The first ORT training school for refugees in North America is ready to open in Canada, according to an announcement by George Backer, president of the American ORT Federation.
Situated in a camp for European refugees on Ile aux Noix, an island on Lake Richelieu, 47 miles from Montreal, the school has an initial enrollment of 150 all types, tools and fittings.
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