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€ % sation at Hartford, Connectieut is beaded peels Soto as of. February, 1944, 2% wes reported that there were no more than 329 meskes Pha Bsetined Paen'l eo maintsi ned annnawveatiwe Comm a % Coanseticut, and between twenty and thirty people lived ex the fara. The nenbere of the en Friday sight et their bead- qoarters on Village Street, and Ki ef Brooklyn, Hew Tork, pays eccasional visita to the fesple. . - El first cane to Bartford in 1936. We was dressed in fall costume, and bis appearaase in the Negre sles district caused quite a tet af interest ani sredaced an immediate following. He went te the house of cas ef the poorer and more destitute fanilice and talked with thes concerning the problem ef food, elothing, bealth. This particular family had very littie food and before leavi purchased a quantity of food, gave it to the family, ani he also vy for the children in the neighborhood. after this auspicious beginning Kl told the people of the comunity that they wre victins of the Christian gion and ef a diabolical form of government. Ze then went on to explain te them the Moorish Science belief as propounded by his. Following this, the Moorigh Science Teaple was organized and the meabership incressed t© approximately 400, but since that time the number bas decreased. The headquarters are located at 229 Village Street, Hartford, Gonnecticnt. Religious services are held on the third floor in a ball which seate 100 persons. This roce bas a pulpit, and from the platform are exhibited the Aserican and Moroccan flags. fhe points of the star used by the Moorish Science Teaple are supposed to stand for love, trath, peace, freedom and justice. Tao documents are exhibited on the walls of this particular roca; the first ie a certificate from the Chicago Neadquarters of the Moorish Science Texple, which is in effect a charter for the Hartford Temple, and the second represents the "Articles ef Association® issued to the Haertfot Moorish Science Teaple by the State of Connecticut on May 10, 1937. ‘In regard te the -. sation existing in Sew Haven, Connecticut, ~ information was received that WH first came to New Haven in 1937 and organised the New Haven branch # Moorish Seience fewple, which hed approxi- mately twenty menbera. fhe meeting place was at 107 Dixwell Avene. At one time -~5-