The Pine Needle Press, March 30, 1939

              The Pine Jj^ Needle Press
Vol. 5; No. 2.
C. C. C. Co. 720, Wilton, Minn.
March 30, 1939.
50 Enrollees Enter Civilian Life
Assistant Forest Pathologist
Lorenz Addressed Technical
Staff on Tree Diseases
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Mr. Rolland W. Lorenz, Assistant
Forest Pathologist in the Division of
Forest Pathology of the United
States Forest Service, spoke to the
members of the Technical Service
personnel and Area Supervisor, John
Nelson and several of his assistants
from the Minnesota Forest Service
office in Bemidji, Friday evening,
March 3, 1939, in the camp educational building. He gave an illustrated lecture on the principles and most
common types of diseases affecting
forest trees. Mr. Lorenz, accompanied
by Mr. F. I. Moore of the Minnesota
State CCC office at Grand Rapids, "is
making a tour of the State camps to
give the personnel an opportunity So
learn the elementary facts about tree
diseases. Many local problems on wood
rots and other organisms which destroy standing timber were discussed.
On  Saturday   morning,   March   4th, j
Mr. Lorenz and Mr. Moore, as well as I
Area Superior Nelson and Jr. Forest- j
ers George Plant and John Virtue of |
this camp, visited the Red Lake Reservation  where  they  viewed  the  forest   improvement   projects   being   carried on and noted the effect that such
practices   will   have   on   reduction   of
damage    from    common    forest   tree
diseases.
Farewell Dance
Held in Honor Of
Departing Enrollees
Conopa And Smith
Accept Employment
Both  Men  Enter  Departments of
U. S. Government
Leonard L. Conopa long time enrollee of this organization, having
enrolled in April of 1935 accepted a
civil service appointment at Rock
Island, Illinois. Mr. Conopa, a draftsman by trade, is now employed at
the Arsenal, engaged in engineering
drafting.
Mr. Conopa served in various capacities while in camp such as: Canteen Steward, Store Keeper, and Mess
Steward. He at one time instructed
a class in Drafting while this company was still located at Cass Lake.
He was an excellent leader, and although we like to see someone secure
better employment, we regretted to
see him leave this organization.
Russell Smith Joins Navy
During the early part of this month
enrollee Russell Smith, formerly of
Bemidji, and member of this company since last August, left for Minneapolis to enter the U. S. Navy. Mr.
Smith had been on the waiting list for
some time and at last was awarded
an entrance.
Correspondence has been received
from both of the men who are enjoying   their   new   work.   The   Editorial
Many Old Timers Leave With
New Two Year Ruling in Effect
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FOREMAN HANS
ARVIK SPEAKS
As the time once again approaches
when a large number of our enrolled
men will have to leave for private life,
I would like to leave a few words of
thought with them that I have gained
from experience, and the school of
hard   knocks.
You will, as you again enter private
life, be looking for employment, when
you do so, I have always found it a
good method to approach the person
I want to see in an open and straight
forward manner. Introduce yourself
to strangers, and then state your errand briefly. Upon receiving a reply,
form your answers and further conversation according to the information asked for.
If you have any recommendations
present them shortly after you have
made your appearance; but never appear nervous or fidgety, and do not
insistently smoke when you contact
a person or firm for employment, as
such factors will ruin your chances
at least 50 per cent of obtaining the
job, even if there otherwise should be
an opening.
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Staff of the Pine Needle Press
wishes to take this opportunity in extending its best wishes to the two
men, for their success and trust that
they will enjoy their new work to the
fullest  extent.
AU REVOIR
The entire enrolled personnel of
Company 720 perhaps had their last
social gathering in one unit on March
13th. Arrangements were made by Lt.
F. A. Nolan to secure the exclusive
use, for one night, of the "Swing
Club" located between camp and Bemidji. Lt. Nolan secured the use of
this place in that no suitable building in camp was available to house
the entire group. The local recreation hall is not large enough and the
furniture would have been very difficult to move.
The evening consisted of dancing,
with music furnished by Lloyd Anderson and his orchestra. An enjoyable time was had by all, and favorable reports were received in that the
crowd was exceptionally well behaved
under the supervision of Lt. J. J.
Fitzpatrick.
The   time   is   upon
necessary   to   bid   many
friends    adieu.    Old
us   when   it   is | camp   activities.   Each   of  you  is   re-
of   our    old j membered because of your reaction to
time   has   one or more of the above items.
man
maintained his relentless march and
as a result many of the "old timers"
are forced to take their discharge due
to the maximum length of the service
clause.
You're leaving the C's and going
back to civilian life, but though you
actually pack up, check in, take your
discharge, and are placed on a final
payroll, each an act which in itself
symbolizes finality, your memory will
live forever in the C's. Though you
may not realize it now each of you
has left something with us, whether
it be your attitude, your appearance,
your willingness to cooperate, your
ability to live and abide by the regulations of our organization, or the
manner in which you participated in
And so it will continue to be after
you're again in civilian life. Again you
will be graded and remembered by
your score. So take a hint and remember that wherever you are, or
whatever you're doing, act the part
of a gentleman and do your part in
such a way that the memories lingering after your departure will be
only those of the best.
I wish to take this opportunity to
wish each and every one of you the
best of luck in whatever you attempt
in the future. We in 720 feel that
we are losing some very fine friends
and pals and we ask that you maintain the standards you set up and
lived by while with  us.
—LT. NOLAN.
In the summer of 1937 a ruling was
enforced placing all enrollees, with
the exception of five project assistants and five specialists under an
enrollment of two years. Athough a
large number of enrollees in the various camps throughout the nation had
been in the Corps two years prior to
this date, they were permitted to remain as previous service had no effect
on past service, providing the enrollee
had not reached the age of twenty-
four.
At the termination of the present
enrollment period the companies
throughout this district will on an
average lose from fifty to seventy-
five men. Minnesota and the entire
Seventh Corps Area are not as hard
hits as some of the other Corps
Areas. The Fourth Corps Area is to
lose more men than any other Area.
32 Enrollees Compelled to Leave
At this time 32 enrollees are forced
to accept discharges, due to the foregoing mentioned ruling. An additional nineteen men have requested discharges, at the curtailment of the
present enlistment. The dates of discharge were set on four different
dates, to have the administrative work
more evenly divided.
Men who left on March 16th are as
follows: Burnham, Czech, Hannu, Ju-
lin, Stall, Liberty. Navidonski, Nies,
Simon, R., Smith, B., Williams and
Wurl. March 21st: Benson, Betz,
Bradford, Gillitzer, Gould, Keske, Le-
Mire. Lilike, Moen. Prochazka, Schafer
and Ziegelmier. March 28th: George,
Shodin, Simon, H., Soderlund, Spencer, Krompotich, Schlagheck, Sten-
berg, H., Stoltz, Ulmer, Vangstad and
Wahlstrom. The men to leave on
March 31st are as follows: Bjorgo,
Cowdery, Cregar, Folland, Goddard,
Pready, Isensee, Koxvold, Mussey, Olson, C, Pirtle, Sarazyn, and Schroe-
der. James Johnson also scheduled
to be discharged at this date has been
transferred to Co. 2705 at Bagley in
the capacity of Project  Assistant.
Leader James Johnson
Transferred to Co. 2705
Slated as one of the enrollees to be
discharged at the termination of the
present enrollment period, due to
length of service, James Johnson was
transferred to Co. 2705 in the capacity
of Project Assistant.
Leader Johnson has been a member of the Corps for many months
and was fortunate due to the fact
that an opening existed at Company
2705, Camp S-141, a short distance
south of Bagley. Johnson had been
an active member on the local paper
staff and participated in many recreational activities, and we wish him
luck and success at his station.