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Show BurbankCCC Notes C C C Company 1508, now located lo-cated at Burbank camp DiG-117, near Garrison, has an interesting history. This was discovered when the staff of the company newspaper news-paper "The Compass" decided that they would take advantage of the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Civilian Conservation Corps and the arrival of the new replacements replace-ments from the east and piiblish an issue of the camp paper which would celebrate the event and also five tbe new men some idea of the background of the company into which they are coming. Investigation revealed that Company Com-pany 1508 is one of the oldest C C C companies in the United States, having been established June 17, 1933, and having been in continuous existence since that time. Ahnstt all of its company life has been spent in the west except ex-cept for a few ibrief days of organization at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Ken-tucky. During its almost six years of life, Company 1508 has occupied the following camp-sites: Camp SP-3, Redwood Fork camp, Boulder creek, California; Camp S-272, Moss Creek camp, Bovill, Idaho; Camp F-272, Ramona camp, Ra-mona, Ra-mona, Calif omia; Camp F-131, Big Creek No. 1, Prichard, Idaho; Camp F-46), Pmto, Utah; Camp DC-30, Cedar camp. Cedar City, Utah; and Camp DG-117, Burbank earap, Garrison, Utah. The company has traveled from within 40 miles of the Mexican border to within 15 miles of the Canadian border. Members of the company were on the fire line in the historic Selway forest fire ot 1934, one of the worst forest fires in history. They helped to open roads for the transport of sick ana injured during the heavy snow-fall of the winter of 1937, saving thousands of head of stock at the same time. I At various times, tbe company has felled timber in thick forests, worked at blister rust eradication, vorked in state parks, fire-trails, truck trails, telephone lines, building build-ing dams and reservoira on deserts and many other types of work too numerous to mention in detail. Personnel of the company, although al-though mainly drawn from the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, has also taken in men from California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Missouri and some other states as well'. Official trips and work have caused members of the company to work and travel in at least six western states. The oldest camp members of the company now with it are Supply Sergeant Ben F. Ruehler and Company Clerk Laurence Laur-ence T. Misel, who joined tbe company com-pany when it was at Ramona, California. Cali-fornia. Mess Steward Charles L. Oliver has- had the longest C C C service, having been in the Civilian Conservation Corps since 1933. Captain J. Hdbart Miller, in command of the camp at present, came into C C C service May 4, 1935, having a background of marine corps service, college and professional athletics, coaching, and school administraiton. Dr. Joseph S. Hart, the camp surgeon, came into CCC service in March, 1937, having had previous service as a medical officer in the regular army. Richard N. Thompson, educational adviser, joined the CCC service in October, 1934, as a teacher and has been an educational educa-tional adviser since December, 1934. We believe this record is both interesting and unusual for a CCC company. |