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on and ventured westward to join loved ones in a city on the banks of the Mississippi River. By 1921, the entire family had been reunited in St. Louis and had begun to establish their new homes and their future lives in this community.
While they endured poverty and hardship in adjusting to a new way of life, they retained their loving family relationships. They were together both in happy and sad times. On Sunday afternoons, the whole family would travel by streetcar or bus, loaded down with food baskets, for a picnic near the Pavilion in Forest Park. The children would play baseball, and the older folks played a newly learned game called poker that would soon become a family tradition.
From these beginnings, our family grew in size and stature. Many members of our family became professionals and businessmen, and assumed active roles in civic and charitable organizations. Many of our young people served honorably in the Aimed Forces to help our country in troubled times. They were indeed a credit to their community and to their family.
And in 1947, when our namesake, Morris Mellman, passed away, his brother, Jacob Mellman and his nephew, Maurice (Maucie) Harris, conceived the idea of a family club which would perpetuate Morris' dream of holding his beloved mishpochah together. 'Thus the Morris Mellman Club was born and through the efforts of so many, the club grew and grew and grew.
How proud we are of the accomplishments of those who were here at our beginning! Thus club was an integral
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