The Model C.C.C., March 21, 1935

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Vol. 1, Edition 22
Fort Snelling
,   binnesota
COMPANY  DAb'Cbo  AT Y.
C.
A most enjoyable and amusing St. Fat-
rick's Dance w?s given at the St. Paul
Y.W.C.A. last '. onday evening; sponsored
jointly by the company and the Girls
Clubs of the "Y". About 200 were present.
our Company orchestra-, being in new
formal style uniforms, got into the
spirit of things and furnished some real
lively music.  The "Modern Virginia Reel''
v/as da.iced, and it did much to bring
everyone i ore closely u cquainted.
During intermission, refreshments
of special ice cream with a green shamrock design., lime frappe punch and cake,
decorated for tbe occasion were served.
It -..-as a very gay right indeed., and
thero should be dances just as entertaining as this in the future.
CCC FaCE -.-ANY OBSTajLLS IN .-.LASKA .
Herewith, excerpts from Happy Days.
This is tbe last real frontier left... is
THE game...paradise..-Trout two feet long
..Herring ..re not food, they are bait...
The camps..aro very mobile... moved on thjowoll aftc-
backs of the men...only communication is
the r«_ io.,.in winter they live in boat
r_fts...some living under canvas...trail
building major work...the climate is ide
al for tho growth of trees, brush...Devil
club...n_tivo of this country...grows
from a crown root...is semi-poisonous...
difficult t>o cut...must be handled v.ith
care...in summer, under standing order,
no one loaves cox.p without adequate protection from tho Alaskan brown bear, which adds just that much i ore z st to life
in the .laskan CCC.
This account, in full in tho Hap y
Days; is a thrilling story of the life of
the CCCs in ..labca, cutting trails and
facing the perils of tho. brown boars, v/hich have no fo; r of man.  These men, in
thoir s aro time take up hobbios v/hich
fit them further for life in the last
frontier on this continent.
March 21,   1935
FIRST SPRING DANCE AT SERVICE CLUB
Tho  first   Spring Dance   of  the  year
will be  given at tho  post   Service  Club
this   5-turday  evening,   March 23rd,   Waiting at  8;30  p.l .     This  dance will  b
sponsored  by the   ben's  Brotherhood   of
Fort   Snelling.
The  admission  is   only twenty-five
cents,  and  tho  tickets   may bo  pur.ch. sod
"jaw bone"  at the   Orderly Room,     badics
are admitted   free.
Refreshments  v/ill be served
" ho attend   arc ssaured  of
and all
good time.
CO. PAIP-'  0_tCH__._T.L_ PLAYS  FC1 CO.   2762
Our  2oi pany  ore: ..tr     ...a    ..y. ri unusual trip vhen thoy went  up to  Company
2762  CCC  at  Hinckley,   i innosota last
Friday evening.     Leaving hero  at   noon,
the  boys  managed   to   got to  binckloy  in
time to  play for  a d. nco   in tho  legion
H.11  of that  city.
Lioutonant   Dunham of Company  2 762
treated the boys  of the   orchostr    right
tho   dance     nd  he  h' d  ;    special
party  for then.     After     11  went   out  to
the  camp and  slept   for  the  night.
The next day,   Saturday,   the  orchestra
va s  sot  Tip  in the moss  hall and  thoy ■
presented   a  pro -"ram  for  two  hours.   Aftor
supper,   the  orchostr'  drov.  to Hinckley,
. nd hero they ' ore   -ucsts    t   .   d. nco.
Arrangenonts were  v.   do  to have  another
d  nco  some  time  in  April.
On the  way    ome,   early   du -.d. y morning,
the  bus   ran  into a ditch not   far from
NuW Brighton.      several walked   into tho
ten  _ or help.     But   those  that waited
with  th..  bus   soon got   cold,   ;:nd  as   no
i.-jlp was  coming,   they walked   and     rrivod
in   it.   Paul  about   6  A.M.      id   took  ,
strort  c  r  out to  tho   Fort.
The   others     rrivod   here
same time.,   . nd
wont  to  sleep.
out  tho
being very tired,   thoy    .11