[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E679-E680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN HONOR OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW KARLIN HALL AND CLUB

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 28, 1998

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 25th anniversary 
of the dedication of the new Karlin Hall and Club in Cleveland Ohio.
  Early Czech settlers in the area gave the neighborhood surrounding 
lower Fleet Avenue the nickname, Karlin. The name stuck and the 
original Karlin Hall became the center of the Czech Karlin 
neighborhood. The hall was founded in 1936 by three lodges of the Czech 
Catholic Fraternal Insurance Society, the Catholic Workmen. In 1972, a 
disastrous fire left the original hall in ruins, but it was rebuilt in 
the same location and reopened May 1, 1978. The dedication of the new 
Karlin Hall marks the beginning of the renovation of lower

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Fleet Avenue and the Slavic Village area. Today, 14 different groups 
call Karlin Hall their home.
  The anniversary will be celebrated with special masses at St. John 
Nepomucene Church and Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The three-day party 
to commemorate the occasion starts May 1 and will include live music, 
Slovak folk dancing and social dinners.
  My fellow colleagues, please join me in saluting the members of 
Karlin Hall.

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