Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-02-05

throughout the county the unem
ployment office is showed under
with applications. The people al
the local office are doing their ut
most to serve you well, but THEN
job is not an easy one with the
avalanche of applications tha
have descended upon them.
1t might help to hurry youl
checks if you members who are
just now applying will go over The
following and make sure you have
all necessary information anC
forms with you when you go tC
the unemployment office to apply
You must furnish the Commission
l. Your name and correct ad
dress.
2. Your social security number
(have your social security care
with you)
3. Your employers name anc
address.
4. Your occupation.
5. The date on which you be
came unemployed and the reason
for such unemployment.
6. Any forms which your EN-
ployer may be required to furnish
you upon your separation.
Note: There is waiting periot
of one week during which time
you will not be eligible for com
pensation payments. But this doe
not mean that you should wait ;
week before going down to appl.
for compensation. Apply for com
pensation Immediately upon beinl
laid off, as your one week wait
ing period will begin at the tim,
you apply-not before.
Was examining the "CIO Labo
Almanack" the other day when th
eight-year-old daughter looking
over my shoulder said, "Hey, lool
February End is 'Pickpockets
Day" Check the "Almanack
on our bulletin board and you'll
see what she meant.
Ohio must be slipping {. Lat
est reports show four states wit
worse record than Ohio in Ur
employment compensation disqua:
ifications (workers denied unem
ployment benefits for a variety O
reasonS) These four states ar
Minnesota, North Dakota, low
and Utah.
Ohio almost always have ha
the distinction" of the highes
percentage of disqualifications i
the country and now we find oul
selves pressed by four other SOY
ereign states. We must be losin
our vitality!
Two Rooms and No Job
When his wife has their ne'
baby, Arlo Britton will have t
pay the hospital bill with his III
employment compensation check.
He's been told to do that by tn
Illinois county aid agency helpin
out Britton and his family.
Laid off since October 8, tn
tall thin former international Ha
vester Co. worker has been tryin
to find work ever since.
''There just isn't any to b
found" he said, "Ive been to e.
cry factory / know, and othe
places, too, where l thought
might get a job"
i ''If | had a skill, | guess l migl
have had a chance. But I've been
straight production worker rigl
along, and there's just no factor
or laboring work around"
Britton, a lift-truck operator
the plant for five years until tt
layoff, now lives with his wife ar
three children in a two-roo
frame dwelling at Milan, Illinois
II was making $206 an hour
the plant. That came to about $S
a week. 1t was pretty good none
and we tried to save. But we
get a little ahead, and then som
thing would happen; we'd be rig
back at scratch again"
II knew about the new lay-oi
The rumor starts around Il
plant. You hear it, and you wo
der is this going to pass me by,
am / going to get it, too. It's Il
longest day you ever worked. Tin
never goes by so slowly as wht
you're waiting for that notice
happen"
Il started right away to look f
work, but there isn't any to
found"
We've had to cut down
much. Quite a lot on food. v
; don't spend any more than pos
BILE. The kids used to have fo
they don't even get anymore.
don't get them oranges or banan
or apples or other kinds of fri
they ought to have. We've ev
| cut down on milk"
II remember when | was Xxi
nobody in the family was wol
, ing. We went for a whole we
: eating pancakes and pickles. Th
2 was all we could get"