The Flash, August 1939

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AUGUST, 1939
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
Vol. 3 No. 11
F.W. Kesler Returns
From Tour of Duty
CAMP    SUPT.    SPENDS    MILITARY
LEAVE    AT    OFFICERS
RESERVE CAMP
Mr. Fred W. Kesler was absent from
camp from July 30 to August 12 on a
military leave. This leave was by order
to active duty at Fort Sheridan, 111.,
thirty miles north of Chicago on Lake
Michigan. The two weeks were spent
drilling on the basic principles of antiaircraft defense. Mr. Kesler was recently made a 2nd Lieutenant in the
Officers Reserve Corps. During his two
weeks' stay at the camp, he was instructed in the use of three-inch guns,
machine guns, search lights, sound lo-
caters and in the principles of gas defense.
Mr. Kesler considers his experience
of much more value than the military
training he  received.
The Hospital Cot
It has been suggested .that the name
of this column be changed to "Gold
Brick Inn." If any of our readers have
suggestions as to this matter we would
greatly appreciate them.
It seems as though we have had quite
a few boys in the hospital during the
last month; heading the list is our good
friend, James "Sally" Mcintosh, who,
although a little delirious at times,
seemed to be one of our best patients.
Incidentally he is still quite delirious.
Thomas Boone is spending a few days
in bed convalescing from an appendicitis operation, which was performed at
the Caledonia hospital.
Glen Fair reported to the hospital
with a nice little case of Chicken Pox,
but is getting aloHg rather nicely at
present.
We still have our good friend, Ross
Finley, with us. He is one of the boys
who was in the automobile accident,
July 16.
Verdon Strong was with us for a few
days with a case of rhinitis, but recovered quickly and is now on duty
and getting along very well.
Leon Parton, our camp orator, was
in the hospital for a few days with a
swell "Tummy Ache" but he has completely recovered and is now on duty.
Harold Bonney has replaced Junior
French as Hospital Orderly and his old
position as Assistant Hospital Orderly
taken over in succession by Billy Mills
and Billy Valentine.
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BASEBALL TEAM WEARS
NEW SUITS AT TOURNAMENT
Hong Yu Chen Speaks
To Agricultural Class
The agricultural class and several
other members of Co. 1720 were treated to a very interesting talk on China
by Mr. Hong yu Chen.
Mr. Chen came to this country from
China in 1937 to do post graduate work
at the University of Minnesota, where
he is majoring in agronomy and farm
management. He is very interested in
land development, and intends to visit
the camp about a week, in order that
he may study the methods of the SCS
and study life in the CCC Camps. He
intends to return to China next year.
Mr. Chen spoke very fluent English
for one who has been in this country
so short a time. At the conclusion of
his speech he conducted an open discussion, answering various questions
concerning the language and customs of
his country.
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Emergency Leaves
Granted in August
The following men were granted
emergency leaves during the month
of August: Genoves, John; Huss, Raymond; Bennett, Frank; Wakefield, Robert; Bullis, LeRoy; Highlen, James;
Piland, Wayne; and Delberg, Joe.
The following men were discharged
during the month of August: Macy,
Reeve; Ponn, Wayne; Sutton, Eugene;
Carey, Earnest; Williams, William;
Coleman, Charles; Lewis, Delmar;
Sheaffer, William; White, Carl; Wolf,
Paul; Mills, William; Payne, - Jack;
Stewart, Clarence.
Two men have been promoted from
the rank of enrollee to that of Assistant Leader. They are: Ted Woodward,
Assistant Camp Educatonal Adviser
and Carl White, Assistant Field Leader.
Lewis Gillette has replaced Ross Finley as Canteen Steward.
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SCS News
When Co. 1720*5 baseball team made
its first appearance at the tournament
Thursday afternoon, it presented a
much different appearance to the spectators than it has in the past. All season the boys have played without
uniforms, and have built an enviable
record. New suits of green and white
were issued to the players, and were
worn in the game Thursday afternoon.
In uniform or without uniform, we
feel sure that our ball club would be
impressvie on any field, but we hope
that the uniforms will be the incentive
that will transpose a good team to a
great one.
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John "Dutch" Kassin, erstwhile hospital Orderly, has been visiting his old
friends of company 1720. He plans to
attend school in Chicago, in the near
future.
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Patronize  Flash   Advertisers.
Gerald Paddock and Merle Anderson have taken over the positions vacated by Reeve Macy and Sidney
Krogh. David Ruth is the new assis
tant tool checker. Fair, Abernathy, and
Lipe are now working in the office
Emmet Voll was acting superintendent
during Mr. Kesler's two weeks' absence.
The garage floor has been leveled
and resurfaced. All the trucks will be
given a new coat of green paint in the
near future.
It has been suggested that compasses
be issued to all technical foreman of
the SCS, in order that they will not
get lost in the woods, (especially in
the wooded areas around Hokah).
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CO. 1720 WIN FIRST GAME
IN LA CROSSE TOURNAMENT
Correspondence Work
Offers Opportunities
There is some very effective correspondence work being done in camp at
the present time. Several courses in
both college and high school work,
are being carried, and the students feel
that the courses are very much worth
while. Credit will be earned, both in
the college and high school  courses.
The cost of these courses is very
small compared with the ordinary
price charged for this type of work.
The fees charged are 50c an hour for
college work and $1.00 a half-unit for
high school work. Of course the text
books for each course must be purchased by the student, but these may
be obtained at a reduced rate.
If you are a high school graduate, it
would be a good idea for you to investigate the college courses offered, or
if you have a year or two of high
school left to finish, you could go a
long way toward completing high
school work through the correspondence work plan.
The work being done in camp is
through the Division of Correspondence study of the University of North
Dakota.
The Educational Adviser or his assistant will be glad to explain these
correspondence courses to you and to
figure the cost of the courses you may
be interested in.
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THE FLASH" RATES FOUR
STABS FOR LAST MONTH
Last month's edition of "The Flash,"
which was the last published under
ex-editor, John Fouty, was given a
four star rating in "Happy Days."
We offer ex-editor John Fouty our
sincere congratulations, and we hope
that "The Flash" will not deteriorate
under new management
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RECORD  OF 504  DAYS
WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT
Co. 1720 Enters
Baseball Tournament
JUNIOR    CHAMPIONSHIP    TO     Ml
DECIDED AT LA CROSSE
MEET
Company 1720 is justly proud of its
record of 504 days without an accident. We are quite sure tl»t with the
co-operation that has been given in
the past, this record will continue to
grow.
Co. 1720 has entered the Tri-State
Junior Baseball Tournament, which is
slated to start Sunday, at Copeland
Park in La Crosse, Wis. Co. 1720 has
drawn a first round bye.
Co. 1720 has beaten several of the
teams, which are entered in the tournament, and its prospects are considered very bright. There are, however, 26
teams entered in the tournament, none
of which can be counted out, baseball
being the game that it is; much remains
to be seen.
The schedule thru Friday is as follows: Sunday: 1:15, La Crescent Bees
vs. La Crosse Reds; 3:15 Libertys vs.
Black Sluggers; 5:15 Uptown Ramblers
vs. Dutch Maids. Monday: 1:15 North
Side Cardinals vs. Shamrocks; 3:15
Stoddard vs. Blues; 5:15 La Crosse
American Legion vs. Viroqua Cubs.
Tuesday: 1:15 Holman Pirates vs. South
Side Heilemans; 3:15 Lansing Mudcats
vs. Spring Grove American Legion;
5:15 Tomah vs. Bangor. Wednesday: 10
a. m. North Side Heilemans vs. La
Crosse Cardinals; 1:15 New Albin
Bruins vs. Reds—La Crescent winner;
3:15 Camp Holmen CCC vs. Stoddard—
Blues winner; 5:15 Gateway Transfers
vs. N. S. Cards—Shamrock winner.
Thursday: 1:15 Bangor-Tomah winner
vs. Uptowns-Dutch Maid winner; 3:15
Co. 1720 vs. Lansing-Spring Grove
winner; 5:15 Viroqua-La Crosse winner vs. Holeman-S. S. Heilemans winner. Friday: Winner 1:15 game Thursday vs. winner 1:15 game Wednesday;
3:15 Winona Coals vs. N. S. Heilemans-
La Crosse Cards winner; 5:15 La Crosse
Mohawta vs. Liberty-Black Sluggers
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Company Teachers Take
Vacations This Month
Company 1720 moved into the third
round of the Tri-State Junior Tournament, Thursday afternoon by virtue of
a 4 to 0 shutout over Spring Grove.
Herbert Dunn allowed only 1 hit,
that a "fluke" single by Sandager,
pitcher for Spring Grove, in the sixth
inning. Dunn's brilliant mound performance was aided by air-tight support by his team mates.
Although he lost, Sandager gave a
fine performance for Spring Grove. He
allowed only 7 hits.
R. H. E
Co.   1720    4   7   0
Spring  Grove    0   1   4
Batteries: 1720—Dunn and Demand.
Spring Grove—Sandager and Ramlo,
Quarve.
HIGH PRAISE
Stanley High in a» article for
"This Week" magazine of Aug.
13th, entitled "Young Men in
America," discusses the high
rate of criminality among the
young men of our country. He
explains some of the different
methods of anti-crime education
now being practiced.
Of our own CCC, he says:
"When the CCC was organized
a plan for vocational training
was introduced. It was agreed to
leave it entirely up to each
young man in the corps as to
whether or not he would take
advantage of this opportunity. It
is a measure of the quality of
American youth that, to date, 90
per cent of those on the rolls of
the CCC have signed up for
vocational work. That explains,
in part at least, why a CCC
graduate has a better than average chance of employment. They
have had some training and, as
one employment manager explained, "They know how to
work. They're husky and they
can take it'"
—Thank you Mr. High.
Educational Adviser, Peter Bolkan, is
now on a 16-day leave. Mr. Bolkaji's
vacation plans were indefinite, but he
will spend some time at the lakes near
Grand Rapids,   in  northern  Minnesota.
Miss lone Hefte. teacher at the camp,
is also vacationing for the remainder of
the month of August. Miss Hefte plans
to visit in the East, spending some time
at Washington, D. C, New York and
the World Fair. She plans to return
via Niagara Falls and Chicago.
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LT. WEBER ON LEAVE TO
VISIT ILL FATHER-IN-LAW
Company 1720 was without the services of its commanding officer, Lt. I.
J. Weber from August second to sixth.
Lt. Weber was granted an emergency
leave in order that he might go to
Lowden, Iowa, where his father-in-law,
D. H. Schluter, is seriously ill. No
change has been reported in Mr. Schlu-
ter's condition.
KITCHEN   GETS  CLEANING
Last month the floor of the Mess
Hall was sanded and varnished. This
month the K P.'s have turned their
efforts toward the kitchen. The kitchen
has ben thoroly cleaned and painted; the comissary wall has been finished to the ceiling, and the hood of the
stove has been sealed around with plywood. All in all both our mess hall
and kitchen will now rank, we think,
with any in the Iowa District.