensaryand and hospital he helped orgamze organize orgamzethe organizethe organizethe the Juvenle Juven Ie court the Legal Md Aid MdsocIety Aidsociety Aidsociety socIety Citizens Clhzens bureau and Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land Community Chest the first firstcommun firstcommun firstcommun commun ty fund in the v . world orld and andsmce andsince andsince smce since adopted by more than 800 800AmerIcan 800American 800American AmerIcan c ties hes hesBecause tiesBecause tiesBecause Because of the early help he herecelvcd hereceived bereceived recelvcd received from them Bellamy Bellamyalways Bellamyalways Bellamyalways always has cherished a deep af of affectlOn offection attection fectlOn fection tor for country people andsmall and andsmall andsmall small town churches In hIs hIsstruggling hisstruggling hisstruggling struggling early carly years at HIram HIramHouse HiramHouse HiramHouse House it was the little bttle churches churchessurrounding churchessurrounding churchessurrounding- churchessurrounding churchessurroundingCleveland surrounding - Cleveland whose whosepenDies whosepennies whosepennies penDies pennies nickels Dlckels and dImes dImeshelpcd dimeshelped dimeshelped helpcd helped keep kecp the city elty settlement settlementhouses settlementhouses settlementbouses houses going gomg The people in the thesmall thesmall thesmall small towns near his campfor camp campfor campfor for well children at ChagrIn ChagrInFalls ChagrinFalls ChagrinFalls Falls gave him his Ius original origmal op- op opportumty opportunity op opportunity - - portunity portumty to introduce poor boys boysand boysand boysand and girls from the city s streets streetsto streetsto streetsto to the joys of country bvmg living bvmgWhen livingWhen livingWhen When Hiram IIJram House was opened openedIn openei"m openeim " In 1896 Cleveland s population populahon was wa : 300 000 Today the city clly boasts ipopulation a apopulation apopulation population ot of a million persons personsAmong personsAmong personsAmong Among that million are many thousands thou thousands thousands sands whose lives hves were Influenced Influencedduring influencedduring influencecduring during their early years by contact contactWIth contactwith contacwith WIth Hiram House These mclude include mcludesome includesome includisome some of Cleveland s outstandmg outstanding outstandmgbusmess outstandingbusiness outstandinibusiness busmess business and professional men menMore menMore rnenMore More than 90 000 persons in all allhave allhave allhave have been associated with HIram HIramHouse HiramHouse HiramHouse House clubs and classes during the thesettlement thesettlement thtsettlement , settlement s half century Many of ofthese ofthese oithese these persons made scores of VISItS VISItSto visitsto visitsto to the house annual reg stratlon stration stratlonrunning strationrunning strationrunning running as high as 450 000 to 500 000k 000xg 000 000y k xg A d I It II Ia Is t I s a & r rbx bx bxy bxb b bxxg y xg 4 4the y ' / - f s/fA s fA / 9 * the date arrives arTives for the set settlement settlement seiitlements tlement s annual annualsummer summer camp campat campat camat at Chagrin Chagrm Falls rails Here boys and andgirls andgirls angirls girls joyfully bid fareivell faretvell farewell to co cohorts coports c chorts horts ports leaving in the first bus |