The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-05-18
Stearns Co.
Allotment
Is 126 Men
Young Men, From 10 to Is
Years, Can Secure Fed
eral Employment
MUST FILE THIS WEEK
Mrs. A. F. Moynihan, of This
City, Placed In Charge
By Government

Notice was received Monday, May
10, that 126 men have been allotted
to Stearns county for employment
in the Emergency Conservation
work under the Federal Depart
ment of Labor. Only one week is
given in which to fill the quota.
The young men accepted must be
from families who have received
help from the city, village, or town
ship, or a mothers pension from
the county during the past year,
and must be unemployed at pres.
ent.
Notice was sent out Tuesday to
all cities, villages and townships in
the county advising them to certify
the men from their municipalities
whom they wish to come under
their quota. Two hundred appli-
cations will be accepted out of
which 126 will be chosen.
Mrs. Emma Moynihan, executive
secretary of the Stearns County
Child Welfare Board, has been APP
pointed by F. M. Rerig, director of
emergency relief for the State of
Minnesota, to have complete charge
of the enrolment for Stearns
county.
Mrs. Moynihan has arranged to
accept applications in st. Cloud at
one p. M. on Friday, May 20, and
Saturday, May n, at the same hour.
She will be in the county commits
sioner's rooms at the thine set and
will see the young men sent in by
their municipal officers, the county
commissioners. Mrs. Moynihan
will accept personal applications at
her home in Sank Centre at all 9TH
err times. But all applications must
be in before Manday, May %.
Captain William G. Walker. of
the United States Army Medical
Corps, will come to st. Cloud up
on notification that the Stearns
county quota has been filled. He
will examine all applicants, and
upon his findings the final selec-
tions will be made. Notice Of the
date for these physical examina-
tions will be sent directly to the
applicant.
In order that there will be no
misunderstanding as to who is
eligible for enrolment, Mrs. Moyni-
han submits the following state
ment:
"Only young unmarried men from
Is to Is years Of age oman has not
reached his 25th birthday will be
accepted. He must be citizen of
the state and a resident Of the
county. He must be selected from
families on existing relief lists. Elk
listing relief lists must be exhaust
ed before other applications can be
considered.
Enrolment is for a period Of six
months. All boys receive food,
clothing, shelter, and cash allow
ance of $4,000 a month. Each en-
rolled man must agree to assign
$500 a month of his monthly cash
allowance to his family or depend
ents for their support. He may give
part of it to his parents and part
to brothers and sisters or grandpar-
ents or any other dependent who
needs it. The assigned portion Of
the cash is paid directly to these
dependents from the army pay
master each month and begins to
accrue as soon as the boy is ac-
cepted.
The applicant needs no luggage
except toilet articles and a suit
case in which he can store his civil
liam clothes, as a uniform will be
furnished him upon his arrival at
camp. Transportation will be ar
ranged to Fort Smelling, where the
training will take place, only after
the applicant has passed the ply
ical examination in st. Cloud and
has been accepted for service.
The emergency conservation
work provides the opportunity to
build men as well as grow trees.
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