"Corpsmen Comments"

I was a little muddy, but was more than glad to help.

It makes you feel good to help someone. Robert Staten, Stollings, W. Va.- I liked helping people in the time of need. I would be glad to do it again if I had to. David Harvey, Philadelphia, Pa. I have never seen

anything like it.
ever happens again, but I hope it doesn't.
(No comment.)
W. Va.

help now and again if it Ronald Vance, Ethel, W. Va. Leonard Haughton, Little Birch, many people lost so much. Jerry Wilson, Hertford, N. C. suffer right along with the Harold Defibaugh, Iron Gate,

Va.

I'm willing to

It was

a real disaster area.

I was sorry so

but the sick and injured

People lost a lot. I was glad to help because they

I never stopped to think,
other people in this type of thing.

sure needed it. I would do it again if need be.

John Leigh, Vernon Hill, Va. - A whole lot of damage was done and the hospital as well as others lost a lot. As the rest of the corpsmen, I'm willing to help and would

I would be glad to help anyone in need when something like

Earl Coles, Clover, Va. I didn't know that water could do so much damage, and I was more than glad to help clean the buildings, grounds and equipment for the students so they could go back to school.

I enjoyed helping the people of Marlinton cleanup. I feel real bad about the things that the people lost and I'm sure all the other corpsmen feel the same. John Padgett, Midland, Pa. glad to help in anyway would be glad to assist

- Speaking for the group of corpsmen
and feel that if anything like this
in anyway that we can.

at Anthony, we were ever happens again we

Mike Belton, Baltimore, Md. I was glad to help the people of Marlinton in the time of need and would do it again if need be. Robert McMillan, Beckley, W. Va.

I was glad to assist in helping clean up Marlinbecause a person never knows when he might need help.

I was glad to give assistance in helping clean up the Education Building at Marlinton. I would be glad to help in anyway if this would ever occur again.

Richard Crawford, Cheboygan, Mich.

Along with other corpsmen, I helped cleanup the grade school. It was one of the muddiest and messiest jobs I've had during my stay in Job Corps.

Eldon Sipple, Mingo County, W. Va. It sure was a mess, help. Douglas Doyle, Scranton, Pa. We weren't the only ones to help, naturally. The boys and girls of the high school and the people were all doing what they could to salvage a little. All suffered a loss where I could see.

Roger Butler, Zuni, Va. It was a pitiful sight to see people trying to dry out the mattresses and personal belongings while still swamped with water.

Larry Spencer, Columbia, N. C. Nothing much to say at a time like this, just pitch in and clean up. I was glad to help out.

Kenneth Dunford, Bradshaw, W. Va. I didn't realize water could damage stuff like that. The people needed help and I did what I could and was glad to do it. Landis Hale, Baltimore, Md. I've never seen anything like this. The people suffered a lot and I was glad to help. Lonnie Smith, Kermit, W. Va. It was one of the worst floods I have ever seen did more damage to any town than I've ever seen. I was more than glad to help.

and it

Most of the boys agreed that they were glad to have been able to help the people of Marlinton. They all received many thanks from the residents and they would be glad to go back and help at any time.

Nearly 500 young women in the Clinton (la.) Job Corps Center are working alongside townpeople to prevent flooding of the Mississippi River at that point, while another 1,000 Job Corpsmen are ready in Wisconsin to fight floods.

The young women in the Clinton center have been working four hours a day, filling sandbags as Clinton builds levees to prevent flooding. The river's crest is expected Saturday.

Center Director W. A. Lewis reported to Job Corps Director Wm. P. Kelly, that 150 young women have been working the morning shift and about 300 the afternoon shift in filling sandbags. During the remaining half day, the young women continue their Job Corps education and training.

Kelly said an additional 20 young women are working with the American Red Cross canteen in making sandwiches. The center, he said, is making its grounds available for the storage of equipment and merchandise from flood-threatened establishments.

The center also is getting ready to accommodate up to 200 families, who might be made homeless, for a month or more.

Meanwhile, approximately 200 young men from two Wisconsin Job Corps Conservation Centers are preparing to join flood cleanup crews in Northern Wisconsin. The young men are from the Blackwell Center near Laona and the Clan Lake Center at Clam Lake.

The McCoy Job Corps Center at Sparta, Wisconsin has offered the service of its 700 young men to Governor Knowles and Civil Defense authorities are determining how and where to use them.

80-084 O-67-43