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Show Local Boys Given Awards For Outstanding Work In Welding School Three local boys were chosen recently, re-cently, as a result of outstanding efforts in a defense welding school, to be sent to Richmond, Calif., with expenses paid. These boys are Philip Reid, son of H. L. Reid of St. George; Duane Bryner, son of E r v i n Bryner of Cedar City; and Lo-Raine Lo-Raine Woodbury, son of Lawrence Woodbury of St. George. For the past six or eight weeks they have been assigned to a defense de-fense training program, sponsored jointly by the National Youth Administration, Ad-ministration, Dixie college and the State Vocational school department. depart-ment. Each youth has completed over 100 hours of specified arc welding jobs. These jobs have included anything from practice runs up to actual commercial type jobs. At the present time the class, under the instructorship of Earl B. Cottam, is constructing metal ladders, scaffolds and springboards for the St. George swimming pool. During this training period the boys are paid $24 monthly, from NYA funds, and as soon as they can pass necessary qualifications, NYA will pay their transportation transporta-tion to Richmond, Calif., and keep them there until such time as they are employed by the Richmond Rich-mond ship yards, usually about two weeks. Base pay at the ship yards ranges from 97c per hour upward. This course or a course in Radio (Continued on page eight) Welding Awards (Continued from first page) with similar opportunities is open to any boy or girl between the ages of 17 to 24, who is physically physi-cally fit. Those who are interested inter-ested may inquire of Mr. Cot-tain Cot-tain or C. O. Bowman at the Dixie college or write to Donald A. Knight at Cedar City. |