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Montreal Dedicates Largest Y.M.-Y.W.H.A.. Building in World; Built at $1,500,000 Cost

May 16, 1950
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The largest Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. building in the world built at an approximate cost of $1,500,000–was dedicated here yesterday with the participation of Dr. F. Cyril James, principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, and Mrs. Samuel Bronfman, O.B.E., honorary president.

The new edifice contains an art studio, domestic science room and library to house 10,000 volumes, as well as handicrafts, sewing and photography rooms, besides the auditorium and numerous club rooms. In Winnipeg the construction of a new modern Y.M.H.A. community center building is scheduled to start in June.

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