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Civilian Conservation Corps

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One of the projects of Camp 32 at #5 Across was to remove dead timber accumulated from a former lumber mill and build a dam on the __ River for recreation. They accomplished their first goal, but the dam was never built the next year because of insufficient funds.
There were two C.C.C. camps in Herkimer County, located in __ in the town of Webb, established in 1933.
A second camp in #5 Across was Camp S-108, in 1935, located just north of the railroad station on Route 28 on Herreshoff Road in a field known as "The Goose Patch." They had a __ team that practiced in the Webb high school gym and had dances inviting the local girls. The camp was only open for 5 months. All that remains is a large stone fireplace.
Evan Munson of Mohawk gained experience with the CCC as a food procurement and preparation officer that helped him later on in life when he purchased Les' Grill at 117 E. Albany St. in __ in 1950, renaming it the Village Tavern.
In 1935, there was a local CCC Project in the city of Little Falls in __ Park where they built a scenic overlook and stone wall, a "cookhouse" that is a stone picnic shelter today, and restrooms.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) was established as a public work relief program from 1933-1942 as part of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's __ __ plan that provided manual labor jobs for the conservation and development of natural resources. (2 words)
A popular nickname for the CCC was "Roosevelt's __ Army," and its activities were often regarded as being primarily concerned with the planting of __s.
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Peter Jeffalone (1917-1989) of Frankfort was a __ ranger in the CCC.
Albert Mlinar of Little Falls, who turned 105 this year!, joined the CCC as a young man and helped plant trees and build a state park in __.
Before the C.C.C. was established by the federal government, the state of __ __, under the leadership of then Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, set up a temporary emergency relief program that hired the unemployed to work in reforestation projects and constructing roads and trails. (2 words)
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas K. Scott (1903-1974), who was the pastor at St. Mary's Church in Little Falls from 1959-1969, was the __ for all CCC camps in the northern part of the state prior to WW 2.
Locally, in 1933, 12 youths from __ entered a CCC Forest Camp - William Barton, Jr., James Hyde, Arthur List, Robert Elthorpe, Charles Jennings, Gordon O'Connell, Harold Fischer, Dominick Fragale, Frank Corrad, Frank Fresco, Frank Acquaviva, and Michael Palante.
The initial enrollment for the conservation work would be limited to single men between the ages of 18 and 25 who were willing to send up to $25 of their $30 wage check to their __.