Evening star., 1941-09-07
Free Training Courses
In Defense Planned
In Prince Georges
Registration Is Slated
To Open Monday at
Three Schools

Employees of defense industries as
well as workers in independent
machine shops and garages will be
given free courses this year in
Prince Georges County, enabling
them to improve their technical
skill and better their positions, it
was announced yesterday by E. K.
Zeller, county head of defense voca-
tional training.
A separate series of courses In
adult education will be given at
county high schools in variety of
subjects. Mr.. Zeller said these would
be of particular interest to civil
service employees to improve their
civil service status. The only charge
for these courses will be registra-
ton fee of 81.
The defense training courses this
year will include for the first time
workers not now engaged in defense
work Mr.. zeller said it is to be
hoped that those completing the
course will find defense employment
Employees of the Navy Yard, Wash
ington Institute of Technology, En-
gineering Research Corp. and Air
track Manufacturing Co. will be
encouraged to attend.
Two Nights Each Week.
The courses, to be known as
Supplementary Defense Training
Courses, will be given two nights
a week for about II weeks. Each
class will last three hours. Appli-
cants should register Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday at Hyattsville,
Bladensburg or Maryland Park High
Schools.
Courses at Maryland Park include
mechanical drawing, blueprint read
ing. aircraft sheet metal work and
cabinet making. Those at Bladens-
burg will be in aircraft woodwork.
machine screw engineering and
drafting, tool Jig and die design and
machine shop. The Hyattsville High
School will house courses in draw
ing and blueprint reading, aircraft
acetelyne welding. aircraft sheet
metal, radio assembly and meteor
ology.
The defense training courses be-
gin September Is. An enrolment
Of $50 is expected.
Adult education courses, an en-
tirely separate series not to be con-
fused with the supplementary train
ing courses. also will begin Sep
tember Is. The courses are organ
lied and operated by the county
with the approval OF the State De-
partment of Education. Applicants
may register Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at any county high
school.
Mr.. Zeller said a minimum of Is
students must apply before course
can be given. He announced that
any course. may be elected as tlong
as Is students apply for it. They
must be over 16 years of age and
not in attendance at any county
school.
Courses in cooking. sewing, child
care, child problems, business Eng
llSn, typng, Snorthand. bookkeeping
art, home economics and shop work
are expected to be given, Mr.. Zellel
said Residents of Greenbelt inter-
ested in obtaining positions in agen.
cies working toward better relations
with Latin America organized theil
own courses in Spanish last year
Mr.. Zeller recalled, announcing that
this year their operation will be
taken over by the county's adult
education program.
The adult education courses may
be used by those who have applied
for admission to the examinations
for certificates of high school
equivalents. Mr.. Zeller said.
There will be no charge whatever
for the defense training courses, Mr.
Zeller said