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Show BurbankCCC Notes .Burbank CCC camp G-117, near Garrison, last Sunday celebrated cele-brated open house in commemoration commemora-tion of the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Civilian Conservation Con-servation Corps. Including the enrollee personnel of less than 100, slightly over 300 persons were present. Guests began to assemble before be-fore noon, although festivities were scheduled to begin at 1:00 o'clock. A softball game between the Milford All-Stars and the camp team ended in a 15-11 count for the camp team, although at one time the visitors were well in the lead. Because of the chill weather which prevailed during part of the afternoon, trips to the projects pro-jects were not feasible, but a tour through the camp was conducted by Company Commander Clifford R. Jones, who explained the outstanding out-standing feature of the camp. Many favorable comments were made by the visitors. Just prior to the evening meal, an evergreen tree was dedicated to the memory of the late CCC director, Robert Fechner. Engineer Engi-neer Inspector C. C. Taylor of the grazing service modestly yielded the act of dedication to Jud'je E. H. Clay, the oldest resident of the crmmunity. Casting in seven symbolic sym-bolic shovelfuls of earth, Judge Clay terminated the dedication. The Camp Burbank mess lived up to its excqllent reputation and the guests enjoyed fried chicken and ice-cream with numerous vegetables and salads. Superintendent Superin-tendent Robert L. Elliott briefly outlined the work done by the camp. Chaplain D. E. Dent invoked in-voked the blessing. It was necessary neces-sary to set the mess hall twice in orderto accomodate the crowd. The same was true of the moving pictures, which necessitated ttvo showings. The many guests expressed their approval of the type of work being done by the camp and the practical instruction being received. receiv-ed. They were amazed when told that practically all training re-ceived re-ceived by the kitchen personnel was given them in camp and that the young man who baked the excellent ex-cellent Parker house rolls had had only three months experience in baking all at Camp Burbank. It was estimated by local residents resi-dents that fully 90 percent of the residents of the near-by communities communi-ties were on hand. The boys of the camp worked voluntarily until late the night before, putting the camp in the best possible shape for their visitors. |