Show SUBSCRIBE 1 To o The e Chronicle Chron cle I City Boy Turns Farmer Farmer- F I Brings in the ff irve I n 9 R c n r N F ry I 0 r x l b v w Y a 4 yF r. r J i cal r tt iIi DEARBORN MICH Hes He's gained gamed in weight this M Michigan boy He and other lads from fromi i big city streets have averaged t f eight i. gain gam of 13 pounds by t to f fall all under under un- un J. J wor working k mg r from rom spring der del healthful conditions i I They have just got in another harvest at Camps Legion and k Willow Run and are figuring j up the th profits on their seasons season's work In these two camps Henry J Ford has been providing a special special special cial opportunity for a certain 1 group of under-privileged under boys i t l j These boys for the most part from applicants are re selected t who are the sons of men who served our country in the army 1 t navy during the last great or i war Ill III health or death among i these veterans leaves their families fam fam- i I flies in difficult circumstances es Mr Ford wanted to help these families by giving boys of 17 18 and 19 years of age belonging to them an opportunitY opportunity opportunity of their to make more 5 1 lives p Ever since the frost left the ground last April these lads boon working two havo have nero aero tract of farm land which t he provided for them When the last of the produce is sold ti there will be approximately in in earnings to be split in equal shares among the youths the director of th the camps estimates This will win be bein bein in addition to the two dollar dollars a day plus food and lodging each boy received throughout the season At camp the boys learn teamwork team work and self Each camp is governed by the boys themselves They elect a camp leader keep their own books market their own produce through roadside stands and ard wholesale channels Now that the season has ha ended the boys are arc free to dc do anything they wish but they ar are cd an opportunity to enroll in in the school system a at atthe 1 the Rouge plant or to do plant work at regular salaries II In starting the c camps Mr j jFord J Ford acted in the belief that tha L 11 It Itis is up to business men and industrialists In In- to accept as a social responsibility the problem problems facing boys who found themselves themselves them- them selves through no do fault of or own at l loose loosa oliD ends |