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Civilian Public Service Unit (Howard, Pennsylvania, USA)

Civilian Public Service Unit (Howard, Pennsylvania), ca. 1943
CPS camp #40; postcard; artist unknown, ca. 1943.
Scan courtesy of Mennonite Church USA Archives--North Newton. 2003-0189

Howard (Pennsylvania) Civilian Public Service Unit No. 40, under Mennonite Central Committee direction, attached to the U.S. Government Soil Conservation Service, was established in June 1942 and closed in June 1943. Leaders were in order Ralph Hernley and Jesse Short. The work consisted chiefly of operating the Howard Nursery of the Soil Conservation Service. The unit had approximately 50 men.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 823. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: Bender, Harold S. "Civilian Public Service Unit (Howard, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 18 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/howard_cps_unit_no._40.

APA style: Bender, Harold S. (1956). Civilian Public Service Unit (Howard, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/howard_cps_unit_no._40.
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