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Show CCC Youth Dies At Fort Douglas The Pleasant Grove Camp was saddened Saturday by news that one of their members, John Mahunik, had died at the Port Douglas Hospital Hospi-tal Saturday morning- of a long standing heart ailment. John had been at the Pleasant Grove camp since its organization in the middle of September, 1935. He was one of the quietest members of the camp and well liked by everyone. every-one. His work was that of typist in the Forestry office. John had an attack of rheumatic fever two and a half years ago while he was in high school, that eventually developed develop-ed into a form of heart trouble. When his condition was first noted at the Pleasant Grove camp, he was given light office work, but the heart weakness brought about in previous years could not be checked. John is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eva Mahuruk, R. F. D. No. 5, Youngstown, Ohio, and several brothers and sisters. He was nineteen nine-teen years old and a graduate of one of the youngstown high schools in the class of 1935. The body will be transported to Youngstown from Fort Douglas for funeral services later in the week at his home. , John will 'be missed by all of his fellow enrollees at the Pleasant Grove samp, where his quiet manner and good nature had won him a great- many friends. Eighteen enrollees of the Pleasant Grove Camp journeyed to Provo, Tuesday evening, March 31, to hear and see The Most Reverend James E. Kearney, D. D., bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, who spoke on "The Life and Passion of Christ." Professor Carl Young of Brigham Young university paid a visit to the local CCC Camp and while there spoke before a number of enrollees on the subject of "Indians of the Plains." He was accompanied by Miss Louise Abegg who played a piano solo, "Grande Polka De Concert." After Professor Young's interesting interest-ing talk Miss Abegg was called on again to give a vocal solo, which was In Spanish. Ten of the enrollees who are engaged en-gaged In building a ranger station at Kamas came down to camp Saturday Satur-day morning and remained until Sunday noon. They were accompanied accom-panied by ECW foreman Horace Jones, who is in fharge of the construction con-struction work. The boys report that there was a foot of snow in Kamas when they left. They told that the foundation work has just been completed. com-pleted. Donald Cook received a telegram Saturday morning that his father had died the previous day. Donald was given an honorable discharge and left for his home in Youngstown, Youngs-town, Ohio, Saturday afternoon. Fifty-six enrollees who have completed com-pleted their six months enrollment period left Wednesday evening, April 1, by truck for Salt Lake City where they entrained for Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Ken-tucky. They will be at Fort Knox several days for final medical examination exam-ination before being sent to their respective homes in Ohio. Their departure brings the ' company strength down to one hundred and eleven members, "fifteen of whom are at a side camp at Kamas. Dr. Albert Taylor, camp physician for the Provo CCC Camp, has taken over the medical duties at the Pleasant Grove Camp and, will attend at-tend both camps. |