The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-30
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1890 N 2 - ~. ,s-a4 $3.50 rt
ct PrivGte Work
"a total Of $50 youths-msn
and women ~ obtained private
employment after gaining work
experience. on Natipnal Youth
Administrators projects ins Ma
comb county during The fiscal
year ending June % II was r.
vealed today In Z report submit
It'd by Don Roger, lpcal super.
'visor, 70 Ori1 Nv. kay0, state
NYA administrators. 1,
Altogether 1 total OF as
! youths were assiSn(d 10 NYA
peojscff ln the county during the
ysar. Thsy were employed On
I ~ different types q projects
ranging from. clerical assistance
u Improvement Of Bile
grounds.
AELFRID0E PR0JECr
!. - The rsport shows that the out.
sanding project was that under.
tajEsn 1t Selfridge field, md Il Il
'alDo the largest. NYA project In
Macomb county. Working under
trained supervisors end IN small
groups, these youths h9ye ~
sisted In the various functions
% maintenance, construction and
repair Of building, drafting sur
vsyins and similar tasks. Cur
rently youth are assisting In
packing, uncratins. and arrange
Ing consignments Of materials In
the warehouse.
.Anot b err important project
was the work center, located It
Shadyside Park, Mount Clemens.
The project IL sponsored by the
city Of Mount Clemens, and en-
ables unemployed youth to OBJ
tain work experience In wood
working, cabinet. making, con-
crete form making. painting, and
welding. Under the supervision
Of . trained expert, these NYA
youths have reconditioned furni-
turs for the army post at Sell
friedse field, city, county, and
board Ut education. Other items
produced At the shop include
concrete-salt benches made for
the city, and wooden boxes for
the Red Gross.
AID NURSES
Girls received valuable ex-
perience as nurse aides 1T St.
Joseph hospital, Mount Glenn
ems. They assist the nurses In
preparing and serving meals,
care Of rooms, making beds,
caring for flowers and hospital
equipment, m . k Ing bandaSes,
preparing instruments Tor steril-
i1ation, mendins and making
hospital garments, assisting In
the laboratory, and caring for
children.
NYA girls served hot lunches
at the Salvation Army Armory
In Mount Clemens to q many
a. 225 undernourished children
aTday. The project waS opsrated
with the cooperation Of the XII
wants club, WPA, and Federal
Surplus Commodities corpora
ton.
other projects included IL
brary assistance and book re-
padr, recreational assistance, I'm
proving grounds around public
buildings and providing clerical
assistance In public offices.
Those agencies who co-gpon-
sored NYA projects in the county
during the year were: City Of
Mount Clemens, Mount Clemens
High school, Army aviation post,
Macomb county School commits
sion, County hospital, N o U n
Clemens police station, Salvation
Army, Surplus Commodities
corporation, Rossvtlls Youth
council, and high schools located
1t East Detroit, Rossville, Gen.
ter Line, Vsn Dyke, Romeo, Ar
mazda, Richmond, and New Balti-
more.
Clerical aSsistants were pro-
vided the Michigan State En-.
ployment service, Old Age asgis-
lance, State Agriculture depart
ment, Red Gross, WPA, Welfare
office, Farm Security Agency,
Sslective Service Board, and the
NYA office.