Our program after lunch features the popular TV host, magician, and ventriloquist, John Cooper and his world of magic. Cost, including lunch is only $10.50 per person. Advance reservations a must... must be received before April 16....Please send your check made out to CCC Museum Association as soon as possible to: Bob Anderson at 31 Maple Lake Dr. Bridgeport, WV 26330.
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Clarksburg Exponent Telegram March 11, 2009
Civilian Conservation Corps marks 76 years of service
by Julie Perine
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
CLARKSBURG - The spirit of 76 has taken hold of the Civilian Conservation Corps. . March marks the 76th anniversary of the public work relief program under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. To commemorate the occasion, an open house will be held March 22 at the West Virginia CCC Camp Museum, located at the historic Quiet Dell schoolhouse. Throughout the month, a variety of nostalgic memorabilia will be on display at the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library. It's a worthy remembrance of locals who banded together in the peacetime army to combat destruction of natural resources, said Dr. Bob Anderson, museum director. "We feel it's important because we need to recognize how our CCC and other groups throughout the country - those out of the dark days and out of the Depression ~ really saved our country by the, examples they set doing great works," Anderson said. "They gave us a certain number of lessons as to how we should live our lives and help our country." The March 22 open house will be held from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend free of charge. Donations will be accepted.”
The event will include an informative tour of the museum, videos of the CCC and a live portrayal. -Special projects . librarian, Stephanie Henderson describes the I display available for public viewing at the Clarksburg-Harrison' Public Library. "We've got some old black and whites from projects done probably in the 1940s and '50s, as well as medallions, pins and some old news clippings," she said. Also displayed are Anderson's, book about the history of the CCC-("Written on the Land"), as well as a .state resolution honoring the anniversary and a proclamation recognizing March 31 as County Commission Civilian Conservation Corps Recognition Day. The accomplishments of the CCC, included the efforts of about 55,000 West Virginia enrollees, who served in 67 different CCC camps across the state, Anderson said. For more information, call (304) 842-5194 or visit www.wva-ccc-Iegacy.org/index.php
St. Louis Museum for the Civilian Conservation Corps closes
The CCC "Boys" in attendance were:
Top row: Oscar Lunsford, Herschell "Woody" Williams, Harlen Frederick, Albert Simmons
Bottom row: Andrew Majorsky, Charles Boone, Harold Wilson
Othes in attendance with the "Boys"
Thanks to the dedicated hard work of the daughter of Mrs. John (Tammy) Burge, Girl Scout Counselor in the Parkersburg, WV area and a Life Member of our Association, there is now a separate badge opportunity that honors the original Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Kaylin Burge, a nine year old Girl Scout with her mother as advisor, conceived the idea for the badge activity. She then developed and wrote the project guidelines in Spring, 2008 and sent the guidelines and CCC subject matter materials to the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council which then approved it for use as a troop-only trial project. It is hoped that this important badge project will grow in popularity, evolve and spread the message about the CCC legacy. We hope this initial first step will become a state-wide, and hopefully, national Girl Scout CCC badge activity. Kaylin did this as a project to earn her Bronze Award.
This first group of Girl Scouts to ever earn the CCC badge will culminate their activities with a trip to the WV CCC camp museum in July 2008.
Kaylin also designed the badge. Her grandfather, Woodrow Mace, told stories of building a dam, bridges, trails and other projects with the CCC's prior to entering the Navy and serving in WWII. Neither the depression nor the CCCs were being taught in school so Kaylin, only 7 at the time, wanted to create a Girl Scout badge so other girls could learn about the CCC's and all their work.
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Making Men out of Boys
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State Set to Mark CCC Anniversary
Donations for CCC Museum
Funds Donated
CCC Day Proclaimed
CCC Museum Expands
Remembering the CCC
Then and Now
Raymond Daugherty
For information, please contact Rita Dale at 304-755-4650 or write her at 3 Riverside Glen, Winfield, WV 25213.
Contact Bob Anderson for information about these events, membership and other aspects of the CCC Museum Association.
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