Name: Beaver Island townships hire C.E.J.A. maintenance workers, 1975
Start: 1975-04-01
End: 1975-04-01
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1975-04-01
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Edward Palmer (township_worker) · John DeVogel (township_worker)
Carried out by: Township of Peaine · Township of Saint James
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governanceeconomycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1975 Beaver Beacon reported that Peaine and St. James Townships expected CETA funds for one maintenance position each. The April issue reports that Edward Palmer was hired for St. James Township and John DeVogel for Peaine Township, with maintenance work planned within each jurisdiction and on joint township projects.

Evidence and limits

The February notice is prospective; the April notice is a hiring report. The issues do not provide award documents, contracts, wages, hours, payroll, job descriptions, or completion records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Employment?”
Reports that Peaine and St. James Townships expected Comprehensive Employment Training Program funds, allowing each to employ one person for maintenance and joint township projects beginning April 1, 1975. It gives eligibility priorities but does not establish award notices, hires, job descriptions, payroll, or completion. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1975, held issue PDF, pp. 4–5.
The scan confirms the announcement, townships, planned start date, and eligibility language.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1975, “C.E.J.A.”
Reports Edward Palmer for St. James Township and John DeVogel for Peaine Township hired under the Comprehensive Employment Training Program to perform maintenance within their jurisdictions and on joint township projects. It does not provide contracts, wages, hours, payroll, or completion records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1975, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the named hires and township assignments.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships hire C.E.J.A. maintenance workers, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-townships-ceta-employment-program-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Employment?” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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