Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-09
SELF AID FOR
THE CRIPPLED
Minnesota Association for
Crippled People Asks
Registration.
Lone Craftsman" Work
Will Give Earning Pow
er to Many in State.


every locality may be known. an ur-
gent call is being issued by Miss Jean
G.. Pierce, executive secretary of the
Minnesota Association for Crippled
Children and Disabled Adults, Inc,
that reports on these from every To-
cality be sent in to her.
1.-The association is preparing to
extend the Lone Craftsman work to
every part of the state" Miss Fierce
says, ''in an effort to bring happiness
and earning power to the shut-ins and
seriously crippled in every county,
This program is now organized and
successfully working in Hennepin,
Ramsey and st. Louis counties. Rela-
tives and friends are urged to send
in these names to the associations
headquarters, 3O2 Hodgson Building,
Minneapolis.
The reports should give the name
and address of the crippled person
together with his or her age and the
nature of the disability. Only phys
ically disabled youths and adults
whose range Of activity is limited for
the most part to the home and who
are unable to perform office work or
factory work should be reported The
Association already has hundreds
upon its lists but wishes to make a
complete register of all those who
are in the shut-in class. 1t will then
make an effort to reach them in the
order of the urgency of their needs.
Positive assurances are given, how
ever, that it is the intention to have
the Lone Craftsman work carried on
in each county and to reach the ser
iously crippled in any locality, no
matter how remote.
Self-suppOrt Brings Happiness.
The Lone Craftsman" work is one
of the most important activities of the
Minnesota Association. 1t consists in
sending crafts teachers to the homes
of seriously crippled youths and
adults, teaching them to make sale
able articles, standardizing these ar
ticles and marketing them. The plan
is original with Minnesota and is at
tracing nationwide attention. Lone
Craftsman products are known to be
of high quality and command a ready
market. Over 220 Lone Craftsmen
are now taking part in this system
and receiving earnings through the
new occupations they have been
taught.
Articles to be Made.
Some of the articles that are pro-
duced by the Lone Craftsmen. are:
Metalware-such as tea tiles, plates.
pewter, copper and aluminium.
WoOdenware-sucha as bowls, plates,
platters and trays-both carved and
printed.
Linen articles-such as luncheon
sets, towels, chair-back sets, and mis-
cellaneous individual items-done in
Swedish drawn work, Italian hem
other fine needle work.
Handwriting - such as pillows,
table covers, bags of various sorts and
towels.
CrOcheted items-such as pot hold
ers, collars, chin chuckers and mis-
cellaneOus accessories.
How the shut-ins look upon the OPP
pOrtunity given them by the Associa--
ton can be seen from their letters
One of them said, my dad has been
out of work almost a month so the
holidays were not so good for us, and
when l received the check, l was so
happy to think l could help my folks
out, l cried" Another wrote, Il will
now take time to write and thank you
very much for all the checks you have
sent to me. l sure have appreciated
them, very much. They have helped ,
lot in these hard times" Still an
other wrote, Thank you very much,
for the big check that l received
from you. l sure was surprised and
very glad to get it. 1 hope to get
many more like that as l feel more
like myself when 1 earn my own
money"
With prompt cooperation by the
people of Minnesota the Association
expects within thirty days or little
more to have the system reach many
hundreds more.