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Documented at the genealogical society's size
Named, at their true size: The county genealogical society's immigrant-societies page names a ring of ethnic clubs whose institutional records are thinner than the Falcons', and they are carried here at the page's size rather than enlarged. Of the Hungarians: the Műkedvelő Kör, the Hungarian Social Club — the community's hall life otherwise entering this history through the Magyar Hall on Chapin Street and the fire of August 1917, told in the Mysteries section. Of the Italians: the DeAmici Club, into which the older Liberty Club and its 1920s brass band were absorbed — the society's page says the club "remains active in Mishawaka," a boundary this section prints plainly: the DeAmici's present home is the neighboring city's, and a "Deamicis Italian Club" on the county's 2026 Dyngus Day venue list carries an unresolved location. Also named: the Marconi and Christopher Columbus Italian Society; the German Progress Club; the lodges of the Polish National Alliance; the German Turnverein and a Polish Turnverein (both also in Howard's 1907 census); the Belgian People's Circle, the Volkskring Society, of 1925; and the White Eagle. Their foundings, halls, and courses beyond these lines were not reached, and the gaps stand as named items for the update cycle.
Sources:
- South Bend Area Genealogical Society, immigrant-societies page (Jim Piechorowski submissions) — the Műkedvelő Kör; the DeAmici Club and the absorbed Liberty Club and its brass band; the Marconi and Christopher Columbus Italian Society; the German Progress Club; the Polish National Alliance lodges; the Turnvereins; the Belgian People's Circle/Volkskring Society (1925); the White Eagle.
- St. Joseph County Democratic Party, Dyngus Day venue list, 2026 — a "Deamicis Italian Club" among the venues.