Governor-elect Herbert H. Lehman has arranged for a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow for the inmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews in memory of his mother, Mrs. Babette Lehman. Three hundred and forty-seven old people will be guests at the dinner.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau will provide Thanksgiving dinners for 350 families cared for by the social service department of the Bronx House of which she is the honorary president. In addition 500 persons will be served Thanksgiving dinners at the settlement house. The settlement house is an affiliate of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
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