The Flash, April 1939

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• THE FLASH*
APRIL, 1939
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
VOL. 3 No. 8
1720 RECEIVES
105 NEW MEN
ENROLLEES    FROM    MISSOURI
PLACE COMPANY STRENGTH
AT 197
The company strength was built up
to 197 men or full strength by the addition of 105 men from southern Missouri.
They had been recruited from several
points throughout the state and sent to
Fort Leavenworth where they were
conditioned and sent to Minnesota.
The average age of the group is
slightly less than previous groups received here. A majority of the boys live
on farms in Missouri. The average educational level of this enrollment is a-
bout the same as that of previous
groups.
We take this opportunity cf welcoming the new enrollees to the company
and assuring them of our pleasure  in
having   them  with  us.   We  know  that
they will enjoy their stay here and will
maintain   the   good   reputation   of   the
eompany both in camp and in the community.    Following are the names and
home addresses of the new men:
Alexander, James W., Tunas, Mo.
Bailey, George, Center, Mo.
Bennett, Frank A., Burnham, Mo.
Bland, J_hn W., Ellington, Mo.
Bone, Willie C.  Annapolis, Mo.
Bonney, Harold R., Glover, Mo.
Breeden, Cecil L, Rector, Mo.
Bullis, Leroy H., Ironton,  Mo.
Burke, Eugene L., Freemont, Mo.
Camden,   Jesse,  Ironton,  Mo.
Carey,  Ernest  A.,  Springfield,  Mo.
Carptenter, Woodson L., California, Mo.
Chism, Homer, S.,  Snringfield, Mo.
Clark, George M., Holliday, Mo.
Clarry,  Ralph J., Hunnewell, Mo.
Coleman, Charles E., Van Buren, Mo.
Cook, Raymond R., Drandon, Mo.
Crabtree, Raymond L., Perry, Mo.
Davidson, Floyd L, Mt. View, Mo.
Davis, William,  St. Louis, Mo.
Demand, Jacob A., Pilot Knob, Mo.
Douglas, Robert L, Birchtree, Mo.
Duncan, Glenn S., Ellisnore, Mo.
Duncan, James, Elijah, Mo.
Dunn, Herbert F., Saverton, Mo.
East, Junior F., Springfield, Mo.
Eldridge, Harding, Des Arc, Mo.
Fegan, Ahos, P., Martinsburg,  Mo.
Findley, David J., Springfield, Mo.
Follis, Clarence V. Springfield, Mo.
Ford, Robert A., Freemont, Mo.
Genovese, John M., Ilasco, Mo.
Gentry,   Othel,   D.,   South   Fork,Mo.
Gillette, Lewis N. West Plains, Mo.
Haley, William L, Sturgeon, Mo.
Harrison, Ora G. New London, Mo.
Henson, Ralph C, Ironton, Mo.
Hinsley,  Worden H.,  Gainesville,  Mo.
Howser, Warren A., Elkland, Mo.
Huss, Raymond H., Center, Mo.
Jaycox,  Paul H., Bellview,  Mo.
Keyser, William E.   Birchtree, Mo.
Lashley, Amos C, Des Arc, Mo.
Laubinger, James W., Summerville, Mo.
Lawrence, Alvin J. Gardin, Mo.
Lay, Hoyd W., Winona, Mo.
Lees, Charles W., Mexico, Mo.
Lewis, Delmar H., Annapolis, Mo.
Lindsey, Perry R. Wionia, Mo.
Main, Verl F., Vandalia, Mo.
Martin, Clyde P., Akers, Mo.
Matthews, John A.   Des Arc, Mo.
Mauldin, Robert E., Van Burean, Mo.
Maxwell, James M., Ladonia, Mo.
Merry, Harold L., Hallsville, Mo.
Mills, WilliamL. Pairs, Mo.
Mitchell, Calton H., Louisianna, Mo.
Morgan, Max D., West Plains, Mo.
Morgan, Willis N., Springfield, Mo.
Murphy, Ralph, Florida, Mo.
Nash, Elmer P., Granitville, Mo.
Norman, Edward C, Ellisnore, Mo.
O'Neal, Royal, Mexico, Mo.
Parton,  Gilbert L.,  Ironton, Mo.
Payne, Jack G., Ironton, Mo.
Pence, Bert E., West Plairis, Mo.
Pendergraft,  Wm.  C,  Springfield,  Mo.
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Sunday, May the 14th, has been set aside as
Mother's Day, when the Mothers of America, both
living and dead, shall be especially honored.
It is very fitting that a special day should be
designated as Mother's Day, yet would it not be even
better that each and every day should be thought of
as a day when one's Mother should be honored and
respected. The greatest tribute that any boy can pay
to his Mother, or to the memory of his Mother, is to so
perform his daily tasks and so live his daily fife that
it shall reflect credit to her and give her the satisfaction of knowing that her son is measuring up to the
highest standards of good citizenship.
Why not write your mother a letter for Mother's
Day or remember her with an inexpensive gift to let
her know you are thinking of her? That will take but
little effort on your part and it will give her more
joy than you can realize.
NEW RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES ADDED
It has always been the desire of the
camp authorities to provide as wide a
variety of recreational features in the
camp as can be obtained. Several well
received additions have been made
during the past month, and they are
being used to the fullest extent.
A piano has been bought and placed
in the recreation hall where anyone
who desires may use it. The old piano,
destroyed in the recreation hall fire,
has been missed by the boys, and it is
nice to have one again. A console
model radio has also been installed in
the Rec. and it has been doing heavy
duty whenever the boys are in camp.
The new pool table has been providing pleasant pastime during the past
week, They go for pool and keep the
table going most of the time.
Baseball is a favorite sport with the
Missouri boys and this form of recreation was given a big boost by the purchase of several new baseball gloves,
a mitt, several balls and bats. It looks
like we have the makings of a first rate
ball team for the coming season.
LT. KILLINGSWORTH
ASSIGNED TO 1720
Second Lieutenant Claude H. Kili-
ingsworth, recently assigned as Junior
Officer of this company arrived to take
up his duties during the first week in
April.
This is Lt. Killingsworth's first tour
of duty as a CCC officer. He received
his Lieutenant's commission through
his work in the Citizen's Military
Training Corps. His trade is that of a
printer.
We are very glad to welcome Lt.
Killingsworth as our Junior Officer,
and we hope that he will enjoy his
work here. He has made a great many
friends among the camp personnel in
his short stay and we feel that his temperament and training will make him a
very popular as well as an efficient
member of the official staff of our
camp.
CONPANY SETS
SAFETY RECORD
385 DAYS WITHOUT A LfcST TIME
ACCIDENT; PERSONNEL
COMPLIMENTED
When a group of nearly two hundred
men are employed daily on jobs such
as quarrying, crushing, fencing, dam
construction, masonry work, pile driving, and dozen other types of work,
most of them involving the handling of
tools and heavy materials, it is not unusual that some one, through accident,
should receive an injury sufficient to
cause him to be laid up for one day or
more.
But Company 1720 has come through
v/ith somewhat over a year of working
time, 385 days to be exact, without a
single accident to anyone, serious e-
nough to cause him to lose a day's
work on the job. When one stops to
consider that each boy working and
handling tools has to watch out for the
ether fellow as well as for himself in
order to keep from causing accident
hazards, it is a remarkable achievement
in the matter of organization and training that this imposing record of 385
days without a lost time accident has
been accomplished.
The members of the supervisory personnel have received formal recognition
from the Department of Agriculture in
the form of certificates for having had
no lost time accidents for over one year,
in  groups under their supervision.
The record speaks for itself, but we
wish to add our congratulations to the
enrollees, and to the supervisory staff
for their team work and safety consciousness in establishing this very fine
record.
BASEBALL MATERIAL
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD
What are you going to do when you
can't keep on doing what you are doing now?
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Wise Mother Nature gave you two
ears, and only one tongue.
The call of "Play Ball" and "Batter
Up" will soon be heard as the fever
takes hold of the boys, and the noise of
resounding pitches striking against the
barrack walls to awaken the slumbering bretheren within who are trying
to catch up on their beauty sleep.
Many a budding bush leaguer can be
seen limbering up the old soup bone to
see if it will still perform the trick of
propelling the apple down the groove
and across the plate. Occasionally a
slight curve can be detected by the onlooker, if he looks close enough, and
this is sufficient to cause a glow of
swelling pride in the breast of the fortunate tosser, who visualizes himself
as a coming Bob Feller, Lefty Grove,
or a Bill Lee, waiting to be discovered
by a lurking scout and be elevated to
fame and fortune, his name in banner
headlines across the newspapers of the
country. So soars the fleeting fancies of
an enrollee with a baseball, although
the next day he may be wondering,
when he goes to. lift a fork full of his
morning's G. I. eggs, whether or not his
arm is going to fall off into his lap or
just hang limply by his side.
At any rate, baseball is in the air,
and judging from present indications a
pretty good team should result from
the combined efforts of talent now
cluttering up the area of an evening
enjoying the pastime of tossing the
horse hide to one another.
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Have lots of polish and you'll never
have a dull moment.
Merit and good fortune are teammates.
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Little mistakes make the most
trouble.