The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-03

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and a mnsic61 slser15g unit a total o.
i.3sx concerts and tfances were giyen,.
pIatinx to q totaa OF 671 .osl pegple
The musical thaaiy. the only one oil
It's kind In the United States. served
100 patients each day at Eloise hos
lpitai.
The outstanding achievement OF me
wPA. arts and crafts project was the
cumpletion OF the statue Of Father
Gabriel Richard. which was erected sn
Richard park near Belle Isle bridge.
The wPA museum project complet'
ed many educational dioranlas Iof
schools and Institutions, including The
House OF Haza rds, showing . common
fire hazards in the home. The dioraana
is used as d lecture basis for all child
reD in the Detroit public schools \
large map OF tie State of MichiSan,
showing the natural resources OF the
state was completed and has been ex-.
hibited before 1000, 900 peasons. The
map win be displayed throughout the
United States.
The wPA writer's project compiled
and published II histories, wrote l5
radio sGipts for the department OF
conservation and sent the Michigan
state guide. a complete Michigan
guidebook, to the, publishers.
During the last year the historical
records survey published rs books:
Federal Inventories of the Depart
ments Of Treasury, Justice, Navy, AZ
ricultuae, Commerce, Labor. Veterans
Administration. Farm Credit Admins
tration; County Inventories OF Bay,
Cheboygan, Genesee Marquette; Mu-
nici,al Inventories OF the Detroit City
Treasurer. Detroit Department of Re
creation, Hamtramck City Engineer;
Church Inventories of Jewish Bodies,
Dearborn Churches. Presbytei ian
Churches in UaS.A. (Presbytery Of De
troit1, African Methodist Episcopal
michigan Conference). Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Michigan. West
ern Diocese. and Northern Diocesel,
Manuscript Guides to Repositories in
Michigan and Calendar of Baptist Col
lection. Kalamazoo College; and Min
utes OF the Charter Commission or
Hamtrlmck. Michigan, 1871 y; Min
utes OF the Meetings of the Village
Council of Hamtramck. Michigan,
19M-0C.
The WPA Bmiile project complied
45O volumes in Braille.
Tie wPA library project cltalogued
a total OF 1870 books and repaired
and bound approximately $4,000 vol
mnes-
The wPA sight saving project copied
text books, available only In small
print, on bulletin tyRewriters 50 that
they could be read bys those children
whose vision Is impaired. The books
are available to children from the
second grade through high school
The wEA boolubinding project sorted.
flied and bound 25S,646 records and
doUunenfa
The wP.A research and records pro-
ject made Z survey Of traffic devices
DOR Datroit's traffic engineering. bur
can OF over 800 kinds Of devices now
~ pse. Another outstanding research
pspject now under Hay Is a tanspor-
tations study being made BY the D.SR.
Tia projep4 atone eulpioys 500 re-
eearrh wdrhs1
Dukfne - gar 1910 there was an
bys1se6 q q plot imnkely 800 persons.
epastah1 epp1oved N the work Of
fslaA 40 1lty and county fecerds.
- yfPA futuiture renovation pro
81 fenoyatsd 1870 pieces Il f1rni-
he d. ~ pst<oit Board Of Ddnca-
Hen, ~ Ftnent a public welfare,
The Hnmttl1npk Board Of Education,
and the Dsfpois Wayne county library.