Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
January 6, 1938
Appropriations of CCC Camp Fund Greatly Reduced
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, (INS)- Carrying a reduction of $118,538,800 under current entries, a $1,414,818,535 independent office supply bill-the first appropriations measure for the 1939 fiscal year which begins July 1-was approved by the House appropriations committee today.
The measure lopped $123,669,000 off the $350,000,000 Civilian Conservation Corps appropriation.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
January 14, 1938
CCC Youth Badly, Hurt When Struck By Passing Auto
Receives Fractures of Both Legs As Result
Lee Wells, CCC enrollee in the camp at Linden, was brought to Mt. Pleasant Thursday night with serious injuries resulting when ha was struck by an automobile as he was walking along the highway near Linden earlier in the evening.
According to information reaching this office Friday morning, Wells was going from the camp to town. An automobile, the name of the driver of which has not been made public, traveling at a moderate rate of speed, pulled to the wrong side of the road to pass a wagon. The driver failed to notice Wells and allowed the car to strike the youth.
Wells received fractures of both legs and was rushed to Mt. Pleasant for emergency treatment. Later, it was reported, he was taken in an ambulance to his home at Fort Sill, Okla.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
January 21, 1938
Check Reports Of $1,250,009 Shortage In CCC Accounts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, (INS)- Another bombshell was thrown before the Senate public lands committee investigating alleged discrepancies in CCC funds today when Senator Nye of North Dakota suggested to the committee that it inquire into rumors of a $1,250,000 shortage of funds.
Nye, who was absent, had Senator Adams of Colorado read a statement before Major General Walter C. Reed of the war department, who was on the stand.
"I understand that the general accounting office is investigating shortage of CCC funds amounting to more than one million dollars in the southwestern part of the United States, and over $250,000 in the state of Kansas."
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
February 9, 1938
A New Educational Program Is Offered At Local CCC Camp
Under Direction Of Adviser Newman Casey
Newman Casey, Educational Adviser at the local CCC camp, made announcement Wednesday morning of a new educational program that is being offered to enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Mt. Pleasant. He also stated that four new one-room buildings have been completed to house the various classes. These added to the one that has been used in the past to house the wood-working classes now makes the camp's school system the most complete in the entire area.
Fourteen teachers are available to the enrollees of the camp. They include three Emergency Education teachers; three enrollees who are acting as teachers; O.H. Eichblatt, State Game Warden who is teaching a course in wildlife; A.L. Crossland with a course in Agriculture; Homer Hays teaching Soil Conservation Practice, and the entire staff of the camp, who are also teaching various subjects.
Classes that are being offered Include elementary courses in arithmetic, English, spelling and penmanship; such vocational subjects as commercial arithmetic, typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, and journalism, woodworking, courses in care of tools, cabinet making and the use of power tools; first aid, radio engineering, citizenship, cooking and diatetics, truck-driving and all kinds of correspondence courses, both college and high school.
All classes are for the duration of one hour and are offered four days each week, Monday through Thursday and it is the aim of the staff of the camp to secure one hundred percent enrollment, if possible, and one hundred per cent attendance. The staff also announced that they are undertaking to win back the honor of making the Mt. Pleasant camp the Banner camp of the area.
Those in charge of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Titus County, and who compose the staff of the camp are Lt. Millett, Commanding Officer; Lt. Gus Schlitzkus, second in command; Dr. C. M. Williamson, Camp Surgeon, Newman Casey, Educational Advisor, and Coleman Cabaniss, an enrollee, Assistant Educational Advisor.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
February 17, 1938
CCC, Continued to 1940, Proves Boon Many Youngsters
WASHINGTON, D.C. (INS)- Now that congressional appropriations have assured continuation of the Civilian Conservation Corps until 1940, it may be time to look at the record of what the CCC has done.
Established in April, 1933, as an emergency measure to combat the ills of idleness among depression-ridden American boys, the corps now is regarded as one of the most popular and permanent units of the entire New Deal program.
From the materialistic standpoint of conserving natural resources, the CCC has proved invaluable. Members of the Camps -some 2,000,000 since 1933 - have fought forest fires, planted seeds and saplings, built roads and dams, and aided in relief work after many disasters.
Of far greater significance to the national welfare has been the social and psychological work of the Corps in combating juvenile delinquency and molding the character and personality of future citizens.
Each 200-man camp is controlled by an army reserve officer, who administers with the aid of a committee of the boys. Medical officers are provided to promote health of the young men; school periods and libraries for their intellectual development are maintained.
Working with expert foresters and biologists from the agriculture and interior departments, the campers are given opportunities to become proficient in techniques of conservation.
Through association with others of similar age and like interests, individuals have learned the process of adjustment to the standards of a group. This training has done much to end the anti-social gang spirit which permeated city slums at the onset of the depression.
Statistical analysis of the CCC indicates that its members have sent more than $400,000,000 from their monthly pay checks to an estimated 6,000,000 dependents. They have built 90,000 miles of forest roads, planted over a billion trees, and completed 3,500,000 soil erosion check dams.
With industry apparently unable to take up the slack in unemployment and the job of national conservation only begun, permanence of the CCC or some similar organization seems assured.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
March 10, 1938
Texas Will Lose 13 CCC Camps As Budget Cut
WASHINGTON, March 10, (INS) -Abandonment of 301 CCC Camps and the dismissal of approximately 3,000 technical advisors from CCC service was announced today. Texas loses 13.
It was officially announced that those camps having their work programs nearest completed would be closed, the advisors dismissed and the enrollees would be transferred to the remaining 1,200 camps. A total of 291 camps will be closed by the end of this fiscal year to bring the CCC within its new budget of $226,000,000, and the remaining ten camps which are to be abandoned will remain open until October 31.
The regions which will suffer most in the closings will be the far western states, the lake states and the larger northeastern states.
No state escaped the paring knife. No mention was made of the camp in Mt. Pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
March 27, 1938
CCC Anniversary to Be Celebrated Here On Sunday, April 3
Fifth Birthday Of Project Will Be Observed
The Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mt. Pleasant is a practical job training school for the 172 enrollees who make up its membership, E.D. Cook, camp technician said today.
In preparation for the forth-coming fifth anniversary celebration of the CCC to be held April 3, Mr. Cook today reviewed some of the accomplishments of the local enrollees attained since the fourth anniversary celebration last year.
"During the past year our educational program has been expanded materially," Mr. Cook said, "not only in academic or class work but in the practical instruction given our enrollees in vocational work and on the job training. They learn by doing."
About 160 of the local enrollees originally came into the CCC from farm homes, Mr. Cook pointed out. "Some of these men at the time of their enrollment expressed no desire to return to farm work at the end of their service with the CCC," he said.
"After working on the cooperating farms in the local camp area and seeing what the local farmers have accomplished in the way of farm improvement by instituting soil and water conservation practices, a good many of these farm boys have expressed a desire to return to their own farm homes to put in similar practices," he stated.
"So instead of permitting the men to do only manual labor in connection with the work project, we are now instructing them in the why of their jobs so that they will acquire a complete background of the reasons for the various practices," he said. Mr. Cook pointed out that the local enrollees had worked on 225 farms and had treated 29,000 acres by assisting the farmers to put erosion control programs into effect.
The education attained by these enrollees, however, is of great importance in spreading soil conservation work to a greater number of farms, he stated.
Of first importance is the fact that the boys in the camp have been built up physically and mentally by providing them with healthful food and living conditions and plenty of work in the out-of-doors. This has contributed to the building of worthwhile citizens, youths who have a genuine desire to go back into their home communities and make a real contribution to society.
Attendance at classes is voluntary, Mr. Cook pointed out, yet 80 per cent of the boys are enrolled in the courses offered at the, camp. "This is an indication of the desire on the part of the enrollees to improve themselves so that they will be able to find a place in business, agriculture or trades when they leave the camp," he said.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
March 27, 1938
14,000 More Acres Titus County Land Get ECW Treatment
Region North of Winfield Included In Project
According to E.C. Johnson, project manager of the local soil conservation project, agreements have been prepared for 14,000 additional acres of land to be given treatment for erosion control during the coming summer months.
Surveys have already been made of the land, which is largely in one block north of Winfield and between there and Mt. Pleasant. A majority of the land owners in that section have asked for the work, and will cooperate in every way, according to Mr. Johnson.
The treatment on this land will be similar to that done in the southwestern portion of the county, in the Monticello community, which is practically completed. More acreage will be secured north of Cookville for the same kind of work.
Enrollees of the local CCC camp will be employed in connection with the farm improvement work, and there is little possibility that this camp will be moved for a long time, because of the interest that is being shown by land owners all over Titus County in preparing their farms to eliminate erosion as much as possible, and employment will be available for the enrollees here for many months.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
March 27, 1938
Accomplishments CCC During Past Year Are Counted
Organization Will Celebrate Fifth Birthday
The fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Federal project for the employment of young men and World War veterans, will be celebrated in Mt. Pleasant on Sunday, April 3, according to an announcement made here Saturday morning by Lt. Gus Schlitzkus and Educational Director Casey, of the local camp. The Mt. Pleasant camp will hold open house all day on that date and the entire public has been cordially invited, especially parents of the camp enrollees.
A complete program has been arranged for the occasion. At nine o'clock Sunday morning W.S. Wiley, minister of the Church of Christ in this city, will preach a sermon especially adapted for the occasion.
At noon lunch will be served to all guests, enrollees and officials of the camp, and at two o'clock the Mt. Pleasant High School band, under the direction of Paul Cohn, will render a concert.
According to Mr. Casey and Lt. Schlitzkus guides will be furnished at all hours of the day for the purpose of conducting visiting groups through the camp area on a tour of inspection, in order that the entire citizenship will have an opportunity of viewing the living conditions of the enrollees and the forms of educational services that are offered.
It is also announced in connection with the local celebration that special radio broadcasts, dealing with all phases of the CCC and associated projects since their establishment by the government five years ago, will be featured over station KWKH at Shreveport, and station KFKG at Tyler, Sunday. The exact hours of the broadcasts have not been made public, however, and will be announced later.
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Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, April 5, 1938
Five Hundred Visit CCC Camp During Recent Celebration
290 Are Served At Luncheon On Sunday
Five hundred persons from Mt. Pleasant and Titus County visited the local Civilian Conservation Corps camp last Saturday and Sunday, during the camp's celebration of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the CCC, according to Lieutenant Gus Schlitzkus, second in command at the Mt. Pleasant unit.
Lieutenant Schiitzkus further stated that on Sunday morning 160 persons were present at the religious services, conducted by W.S. Wiley, pastor of the Church of Christ of this city.
At least one hundred visitors were taken on a tour of inspection of the camp area and its projects, and that on Sunday a total of 290 persons were served lunch by camp chefs.
Other activities of the day included an excellent talk by E.C. Johnson, project manager of the Hart Creek Soil Conservation Demonstration in Titus County, who explained the practices of his organization and the benefits that have been obtained by local farmers who have cooperated in the prevention of future land erosion.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, April 5, 1938
Trainload of CCC Enrollees Leaving Here Next Friday
New Enlistments Go To Camps in New Mexico
A special train consisting of seven tourist Pullmans and two baggage cars is to be made up in Mt. Pleasant on Friday morning of this week to convey new CCC enrollees to camps in New Mexico. The destination of the boys will be Roswell, Carlsbad and Alamogordo, and the train will go over the Cotton Belt to Fort Worth, where it will be transferred to the Texas Pacific.
The enlistments have recently been taken from the following offices for the amounts given: Bogata, 75; Mt. Pleasant, 65; Linden, 21; Winnsboro, 67.
Enlistments by counties at the Mt. Pleasant office lately are as follows: Bowie, 15; Titus, 20; Franklin, 10; Cass, 20; Wood, 15. On the 15th, another contingent will be sent to New Mexico and Arizona camps, and will include seven enrollees from Morris County, twenty from Cass and eight from Camp County.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Sunday Morning, April 10, 1938
Special Train CCC Enrollees Leaves Here Friday Night
Twenty Titus County Boys Form Part Of Group
The Cotton Belt ran a special train from Mt. Pleasant Friday night to carry 270 CCC enrollees to camps in New Mexico and Arizona. The train comprised seven tourist sleepers and two baggage cars, one of the latter being fitted up for preparing meals for the boys while en route.
The enrollees were practically all recruits from various parts of Northeast Texas. A contingent of 115 was sent to Lordsburg, New Mexico, while the remainder were divided into groups for camps at Tucson, Phoenix, Wilcox and Benson, Arizona.
Twenty of the boys were from Titus County, and were enrolled by the Titus County Welfare Agency. Their names and communities of residence are as follows:
Valton Allen, Winfield; James Blalock, Wilkinson; Raymond Clark, Argo; William Elliott, Union Hill; Charles Howard, Forest Grove; Eary Johnson, Ripley; Luther Johnson, Argo; Quindall Gregory, Bridges' Chapel; Major McAdoo, Mt. Pleasant; L. C. Owens, Marshall Springs: A.O. Mitchell, Cypress; Jesse Roach, Cypress; Horace Sellers, Farmers' Academy; Will Thompson Jr., Nevill's Chapel; Jesse Lee Maxey, Midway; Robert Taylor, Lone Star; Fred Woolen, Cookville; Ollie Randle, Maple Springs; Clem Terrell, Lone Star; Beuford Cargile, Oak Grove.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
May 22, 1938
District CCC Field, And Track Meet Is Held At Marshall
Number From Local Camp In The Events
A district Civilian Conservation Corps track and field meet was held on the grounds of the Marshall CCC camp Saturday, according to a statement issued here by Lt. A. E. Millet, commanding officer of the local camp. A large number of enrollees from here took part in the events, as well as camp officials.
Camp officers from Mt. Pleasant who were in Marshall for the events included Lt. Millott, Lt. Gus Schlitzkus, second in charge, and educational advisor Casey.
Several other persons from here, not connected with the CCC, also attended the meet.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
June 26, 1938
New CCC Enrollment Scheduled For Two Days, July 7th, 8th
Only a Limited Number of Boys Are Required
According to an announcement made Saturday by Mrs. Jessie Johnson, of the local relief office, a new CCC enrollment will take place here on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8. Boys who are selected will be sent to camps in various sections of the country.
In giving the statement of the enrollment Mrs. Johnson said that from necessity the total number of youths enrolled will be small, and consideration will be given only those who come from families that are in dire need of assistance. The greater the need for helping the boy, the greater, consideration will be given him.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
September 20, 1938
CCC Track Meet To Be Staged Here On Saturday, Sept. 24
Will Be Held At New Athletic Field At High School
An announcement was made Tuesday morning by Lt. Daniel W. Fielder, Chaplain of the CCC camp at Winnsboro, to the effect that an area track meet of enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps would be held at the newly completed high school football stadium in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, September 24th.
The participants will be selected from among the 800 CCC enrollees in the camps at Winnsboro, Bogata, Daingerfield, Jacksonville and Mt. Pleasant. Many fine athletes have developed since their enrollment in the organization, some of whom have received bids for track work in various colleges. Included on the program for the day will be a double-header, ball game.
Lt. Fielder will be in charge of the meet.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
September 25, 1938
CCC Camps Compete Saturday In Field Day At High School
Big Crowd Enrollees Present For Events
Enrollees of four colored CCC camps staged a field meet at the athletic field Saturday, which attracted a large crowd of Negroes from the camps at Jacksonville, Bogata, Winnsboro and Daingerfield. The events were also witnessed by many local people.
Lieut. Daniel W. Fielder, chaplain of the Winnsboro camp promoted and directed the meet.
The Bogata camp won first place with 82 points, Daingerfield second with 63, Jacksonville third with 49 and Winnsboro fourth with 36.
Winners of the various events are as follows:
100-yard dash-Littleton, Bogata; Rogers, Bogata; Edwards, Jacksonville.
220-yard dash-Raynolds, Bogata; Cunningham, Daingerfield; Harris, Jacksonville.
440-yard dash-Raynolds, Bogata; Williams, Daingerfield; Beavers, Jacksonville.
880-yard run-Grimes, Daingerfield; Russell, Jacksonville, Boyd, Jacksonville.
Mile relay-Jacksonville, Bogata, Daingerfield.
Broad jump-Wilkinson, Bogata; Williams, Daingerfield; Beavers, Jacksonville.
High jump, Sharpey, Winnsboro; Sessions, Winnsboro; Jamerson, Daingerfield.
Discus throw-Andrews, Daingerfield; Beard, Bogata; Sowell, Winnsboro.
Shot put-Beard, Bogata; Brown Winnsboro; Andrews, Daingerfield.
Baseball throw-Littleton, Bogata; Walker, Daingerfield; Johnson, Jacksonville. Littleton threw a baseball 327 feet.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Friday, October 7, 1938
Forty Titus County Youths Enrolled In CCC Units Thursday
Send Large Number To Arizona Camp At Night
Mrs. Jessie Johnson, local relief administrator, announced the acceptance of forty Titus County youths for service in CCC camps Thursday afternoon. A large portion of the boys were sent out Thursday night to locations in Arizona, while the others were assigned to the local camp.
The quota for the county has been filled for this assignment, and others making application will have to wait until another group is called for at a later date.
Those enrolled Thursday are as follows:
Roy Lane Andrews, Vester Alsip, James W. Bell, William T. Boyette, William H. Blalock, Alton B. Baird, James F. Capeheart, Leslie E. Clark, Walter H. Emmert, James M. Easley, Edward W. Hicks, Thomas Holcomb, James W. Hays, Bill Hammonds, Marlin Hearne, Reginald J. Johnson, Herman T. King, Carl C. Lee, Clyde C. Martin, Elmer C. Matthews, Olbern H. Moon, R.P. Moles, Leon R. Messer, O'Neal Perkins, Harvey Lee Randall, Harmon A. Rhea, Paul H. Sparks, Hollis J. Spencer, Leland N. Smith, James H. Thompson, David Thompson, Herbert Thomas, Richard H. Taylor, J.V. Wilbanks, Clarence J. Walker, Jake C. Ward. David A. Perkins, Harris B. Ryan, Charles R. Stewart, and William J. Campbell.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Sunday, October 9, 1938
CCC Enrollees Are Sent Friday Night To Arizona Section
Special Train Bears 302 Boys to New Location
The largest contingent of CCC enrollees ever to leave this section was sent by special train over the Cotton Belt Friday night, departing at 9:25 o'clock. Nine tourist Pullmans accommodated the 302 boys, who had been assembled here from various camps in this section.
The destination of the train was Phoenix, Arizona, where the boys will be assigned to different camps in that section for future service. The train was routed by way of Lufkin over the Cotton Belt, then over the Southern Pacific.
By transferring this large contingent of boys, vacancies were made in the Mt. Pleasant and other camps, but new enrollees have been secured to take their places, and the strength of the camps will be kept up to their quotas.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, October 20, 1938
New Enrollment Of CCC Applicants Is Taken Wednesday
Seventeen To Stay Here, Twelve Go To Marshall
A new enrollment of youths into the Civilian Conservation Corps was announced Thursday morning by Lt. A. E. Millet, having taken place at the local camp Wednesday. A total of twenty-nine entered the service.
All of the youths were from Titus and adjoining counties, and according to Lt. Millot seventeen will be retained in the camp here with the other twelve to report for duty in the camp at Marshall.
It is thought another enrollment will take place in the near future.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
December 14, 1938
Soil Conservation Association Meets At Camp Saturday
Officers For Coming Year Are To Be Elected
The Harts Creek Soil Conservation Association will hold its annual meeting at the local CCC camp next Saturday, December 17th at noon in the form of a luncheon.
The meeting will be for the purpose of electing officers for the Association and adopting a plan of work for the ensuing year, and a general get-together before the Christmas season.
The program will consist of an inspection of the CCC camp and grounds at 11:00 a. m. followed by dinner in the camp dining hall promptly at 12:00 o'clock. A short entertaining program will be provided which will be over by approximately 1:15 in order that everyone will have the entire afternoon to do their Christmas shopping. The Hon. Wright Patman has been invited to appear on the program.
All S.C.S cooperators in the Hart's Creek project are urged to attend and bring their wives. The meal will be prepared and served by the CCC camp under the supervision of Lt. A, K. Millott, commanding officer, at a very nominal charge of 25 cents per person.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
December 18, 1938
Patman Addresses Meeting of SCS Group at Camp Saturday
New Officers Chosen By Association For Year
The Harts Creek Soil Conservation held its annual meeting at the mess hall of the CCC camp Saturday at noon, with about seventy-five cooperators and visitors present for an account of the work that has been done in the past and for the election of officers.
The meeting was in charge of the president, Raymond Brown, and after the invocation by C.A. Dalton, one of the regular camp dinners was served. Music was rendered by the Walker Quartette and a number of colored boys from the camp at Bogata.
After the dinner, a welcome was extended by Lt. A.E. Millot, commander of the camp, who invited everybody to visit the camp when possible.
W.G. Ralph, project conservationist, introduced a number of visitors from other places to those present.
President Brown gave a brief report of the work that has been accomplished on the watershed during the past year, citing figures on the acreage being covered by agreement with the Soil Conservation Service.
E. D. Bolton, technician of the Marshall camp, made an interesting talk, saying among other things, that the work of conserving the soil in this section had just begun, and that although the ground work has been laid, there is still much to do, and it is up to the associations such as this to carry on the work in the future, when the technical personnel may be moved to other areas.
A nominating committee presented the following names for directors for the coming year: Raymond Brown, Luke Wilson, T.M. Jones, Fred Traylor and Fred Mercer. From these, the following officers were elected: Raymond Brown, president; Luke Wilson, vice president; Theron M. Jones, secretary-treasurer.
The principal speaker for the occasion was Congressman Wright Patman, who is intensely interested in the soil conservation work and the operations of the CCC camps.
Mr. Patman said that vision to look to the future has been what this nation has needed and that the present administration has the vision to see the results of the waste of natural resources, especially farm lands, and inaugurate the Soil Conservation Service for the benefit of agriculture.
He pointed out that this project was the ninth established in Texas, and has made one of the best records of service. The speaker read excerpts of a report by Dr. H. H. Bennett, head of the Service, pointing out the economic loss of the nation through soil erosion. He then told of some of the government measures now in effect to remedy the situation, saying that the present administration is doing more than all previous ones combined to aid the farmer in securing a larger portion of the nation's annual income. He also recited the benefits that have been derived through the establishment of CCC camps, NYA projects, and other agencies.
Following Mr. Patman's talk, the following committees were appointed by President Brown for the coming year:
Crop Land-Fred Mercer, C.A. Dalton, E.L. Flood, H.F. Guess; Pastures--Q.C. Caddis, R.C. Porter, W.O. Scott; Wild Life-Rufus Payne, Pete Gaddis, S.H. Percell; Better Homes and Gardens-Mrs. Fred Mercer, Mrs. Newt McDi!l, Mrs. R.N. Poag, Mrs. Raymond Brown and Mrs. Walter Justiss; Membership-Luke Wilson, Raymond Brown, Theron Jones, Fred Traylor, H.L. Hess, E.L. Flood, W.O. Scott, Rufus Payne, and S.H. Percell. Several recommendations ware presented for consideration of the association for the coming year, Mr. Casey of Abilene made a brief talk at the close of the meeting, complimenting the work of the association, and also that being done by Mr. Patman.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
December 18, 1938
Mt. P. Soil & Water Association Meets Next Monday Night
New Directors Will Be Named At Meeting
We have been requested to announce that a special meeting of the Mt. Pleasant Soil and Water Conservation Association has been set for Monday night, December 19th. The meeting will be held at the Mt. Pleasant CCC camp and will begin promptly at 7:00 o'clock.
The purpose of the session is for the annual election of directors for the association, and every cooperater of the local camp is especially urged to be present.
Important matters will also be brought up for discussion, and it is to the advantage of every cooperator to hear the problems that will be discussed.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
December 20, 1938
Soil Conservation Association Elects Directors At Meet
Hear Talk by Fielden On Legislative Matters
About twenty-five members of the Mt. Pleasant Soil and Water Conservation Association met at the CCC camp Monday night for the purpose of electing new directors and discuss plans for next year's work.
The directors selected were A.B. Young, Fred Witt, Thomas Caldwell, G.M. Scott and F.T. Ward. The directors will hold a meeting on Monday, January 7th, and from their number will select a president, vice president and secretary.
Representative Virgil A. Fielden spoke to the meeting on the proposed bill to come before the Legislature at its coming session, which will permit the establishment of conservation districts for improvement of farm land. Mr. Fielden is strongly in favor of the bill, and announced that he would do everything possible for its passage.
