The Flash, March 1941

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THE LIGHT IN THE LIFE OF CCC CO. 1720
MARCH, 1941
CALEDONIA, MI NN. CCC 1720
Vol 4 No. C
Radio Examinations
To Be Held At Camp
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SEVERAL   ENROLLEES   WILL   RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL OPERATORS' LICENSES
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The Federal Communications Commission has authorized the holding of
examinations for radio operators' licenses at Company 1720. Several of the
enrollees in the radio classes expect to
take the examinations, which will be
held at the completion of the courses,
and a goodly portion of them are expected to pass.
The examination for amateur Class
*'C radio operators privileges will be
• conducted by Mr. Nordahl H. Boe,
Camp Radio Instructor. All men who
pass this examination will become licensed amateur operators.
The examinations for second and
third class radio telegraph operators
licenses will be administered by a representative of the Federal Communications, Commission. The commission will
send its representative to the camp,
only in the event that two or more men
will be able to take the examination.
Mr. Boe feels that by the time the
course is complete several of the men
-will be well qualified to pass these examinations.
Those men who pass the second and
third class examinations will receive
professional operators' licenses. Open
to them will be positions in the signal
corps of the army, navy and merchant
marine, as well as the various fields of
private enterprises which employ radio operators.
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MR. ROGERS ILL AT HIS
HOME IN ROCHESTER
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Mr. Robert E. Rogers, Senior Foreman, is ill at his home in Rochester,
Minn. He is suffering from a throat infection.
Mr. Rogers has been unable to work
since his attendance at the first aid
school at Belle Plaine, Iowa.
It is hoped that Mr. Rogers will have
a speedy recovery and will soon be
back on the job.
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ROGERS AND WILLIAMS
RETURN FROM BELLE PLAINE
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Mr. Robert E. Rogers, Senior Foreman and Roger Williams, hospital orderly, have returned from the First Aid
School held at Belle Plaine, Iowa.
According to Williams the course was
a stiff one, but of great value.
Both men should now enhance greatly the staff of qualified first aid instructors, who will assist tha Camp
Physician in teaching first aid to all
enrollees.
Flu And Measles Strike      Sands Attends Bakers'
Company 1720 Hard
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During the month of February, Company 1720 was struck by a near epidemic of measles and flu. To this date
there have been seven cases of measles
reported and about sixty cases of influenza.
Four of the boys stricken by measles
were new men who had just arrived at
Company 1720 from various parts of
Missouri. Also the majority of the flu
cases have been among the new men.
For a time it was necessary to quarantine the camp and classes were suspended for a few days so that the men
might have as much rest as possible.
After the peak of the near-epidemic
had been passed the quarantine was
lifted and the men were permitted to
go to town. Classes were also resumed
after a short time.
The reason there have been such a
few cases of measles is that each case
was isolated in a separate building
from the hospital. The men with
measles were all confined in the woodworking shop which has been and is
now serving as a very convenient isolation ward.
Two of the men who had measles are
completely recovered and have been
discharged from the hospital. At the
present time there are only a very few
cases of flu.
The flu has been prevalent throughout the country this winter, and it was
only normal that there be a few cases
in this camp. Most men are now completely well or at least well on the road
to recovery.
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WORK PROGRAM IS AGAIN
HELD UP BY WEATHER
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An excessively strong north wind
and sub-zero temperatures have again
deterred the conservation program of
Company 1720.
Last month several work days
were lost because of the excess of snow
and ice, which made roads inaccesi-
ble.
This month started well, as far as the
work program was concerned. It was
not until well past the middle of the
month, that the icy blasts of winter a-
gain brought the program to a halt.
This month's delay was of much
shorter duration than that of last
month. The men were forced to remain
in camp only one week this time. Last
month, while at no time were the men
forced to remain in camp as long as a
week, many more work days were
missed.
Too many people are more interested in what they want than in what
they should have.
And Cooks' School
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Robert W. Sands left on the 8:15
train Thursday, Feb. 20, 1941 for Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, to attend the District
Bakers and Cooks School.
The course began February 24th,
and will continue for five weeks. Enrollees taking this course must have at
least an eighth grade education and
must have been found suitable as a
member of the kitchen overhead group.
They must also be willing to remain in
the CCC for at least six months following their return to their respective
camps.
Robert Sands is well qualified to take
this course. He was appointed to the
position of Mess Steward, Sept. 9, 1939
and has held that position since that
date. Sands, at present is a proficient
cook and baker. The object in his attending District Bakers and Cooks
School is that he may procure a greater knowledge of the subject which will
enable him to instruct the other members of the kitchen force in baking and
cooking.
Jacob Demand is substituting for
Sands in his absence. Demand has just
returned from Fort Des Moines, Iowa,
where he completed a course in baking
and cooking similiar to the one Sands
is attending.
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MR FRED KESLER ILL
WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER
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Mr. Fred Kesler, Project Supt., has
been confined to his home with rheumatic fever since Jan. 28th. He is not
expected to be able to return to work
for some time.
During Mr. Kesler's absence, his duties have fallen into the capable hands
of Mr. Thomas R. Evans, Junior Biologist.
Mr. Kesler's illness is deeply regretted by "The Flash" and the entire personnel of the camp. It is hoped that his
recovery will be both speedy and complete.
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BABY DAUGHTER BORN TO
LT. AND MRS. KILLINGSWORTH
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A daughter, Ramona Elaine, was
born to Lt. and Mrs. H. Killingsworth
at 4 a. m. February 4th, at St. Ann's
hospital, La Crosse, Wis. The infant
weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.
Lt. Killingsworth, Company Commander of Company 1720, is still quite
elated about the whole thing. He is
quoted as saying that she'll make the
best cheer leader in the history of the
University of Missouri.
Already the lieutenant finds it
harder to take care of one daughter
than a camp of 200 men.
Company Radio Station
Receives Federal License
FEDERAL COMMUNICATION   COMMISSION  ISSUES  CALL LETTERS
TO CAMP RADIO STATION
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The Federal Communications Commission recently issued a license to the
Camp Radio Station of Company 1720,
assigning the Call Letters W9PWG.
The transmitter, which was built entirely by the Radio Theory and Service
Class, is a Stancor 60-P Circuit, capable
of 60 watts output using a microphone
and a CW output of at least 90 watts.
A great deal of time has been spent
in testing for modulation of the transmitter using a temporary antenna, simply a short wire strung up within the
building. However, it is hoped that the
weather will be favorable very soon so
that the vertical radiating antenna may
be erected and ''CO-ing" may be begun
in all seriousness.
The receiver, a 9-tube National, is
very efficient, and, using the 50-foot
cage type aerial, it is capable of receiving foreign stations with ease and
ample volume.
The class is very interested in "ham"
work and this will give all of them
valuable experience in actually contacting stations, keeping the log, care and
maintainence of equipment.
Some members of the Radio Code
class have shown unusual ability in receiving. Udell Gabrielson is able to receive more than 25 words per minute,
and he may be able to get a Second
Class Radio Telegraphy License, before
so very long.
Amateur License Examinations will
be given some time in March to six or
seven boys who have shown the greatest amount of progress. These boys are:
Gerald Bateman, Hubert Talen, Ramiro
Narez, Robert Phillips, Herman Worth-
ham, James Pickhart and Virgil Aberg.
It is quite possible that more of the
boys enrolled in the classes will show
sufficient improvement before that time
so that they also will take the examination.
It is the purpose of the Radio Theory
and Radio Operating class to give the
enrollee sufficient knowledge of Communications Law, and Radio Theory to
enable him to pass the technical part
of the examination. Some of the boys
will, no doubt, be burning midnight
oil for the next two or three weeks in
"cramming" for this examination.
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We praise the hard headed man for
his perseverance, if he is on our side.
Otherwise we condemn him as an obstinate brute.
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Who cannot live on twenty pounds a
year, cannot on forty.—George Herbert.