The Flash, July 1939

              • THE FLASH*
JULY, 1939
CALEDONIA, MINN. CCC 1720
Vol. 3 No. 10
Fred W.Kesler New
Camp Superintendent
COMES   TO   COMPANY    1720   FROM
ROCHESTER   VETERANS'
CAMP
Mr. Fred W. Kesler, tftok over the
duties of Camp Superintendent of
SCS-2 at Caledonia on July 1st
Emmet Voll had been capably carry
ing on  the  camp superintendent's du
ties in addition to his regular duties as
camp engineer, since the departure of
George A.  Harrison, about  the middle
of June.
Mr. Kesler is a graduate of the University of Minnesota in agriculture
engineering, having received his degree in 1934.
He first went on duty with the Soil
Conservation Service as a foreman in
1933 with a company at Caledonia. He
then went to Rochester in 1934, a foreman with the Veterans' Company, 1774,
and returned to Caledonia for a few
months in the summer of 1935 as a
foreman in the present company.
He then went to Houston as Camp
Superintendent in the summer of 1935
and remained there in that capacity
until 1937 when the Houston company
was moved to Waterville. He assumed
the duties of Camp Superintendent at
Rochester, Minn., with the Veterans'
company 1774, and remained there until taking over the superintendency at
Co. 1720 this month.
Mr. Kesler is regarded, by those who
know, as one of the finest camp superintendents in the business, and he certainly has made a hit with all the personnel of the camp. We are very happy
to welcome Mr. Kesler and his family
to Company 1720 and Caledonia, and
we hope they stay with us a long time.
The Hospital Cot
It seems that "Chief" Carey has been
lucky lately. He spent the 4th of July
in bed with a few minor injuries.
Wayne Piland and Richard Porter
spent a few days in bed with the
mumps. It seems like the mumps didn't
quite agree with Porter. Maybe you
had better leave the sour lemons alone,
porter.
Sims spent a few days with us, suffering a sore arm. That smallpox vaccination sure packs a lot of power in it.
One of our latest additions to camp,
Claude Bowen, was tranKerred to the
Station Hospital with acute appendicitis. We are waiting to see him come
back as good as new.
William Davis is spending a few days
in bed with the old time flu. He has
been a pretty sick boy but here's
hoping him the best of luck.
William Pendergraft reported to the
hospital with a nice burn, which has
been taken care of.
Prank Bennett reported with a swollen upper lip which was fixed up in
first class shape,
Delmer Lewis was transferred to the
Station Hospital with a broken hand.
He is back now.
Everett Ballew was laid up with rhinitis for a short while. He is also a new
addition to the company.
Woodward and Mcintosh (James)
also visited the hospital. This camp life
sure is hard on these last rookies that
came in. Cheer up boys, it won't last
long. You will soon take it like the old
men do.
Also in the hospital are the boys who
were in the accident July 16th. Wayne
Ponn. Ross Finley, and Reeve Macy.
They are all making a splendid recovery and will be out in the near future.
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Eighteen New Members
Received By Co. 1720
TTie July enrollment period netted
Company 1720 eighteen new members,
who arrived ln camp on Wednesday.
July 12th. A group of 44 men were
sent here from Fort Leavenworth, but
26 of them were sent on to Company
1749 at Decorah, Iowa. These men are
all from Missouri, and from the northernmost counties ln the state ln about
the center of the state, south of the
Iowa line.
"Hie following are the names and
home addresses of the new members:
Abernathy, Carrol—Green Castle, Mo.
Ballew, Everett—Eagleville, Mo.
Bowen, Claude—Ridgeway, Mo.
Carter, David—Green City, Mo.
Fair, Glen—Princeton, Mo.
Fowler, Randall—Blythedale, Mo.
Graves, John—McFall, Mo.
Hamilton, Marvin—Mercer, Mo.
Hughes, George—Worth, Mo.
Lipe, Jack—Bethany, Mo.
Mcintosh, James—Ridgeway, Mo.
Mcintosh, Virgil—Princeton, Mo.
McKay, Emerald—Eagleville, Mo.
Owens, Paul—Blythedale, Mo.
Ruth, David—Princeton, Mo.
Sims, Lloyd—Princeton, Mo.
Waddlll, Delbert—Winigan, Mo.
Woodward, Theodore—Ridgeway, Mo.
The "Flash" takes the opportunity to
welcome these new men to camp. We
sincerely hope that your stay may be
pleasant and profitable,
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Certificates Issued For
The April-June Quarter
Hie unit certificates, educational
certificate and first aid certificates
earned during the quarter April-June,
1939 were presented to those earning
them, at a company formation on
Friday. July 14th.
The following completed sufficient
work to entitle them to the educational
certificate by the end cf the quarter.
Fenton L. Johnson—495 hours of work.
Bruxie W. Howell—720 hours of work.
John M. Fouty—720 hours of work.
John C. Kassin—640 hours of work.
Harold  J.  Speltz—820  hours  of work.
Unit certificates were Issued to the
following persons in the designated
subjects:
Auto Mechanics
Ernest    Durham,     Merl     Anderson,
Sidney Krogh Dies
In Automobile Crash
REEVE MACY   AND   ROSS   FINLEY
SERIOUSLY HURT;  WAYNE
PONN RECEIVES CUTS
Tragedy struck in the midst of Company 1720 on the morning of Sunday,
July 16th, when Sidney (Mayor) Krogh
passed away as a result of injuries received in an automobile crash on highway 44 between Caledonia and Hokah.
A party of four boys, Sidney Krogh,
Reeve Macy, Ross Finley, and Wayne
Ponn, were on their way to La Crescent, Sunday morning in an automobile
driven   by  Krogh,   when  they  collided
with  a  car   being  driven   by   Clarence
James  Scammahorn,  Archie  Sweeney, Os.em of Spring Grove,    Minn.    The
SCS News
During the past month the fteld
crews have been building fences, cattle
ponds, masonry flumes, and banksloping on coopert_tors' farms in the Bee
Creek watershed.
There Is an average of 126 men in
the field each working day working on
the above mentioned jobs.
Work on the rock quarries will be
started soon, to furnish rock for masonry structures and limestone for field
use.
Five new farms have been signed up
in the past month, they are namely:
Henry Glasrud, Ed. Doely, Carl Trehus,
Gehart Morkers and H. P. Wermager.
Work will begin on these farms in the
near future.
A number of changes have been
made in the techncal service personnel,
they are: Paul G. Strom, Jr. Forester,
who has been on duty in this camp
since lt was formed, has been transferred to Camp SCS-Minn.-13 at
Plainview, Minnesota. He entered on
duty at Plainview July 10, 1939.
Thomas R. Evans, Jr. Biologist was
transferred from the Caledonia Project
to Camp SCS-Minn.-2 Caledonia, and
entered on duty here July 1, 1939. He
has taken over the duties of Paul G.
Strom.
Fred W. Kesler, formerly camp Superintendent of the Vets Camp at
Rochester is the newly appointed Camp
Superintendent at this camp. He entered on duty July 12, 1939.
All the trucks in camp are going to
be given a new coat of paint, and the
garage floor is being leveled and resurfaced.
The bull pen is being enlarged and a
new lumber shed being built.
The garage will be painted in the
near future, and general improvements
will be made all around.
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MESS  HALL FLOOR  REFINISHED
The floor of the dining hall has been
sanded and the floors coated with
floorsealer so as to preserve the nice
clean surface. It will then be waxed.
This will give a very pleasing appearance, somewhat similar to the finish on
the recreation hall floor.
Paul Young. Edison Null, Albert Perry
Hubert Dooley, Stanley Paris, William
Vlckery, Lewis Rowland, George Cota.
Agriculture
Bernard   Stafford,   Chester   Watson,
Paul     Wolf,     Dale     Seymour,     John
Schwarz, Richard Porter, John Roberts,
Verdon Strong, Worden Hinsley, George
Clark, and Carl White.
Carpentry
David   Findley,   Lowell   Riggs,   Bert
Pence,    Eldon    Welch,    Elmer    Nash,
Richard    Porter,    Leonard    Satterlee,
Floyd Davidson.
Woodworking
Lowell Riggs, Richard Porter, Leonard Satterlee, Bert Pence.
Printing
Charles Wood, Robert Mauldin, Edward Norman, Bruxie Howell.
Leathercraft
Max   Morgan,   Junior   East,   Wayne
Piland.
Typing
David Findley, Elmer Nash, Robert
accident was soon discovered by passers by, and an ambulance summoned.
The four camp boys and the driver of
the other car were taken to the Caledonia hospital where Krogh died, as a
result of internal injuries and possible
skull fracture, at about 11:30 a. m.
Sunday morning. Macy and Finley
were in critical condition and there was
grave fear for their recovery, but they
have responded splendidly to treatment, and are at present definitely on
the road to recovery. They both suffered severe cuts and bruises about the
head, and Ross Finley had many of his
upper teeth broken off, and the dentist
is at present removing the roots of the
broken teeth. Wayne Ponn was not as
seriously cut as the other boys and
was removed to the camp hospital as
soon as his wounds were dressed and
a check up of his injuries were made
at the Caledonia hospital. Finley and
Macy were brought to the camp hospital Friday mornnig of last week.
Sidney   Arnold  Krogh   was  bom   at
Wakefield, Charles Coleman, Ora Har-1 Gully, Minn., on July 16, 1910, having
rison, Lewis Gillette, Russell Prine. °een 29 years  old on  the day of his
sh .«•,    a 'death. He attended the public schools
hhorttiand L Gurjy| ^d iater the    family    made
Russell Prine. ;their home at t--^ where he lived at
First Aid Certificates jthe time he enrolled  in  1720. He has
Keith Carnes, George Cota, Albert b^-, a member of this company for
Perry, George Hinton, Lewis Rowland, about four ^d a half years, having come
Odis Reed, Paul Young, Merl Anderson, I to the company when it was at Ely,
John Lierman, Reeve Macy, and Ed I Minn., he being one of the two re-
Scharnweber. imaining men who were with the corn-
Fine work has been done during the pany at the time it came to Caledonia,
past quarter in upper and lower ele- j The surviving members of his imme-
mentary classes and educational certi- : diate family are two sisters, Mrs.
ficates will be presented to the mem- ! Myrtle Lund and Alice Krogh, and two
bers at the time the course is com- j brothers, Orvin and Kenneth,
pleted. j    George  Cota  accompanied  the  body
Congratulations are extended to the | to Trail, Minn., where funeral services
boys who are successfully carrying on
these courses in the camp training program. Your certificates are a fine recommendation  for  your  ambition  and
were held on Tuesday, July 18th.
"Mayor," by which name he was
known to the men of the company, was
always very highly thought of and he
your desire to Improve yourself. These was regarded as a splendid workman.
qualities are very desirable in a sue-;He had held down a key position with
cessful man, and all prospective em
ployers look for them in the men they
are going to hire. The time spent in
improving your abilities while in camp
will pay dividends during the rest of
your life.
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Paris and Lashley Earn
Life Saving Certificates
The annual district swimming school
was held at Co. 2718 at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, at the municipal swimming pool,
from July 10 to 15 inclusive. There
were 64 members, two from each camp
in the Iowa Distrct, participating. They
both were successful in qualifying for
the Senior Life Saving Certificate.
The boys report that a good course
was held, and that after hour diversions made the evenings pleasant. A
carnival was held down town, and a
boxing show was staged at the camp.
Stanley says the big difficulty was a
shortage of money to spend.
the Soil Conservation Service for several years, being in charge of the property, a job that requires dependability
and accuracy. He was very popular
with the supervisory personnel and enrollees of the company. The sudden
death of Sidney Krogh was a great
shock to those who knew him and the
loss is deeply felt by the whole company.
The    heartfelt    sympathy    of    every
man  in  the  company  goes  out  to the
bereaved members of his family.
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FENTON JOHNSON
TAKES BRIDE JULY 6TH
Fenton Johnson, our genial
steward, joined the ranks of the benedicts, when he was united in marriage
to Miss Ethelreda Klug, daughter of
Simon Klug of Caledonia, Minn. T_he
wedding ceremony took place at St.
Peter's Church in Caledonia, July 6th.
Congratulations to Fenton and his
bride are extended, and a wish that
they may enjoy a long and happy married life.