Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle, Inc.
	President:  Iwona Stefanczyk Szarek Vice President:  Waldemar Głodek Treasurer: Zosia Shicker Secretary:  Halina Grochowska Jimenez

Circle’s Representatives on the Board of Directors:

Waldemar Głodek

Maureen Mroczek Morris

Zosia Shicker

Józef Sikora

Iwona Stefanczyk Szarek

Andrzej Szarek

The Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle was established to promote cultural activities. The society collected money to contribute to the purchase of what was, at the time, a Baptist Church located at 3040 22nd Street (south of Mission Street). It became Dom Polski (The Polish House), jointly owned by The Polish Society of California (Lodge 7 of the Polish National Alliance), the St. Stanislaus Benevolent Society, and the Polish Literary and Dramatic Circle. The Polish Club, Inc. was incorporated in Sacramento on April 19, 1926.  "Dom Polski" became the home for Polish immigrants who came to America to build better lives for themselves and their families.  They put into the club their labor, savings, sentiments and hopes. 

The relationship between the Polish Club and the pre-World War I Polish Consulate in San Francisco, located at 2660 Green Street at the time, was very close and friendly.  On December 17, 1938, the Consul General, Dr. Władysław Sokolowski, decorated four members of the Polish Club with the Silver Cross of Merit:  Katarzyna Pilch, Józefa Niklasiewicz, Felix Gottlicher and Stanisław Bloński.

--Paragraph 2, from Silent Heroes by Wanda Tomczykowska

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