Posted by Parkyre Zelinsky on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 19:55:10 :

In Reply to: Re: HOMEWOOD TERRACE posted by Steve on Monday, February 18, 2013 at 17:09:22 :

: : : : I lived in Homewood Terrace from 1938 to 1943. Call it sentimality, I resided in Cottage 24 am 84 years old am trying to locate who the residents in Homewood Terrace lived there. I think there is a Homewood Terrace Alumni organization which may be of some help.

: : : Jacob,

: : : There is a list of stories about Homewood Terrace, a Jewish orphanage, at the excellent Western Neighborhoods Project:

: 2-18-13

: I wish I read your email a long time ago. While my experiences at Homewood were mixed, there were some great kids. I wished I would have stayed in touch. Often I wonder, whatever happen to that person. The thought of having life long friends would have filled a void.

: SLM

: : : http://www.outsidelands.org/homewood-terrace.php

: : : http://www.outsidelands.org/cgi-bin/mboard/stories2/thread.cgi?1026,0#msgtitle

: : : There is a contact for the Alumni organization at:

: : : http://www.kesh.com/hnoh/ALUMREUNIONS.html

: : : There is some more general history about this and other Jewish orphanages in San Francisco (and USA) at:

: : : http://www.kesh.com/hnoh/USJORPH6A.html#SANFRANCISCO

: : : -Ron

My grandfather and his sister were in the orphanage starting in 1941. My grandpa was in cottage 22 and he was 5 years old. His sister was 8 and was either in 23 or 24! He would love to get in touch!

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Message:	: : : : : I lived in Homewood Terrace from 1938 to 1943. Call it sentimality, I resided in Cottage 24 am 84 years old am trying to locate who the residents in Homewood Terrace lived there. I think there is a Homewood Terrace Alumni organization which may be of some help. : : : : Jacob, : : : : There is a list of stories about Homewood Terrace, a Jewish orphanage, at the excellent Western Neighborhoods Project: : : 2-18-13 : : I wish I read your email a long time ago. While my experiences at Homewood were mixed, there were some great kids. I wished I would have stayed in touch. Often I wonder, whatever happen to that person. The thought of having life long friends would have filled a void. : : SLM : : : : http://www.outsidelands.org/homewood-terrace.php : : : : http://www.outsidelands.org/cgi-bin/mboard/stories2/thread.cgi?1026,0#msgtitle : : : : There is a contact for the Alumni organization at: : : : : http://www.kesh.com/hnoh/ALUMREUNIONS.html : : : : There is some more general history about this and other Jewish orphanages in San Francisco (and USA) at: : : : : http://www.kesh.com/hnoh/USJORPH6A.html#SANFRANCISCO : : : : -Ron : My grandfather and his sister were in the orphanage starting in 1941. My grandpa was in cottage 22 and he was 5 years old. His sister was 8 and was either in 23 or 24! He would love to get in touch!