The Flash, October 1938

              *THE FLASH*
OCTOBER, 1938
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
VOL. 3 No. 4
37 TRANSFERRED
TO CALEDONIA
21  MEN  DISCHARGED  AT END  OF
APRIL-OCTOBER   ENROLLMENT PERIOD
With the end of the April-October
enrollment period and the discharge of
21 men, the company strength was a-
gain built up by the arrival of 37 men
who were transferred from Co. 706 at
Lanesboro and Co. 723 at Lewiston.
These companies were redesignated
from Missouri to Minnesota companies
again and all Missouri enrollees either
transferred back to Missouri or to Co.
1720 at Caledonia. This leaves our company as the only Missouri company
left in Minnesota.
Of the 153 men who were the original Missouri enrollees of this company
only 51 now remain. They arrived at
Caledonia, Oct. 20, 1937. In the fall of
1937 there were 11 Missouri companies in Minnesota, now there is one, that
being our camp at Caledonia.
Following are the names of the enrollees transferred to this company:—
Garret Baker, Paul Bolen, Ben Boyn-
ston, Robert Campbell, Eugene Can-
field, Clyde Chenowith, Jack Cook,
Frank Cook, John Dirck, Vern Evans,
Leamon Evans, George Forney, Billy
"Green, Gardner Hawkins, Alfred Hill,
Walter Hinkle, David Hudson. William
Jackson, Kenneth Keith, Virgil Luther,
Maxwell McGregor, Clark Nauman,
Albert Perry, Earl Ragland, Lewis
Rowland, Joe Snyder, George Sher-
ertz, Chas. Stacer, Marvin Stedman,
Archie Sweeney, James Vincent, Robert Wade, Quentin Walker, Edward
Whitcomb, Raymond Whitley, Leander
Wick and Denzil Willis.
STRONG FLOOR TEAM
WAITING FOR ACTION
NEW LIBRARY RUSHED
HERE FOLLOWING FIRE
The subject of basketball is getting
to be a hot one in camp, and the boys
are itching to get out on the court.
This year the season is looked for-
-ward to with more than casual interest due partly to the fact that Company 1720 was the sub-district champion last year and represented the S.
E. S. D. in the district tournament at
Hibbing.
Of the squad that made up last
year's championship aggregation, several of the members will again be out,
battling for positions on this year's
team. The veterans from last year include the following men: Joe Grinter,
Frank Majors, Ed. Forgey, Reeve Macy,
Marcy Kroshus, Ed. Scharnweber, Auzy
Ford, Reve Macy, Stanley Paris, and
John Kassin.
The men who have enrolled since
last season undoubtedly include many
players who may make the regulars of
last year get out and hustle to make
the grade on this year's team. The best
hall players will be the boys who will
he in there when the whistle blows for
action, regardless of whether they
-were on the team last year or not.
Competition will be wide open, and
may the best man win. From here, it
looks like a good year for 1720.
The athietic trophies all burned in the
fire, so let's step out and gather another collection to adorn the walls of
new "Rec" that we hope will soon be
erected in the camp..
— 1	
Chiseler: "You ought to charge me
half-price for cutting my hair, I'm half
bald."
Barber: "Sorry, sir. We don't charge
for cutting your hair—we charge for
the time we spend hunting for it."—
The Railwayan.
On Monday morning, Oct. 10, the
day following the "Rec" fire and the
destruction of the old library, Mr. Bolkan called Mr. Williams, the District
Educational Adviser at Fort Snelling
and reported the loss of the library. On
Wednesday, Oct. 12 the new library
was unpacked 'and installed in the
school house ready for business, and
what business was done! Never in the
history of this company has there been
so much reading in a similar period of
time as there has been in the past two
weeks; concrete evidence that the selection of books "hit the spot," with
the boys.
The new library consists of two
traveling libraries of 184 volumes, a
permanent library of 104 volumes, and
a reference library of 52 volumes. The
selection is a list of very splendid
books, consisting of fiction that appeals to the boys of CCC age, biography and travel for those who are
fascinated by distant places and inspired by the deeds of the great characters of history, and probably the
most important, vocational works that
will give valuable information and instruction in the trades and professions
that fire the ambitions of those who
want to make good in the industrial
world.
If you have not done so, drop in at
the library in the school house and
browse through the volumes. There will
be something there that will interest
you and something that will help you.
We want to express our appreciation
to Mr. Williams and the quartermaster
for their good work in sending us this
splendid library in such record time.
GENERAL HODGES
VISITS CO. 1720
RECREATION HALL DESTROYED
RT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE
Thank You!
Ihe entire personnel of Company 1720 want to take this occasion to express our appreciation to the members of the Caledonia Fire Department for their
splendid work in coming to our
assistance when fire destroyed
the recreation hall at camp and
threatened to spread to other
buildings.
It is a comfort to every one in
camp to know that we can count
on the able assistance of the
townspeople of Caledonia, when
we are sorely in need of help.
We hope that the occasion will
never arise, but if the time
should come when the people of
Caledonia are threatened by an
emergency, we hope to be able to
respond with the same spirit of
good will and efficiency that was
shown by the Caledonia Fire
Department   at   our   recent   fire.
FALL CLASSES OFFER
MANY SUBJECTS
Brigadier General Campbell B.
Hodges, Commander of the Minnesota
District, inspected Company 1720 on
Friday, Oct. 14th.
The inspection tour covered the entire camp and the general showed a
keen interest in all phases of camp
activity and particularly in the welfare
of the boys. He was very much concerned that the losses sustained by the
fire should not interfere with the progress of the educational program.
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LOCAL FIRE CHIEF
TALKS TO COMPANY
CALEDONIA     FIRE     DEPARTMENT
CHECKS   FLAMES   FROM
SPREADING
NEW   HALL   WILL   BE   PROVIDED
FOB THE CAMP IN NEAR
FUTURE
Mr. William L. Murphy, chief of the
Caledonia Fire Department, spoke to
the company on Saturday, Oct. 15th, on
the subject of fire prevention.
The fire prevention board, of which
he was an honorary member, had just
completed their thorough inspection of
the camp and the talk was very timely.
Mr. Murphy pointed out the common fire dangers that must be guarded against, and called attention to the
disastrous results that might be the
consequences of failing to be on guard
at all times.
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CONGRESSMAN ANDRESEN
MAKES CALL AT 1720
The representative from this Congressional District, Mr. August H. An-
dresen was a caller at the camp on
Oct 18th. He showed a real interest in
the camp, and remarked that he
thought the camps were doing a worth
while piece of work and that he
thought they had more than justified
their existence. Mr. Andresen has been
a consistent supporter of the CCC in
congress.
The program of fall classes has been
under full head of steam now for a-
bout three weeks. The response in
most classes has been very good. However, there is always room for more,
so consult your program of classes and
pick out a couple of classes that interest you and attend them consistently.
A group of nine boys are carrying a
full one year's course working for
credit toward high school graduation.
The 11th grade or junior year in high
school is the one being taught. These
boys have been very faithful in their
attendance and the results show it.
The eight grade group is well attended, but there are those who have
finished the seventh grade who are not
in class and ought to be. You are not
too late yet. Come over to the officer's
mess Mondav night at 6:00 o'clock and
see if you will not be interested. We
think you will.
The concrete class in the SCS garage at 6:00 o'clock Wednesday evening should have a larger enrollment
The subject is practial and well taught.
The class in Electric Wiring on Thursday at 6:00 o'clock in the Woodworking shop offers training that nearly all
of you will use. The bookkeeping class
will start as soon as the books arrive.
How about shorthand and typing. Ihe
boys enjoy it, and typists are in demand right here in camp and in the
downtown office. We are reproducing
your schedule of classes here so that
you can carry it with you for handy
reference:
8th Grade Subjects
English—6:00-6:30 M., T., W., Th—
Officer's Mess.
Spelling—6:00-6:30—M., T, W., Th,
—Officer's Mess.
Gen. Science—5:30-7:00—M., T., W.,
Th.—Officer's Mess.
Am. History—7:00-7:30—M., T., W.,
Th.—Officer's Mess.
Comm. Civics—7:00-7:30—M., T, W.,
Th—Officer's Mess.
Arithmetic—7:30-800 — M., T., W.,
Tr.—Officer's Mess.
High School  Subjects
Senior Science—6:00-7:00—M., T.,
W., Th.—School House.
(Continude on page 4)
On Sunday morning, October 9th,
Company 1720 sustained their first fire
loss, when the recreation hall burned
to the ground.
Ihe fire was discovered by the firo
guards about 5 o'clock in the morning.
At the time it was discovered it had
gained such headway that it was out
of control. The company responded instantly to the fire alarm and fought the
fire furiously with the camp fire equipment and bucket brigades. Had it not
been for the splendid work of the boys
with their buckets, barrack four and
then perhaps several other buildings
would have  been  burned.
The Caledonia fire department was
called immediately and they made the
run in record time. They brought the
fire under control to the extent that
there was no further danger of it
spreading to other buildings.
The "Rec" had just recently been
"done over" with a complete relining
of knotty pine. New and improved
lighting fixtures had been installed so
that the building was the best lighted
of any in camp. The canteen had been
"spruced up" to the point where it met
the approval of all inspecting officers.
The library contained about 1500
volumes including a splendid group of
texts on a wide variety of subjects
from the lower grades through high
school and many college subjects. Our
vocational library contained material
on a wide range of subjects. The loss
of over 300 text books is a serious one
in the carrying out of the educational
program.
The present school house is now being used as a library and reading room
in addition to housing many of the
academic classes and the shop. The
mess hall serves as a school for the
grade classes. A part of the barber shop
has been partitioned off and serves
very well as a temporary canteen.
A new recreation hall will be provided for the camp in the near future,
according to information received here.
All members of the camp are anxiously awaiting the time when they can a-
gain avail themselves of the comforts
and conveniences of a recreation hall.
The Company fund property was
partially covered by insurance.
The board which was appointed to
investigate the recent fire, consisting
of Major Stewett, Captain Hoyne and
Lieutenant Amen, spent three days in
camp the week following the fire.
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Lt. Long Assigned
As Junior Officer
Lieutenant Donald K Long has recently been assigned to "o.-ipany 1720
as Junior Officer.
This is his first tour of duty in the
CCC, but he has had a y.ar of experience with the regular army at Fort
Snelling  as  a   Thomason   Act  Officer.
Lt. Long is a native of Kansas and
received his college training at Kansas
State College at Manhattan, Kansas.
We are happy to welcome Lieutenant Long as a number of the official
staff of Company 1720 and we hope
that his stay with us will be a long and
a pleasant one.