Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-06-12
Minnesota WP A
Lists Many Jobs
In Six-Year Span
V ari e t y of Accomplish
ments Made Possible In
Every Corner of State.

Nearing the completion of six years
of operation in Minnesota, the Work
Projects Administration has issued a
report on the variety of accomplish
ments made possible in practically
every community in the state, much
of the work now proving of additional
value when considered in the light of
national defense.
ST. Stolte, WPA administrator, an
nounces that $270,473, O91 has been
spent on projects, $58,128,165 being
contributed in cash or credits allow
able by townships, villages, cities,
counties, the state or Federal agen-
cies which applied for and sponsored
the projects.
Pine County Work.
Accomplishments in Pine county in
clude two new bridges or viaducts
and improvements to 10: four new
public buildings and improvements
to four, two new educational buildings
and improvements to two, two new
athletic fields, three miles of storm
and sanitary sewers, two dams and
300 feet of retaining walls and revet-
ments and improvements to "a.
A school addition has been COM
pleted and dedicated at Pine City,
repairs being made to the old build
ing. A new school, under construction
at Sturgeon Lake. is expected to be
completed about the middle of July
An eight-room school addition is also
being constructed at Willow River
and an addition to the Hinckley high
school building was started recently.
Community Service Program.
The Community Service program
during the past year has produced
6,174 garments for distribution to
needy families through the County
Welfare board. Nourishing hot lunch
es, 60,568 in number, have been
served to school children in Pine
county. Hinckley, Pine City, Fries
land, Rock Creek, Kingsdale, Bruno,
Finlayson and Sandstone have shared
in the employment and benefits from
these projects. Others will join later
The public Libraries of Hinckley and
Pine City have been stated with
WPA employees.
A great many persons took advan-
tage of the Adult Education classes
offered, with 246,377 participating in
the activities of the recreation pro-
jects.
Preparing For Defense.
Mr.. Stolte also reports that nearly
INN WDA 1ry0rlyn,~c ~, Mirnncofo hoI
enrolled in "refresher" courses, pre-
pairing for jobs in defense industries.
Some 526 have been graduated, many
of them getting jobs, and 430 are in
classes now.
At this time S1O,O0O,OOO has been
approved for WPA projects consider
ed important to national defense, and
the entire program is being operated
to give the maximum help to defense
projects.
Develops Nursery.
The General c. c. Andrews Forest
Nursery has been developed on a
tract of state land about two miles
north of Willow River. This work was
done by the men in Camp Curry. The
work at this camp also includes tree
culture in the existing forested areas
and transplanting trees from the
nursery beds to the forest in this area
A nursery building is just being COM
pleted which will be used for the
threshing of pine seed from the cones
and termination tests of seed OBJ
tanned.
The county-sponsored road project
has been operated with the idea ir
mind of making the roads Throughout
the country disable as market out
lets throughout the year with mini
mum of maintenance and snowplow-
ing.