RURAL COMMUNITY BUILDINGS. 



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There have also boon sewing chisscs, dancing classes, civil govern- 

 ment classes for women, a story hour for children, and a scries of 

 "pleasant Sunday afternoons." 



The building has been used by the high school for class dances and 

 by the Catholic and Episcopal churches for fairs. 



The largest gathering is the annual May fete. At one of these 

 celebrations there were 6,000 present and more than 100 track, field, 

 and platform events were participated in by the boys and girls of the 

 county. 



Other events staged at the Centre are: Folk dances, military drills, 

 dramatic entertainments, tennis games and meets, harvest festivals, 



Fig. U.— Tamalpais Centre, Kentfield, Calif., Maypole dance. 



Arbor Day celebrations, banquets, children's Christmas parties, and 

 meetings of the queens of aviation, the community choral association, 

 and the civic association. 



In 1918 a dehydration plant was presented to the Centre, and 

 extensive work was carried on along the line of community drying 

 and conserving of fruit. 



AMUSEMENT HALL, WARE SHOALS, S, C. 



A recent development in modern industrial relations is the increas- 

 ing number of business concerns making contributions for social- 

 center buildings for the community, with special rooms and facilities 

 arranged for the recreation of their employees. 



