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Show • LE~DS' 1JTL1~~ ~, y - · 1,, IDGE T ':'Rrn~:1,;E> =-E' .2_;,) //_"=._--;~I, "'d,~% qi~~~ --rr \~~~--1 C) t"'r-/jt C,,..,-· _.-/ ;;.:z_ _r:. \? "°'· 1 TMY kiET n 1,;; ,S...1'.S!y/3y 0:...,:-.,_ -- -::: . ;-Y' " ~ ~ --- _, b~·'c.y . Pc.ge 6. c.)J 0 \ _ _ _ L \ •·, - f rom 1\. k ron, ~.,.._..,( T • I r 1.!.S tin,e ca.me the mc..jori ty of the ;nen r e turn:r1'i'g home---B. Since i tt vicinity, ;an·d points. in lfontucky , I s hall make mention of their activities _ which is typical of Fifth Corps ;_reo men. places These men~ · upon- arriving ac 0 ui t te cl themsel "Jes as though they had teen had met people and knevi how to O:onc u ct t hemselvE's arround people, which reflected credit to their ho;nes thad the tr a inin 6 received in good schools. With this background and 1:Bing used. to the c.in, aud . h u stle of the city, they were un':t?aded unceremonio usl;y i:1.to a 1i ttle nest amoung the hii1s ~nd mountains at the · small to·,m of Leeds, Ut:i'.-1. In fc.ct so small was · the tovrri that the men hi>r~lly kn~w that they had gone thrnugh it. Mountains to the right of . them,Mountains to t~ left of them, on all sides aE obstruction to .their . view a some of them felt. 11 i:'io this is life in the CCC", This sor\ of life seemed e xti·eamly unusua l to the group. iii th just ·what sort of conditions must · H,ey r.ujus t? The group 1\/'_as u,:;hered into t he .iduc&. t ic ~1c. l Building of this c:::ur:p where they .met the Co".llll::; ~~di_ng Officer, the Cc,.np :::iup0 rinte ndent o. ,!.d. tLe Co_mp Educc.tionnl Adviser. J.:Jcch mn n ir turn told some thing of tho Cr,.mp Life, its o.c t ivity ur:.d work on the Job. The lust spe ::kor told t : em s omethir1g of' the surrounding s tho. t o.pper.red sonevrhut a'krousing. So.id Le "You c.re nowin tho ce,.1ter of , scenic 2- t t rc:ctions tho.t are world fo.rnous, tourists come fro".il o.11 over this eontinent to see c,ttrrictions not fo.r from t h is point. Zio::.c' s ::.10.tio no. l Pc,rk, l3ryces i ic-. tio no.l Po. rk, Graid Co. nyon o.nd even Boulder Dam is ' not fo.r from t h is ~ohi.tion.Of course _some of you ·will bJ o. ble to 'se-e these points of interest but :ffter nll your .pro b lem is l c. rgely one of adj,.J. stmclnt. Viho. t these things me c. n to \!OU a"1d wh~.t the C 1 s meo.n to you is l&rgoly dependent on you". The - Comrnc.i:din; Officer n ;:"d the . Co.mp 0 upen•intendent" directed their· remc.rks to tho r0 ,:-:uir e ments in C0..8Jlil c.nd on t 1.o job, · ut · the s c.mo tim·3 extending to t r:em o. friendl~~ hc.nd. ; Frora this group c c. me ~- loyal body of r.1cn, clubir~g together. Jtt fir.st thoy entered into c ::-.mp o.ctivi ty, suumi ttin 6 an ouh,t,.dL1g section to the Camp Po.per, a c the s ~.me insto.nce ck.ll o ,.1gin.g t he Oldl'.-timo rs to c. go.me l)f bo.11. \forth ·while we re the ir co r,,tri bu tions to t ho ~ duc o. tio i1,,. l I- ro e:, r :·,m, thJ h e cre r. tio,.~ of t he co.mp und tho ·;iork l'roj Gcts. ;)o;no inve sti gt\ t o d the heunts of Bl c. Gk J,,ounto,in, F hilo otl iors vm r o content vri th the re ~. ding r oo;r,, c, nd t r:o c ~·.mp r.ctivi ties. On th0 Job some of them [cd,'. ptod thoms0lves reo.dily to mc chc.nic c.l tr c, des unc:i others fo1 t that they vrere here for the outire u:1rol lr;ier.t peri od 0ven if only th."' muck stiqk fell to the ir lot. 1d th tho spirit of 11 lie ver J.Jo fe,_.t 11 c, r.w11t 0 r of the mea ho.vo rec.lly mc-,de a ni tch in this cr,mp und its ~cctiviti u s thc:.t "v'! i J l 'b0 miss e d c, :.:d Hith their departure goes · ' tho rest Wishes of' their c,ssocb.tc s, The se obs e rvc, tions m.c.y te 1c. dc vri t h pr .. ctic c~ :ly ~'.UY 5th Corps group of men. As you go from horo keop up thc. t priclo ir, :..:~L:i r.;, ·c. 11c.r.10 for Obio, Indic.m, Ufd Kentucky. I cm sure c.s you go av-my from CCC Co ,.,_;,;u.J 535 thc.t your e xp~ rieLce in t i-.~ Mounto.ins o.:1d Vc.ll o ys of Utah T:ill serve t n i:c lp you ul,preciE,tt your homes, . . ,:·, holp you to c.djust to most c. ny si t uc.. ti or t>_~'.-'.., mc.y como in your i'iuy £i.r,.d I o..m sure thc. t you e re b<:ot t er pro·p c.red to moet life':· m·obl c ms. Succ o s:s 'l'o You Ah·,c.y_s -_a , ~ ~ . . . , i ~ . BusL.nu:.n C..'..mp Ecluctc:tiorn:.l . ,'_dvi ser |
