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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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North Carolina's State Recreation Commission, established by the 1945 General Assembly, recognized by Federal Security Agency as nation's first. Director McCloskey praises its work for soldiers, war workers, and youth in letter to Gov. Cherry.
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RALEIGH, March 28.—(AP)— The State Recreation Commission created by the 1945 General Assembly has been recognized by the Federal Security Agency as the first of its kind in America.
In a letter to Governor Cherry, Mark A. McCloskey, director of Community War Services for FSA, said passage of the recreation bill by North Carolina would "have a healthy reflection all through the rest of the country."
"Many reports have come to me on the fine work your recreation division has been doing for soldiers, war workers and youth in North Carolina," McCloskey said.
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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March 28
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recognized by the federal security agency as the first of its kind in america
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The State Recreation Commission created by the 1945 General Assembly has been recognized by the Federal Security Agency. In a letter to Governor Cherry, Mark A. McCloskey, director of Community War Services for FSA, praised the passage of the recreation bill by North Carolina and the fine work of the recreation division for soldiers, war workers, and youth.