Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-18
SERVICE CITIZENS
FIND THEIR WORK
is BEARING FRUIT
continued from page l.


,,o, The rarcnt-Teaeher Assoe.a
,,ou work under Miss wilson
,,r.,a hv the Service 'luzens' ~.
a. opcratcs very closely Win wy -,
tendance campaien ana the Sen
Yundins Program OF the pe'aw
s.hooi Auxiliary Associatloh' GU"
,.r,v medical inspection, whVn 70.
,,.a ON under the direction OF Dr'
liam I French Of the state chi,o
,ar. commission, ispaid TOT nI ~
servic, Citizens; while the den'a' "'H'
v,acr the same control is a beia"'ie
vs,,o,, Auxiliary Association opera
,,on. Even In conoection WIN oul
..noni hupaing program there - o''
.,,uation which | shall bring UP so'iie
I'm, in the future for your action"
M. Delaware School Auxihary AZ
.ociation IL on the eve OF nuh"ins
,.,vc rolorcd school In Dover. ihe
,,,a, of this school is rather unique;
,hc cla.srooms win be buiit arounu
a co,,r, which win serve as an audi-
,o,,,r While the auditorium Will be
,',,.v useful for school purposes, our
,u,,ntlon IN designing II Is that Vhe
Negroes may have a community ha''
for their various gatherings AZ
..eus TO me therefore that IL wouio
a. very proper 10 ask the Service
,nix.ns 60 furnish that hall as Ne
uro community centre rather than TO
,u, The cost 81 Il upon the Delaware
school Auxiliary"
Amcricanisation Work.
pr. od.u Incorporated in his report
IN. r.port of Miss Helen Hart on the
xsgfl which set f0lfn
,hs, IN. Service Citizens Americana
,a,ion Bureau In concentrating all its
resources In three definite pieces oi
work.
FIRST. continuing and enlarging
,h.,r program Of instruction for moth
cr~ i'm their homes. During October
90 such classes were organized IN
which Is women were given instruc-
ron. representing an increase OF more
,snr 100 per ont over the record for
lnst fall. These classe. are being or
xaniyod for women In other parts OF
the state also.
second, they are continuing the
work OF their trouble bureau" 10
which any foreign born person who
1. In dif,culty may appeal for help.
Third, the bureau is able 20 render
invaluable service 10 this and other
communities by keeping the American
hubble In touch with the interests and
the po,cniialities OF the immigrant
rcsidonts This IN done through pub
lic exercises IN connection with i'm
migrant education classes through an
An.ricanxa committee composed
Of leading citizens and through the
'pur.nus printed reports which have
been widely read In each OF these
activities" Miss Hart reported, "Ou'
object has been 10 supplement and
intensity the splendid results which
arc being obtained through the public
educational authorities"
DR. Od.ll dwelt Mt some length upon
the summer schools and showed how
popular they have become and the
amount os good they are doing.
Ills report refers to the report o'
Dr. William j. French, the public
schooi medical inspector for the state
who goes into details regarding th'
work being done IN the schools
throughout the state in the way OF
medical cxarninqtions. follow up WORK
by the nursew and the dental unit. HI
eays he feels much encouraged by
rsrul,r accomplished
Publie Employ oyment Service.
Or. Odell next takes up in his re-
port the Public Employment Service
and rocounts what has been done Z,
alleviate local conditions relative I,
the unemployed. In this connection
he states;
''Thcrc ~ no doubt whatever thai
wilmington is suffering very severely
from the general business depression
ip to November l6 We had tOta
I a~vvtCe citizens ...... ........ ....
rowistration Of unemployed OF 1913.
and We have succeeded In finding EN-
ployhasnt. either temporary or per
manent. for sTJ. or this number ther
have been 26oi men registered; 70
referred: and GIG placed I'm positions
ai women registered; as2 referred
and a6O placed In positions. The mum
ber shat we can report as placed /
by no means complete. owing 10 tn
fact that we DO not receive back tn
cards NJ many who are engaged b
49, - whom thvy are referred