| Show C C C Anniversary Day Sunday April Company 1507 Carries On Work Wark Program in Three States of West On June 6 1933 1933 at t Fort Knox Kentucky Kentuck men from Ohio Kentucky and Indiana were sere form form- formed formed ed into Company 1507 The 5 as the hundreds digit Indicates a a Fifth Carps Darpa Area company All numbers before and after utter the hundreds digit together tell the number of the organization within the corps area company 1507 was the With cec company organized from the Faith FUth Carps C Area comprising the tour four states motes of Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia After a period of conditioning For Fort Knox the company was trans trans- transferred transferred to Dyerville Calif where they went to work cleaning cleaving up tourist park areas among the giant redwoods James 0 OBrien Brien former editor of the Vernal Journal described the company s location In California and nd its subsequent history In the followIng words I The camp was Ideally situated along the Eel river which afforded th t boys boye plenty of fishing and I ng The surrounding for for- forest fort tor andI I est t st also made the camp a place of beauty and pea peace e Of course coursel these trees were a serious fire tire haz haz- hazard hazard ard and the boys spent many hard haZ 1 days da s fighting fires fires but through it all nil they came to love the camp and nd the forest and when the campI time carne came many were ere reluctant to leave Our company has always been I proud of its record in fn respect to I Ithe the conduct of the boys Wherever I they went their gentlemanly ac- ac actions ac actions won von on them the respect of everyone e While In California I ac-I a areli religious clous contest was held in the Eureka district and a trophy was awarded to the camp having the best church at attendance Although the boys of Company 1507 1607 Were over mer 45 miles from church they held this trophy for five fhe of o the six months the contest was held heldOn heldOn heldOn On April 29 1935 1 35 the company cons consisting of 3 officers 1 contract surgeon and 78 7 enrollees left Cal Cal- California California Cal California for Priest River Idaho Here again arain they were situated in inthe inthe inthe the forest this time among amoni the pine cedar and tamarack of the National forest They I were sent out on a fire immediately immediately Immediately upon their arrival anIval but this I proved to be the only large larie fire fought during their Stay in Idaho The biggest job undertaken by byl I thIs company while in Idaho was the construction of the King Kings s Lake road This Ibis road was built through I the forest on South Baldy moun moun- mountain mountain mountain tain The type of work vork done on this road was surveying slashing bucking log loc skidding blasting bla jack hammer work cork and bulldozer work This was all done by CO boys under the supervision of cap cap- capable capable cap capable able foremen WB We cannot go 10 on w v thO thoa B i word or two about abou the tho famous Blister Busters led Jed by Dave e Krnach The men spent nearly six she months pulling gool gooseberry berry plants Sin in which the White Pine Bl Blister ter Rust spends s part of its life Cycle i before passing on to the trees The I plants after aster being sprayed with han an inflammable fluid were sere set afire The The- control and lof the Blister Rust Is one of the most important projects ts undertaken en by the Idaho Forestry I IThe The ceo seems to put the rov roving rov rov-ine rov ing spirit into the boys and in ling October when Captain Horn re- re received re received instructions to move to Utah I the boys were tp to go fo goto to toOn On October 23 the company left Priest River bound for Vernal They sent to Hebe Heber- by train and from there thereby thereby thereby I by trucks It was a tough touch ride miles In open trucks but it was W not nearly so bad as the one IbY the rookies who arrived on Nov 2 These boys s hIt the camp just after midnight and Ithe were they colds cold I IThe The new camp was entirely from the last two camps Dry trees it took country no a little time to get set used to the new kind of or work vork Road noad construction reservoir construction and spring development pro proved ed to be the main work of the camp Later cricket control and rodent control were Inaugurated I Upon their arrival the boys I found a skeptical town but thru I the excellent work of or Captain RW R RW RW W Horn and later Captain Wool Wool- Woolums Wool urns urns as well as aa the good beha behavior behavior RI I of the boys boya Ck Company 1507 once again gained the respect of the town citizens id It long before they were active inthe in inthe Inthe the church and other programs inVernal In InVernal inVernal Vernal Captain A B Woolums Infantry Infantry try try Reserves assumed command of the company on Feb 7 1936 1939 re re- re Captain R W Horn who was transferred tran-sf tran erred to the Veyo Ve 0 tah I campI camp The fo following lieutenants and contract surgeons ha has have e a served at Camp 31 DG LINE OFFICERS 1st Lt Lloyd LloydH LloydH LloydH H Grimes Oct 23 1935 to April 12 1936 1st Lt Robert C Hilliard April 14 H 1936 1938 to June 15 1936 1st Lt Charles L Winkel June 21 1936 1938 to Feb 20 1937 1st Lt Fred P Baker Feb 14 14 1937 to present time MEDICAL OFFICERS 1st Lt VIncent April 18 1 1936 to toIE IE pt 22 19 1936 1 3 l 1st t Lt Joseph Hudes from Nov 21 to ta Dec Dee 10 1936 CONTRACT SURGEONS Dr Cletus T Kearny y Oct 23 1935 to toJan toJan toJan Jan 21 1936 Dr John H Clark Jan 4 1936 to April 20 1936 Dr DrI I 1 Leon on S Saunders S Sept 25 1936 to Nov 23 1936 Dec Dee 14 1936 to toJan toJan Jan 6 1937 1837 Dr JC Joseph Jo eph L Han Han- Hansen Han yn tol sen Jan 3 1937 1931 to present time HoUIs Hollis D Miller educational ad- ad adviser adviser ad adviser who came from Idaho with the company was transferred to Company 2513 2313 on en Dec Dee 11 1935 For four months the company was v without an educational r advis-r advis r of lits its own Then on April 20 1936 Frani J Kennard was wac assigned R RIE RE E IE Morris served both the Bridge Bridge- Bridgeland land Bridee-land iland land and the Vernal camps for a aI I perIod of about three months When Captain Horn arrived with I his company in October 1935 he heI I found a fine new camp and a force of technical foremen ready to go goI goto soto to work Supt George Hicks lineer En-lineer En- En Engineer En I John V Bollwinkel and 1 Foremen Milo Mile Snow Alden Shaf- Shaf Shaffer Shaffer Shatter fer ter had previously been employed and were on the job On Nov 1 1935 Carl and Harry Sea Sea- Seaton Seaton ton Sea ton machine operator and mech mech- m mechanic mechanic h- h anic respectively were added to the technical force foree Forest Thomas I came to the camp p as foreman on Jan 1 I 1936 1836 In March Robert G was elevated from an en- en enrollee enrollee rollee en-rollee rollee to a foreman The Survey sent Preston Q Hale to the Vernal camp in May 1936 October 16 1 1936 is the date aate on which S nt Junes James M MOrr MOrr MOrr Orr Jr assumed jurisdiction over the Division of Grazing in Vernal I Supt George Georee Hicks rocks on the same day took over a similar responsibility responsibility at Blending The death of Alden Shaffer Shatter on Pcb Feb 11 1937 1 left ft the company In deep sorrow His place has not yet y been filled On Feb Peb 1 1937 Harry Seato Seaton resigned and Donnel C Dow w was emploYed as DG DO mechanic 1 t n 1 S I L u 1 w r I S M b d Y JJ r rb rn n ti x Y r rt 4 VIEW OF VERNAL COO CAMP FOR ZOO MEN 1 The camp built by Captain Alva Carpenter for Company 1507 has undergone considerable Improvement improve Improve- Improvement improvement ment Captain under the direction of Cap Cap- Cap tato tain Horn Ham and Cap Captain Woolums The finest camp in the United StAtes Stoles can still be made better I and prompted It la is this spirit that has ha I ted the officers strong initiative and made our CCO home hom the plea plea- Plea Plea-I- pleasant pleasant sant place It is 15 today The community and Forest Ser Ser- Service Service Ser Service vice have given riven valuable assistance and gifts of flowers trees and I shrubs to beautify the camp The city cooperated with the camp to provide better lighting and walks I to the area All An these acts a ts of fri fri- friendliness fri I fri friendliness together with work and high morale in tn the company have I borne fruit in a camp that is rat rat-I rated rat rated ed high hl h In the district and corps I The perfect understanding and friendly cooperation of the Army Anny and Division of ot Grazing Crazing staffs has beeh n Sin ui feature in inthe inthe inthe the history of Camp 31 DO In the 18 11 months the company has been In Vernal the last or of orthe the charter members of thel the company have gone rone back to their homes Several of the boys who joined the company In California are still here and are arc holding re- re responsible re responsible positions Soon 82 3 new men will join Co 1507 The old members membern hope to assist as- as assist as assist them in adjusting to their new home and to make them valuable assets to the community Company 1507 believes it has an important mission to perform In Uintah county and Its enters upon the fifth year of or the ceo with high resolve with faith in the future of the boys who pass thru Republic it and with faith In this thia grea |
