The Sylvan Echo, March 14, 1939

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"CCC Aristocrat"
Published   Monthly   by   CCC  Company 4707
OUTING,  MINN., MAR.  14,  1939
SIXTY-TWO TO BE DISCHARGED IN MARCH
4707 GOES ON THE AIR
Aga Builds
New Bakery
A new bake shop, sixteen by
eighteen feet, is under construction at Company 4707. The structure has been designed by Mr.
Aga, camp baker, who built an
excellent bake shop at Company
2711 before he came here. He is
supervising the work being done
on the local shop, by Stanley
Malles and Phillip Jost, camp
maintenance men.
To Have Plywood Interior
When interviewed by a SYLVAN ECHO reporter, Mr. Aga
Stated that the bake shop's interior would be finished with plywood which would be painted
white and stripped with black.
.The floor will be covered with linoleum. A door will lead to the
kitchen, which the bake shop is
annexed to, and another door
leads outside. The shop will have
eight  windows,   and   will   contain
>ie and cabmets, and also
sink,  kitchen  range  and  water
heater,   thus  making  it    entirely
independent of the kitchen.
The time for the completion of
the building has not been set as
yet, but according to Mr. Aga,
the date is not so very far off. At
present the walls have been erected, the roof has been put on, the
flooring laid, and the carpenters
are working on the windows and
doors.
CONGRATULATIONS
To 2nd Lt. Edwin H. Leer on
nis marriage to Miss Jean Rogers
of Miadison, So. Dak.
The couple are making their
home near Outing.
Broadcast Acquaints Listeners With Camp Training
Program
Complying with a request by
the Minnesota Forest Service,
CCC Co. 4707, Camp S-97, of
Outing, Minnesota, presented a
half hour broadcast on The Educational Program of the CCC,
over Station WMFG, Hibbing, on
February  25,  at 4:30  P.  M.
Consisting of brief talks by
Educational Director Norman C.
Oaspersen and Junior Forester
Russel W. Johnson and a skit by
members of the Company, the
program cast a new light on the
expansive educational system of
the   Civilian   Conservation   Corps.
As stated by Mr. Caspersen the
educational system of the CCC
has been amazingly expanded in
the six years of the Corps' existence. "During the last fiscal year
ending in June, 1938," Mr. Caspersen stated, "8,817 enrollees
were taught to read and write."
He went on to say 1Js-- | fje an
average of fiffeen or more instructors in each camp teaching
from twenty-four to over thirty
separate courses. After stating
that from the enrollees daily work
and training in vocational Classes
he becomes more employable, Mr.
Caspersen closed his address by
saying: "Training through exper-
ence and study are necessary to
arouse ambitions and develope abilities. In the Civilian Conservation Corps Gamps many opportunities are provided whereby the
youth of our nation may develop
well   rounded   personalities."
Junior Forester Russel W.
Johnson expressed that in such an
age of industrial distress only the
experienced worker is able to secure employment and the youth
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Two Educators
Visit Camp
Educational Directors W. H.
Hill and R. E. Williams of Seventh Corps Area and Minnesota
District Headquarters respectively, visited Company 4707 on February 24th for the purpose of inspecting the educational department. They arrived in the afternoon and remained until the morning of the 25th.
Both directors were highly impressed with the school building
completed here last fall, which
neither of them had as yet had a
chance to see. "It is one o± the
best in the State", was Mr. Williams' comment. "Yes, well worth
driving down to see", decided Mr.
Hill.
After inspecting the records the
directors announced all was in
good order and that they were
pleased with the program being-
carried on at this company.
"Echo" Staff
Loses Three
Three members of the SYLVAN
ECHO staff will accept discharges
at the end of the current enrollment period, Maixm 31st. They
are Editor Edwin R. Vigness,
Forestry Editor James L. Durham and Art Editor Francis L.
Madigan.
Enrolled in the CCC in January, 1937, Vigness worked in the
capacity of reconnaissaince clerk
for a few months. He was appointed Mess Steward in May,
1937, but found that job was not
to his liking, A short time later
he was made canteen steward and
in August of the same year became Assistant Camp Educational
Director.    He  has held that posi-
More Than Half of Grou]
Oldtimers in the CCG-
Due to the new rule that r'
man may remain in the CCCjnort.
than two  years  prior  to July    1]\
leavel
Company 4707 for good, between'
March 17, and March 31. This is
one time they will not be eligible
to reenroll, unless they are classified as project assistants or exempted men on the army overhead. Some of the men leaving
have proven themselves outstanding in every respect. They have
worked hard and will never be
forgotten by the remaining enrollees of this company.
Lose Valuable Men
Leaders   and   assistant     leao.'
Ed. Dapt. Has
G^ot Quart
Enrollees Wax Fat on Beans
In its January issue the SYLVAN ECHO carried a table of
actual and comparative figures on
the amounts of food consumed by
the entire CCC during the fiscal
year 1938. While it is neraly impossible to compile such a set of
figures for this company, the staff
of the Echo has obtained figures
on weight changes of forty four
enrollees who became members of
Company 4707 on October sixth,
last, and have made some interesting comparisons.
During the five months that
have elapsed since the enrollment
of this group, it has made a gross
increase in weight to the almost
ui_balie^eable amount of 628
pounds. Only four men of the
forty four lost weight, -and' they
together lost sixteen pound's, the
total increase being 644 pounds.
The average increase in weight
per man for the group is 14.3
pounds.
Of the forty who gained in
weight, two gained from one to
five pounds; eight from six to ten
pounds; eleven from eleven to fifteen pounds; seven from sixteen
to twenty pounds; and twelve from
twenty one to twenty five pounds.
Rudolph Olson and Raymond Mayer each gained twenty five pounds.
The average original weight per
enrollee was 141.4 pounds. The
percentage of increase is 10.1 per
cent.
AH figures used in this article
are authentic, being taken from
the files of the camp hospital.
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March 31st will mark the end
of the most successful quarter
ever enjoyed by the educational
department of Company 4707.
This is the first time in the company's history that all classes
have   met   in   one   building.
A total of twenty nine different
courses of instruction have been
offered and aceepted by, the members of the Company. Classes
i have been taught by the Educational Director, Army and Technical personnel, and enrollees
qualified to teach some particular
subject.
Issue Many Certificates
A great many unit certificates
will be issued to enrollees who
have earned them through their
participation in the Educational
Program. The certificates cover
courses of twelve or more hours
of inftruction in any field. Most
of the members of the Company
will earn more than one of these
certificates and many already have
one or more.
Improvements are still being
made in the new school building.
Recently attractive new hinges
were purchased and put on the
windows and paint has also been
obtained and applied to the windows. The board wainscoting in
the shop has been painted. Fire
shelves and hangers for the fire
extinguishers have been installed
for each stove.
The problem of desks has yet
to be solved but it is believed that
a way will be found out of this
difficulty during the course of the
summer.
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Chester Puelston
Dennis Bartelt
Raymond Petrick
Elmer Anderson
Irvin  Ahrendt
John Iverson
John Chase
Keith  Coolidge
Archie Mattson
Harley Giese
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Donald McPherson
Mark Zensen
Morley McPherson
Robert Peterson
Melvin Presler
John  Chupka
Henry Rodenberg
Donald  Fallon
Frank Todd
. Carl Benson
Cail Lundgren
William  Doran
Francis Latourelle
Randolph Georges
Gordon  Olson
Willard Demarais
John Martell
Arnold  Maijala
Richard Johnson
Denn Ewir.g
James Peterson
Clarence Wiatrowski
Theodore  Can-
George Comstock
Harold Stegelvik
Raymond Nordquist
Alois  Bursey
Oscar Larson
Charles Schwartz
Andrew Austin
Jess Ruby
Vincent Salas
Stanley Malles
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Edwin Vigness
Francis Madigan
Jack Durham
Virgil Taube
Roy Langley
Ferdinand Sehmidtbauer
Walter Morson
tion since that time and has edited the SYLVAN ECHO for the
past twenty months.
James Durham entered the CCC
in 1935, and has been Forestry
Clerk during his entire enrollment. He has also been a member of the SYLVAN ECHO staff
during this time. His thorough
knowledge and understanding of
the various projects has enabled
the ECHO to publish stories about
the work this camp performs.
Francis Madigan, more commonly known as "Butch", has been
a member of 4707 for three years.
During his first year he worked
at many different jobs, but was
appointed hospital orderly almost
two years ago. Butch has been
on the ECHO'S staff for some
time. He makes the cuts that
appear from time to time in the
camp paper and also writes "Hospital Notes".
The January issue of the SYLVAN ECHO rated three and one
half stars with HAPPY DAYS and
"Excellent" with Minnesota District Headquarters.
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Langley, Madigan, Morson, Salas,
Sims, Bartlet, and J. Peterson will
be missed even more, due to the
important positions they have held
on the Army as well as Forestry
Over-head. It will be hard to find
a Mess Steward as efficient as
Walter J. Morson, who upon being
discharged will work as Chief Engineer for the Acme C-^amery
Company of Mankato, Minnesota,
Jack Durham, Chief Fore^+-|v
Clerk, will be missed on the F,
estry Hill, Jack will either wo:
for a southern construction com
pany or be modern and be a mem
ber of some band orchestra. Jack
by the way is the oldest man in
this company at the present time
in regards to service in the CCC.
The above is only part of what
the ex-CCC men will be doing
when they leave. Other men who
are leaving will secure jobs as
farmers, lumberjacks, clerks, soldiers, gobs, and other things too
numerous to mention. Wa -wish
all, all the luck in the world on
their venture back to civilization.
Camp will not be the same when
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