Spruce Lake Splash, July 18, 1941

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Splash
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JUL 06 1989
Vol. 6, No. 4
Two Harbors, Minnesota
July 18, 1941
27 NEW MEN
ARRIVE IN COMPANY
On July 15, twenty-Seven men
were enrolled in this company
from St. Paul and vicinity, bringing the total enrollment from that
city to about one-half of the
■ company strength. Among the
new arrivals was the last th:rd
of the Cromey brothers, the third
in three consecutive enrollments.
A complete list of the new members   of   our  company   follows:
Bein,   Wilbert
Caliquire,   Thomas
Courtney,   Eugene
Cromey,   Russell
Diehl,   Richard
Dill,  Eugene
Echert,   Edward
Enslin,  Lester
Freese,   William
Gagliardi,   David
Qrider,  George
Halbert,   Ralph
Hansen,   Leonard
Henderson,   Robe! t
Keeley, James
Kelley, Gordon
Ketter,   Robert
Konopatzki, William
Kreyer,  Donald
Kimball,   Robwt
Loschy,   Bernard
Mavgi,   Micheal
May en,   George
Misenor,   Henry
Ronayne,  Howard
Seible,  Gerald
Walfoort,  Glenn
We sincerely hope that these
new barracks-mates of ours will
lnd the company to their liking
and that their stay with us will
be  a  long  and  a   pleasant  one.
TWELVE MEN TO
RECEIVE FIRST AID
CERTIFICATES
On the basis of tests given by-
Mr. Nordstrom and Dr. Brandes
at the end of the last quarter's
work, twelve enrollees are eligible
to receive Standard First Aid Certificates. Those receiving the
awards  are:
Clifford   Swanson
George   Hough
Edward  Johnson
Joseph   Florian
George   Jansen
Herbert Chandler
Walter  Blair
David   Clapp
Arnold   Hedman
Russell   Lundin
William  Coy  Vinson
Walter  Bradshaw
The highest score among those
taking the test was that made by
Clifford Swanson, a member of the
Advanced First Aid class with a.
score of 98 out of a possible 100.
Know Your CCC Week Observed
SPLASH CONTINUES
FIVE STAR RATING
The June issue of the Spruce
Lake Splash was given a rating
of Ave stars by Happy Days, national CCC weekly. This is our
third consecutive paper to be so
rated. It is the hope of the staff
that we may continue to hold this
high rating and it is upon the
contributions of the enrollees that
our success depends. Then again
I  am  a  pretty  good   editor.
DISCHARGES
RIDDLE COMPANY
The discharge of twenty-five
men at the end of the second
quarter, together with other discharges during the month for em-
ploymen and other reasons, found
the company strength at the low
figure of eighty-three before the
arrival of the new men. Several
key positions in the company still
remain filled on a temporary
basis.
IT HAPPENED IN JULY
From   the   Spruce   Lake   Splash   of July,  1938.
LANG NEW SUPPLY
STEWARD
Roy Lang, who has been hospital orderly for the past three
months, took over the duties of
supply steward on July 5. He is
the fourth man to hold the position since Don McNally left
June 1, and Doc is likely to find
himself quite a job under these
circumstances.
STANDARD LIST
OF MAGAZINES
The following magapines have
been purchased by the War Department for the Fiscal Rear 1942
and will be sent to this company
during that period: American Forests, Collier's, Conservation, Farm
Couth, Farmer's Digest, Hygeia,
Life, Nations1 Geographic, News-
Week, occupations, Our Times,
Reader's Digest, Safety Engineering, Saturday Evening Post, Time
and  Couth Today.
The small building which is to
house the mechanical refrigeration
unit has been completed adjacent
to the icebox.
Road construction of No. 560W
has been going along at a fast
clip with the use of two bulldozers,
a grader and a road ripper. The
project is under the direction of
Foreman William Cameron.
In a four inning game which
was called because of the weather,
Co. 3707 defeated Co. 2710 by the
lopsided score of 8 to 0. An outstanding feature of the game was
that  twelve  men  came   to  bat  for
2710   and   all   were   struck   out   by
pitcher   Kalata.
Barracks Seven is looking forward to winning the prize for the
outstanding barracks for the month
of  July.   How   times  change!
On July 22, a company dance
was held with music furnished by
the camp orchestra. Myron Wild
and John Reimer staged a tap
dance for the amusement of everyone but themselves".
The  furrowing   crews    are    busy
again geting enough ground plough
ed so we can meet our tree-plant-
in   quota   of   500,000   this   fall.
NEW DOCTOR
TAKES UP DUTIES
Dr. Robert W. Brandes arrived at this company during the
last month to fill the pisition of
Camp Physician left vacant when
Dr. L. A. Duncan was transferred to a Missouri lompany. Dr.
Brandes, who hails from Jordan,
Minnesota, graduated from the
Medical School of the University
of Minnesota in 1940 and served
his internship at Abbott hospital
in Minneapolis. His stay with us
is expected to be until December
and we hope it will be a pleas
ant  one.
SAWBILL DETACHMENT LEAVES
i
With  the  expiration of  the  quarantine,   the   thirty  men  who  have
been   with   this   company   on   detached  service   fro/.i  Company  716,
Tofte, returned to their home company   July   6.   Seven   of   the   boys
were   discharged   from   this   com-
'pany   on   June   27,   although     the
quarantine    delayed    their    departure.   During   their   ten   weeks   stay
jwith   us,   the     Sawbill    boys    and
their   foreman,   Leonard   Hoaglund,
have   assisted   us     with     nursery
work, tree planting, and low plantation release.
SPRUCE LAKE CAMP
HAS PROMINENT
PART IN EXHIBIT
Under the Sponsorship of Jay
•Cooke, Spruce Lake, Brimson and
Gooseberry CCC camps, the State
Selecting Agency, and the St.
Louis County Welfare Board, the
celebration of "Know Your CCC"
week moved to Duluth July 16 and
17 with an exhibit of the activities of enrollees in the various
camps. The purpose of the exhibit
is to acquaint the public with life
and work in a CCC camp, training opportunities, the CCC contribution to National Defense, and
the employment opportunities in
the   CCC.
The arrangements for the demonstration of J. W. Trygg, CCC
supervisor, Superior National Forest; Captain J. W. Leighton, Superior Sub-District Commander,
and L. R. Beatty, acting director of the state CCC, Minnesota
Forest Service. A field-kitchen,
wood-working machinery, first-aid
equipment, fire-fighting equipment,
masonry Work, welding, blacks-
mithing, and sign painting were
exhibted and demonstrated during
the   two   nights.
Spruce   Lake   Contributes
to   Celebration
With Superintendent R. S.
Donaldson, Mr. Richards and Captain Entzminger in charge of the
arrangements for Spruce Lake
camp, the boys of 3707 turned in
an admirable demonstration of
their work. A sample of furrowing was shown by Kenneth Nelson and Maurice Nyhous of Charles
Hauke's crew, plowing a piece of
land near the exhibition area. A
mock forest fire was extinguished
by a firefighting crew equipped
with two marine pumps. The
fire was located by towerman Harold Broughton, the location radioed to the fire truck, and the
marine pumps put into action by
Clyde Sanborn and Tiny Dahlin.
The fire suppression demonstration was in charge of Foreman
Rolph   Graves.
Perhaps the most" popular of the
exhibits was the field kitchen operated by Joe Rosik. Joe was kept
busy answering the questions of
curious housewives while making
his doughnuts. Three hundred
cups of coffee and thirty-five
dozen doughnuts were consumed
by the crowd during the demonstration.