IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONS 
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is generally used in teaching, but in the greater num 
ber of schools instruction is also given in reading and 
writing English. 
IMMIGRANT CHURCHES IN JOHNSTOWN, PA., 1909 
Race 
Croatian 
Croatian 
Croatian 
Servian. 
German. 
Irish.... 
Italian.. 
Magyar. 
Magyar. 
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Denomination 
Number of 
members 
Number of 
! families 
Year of 
establishment 
Parochial School 
Greek Catholic 
150 
55 
1907 
None 
Roman Catholic.... 
700 
200 
1903 
Do. 
j- Greek, orthodox.... 
600 
100 
1902 
Do. 
Roman Catholic.... 
1,500 
300 
1855 
Five days per week. 
.... do 
1,100 
340 
1868 
Do. 
.... do * 
300 
100 
1905 
None 
Colonist 
75 
30 
1903 
Do. 
Hungarian Reformed 
300 
70 
1903 
.Saturday classes 
Roman Catholic.... 
600 
200 
1901 
Five days per week. 
.... do 
1,200 
300 
1900 
Do. 
Greek Catholic 
1,200 
200 
1895 
Do. 
.... do . .\ 
100 
40 
1908 
None 
Lutheran 
500 
100 
1903 
Do. 
Roman Catholic.... 
Baptist t 
500 
) 
100 
1902 
Do. 
Congregational t • • 
Lutheran f 
>•700 
300 
1854 
Do. 
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“All except those indicated otherwise are in the foreign section. 
Fraternal and Other Organisations 
A large number of fraternal and beneficial organi 
zations also flourish in immigrant communities. Some 
of these societies are political and social in their ob 
jects, but by far the greater number are for the pro 
tection of their members against sickness or death. 
Their existence is usually closely bound up with some 
church to which the members belong. Nearly all of 
the immigrant benefit societies are conducted on the