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Civilian Public Service Unit (Farnhurst, Delaware, USA)

Civilian Public Service Unit, Farnhurst, Delaware
Delaware State Hospital.
Source: Mennonite Church USA Archives 2013-0084m

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.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 313. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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