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A special offer that can save you up to 30% on heating and cooling costs. nOOOOpg gooooooc SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER-WEDN by Gerty Johnson After 70, He Found a Job Finding Jobs SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10,1975 First Mr. Cheney worked as a volunteer in Project FIND, a program of The National Council on the Ag­ ing which sought to locate the elderly poor and help them secure benefits and services. "I found I liked that kind of-work. I told the people at the Department of Social Welfare of the County that if they had anything similar, I would be interested." When he applied for a job, he gave the County officials copies of letters of apprecia­ tion from people he had helped while fie was doing volunteer work. "They read them during a weekend, then called me Monday and offered me this job," he said. "I have my own office. They let me alone because they know 1 can do the job.? "My first secretary was 81 and she did a real good job. Then she had to quit work because of a pinched nerve. Now I've got a 66-year-old secretary, but she isn't as good as the one who was 81. Marshall C. Cheney has retired not once, but twice. And at 78 he is busy at still another job. Also, if you are retired but want to work, he will be glad to help you find a job. In the last three years he has placed 3,000 older workers in jobs. Mr. Cheney's present job is operating the Senior Job Placement Center for Santa Cruz County in Santa Cruz, California. "I guess I just can't keep from working," Mr. Cheney said. Mr. Cheney was a sales­ man before he got into his present job. "1 made more money at age 70 than any­ time in my life," he said. "But then I got tired of pounding the pavement." "I've placed people in all kinds of jobs. One of the hard jobs to fill was that of plucking chickens. I finally found someone for that job and they wound up making $700 to $800 a month." Some of the other jobs he has filled have been baby­ sitting, cleaning, yard work, catering, apartment manage­ ment, chauffering, cooking, daytime care, practical nurs­ es, live-ins, handymen, paint­ ers, and plumbers--just for example. "I got one 81-year-old man^a job as a chauffeur. A woman had several appoint­ ments at night and didn't want to drive, so she hired this man. She called back to say he was 'a perfect gentle­ man and a good driver.' He soon had other jobs as a chauffeur." He admits he sometimes helps out others who are not senior workers. "If they are a little younger and come in here, I know they need a job. So, I try to get them a job helping an older person. If there is 'senior' at one end of the operation, it is fine with me." Mr. Cheney, who is origi­ nally from Milwaukee, Wis­ consin, said it was not easy to get his operation started. "I made 47 speeches in 1972 -- to Kiwanis Clubs, Rotary Clubs, all sorts of organiza­ tions, 1 wanted them to know of the service. Through the speeches, I got a lot of ex­ posure for the office quickly. I don't make as many speeches now. Don't have to. "Almost everywhere I go in town, people know me. I've either helped so many people get jobs or talked to people about hiring older workers that I have been in contact with just about ev­ eryone, it seems," he said. Mr. Vlheney operates his office as part of the services of the County of Santa Cruz. There is no charge Tor em­ ployee or employer. "It's a service that saves Santa Cruz County many thousands of dollars each year by keeping senior citizens off welfare rolls." One of the hundreds of letters of appreciation said, "If more cities and towns had such a good employ­ ment service as yours, I am sure a lot more senior citi­ zens would be able io live happier lives. ..." Helping Themselves to Lower Food Prices The philosophy of self- help served Paul Horvat so well from his childhood in Yugoslavia, througfr^he op­ eration of /his own business near Chicago that he could not see why it would not be a solution to the problem of high food prices. A television newscast in the summer of 1967 got Mr. Horvat thinking about the problems of farmers and those of inner city dwellers on low, fixed incomes. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing," the 74-year-old Mr. Horvat said as he re­ called that newscast. He de­ scribed the reports of farm­ ers destroying crops, farm animals and dumping milk on the ground because of low prices. __ "I knew there were hungry people in Chicago, people who could have used that food," he said. "I also knew many of these people could not afford the high prices de­ manded for food in the city grocery stores." Mr. Horvat figures these people could, though, afford the priix the farmers were asking. He decided that co­ ops at both ends of the mar­ keting line--with no one in between -- would help both the consumer and the farmer. First, Mr. Horvat contact­ ed farmers. They were will­ ing to bring their crops into Chicago and sell them below grocery store prices, : but above what wholesalers were offering them. Mr. Horvat then organized food fairs. He found allies in ctffnmunity leaders. They helped him line up sites and volunteers. Then farmers brought in samples of their products and put up price tags. The people responded by placing all the orders the farmers could fill. After people saw the ini­ tial success of these food fairs, they were willing to or­ ganize into food-buying clubs. Stressing his self-help phil- osQphy, Mr. Horvat said he would help groups get start­ ed, but then they were on their\own. The clubs^would compile orders from the member families, relay the orders to the head of the farmer group. The farmers would then bring in their crops td a central point for sale and distribution. These operations varied from the traditional farmers market in that the farmers knew what and how much was sold before they brought their crops to town. The whole operation was similar tcr^one Mr. Horvat, when a teenager, organized with farmers and villagers in Yugoslavia. Mr. Horvat soon found he was spending all his time with the food operation. He decided to retire from his business and devote full time to what he labeled "Self Help Action Center Food Programs." The operation has grown steadily. In the first year Mr. Horvat had three food fairs with the participation of 250 families. In 1974 the Self Help Action Center Food Program conducted 1,352 food fairs with 124,500 fami­ lies participating. Mr. Hor­ vat estimates that the farm­ ers gained about 40 percent in profit while the buyers saved about 60 per cent. "I came to this country in 1952. After a year of work­ ing at several jobs at a time, j 1 was able to save the money ' to open my own landscaping business," he said. "I have always wanted to do some­ thing for this/ country. Through this program, I feel I am helping with a major problem." With sufficient income from his business, Mr. Hor­ vat has been able to work without pay since 1968 on helping others on. the road of self-help. Anyone who wants to know more about his operation^ can write Paul Horvat at A127 Lake Ave­ nue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091. FINPTHE tCTTCHglW TOI5 PICTURE 1H*r5F€UF wppr tetter (ft** /urne, Humpty Dumpty A lot of folks spend all their lives climbing the ladder of success, only to find they had propped their ladders against the wrong wall. I could make a long list of wrong walls, the same as you could. But I'll mention only one, the wall of greed. Once greed fastens its tenacles around a man's heart, no ladder is too tall or too steep for him to climb. 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