Topeka (CLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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HELPING NHAN Crew members volunteered many hours of work at the John F. Kennedy Orphanage outside of Naples, Italy. Electrical repair work done by the crew, brought safer and better electrical service to the building of JFK Orphanage. Next to a memorial of President John F. Kennedy, are the ships plaques of other Sixth Fleet units who have taken part in good will activities at the home. Clean and freshly painted rooms where orphan children will sleep and eat, were the result of hard work. 139

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RELIGIQUS ACTIVITIES 140 eve- , -5-1---fr 1-,., .-,-f- -----f- -f . .Y- W , --Y - A memorial lvlass for James Francis Cardinal Spellman held in Valletta, lvlalta was one ofthe religious activities Topeka- men attended during the deployment. lvlarines and sailors, officers and enlisted, join in prayer. TOPEKA's Chaplain, Father Edward Francis Fallon says lvlass at the lvlemorial lVlass for Cardinal Spellman.