The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-06


high school and college training.
and work relief for all youths be-
tween the designated ages. NYA
was established on June 26 by the
President.
John l.. Sullivan, st. Cloud NYA
district supervisor, said the part
time employment program will pro-
vide work for youths under three
federally-sponsored projects en-
bracing community and recreation
al service, rural youth development
and public service training.
Approximately $4,000 youths were
on relief in Minnesota on Deem
Der I, 1885. At the present time APP
proximately 1900 youths are be-
ing taken care of by the NYA in
the state through the programs of
college aid, graduate aid, high
school aid, and employment on
regular WPA projects.
Youths employed on NYA pro-
jects will work one-third Of the
hours as required on full time WPA
projects and will receive one-third
the security wage rate existent in
individual communities. The wages
for youths in the st. Cloud district,
which embraces II counties, vary
from $14 to $23 a month, depending
upon the type of work, Mr.. Sulli-
van said.
There are three district-wide
NYA projects in the st. Cloud dis
trict: Youth community devel-
opment and recreational leader.
ship; Rural youth development;
SPublic service training.
Major detectives in developing
these projects are to employ youths
part-time on NYA Work Projects;
to assist youth to better prepare
for life vocations through practical
experience; to develop youth lead
ership; and to create, through
such part-time employment, pro-
jects of lasting value to the COM
munities served by these youths.
A sum Of $16,184 in federal funds
has been allocated by NYA pro-
jects in the Sixth district with
headquarters located in st. Cloud.
NYA in this district has been in
operation since January 1.
Included among the individual
projects which come under terms
of the program are: organization
and supervision of community
Fairgrounds; Identification of
school grounds; development of
rural community centers; vocation
al agriculture; traffic checking and
control; sanitation activities; and
welfare work.
quota of relief youths for the St.
Cloud district is 273. The total
number of eligible relief youths,
from which these 273 are inter-
viewed and selected is 755.
In four counties in the Sixth dis
trict NYA is developing rural COM
munities recreational unit by set
ting up a youth in rural schools,
where it is feasible to carry on
recreational work. Anoka, Stearns,
Meeker and Kandiyohi counties are
included in this group.
The policy of NYA is not to have
youths do janitorial work or act as
assistants IN doing tasks or work
that could possibly offer employ
ment to anyone else. In each COM
munity youths are given work that
could not possibly employ someone
else.
The aim of NYA is to furnish
vocational guidance and to rehab-
ilitate the youth in employment
wherever possible, Mr.. Sullivan
said. Instances have already come
up where NYA trained youths have
stepped into permanent jobs.
In Stearns county NYA units
have so far been set up in 10 COM
munities, including st. Cloud, Sank
Centre, Melrose, Holdingford, AL
bany, Waite Park, st. Joseph, Rich
mond, Belgrade, Paynesville, Kim
ball, and Cold Spring. Irene DOM
bovy is recreational NYA project
supervisor for st. Cloud, st. JOS
eph, Waite Park and Sank Centre.
Vernon Weeks is project supervisor
for Sank Centre. Henry Alner is
project supervisor for Paynesville
The WPA recreational depart
ment is cooperating with NYA by
assuming responsibility for the OPP
Grafton of that portion of the NYA
program which involves purely re-
creational activities.