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Show HISTORY OF COMPANY 1507 I II I By FRANK P"RANK PRANK " J KENNARDEducational KENN KENNARD KENNARDEducational A.RD ARD . A.RDEducational Educational Adviser AdviserCompany Company Oompany 1507 1607 was OT-gar OT gar orgarWzed organized orgarWzedw1th organizedwith - zedwith w1th with 171 men at rort Fort Knox Ken Kentucky KenLucky Kentucky tucky Lucky on June 3 S033 t933 933 by P'1rst P1rst First ' P'1rstLleut Firsthleut PintLleut Lleut hleut K Maertens Inf U S 8 Ar Army Army Army my At the conclusion conclu.sion . of a tE-n tE n ten - tEnusy tenuay tena ArI I usy uay y tralnlnr lraining training and conditioning per perfed perlod 100 fed at fort Knox the companyentrained company companyf'ntrained companyentrained perI I f'ntrained fntrained entrained ' for South Fork Calif Califwhere Califwhere Califwhere where It arrived on June 17 1933and 1933 1933and 1933and and proceeded to establish the Burllngton Bur BurI1ngton Burlington I1ngton lington Humbolt Camp No 237 atOyervllle at atDyerv1lle atD9ervllle Dyerv1lle D9ervllle California CaHfomla CaliforniaThe CaliforniaThe The principal work done by the themen themen themen men In this camp waa was wa that of ofcleaning ofcleaning ofcleaning cleaning up . park pll.rk pllrk areas among the theRedwoods theRedwoods theRedwoods Redwoods and condltlonint conditioning thMn them thMnfor themfor themfor for the numerous tourists who vls vis vlsit visIt visIt it the giant trees t Through their theirwork theirwork theirwork work : the Flat Iron tree and thetallest the thetaJlet thetallest taJlet tallest : ; tree In the world were madeaccessible made madeaccessible madeaccessible accessible to visitors vLsllQrs visitorsIn vLsllQrsIn visitorsIn In April 1835 1935 Company 1507was 1507was 1507 1507was was transferred t.ra.n.sff'TTed tran.sffTTed transffTTed . ' to Priest RlwrIdaho RJvoer River RJvoerIdaho RiverIdaho Idaho Arriving on May 1st the themen themen men were Immediately sent out tofight to tofight totight fight a forest fire near neu Newport NewportWashington NewportWashington NewportWashington : Washington WashingtonThe The work In the Boswell Ik1ewelJ Camp Campthe Campthe Campthe CampI I the name by which the boys new newhome newhome newhome home wax was known consisted mainly main mainly . Iy ly of building buUding of the Kind's Kinds King's Kings ' ' Lakeroad Lake Lake1"06d Lakeroad 1"06d 106d road " up the heavily wooded sideof .side side .sideof sideof . of South Baldy mountain mountainBoswell mountainBoswell Botwell Boswell camp was a summer summercamp summercamp summercamp camp and the enrollees were quu quar quartered quartered I tered In ten tentfl tents ts Being In the heart heartof heartot , ' of the rOT forest & < ; t and far from town townIt townIt it . was necessary ntceasary for the boys to tocreate tocreate tocreate create their own recreational recrea.t1onal recreat1onal . fac far farilltles facllltles ! BlUes illtles On the camp grounds nds wasa was wasa wasa a tennis tenn is court oourt a basketball basketbalJ courtand court courtand I Iand and a volleyball voUeyball court and In thewntfr the therenter I IN'ntRr N'ntRr NntRr renter ' wa was a site for a campifirexhere campfire campfire'here campfirea 'here here a ' here weekly programs by enrolleetalent enrollee enrolleeI enrolleetalf'nt enrolleetalent I talf'nt talfnt talent ' were enjoyed . . I IUpon Upon the completion of CamPI CamPIVerna camp campVernal CampVernal Verna Vernal ! by a cadre under the com com- corn- corn - mand mend of : ; Oaptain Captain Alva C Carpenter Carpen CarpenI Carpentar Carpenter I tar ter Obmpajiy npany Company < 150 1607 15071 ' ' moved fromPriest from fromPriest fromPriest Priest River Idaho and occupiedthe occupied occupiedthe occupiedthe the site on October 28 25 1B3 1931) 1931 1935 & ) Sincethat Bincel Bincelthat Sine Sinethat . that . time tome a toady t.ea tea ty steady . < prp prQ prpam prpg5-am prpg5 am 1un ? -am am - ofcamp of ofI ofcamp I camp Improvement has tone ne fOl for forward forward forwardOn : ward wardOn I On February 5 6 19 1936 1 3C Captain A AB AB AB B Woolums Wool urns was ordered to com corn cornmand cornmand I Imand mand this th1 company Oaptain captain R it W WHorn WHorn I IHorn Horn successor succe&or succeor & to Capt Carpt"n Carptn Carpen Carpenter Carpenter " I Iter ter beinc being transferred tr8J'1lferred tr8J1lferred ' ! to the VeyoCamp Veyo VeyoCamp Camp veYOICamp In Washington county count.y . UtahMany Utah UtahMany veYOI ' . Many outstanding benefits benef11.8 benef118 . accruedto accruedto accrued accruedto to the company during CaptainWool Capt.ain Captain CaptainWooluma . Wooluma urns s administration m n Physical Physicalfacilities Physicalfacilities h i : W Ws Wt Wm : f:1 f1 : facilities t too numerous I to recite recitewere recitewere were added addpd and the good will w11l and andactive andactive andactive active ' support slIpport of the community communityreached communityreached . rf'acht'd rfachtd reached communit.Yjrf'acht'd ' ' a height ht"lght htlght " which communit.Yj communitYj brought broughtCompany broughtCompany broughtCompany , Company 1 1W7 1507 )7 7 , ) ( and Vernal nation national nationa.1 nationa1 al . recognitionOn recognition nationI I On June 20 ZO 1037 1937 Capt Woolumsdeparted Wlum Woolums Woolumsdeparted ( ) departf'd departfd departed ' for far his hls new station atMllford at atI atMl1fOrd atMilford I I Idepartf'd comI I Ml1fOrd Milford Utah rellnqulshtnic rel1nqulshlnlt relinquishing cornmand com corn cornwand ! mand wand to Captain Lester Lf ' ter J DePordwho DeFord DePord DeFordI DeFordwho DePordwho I who crved served with the company only I three months and then resigned reslfnedto resignedto I to return to civil lifeFirst lifeFirst life lifeFirst resignedI I ' lto First . Lieutenant Fred P Ba.ker Baker Ba.kerI Ba.kerInr BakerInt BaJcerInf . Inr Int Res flea who had served as ILl ! the thecompany thecompany thecompany I company s junior JW1lor officer otncer & since 1n-e 1n e ( ' - Peb Feb Feb14 14 1937 awiumrd aF&lmt'd aFlmtd asetmed & ' command onSept on onSept Sept 28 26 1 1937 37 succeeding OaptainDeFord Captain CaptainDeFord rwu : : ' : , i DeFord r For F two and half f monthsLleut months monthshleut Lleut hleut . B Be.ker Beker Baker . ker was the th ( ' only onlc onlcrIn offlcRr officer offlcRrIn officerIn -rIn rIn - In camp On December -ember ember 1Jtember 1Jt > < - 7 offlcRrI 1937Lfeut lfl37Lleut 1937 1937Lieut I Lieut Lfeut . John R Kurdy In Inf ! Res Resarrived Resarrlyed Resarrived arrived arrlyed and was assigned to t.he the theduties . thedutle I IduUee duUee duties of camp store and mess offocar om offo omcer offlcer cer car In which capacities capaclUes he served servedfrom servedfrom crvedfrom from that date . to t.o March 25 1938when 1938 1938when 1 3 3when when he was transferred lransferred to t.he the t.heJericho theJericho . theJericho Jericho camp near Eureka Utah UtahUnder Utahunder UtahUrmder Under Urmder the dtrtwtlon dtJteotlon direction : of or IXeutBaker IAeut I4eut IAeutBaker I4eutBaker Baker and his h1 junior officer otncer UeutKurdy Lieut LieutK.urdy LieutKurdy K.urdy Kurdy . great expansion expans10n of or enrolleeoportunltles enrollee enrolleeoportunit1es enrolleeoportunlties oportunit1es oportunlties and comfort have beenocompllshed been beenocomplished beeni beenocomplished i ocomplished Educational and re recreat10nal recreational recreatlonal reI I creat10nal creational programs progra.tna progratna . have been en enlrged enirged enIrfd lrged irged bulldinf buildings and grounds ( rounds hav have haveI I ' I 'been been ' be-aultlfled be aultlfled beault1r1ed beautified - . and com ! comfortable comfortableequipment comfortableequipment rlable rlableI rlable'equipment < 'equipment equipment equipment installed and coopera cooperatlon cooperation cooperatlon tlon tion between betwet'n betwetn ' camp and benefl.cJal beneflcJal beneficial benefl.cJalcommunity beneficialcommunity beneficialcommunity . community agencies ndes has been cui cul cuitl cultit culthatcd tl\ tl tit tlatf"d \ atf"d atfd ated " - - - - - |