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Show specting heavy equipment. All trucks, tractors, trailbuilders, graders, grad-ers, road rippers, and compressors were taken apart and thoroughly inspected. in-spected. Parts necessary for replacement re-placement were listed and submitted to "both. Regional and Forest Supervisor's Super-visor's offices for consideration. Wednesday,. January 12, Mr. Lar-sen Lar-sen held . a meeting of all truck drivers,: tractor operators and Technical Tech-nical Service personnel. Instructions Instruc-tions for (operation and care of equipment were explained to all present. This inspection was undoubtedly the most thorough and complete of any set conducted along this line. To date the Pleasant Grove CCC Camp basketball team has enjoyed a triumphant season. Of nine games played with high 'schools and M Men teams of Pleasant Grove and Lehi, the camp has emerged victorious in seven games. Our ;team from the old Company 1965 -was transferred to Provo and is there -making a fine record. The new team of the present pres-ent Company 3544 is comparatively small in size, but -nevertheless very fast in action. To date ,they have lost no games. CCC. News CCC Inspector J. C. Reddoch from the .director's office at Washington spent January 17th at the Pleasant Grove ,.CCC Camp F-43. While here a complete inspection of the camp records-, was made by him. The fore j part of .the day was devoted to inspecting in-specting .the Army department of! the camp, with the afternoon completing com-pleting -the Technical Service inspection. in-spection. ;Mr. Reddoch conducted the inspection in a very friendly spirit, winning the confidence of all whom he .contacted, and left the richer by friends. District Commander General Sweeney visited the Pleasant Grove CCC Camp daring the latter part of last week. Several enrollees of the camp were questioned by the General Gen-eral regarding camp life, vocational interests and plane for the future. General Sweeney inspected the camp barracks, mesfitmll, offices and recreational hall. A proposed recreation trip is scheduled ' for the entire Company this week-end. Saturday, January 22, -pending approval of the Forest Supervisor. Four long stake body trucks will leave for Salt Lake City and Bingham Canyon. Lunches will be. taken by the group. At Salt Lake City it is intended to keep the group together as they visit the Capitol building, museum and other nearby points of interest. After extending ex-tending the trip to Bingham Canyon, Can-yon, where most of the enrollees will see for the first time the world's largest open cut copper mine, the trucks will turn homeward. The blacksmith shop was completed com-pleted at Camp F-43 this week with the exception of painting. Material for this structure was secured from dismantling the American Fork W. P. A. Camp. This building will provide pro-vide a much needed improvement for the camp. The old system of combining the blacksmith equipment equip-ment with the garage congested the Ismail space and placed both departments de-partments at a disadvantage. The 500 gallon gasoline tank formerly used has been replaced with a 1000 gallon tank. This will facilitate camp operation, relieving the necessity to so frequently order. The additional margin on which the camp can now operate will lessen the risk of running out of gas, there with tieing equipment up. Foreman George Allred started work with the Pleasant Grove CCC Camp F-43, January 16. Formerly, while the Mayfield CCC Camp F-39 was operating, he was superintendent, superinten-dent, Mr. Allred has had considerable consider-able experience in road work construction, con-struction, equipment operation and maintenance, and general camp operation. op-eration. He was formerly on the Manti National Forest. Supervising L. P. Larsen spent the past week at Camp F-43 in- |