$1.00 a day, plus food, shelter and clothing. They learned mechanical and engineering skills. Under the supervision of the War Department they planted trees, fought forest fires, built roads, bridges, dams and constructed state parks and water systems. This corps was ended in 1943 after the start of the 2nd World War as men were needed in the armed forces. The W.P.A. or Work Project Administration was another special project devised to employ both skilled and unskilled workers and professional persons. It was a vast program of works: construction of public buildings, highways, dams, and similar projects. There were also vast vegetable gardens to help provide food for workers and their families. In 1934, in the fall, my Dad worked in the W.P.A. gardens - there was no pay, but credit for hours worked and you got your vegetables and could get food staples at the warehouse. Betty missed school one day; her family had no bread for lunches. Dad and I traded flour and sugar to her mom for home baked bread. I think the one good that came from the depression years was the drawing of families, friends and neighbors together - sharing and helping each other wherever we could.

September 1933 was the start of my Junior year in high school. There were 4,000 students enrolled this year, making us the largest school in the Western United States. Our football team was super this year, they were "City Champs." They played in the "Football Carnival", Nov. 29th at the L.A. Coliseum - what a great game and no voice over the week end again.

With the holidays coming up there was much excitement in the girls gum. Donations of toys for different ages, cosmetics for teen girls, assorted items for teen boys and lots of donated food products. During gym we girls were given a family list with the ages
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