Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper

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Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper

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"BELIEVE IT OR NOT - but Co. 158, Great Pond Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine:
Is located on an island in the Atlantic ocean - Mountains, lakes and sea surround it - Fishing and swimming are to be enjoyed in the summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC member 75 years old - Has a "dream-walking" who usually is picking himself up all day long - Has curtains (given by C.O.'s wife) a fireplace, orange and brown furniture and games in its attractive Recreation Room - Has a radio in each barracks - Has city water and lights - Has constructed fish pools where trout are being raised for the state - Has the prettiest log cabin ever built for the C.O. and his family - Has mass said on Saturdays until the boys didn't know whether they were Jewish or Catholic - Has been running itself for three months without help of regular army soldiers - Has First Lieutenant P.A. Harris, C.A.C. for a C.O.
Take a look at our fireplace, barracks and our beautiful company street. What do you think? - The Boss Reporter"

CCC

Civilian Conservation Corps

59 Long Pond Road

Southwest Harbor

ME

USA

February 10, 1934