After graduation from high school in the middle of the Depression (1935) and working in Binghamton, NY in construction, my Dad Frank Paukstis enrolled in the National Youth Administration program in Great Bend, PA. It was here that he trained as a welder.

Frank Paukstis and Lefty DeLuca	School at NYA Camp - Paukstis and Dirk Boyle
Rupert and DeLuca
Gerald Rupert and Frank Paukstis
Frank Paukstis, NYA President Gerald Rupert, NYA Vice President	Rupert, ?, Paukstis, Boyle, ?
Gerald Rupert and Frank Paukstis	Rupert, ?, Paukstis, Boyle, ?
"4 squad leaders at NYA camp Paukstis, Guy Nichols, Cobb, Brown
Frank with Tony Dirk from Browndale
Frank Paukstis at "Piggy Back Hill" 1938	Lombardo and Paukstis
Murray and Gerald Rupert	Gerald Rupert
"Putting up the 1st truss for the gymnasium. It burned down after 1 year.	The Penthouse at NYA Camp
NYA Camp - 1938