The Flash, November 1938

              THE FLASH
NOVEMBER, 1938
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
VOL. 3 No. 5
BASKET BALLERS
START SEASON
CO.
1720    TO    DEFEND    SUB-DISTRICT    TITLE;    SQUAD
LOOKS GOOD
After a long delay in the
start of the practice sessions,
due to the lack of a place to
practice, the boys finally
opened the cage season on the old City
Hall floor.
Although it is yet too early to know
just what the season will bring forth
and who will make up the personnel of
the team, it is evident that there will
be much spirited competition for places
on this year's team. We feel that a good
team will be in there to put up a stiff
defense of the sub-district championship which we won in last year's competition.
The veterans who are returning for
the 1938-39 championship defense are
Joe Grinter, Frank Majors, Ed. Forgey,
Marcy Kroshus, Ed. Scharnweber,
Auzy Ford, Reeve Macy, Stanley Paris,
and John Kassin.
New men who have been out and
shown up well are Lynn Wornica, Gerald Paddock, Walter Hinkle, Carl
Dixon. Bill Gammill, who didn't go out
for the team last year is out to make
a berth, and he looks very good.
The boys are all looking forward to
being able to get into the new auditorium which will have one of the
finest basketball courts in this territory.
There is a possibility that new suits
and warm-up outfits will be provided,
giving the defending champs a snappy
appearance, matching the brand of basketball that we think the boys will
show.
SCS News
Lee Moore has been instructing the new fencing
crews under the leadership
of Keith Cams and Earl
Woods. They are fencing on the Julius
Skifton farm, inside of the Beaver
Creek Watershed.
"Marcey" Kroshus and men have
been fencing on the Sigrid Evenson
farm near Spring Grove.
James T. Highlen has been fencing
on the Lorentz Myrah farm near
Spring Grove.
Robert Parnell has been in charge of
Lee Moore's crew for the past week.
They have been fencing on the N. N.
Kinneberg farm in the Bee Creek Watershed.
Bill Rice and gang are cutting posts
and fencing at the Wm. Johnsrud farm.
Harland "Storky" Sheehan and his
famous rock busters are still at the
Arnston Quarry. Leo Buck's crew is
combined with Sheehan's crew while
Leo is on leave.
"Hap" Henley's crew has been building a cattle pond on the J. Sylling
farm.
Lawrence Richards and his crew
have been assisting Sheehan's crew at
Arnston Quarry.
About fifty men are being used in
the Beaver Creek Watershed, doing
fencing and engineering work.
Nelbert Anderson, on_e of the enrollee clerks, is home visiting his folks
at Kansas City, Mo.
Charles F. Buchmayer, who has been
on an extended leave, returned the
first of the month, to take up his duties as Junior Assistant to Technician
on the SCS Staff.
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One Reason Why I Am
Thankful
War, savage and ruthless attacks on innocent people, race prejudice,
■starvation, bloodshed, and human misery!
The news dispensing agencies of the world bring us the accounts of
such events with every new issue or broadcast. We shudder to think
of what manner of sensational atrocity will next be brought to our attention in the news of the day's happenings.
The dictator assumes the power of determining what shall be the lot
of those who live within his boundaries. The individual of those countries has been blotted out. "His, but to do or die, his not to reason why"
—and if he should be so rash as to wonder why, he will be permitted
to continue his inquiry in a concentration camp where his curiosity will
he broken beyond any shadow of a doubt.
During the past month we have witnessed a nation wide election in
which the legal voters of the land went peacefully to the polls and chose
by their own free will, those whom they wanted to represent them in the
public offices of the nation. No one questions the validity of the people's
choice. Government by the consent of the governed is the foundation
principle of our democracy. The right to live peaceably within the law,
cannot be denied to any citizen.
I therefore have reason to be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day
that I live in a land where the individual is, within the law, still the
master of his own destiny; where one may worship according to the dictates of his conscience, where one may enjoy the right to property under the protection of the law, and where the individual citizen still exercises the right to determine who shall govern and in what way he shall
be governed. I am thankful that I live in a place where peace, good
will and toleration still exists, and where the fundamental principles of
the rights of man, as set forth in the constitution, are held sacred and
inviolate.
To be an American surely is one of the richest blessings of Almighty
NEW 'REC HALL
BEING BUILT
God
J. F.
ADDITIONAL COURSES
BEING PROVIDED
The opportunities offered
to the enrollees, for college
and high school work
through correspondence is
again called to your attention. An increased interest has been shown during the past month for this type of
study.
College and high school credits may
be obtained for work satisfactorily
completed. The University of North
Dakota offers perhaps the most satisfactory courses at a very small cost.
The charge is 25c per semester hour for
college work and $1.00 per semester
credit for high school work. There are
a great number of courses offered in
both college and high school work. You
may look these courses over and get
information on how to obtain them
from the Educational Adviser or his
assistant.
The course in shorthand, recently
started, has proven attractive to a
group of eight boys and their work
will undoubtedly prove valuable to
them in the coming years.
The aim is to offer a commercial
course of typing, shorthand and book
keeping that will give the same training that is provided for in the larger
high schools of the state. A commercial
course gives very definite training for
a field of work that offers a real opportunity for civilian employment as well
as a chance for specializing while in
camp. Stenographers and typists are
always in demand in camp and at the
down town project office.
IMPROVEMENTS  BEING   MADE   ON
OTHER BUILDINGS IN
CAMP
From the ashes of our
dear departed "Rec." rises
♦he form of a new and better building.
The new recreation hall was obtained from the recently abandoned camp
at New London, Minn. It is of the permanent type of building, which has
been sawed into sections and transported in that form to us for assembly.
The structure was 130 feet by 20 feet,
but there is always some loss of usable
lumber in dismantling a building of
this type, so the entire structure was
sent. The work of dismantling was
done by the men of the veteran's company at Fairfax, Minn.
The new building will be 100 feet
by 20 feet, which makes it 20 feet longer than the old "Rec." It will be lined
throughout, the ceiling and upper walls
with celotex and the lower half of the
walls will be lined with plywood. A
canteen and barber shop, 15 by 20 feet
will be provided for in the west end
of the building, while a library 10 by
20 feet will be housed in the east end.
A new floor will be laid in the entire
building.
The construction is under the supervision of Mr. I. T. Blegen, a civilian
carpenter from Fort Snelling, ably assisted by Mr. A. T. Coppin, also a
civilian carpenter sent out from Fort
Snelling. A crew of ten enollees is
assisting in the construction work.
The work was started Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. 16th. IJie progress has
been very good, and before many more
days we will once again be enjoying
the comforts and conveniences of the
new recreation hall.
The bath house has been the scene of
great activity during the last month
and the result is very pleasing to the
eye as well as more practical from the
standpoint of use.
The shower room has been relined
with brick siding tin on the walls, and
the ceiling dropped and covered with
tin. The ceiling has been painted white
and walls with apple green. The walls
and ceiling of the dressing room have
been lined and painted white with apple green trimming.
Work has been started on a vestibule
for the refrigerator in the kitchen. This
will reduce the escape of cold air from
the refrigerator when it is entered.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Company 1720    —     Caledonia
Thursday,    November    24,    1938
MENU
♦
Celery
Olives   —   Radishes   —
Fruit Cocktail
Roast  Turkey
Oyster Dressing — Giblet Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Candied  Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Creamed Peas —■ Buttered Beets
Waldorf Salad
Pumpkin Pie — Mince Pie
Coffee
Candy — Nuts
Cigars      —      Cigarettes
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To the surprise of all concerned, a telephone message
came through to the Commanding Officer one evening
this month, to the fact that he could
expect ten additional men to add to
the company roster, to arrive the following evening from Company 705 at
Cass Lake, Minnesota.
The men are from Northern Minnesota, from towns around the vicinity of
Bemidji.
The names of the new men follows:
Don Allard, Victor Bergland, Clinton
Carven, Carl Fosand, Clifford Gillis-
pie, Kenneth Kent, Ivan Moran, Marcel
Petitdemange, Lloyd South, Raymond
Sycks, Robert Warren, Robert Webb.
This addition of men to the former
enrollment brings the company
strength up to 197 on November 22.
We are pleased to welcome the new
men to camp and sincerely hope they
like us and the camp and will enjoy a
pleasant period of service ia Company
1720.