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Show ... ,,. , ,• . ' ,, r·· .JI'---J ,._) \ \/ I r j . ,, \ \/. i I 1-~ 'j I I I r-· l .) .J \.._ _) as Locke Arkansas first cook ., n...vid Mess sergeant. Transferred Jan . 14, 1936 to CCC Co . 3749 , Ko.nosh, Utnh, served a.:, Mess sergeant an d Canteen Sergeant until December 1936, when the Co . was moved to SaL. na, Utah . Act j_n t; mess sergea:nt j.n Salina from De cember 1 936 until ·.Octtihor :1937. Trnnsferred Oct . 15, 1937 to Co, 479 Salina, tr.n\s f orroci on October 20 to Co . 4792 , H,t1tsville , Uta,h, r a te d first coo!r. . Trans fe:rred November 10, · 1937 to Co . 2539 , Bear River bird. Ref' ue;e, Drigha.m City , Utah . ;fow servi:1g as Mess s erge nnt . Changed from Jr. i'lfi ssot1ri to specialist Mess sergeant Nov . 1 937 . Age 22 , white , graduate Jr . College , Kansas City, Mis souri iii En gineering . Been in the CC ; eve:r since gr aduation . He ld a rating or e quivalent since No vember 1934 without being dis r ~ted . .. HISTORY OF .CLERK NATE BYERS They say I was born in Dallas, Texas ., and althoug)i l vms supposed t o be there, l t on It r emember ,) t l1ing o.b out the ooasion, nor .c nn I re call 0. Texas sand storm. J.nywo.y, that mnkes me a "Long Horn ~' We then moved to Coffey vil1e, Kan a sa wher e I learn e d the art of toss i ng a knif e and · fo r k , tieing my s hoes s trings in h o.r d knots , a.11d playing hookey ,...I from s c h ool . When about ten y e ar s of age my fa.ther · got in h i s heo.d to moke 11 Dud :i. s stil l look ing a large forttm e in Mis eo uri, so t o Missour i we went . for the .fortune ~ There in Cameron Mis souri I graduated out of Hi gh s_chool because t he t eachers , not one , wn ,,l d marry me, an d the wo od- pe cke r s· couldn 't eat t he school house so they gave me a di pl o , a to be my sa:i.l thr u life , Let me e x ..,lain '11Y re o.son f •r going slow in school --t he verjr firs t day, when mr mother d o lled me up inlmee pa.Tl.ts and took me to school, I saw a sign, 11 S c hool - Go Slov1!1 I did . L ike Jesse James, I was born too soon . :'' or four y ear s in all I he ard somethi n g a '.)out the depression . Ne ver go t acquainte d \~ t h hi m until 1930, when I left the wa rm wing s of the school and my Mom+s t n.b le , • When playi ng i n t h e schoo l · n.nd we mo.de trips to t he J.meric "n Royo.l i n Kans as City , the re, at tho:t time the city was open to us, t he chamber of c ommerce was t here with a glai han ti, out in 1930, when I wo.s loolcinf; f or o. job, all t he y had out was the co ps . I worked in s ever al chill i joints as a pe arl -:fiiver . Bathed cars in severa~ garages , hid rocks under ties on a r dl road f or thre e mon ths bef ore I finall y , went back to the c ountry . The cow di clnit look the s ain-:, an:· Maud, the mule wasn ' t so frisky--Sh ep, t he dog got smacked w th a c ar , dad wo.s bre aki n g in h i s f irst set of false t eeth a n d Grandpa by o:..1e . Things hn.d .! changed too much fo r me so I decided to s ee t he worl d . On J une 25 , 1935 I put my John Henry dovm i:1 this f o.mous :,r othe rhood-th3 CCC . Peeled spuds in Lo avonworth and Arlrn.ns a s . ·-o ut t h e ti e I fo un d a g irls in the.t well knovvn hill J illy stat e they sent us 11Yf st ~' Now-- Utah can at any time see me in a c tion-- dre ssins spuds and washing pots an " pan s . Have been here long enough to have fo r gotten the 11 :;;a:,·t!' won ' t go ;)ack tmless Unc le Sam decides to turn us loose some place i n China ~ .A.t t h is 1;'ll'i t :.ng I love the State of Utah an · if "s he " doesn't change h '3r mind, i 1 11 pro ba1Jl y L........P..sl. h~:rqJi::i:g §J1e..e. P. §QI.Jl:121 9-9.-Y::::::WDQ . knows. |
