The Flash, March 1939

              • THE FLASH*
MARCH, 19.S9
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
VOL. 3 No. 7
MANY CHANGES
IN OVERHEAD
ANDERSON      SUPPLY      STEWARD,
ROSS FINLEY NOW CANTEEN
STEWARD
This is a changing world we live in
and this statement can be very well
illustrated by the changes that have
taken place in the men, who hold down
places on the overhead in camp and
leaders in the field.
Last month saw a change in the Senior Leader's and Company Clerk's position when Harold Speltz filled the place
of Preston "Pep" Penizo, and Ed.
Scharnweber took Speltz' old job of
company clerk.
Now the picture is still further
changed with new men in the following
rated positions Supply steward, Reuben
Nesbitt's old post is occupied by Nelbert Anderson, La Verne Lee left us
and his place as canteen steward is now
taken by Ross Finley. George Chatman steps into Vernon Luderscher's
shoes as first cook and Mark Butler
and Ed. Forgey are promoted to second cooks. The dining room orderly's
duties, vacated by Forgey are taken up
by George Bowman. Harry Ray takes
over as officer's orderly, Ross Finley's
old position and Doris Matthews succeeds "Kempie" Oison as technical
foremen's orderly.
In the S. C. S. office. Bert Deters
took over the duties of S. C. S. properties clerk vacated by Scharnweber,
Gerald Paddack became personnel
clerk to succeed Nelbert Anderson and
Earl Wood takes the place of Ca;l
Dedrick as a mechanic's helper.
That's what you might call somewhat
of a turnover, the largest in the company's history. Things still run smoothly however, and the change has been
carried out without a hitch.
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LIEUTENANT LONG ON
TERMINAL LEAVE
REC AND DINING
ROOM SPRUCED UP
After six months of duty as junior
officer of the company, Lieutenant
Donald K. Long left for his home in
Neodesha, Kansas. Lieutenant and Mrs.
Long left on Wednesday, March 28,
and will stop off at Fort Des Moines
where the Lieutenant will get his final
clearance.
After a vacation at his home, Lieutenant Long plans on attending the
summer session of Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas, where he
will do work in the field of agriculture.
We wish Lieutenant Long the best of
luck in his new endeavors and hope
that he will find time to come back
some time and pay us a visit.
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WILBUR "HAPPY" HENLEY
WEDS ANNA MARIE RYAN
We see by the papers that "Hap"
Henley was married to Anna Marie
Ryan of Caledonia, on March 25th.
The wedding took place in St. John
the Baptist church, the Reverend R.
Barden receiving the marriage vows.
The bride was attended by Miss Ber-
nice Ryan, sister of the bride, and the
groom by John Sanders of Co. 1720.
Congratulations to you "Hap", and to
your bride much happiness.
Mr. and Mrs. Henley will leave soon
for their new home in Rogersville, Mo.
The floor of the new recreation hall
was done over during the past week so
now it has the appearance of an up-to-
date ball room.
The floors were sanded down to complete newness and a gymnasium finish
added. Then liquid wax was put .on to
add the finishing touches. A rubber
runner was placed on the middle of
the floor the full length of the building, with runners going out from each
side to the walls at intervals of about
fifteen feet. Two large congoleum rugs
cover the floor in the reading room, so
that the finished floors will receive a
minimum of wear. This, we think,
makes our recreation hall one of the
finest in any of the portable camps. A
pool table has been added to our recreation facilities.
The dining room has also come in for
a little touching up during the past
month. The tables have been re-painted an Irish green and the Masihite tops
finished over with a coat of linx to add
o the general cheerfulness of the place.
The rafters have been done over also
in green and white.
The general bombardment of scrubbing and waxing has seen no letup
during the month.
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Kitchen Trap
SCS PLANS A BUSY
SUMMER SEASON
This spri •; finds the field forces of
the camp '..-. „ier than any previous
year since the camp located here.
Eighteen new farms have been signed
since last summer. The major amount
of the work in getting the program
started on these farms will be done in
April and May. There is also a considerable amount of work to be done on
farms in the Project area.
During the winter the crews quarried and crushed limestone, did stream-
bank protection work and cut fence
posts. One crew, since the first of
March, has been making willow cuttings for spring planting. When this
work is completed, in a few days, 58,000
cuttings will have been made.
The camp expects to plant about
170,000 trees this spring. Other work
the camp plans on doing this spring and
summer is to build eight miles of terraces and lay 7,000 square yards of sod
and 2,500 cubic yards of rock in terrace
outlets; construct 4 masonry dams and
11 stock ponds; construct 12,000 rods of
fence and 10,000 lineal feet of diversion
dyke.
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82 MEN RECEIVE
THEIR DISCHARGE
NEW    ENROLLEES    EXPECTED   TO
REACH CO. 1720 BY APRIL
20TH
The Hospital Cot
The mess hall is in need of a few
mprovements, so John Sanders has
made up his mind to do something. He
hasn't decided on what the improvements will be. He may invent a long
range destroyer for spider webs under
the tables and in the corners.
The stoves in the kitchen are in perfect shape and kept that way by Whitley.
The steam whistle didn't go over so
hot on account it wouldn't whistle.
The counter was painted with a new
shiny coat of white paint. It soon became black from everyone touching it
just to make sure the paint was wet.
Even John had a temptation to touch
it himself, for he still has that old
'show me" in him.
Someone said something to John a-
bout fish on Fridays. John says it goes
good for Seven Day Adventists who
can eat only fish on Friday.
George Chatman, it is said can't even
cook potatoes.
"Rudy" and his educational department has been coming along fine.
Schultz can't think of but one thing
to do and that is talk about his women
to "Kewpie."
The kitchen force really Is sorry over
the loss of their two capable cooks,
Vernon Ludescher and Ed. Schultz.
Rudy" has been on duty as master
of the skillets in 1720 for nearly three
years, and Schultz has put in about
two and a half years as dispenser of
the beans and slum.
Two mighty swell guys we say, and
here is wishing them the best that life
affords in whatever type of occupation
they choose to try.
The kitchen trap will be continued
next month.
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To the fellows that are leaving this
month, we extend best wishes of luck
and good health in their new ventures.
So long, fellows.
Has there been anyone in our midst,
who has not had some cough or ailment during the past month? (Please
report for examination). It seems as
though every one of the enrollees has
reported for sick call and most of them
have spent time in bed this month.
Some of the unfortunate victms were:
Warner "Speedometer" Smith who
had quite a siege of illness, being in
bed 16 days, convalescing with Bronchitis; but he finally pulled through
and is back in circulation.
George "One Ton" Hall, missed a
few nites of being up town because of
a slight case of stomach flu.
Joe "Baby" Smith, rested nicely for
a few days convalescing with a severe
cough. Must run in the family eh,
Joe.
"Genial" Cliff Gillespie, who had an
appendicitis operation performed while
on leave at his home in Crosby, Minn.,
returned to camp the 18th of March
and is convalescing in the Company
hospital. He is returning to his normal
strength and health very rapidly.
Thomas Boone, (A local favorite)
was transferred to the Station hospital
at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, last Friday,
with an attack of acute appendicitis.
We sincerely hope for his speedy recovery and wish to see "Tommy" back
in camp real soon.
Marvin "Corrigan" Games, was also
transferred to the Station hospital at
Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with a soreness
in the small of his back, he stayed at
the hospital three weeks and then returned to camp for his discharge feeling much better. We'll sure miss "Cor-
rigan's" one way driving.
Lt. James N. Crawford, Dent-Res.,
and his assistant Jack Everette, arrived in camp March 16, 1939, to check
and survey the teeth of the entire
company. After the survey Lt. Crawford remarked that the teeth of the
men, as a whole were in perfect condition.
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Perhaps the biggest turnover ever experienced by this company took place
at the end of this enrollment period
when 82 men were granted discharges.
Of this number, 21 were "old" men
with the company ranging in years of
service from five years to over two
years. These men were all from Minnesota, and quite a number of them
held key positions either in the field
or in camp.
Seventy one of the boys were from
Missouri, and with two or three exceptions will return to their state of origin.
Their homes are spread over almost
the entire state, due to the fact that
our replacements since October, 1937
have come from transfers from other
Missouri companies which were in
Minnesota.
It is not certain exactly when our
new enrollees will arrive in camp or
from what part of Missouri they will
come, but it is certain that they will
be with us by April 20th, and probably sooner.
The -matter of parting with friends
whom you have lived with and worked
with over a period of months and years
is not apt to be a pleasure and in this
case it is not, but we hope that they
get the job they are looking for and
cherish pleasant memories of their stay
in the CCC.
To the new men who will soon be
with us, we extend a hearty welcome.
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MEN INTERVIEWED BY
RE-EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
During the first part of March, two
representatives of the State Re-employment Service were in camp to interview the Minnesota Members of the
Company, who were discharged at the
end of the enrollment period.
Each man was interviewed, his qualifications recorded on the interview
forms, and a copy of those records will
be placed on file at the re-employment
headquarters of their home county.
Every thirty days the records must be
renewed and kept up to date in order
to be kept on the active list. This enables the agency to know what people
are seeking employment and placements will be made from the active
files.
IT MUST BE  SPRING
11:00 P. M.—the lights were out, but
was everyone in bed? The door opened slowly and a flash of light preceded
a figure who stealthily entered the
barracks. Up and down, around and a-
round the beam flashed. Two hands
reached toward a rafter, the figure
chins himself and looks longingly into
the distance (what an athlete). He
drops to the floor quickly and creeps
to a far corner. The light flashes upward. What had the figure seen? Was
it a cob web?
No one will ever know for with one
quick stroke the mysterious prowler
removed the incriminating evidence
forever.
Moral—never chin yourself on a cob
web, it may choke you.