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Show Disabled Veterans Offered Employment In Florist Industry Many of the veterans of World War I found employment in the florist flor-ist industry. The Society of American Amer-ican Florists has undertaken to perform per-form a real service to the maimed, the crippled, the deaf and the mentally men-tally upset veteran. The society hopes to place from 12,000 to 15,000 disabled men. The florist industry is unique In that it is able to find a place for men with almost every type of disability. dis-ability. To the emotionally upset veteran suffering from shock of combat or training, or the one with arrested tuberculosis or other chronic chron-ic disease, working with growing things outdoors or in greenhouses in peaceful sunny surroundings offers one of the best of therapeutic healing heal-ing agents. To the man with loss of leg or arm or pther serious physical handi cap, there is the opportunity of reeducating re-educating and strengthening muscle, hand and body, and at the same time receiving pay for his work. Types of jobs particularly adapted to men with such disabilities are grafting, hybridizing, making cuttings, cut-tings, potting, pinching, etc. They also may engage in sorting or grading grad-ing of flowers and in floral arrangement. arrange-ment. Exservicemen desiring to enter en-ter the florist field should get in touch at once with their nearest veterans' vet-erans' representative. They can also obtain information from members of the florists' association. |
