Civilian Conservation Corps This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. Civilian Conservation Corps 1938 5438th Company Camp Hackamore F-3 Canby, CA (taken from a 1938 yearbook owned by Hazel Gendron) Some members have pictures, contact me and I'll check for a picture Janie Edwards mailto:corajanee@shasta.com HISTORY Company 5438, CCC, was organized May 12, 1936, at the conditioning camp, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, with Capt. Russel F. Blades, Cav.-Res., in Command, and Lieut. William H. Blytt, Inf.-Res., as Junior Officer. The company was composed of eight enrollees who served as cadre, and one hundred thirty-seven rookies. After spending two weeks in conditioning, the members of the company entrained on May 25, 1936, for Camp A-3Md., Beltsville, Maryland, arriving May 27. Camp A-3-Md., located in the National Agricultural Research Center, near Washington, D. C., was previously occupied by a Third Corps Area Company. The work project was under the supervision of E. H. Bowen, Camp Superintendent, who was transferred four months later, and replaced by Harry E. Hughes. Upon arrival of the company, E. H. Covell was assigned as Camp Educational Adviser, and continued in that capacity until succeeded by George W. Burroughs, September 15, 1936. Under the guidance of Mr. Burroughs a comprehensive educational program was carried on. An athletic held was constructed and full equipment procured for the various sports. Four evenings a week were devoted to academic and vocational studies. Correlated job instruction classes were taught two nights each week. Proximity to the Nation's Capitol afforded the men of the company an unusual opportunity to visit places of historic and scenic interest. Frequent recreational trips were made to these places. Captain Blades was relieved of command February 15, 1937, and was succeeded by Capt. Hall S. Crain. Six weeks later Captain Crane went off duty and Lieutenant Blytt, then Junior Officer, received his appointment as Company Commander. On October 3, 1937, word was received that the company was to be transferred to the Ninth Corps Area. Three days later the westward trek began. Four days and three nights of cross-continental travel afforded an experience that few men of the company will ever forget. About 11:00 o'clock Friday, October the 10th, 1937, under cover of darkness, the journey was ended. Camp Hackamore, our destination, had been reached. Camp Hackamore was found to be one of the most ideally situated camps of the West. While somewhat distant from any large city, it is not so isolated as to prohibit one or more recreation trips each week to nearby towns. Under the supervision of Mr. Winfred L. Gier, Camp Educational Adviser, a well-rounded out educational program has been put into effect. Academic and vocational subjects, correlated job instruction, the arts and crafts, and correspondence courses constitute one of the best educational programs of the Corps Area. A library of nearly three thousand volumes together with current magazines and newspapers give the men of the company an opportunity to enjoy the best in literature. Movies are shown in the recreation hall, and the company has the use of both silent and sound equipment. Outdoor sports, such as volleyball, basketball, and hiking afford the men clean, wholesome sport, and twice weekly basketball games are played in the Alturas High School gymnasium. The wild life of this section of the country is of special interest to the nature-loving members of the company. There was great excitement in camp one morning when a herd of deer was discovered browsing near the infirmary. Later, it was learned that it was not at all unusual for even larger herds to be seen in and about camp. Two work projects are now under way. The construction of the Canby-Hackamore telephone line, under the direction of Foreman Holmes will be completed about the middle of March, and the construction of the Moditz Road, in charge of Foreman Sherman, will receive the finishing touches about the same time. Both foremen are old "hands" at the game, and are able to give the most valuable of information to the men on the job. Weekly, correlated instruction is offered by all members of the technical service, and more than two-thirds of the company take advantage of the chance to improve themselves. Replacements gave Camp Hackamore representatives from nine of the Southern States, when, on October the 24th, 1937, ninety-three new men arrived, bringing the company strength up to one hundred sixty-four. The present staff of the company includes: 1st Lieut. William H. Blytt, Commanding Officer; 2nd Lieut. James C. Kemp, Adjutant; Mr. Winfred L. Gier, Educational Adviser; Mr. Frank W. Kauffman, Project Superintendent; and Technicians Roland B. Sherman, Harold H. Holmes, Roy R. Rauh, Anthony A. Silveira, Francis G. Gassaway, Daniel J. Seibert, Joseph McAnally, and Gordon G. Dixon. Officers First Lt. William H. Blytt - Inf-Res. - Commanding Officer Second Lt. James C. Kemp - Inf-Res. - Junior Officer Winfred L. Gier - CEA Mr. Frank W. Kauffman - Project Superintendent Technical Personnel Mr. Roland B. Sherman Mr. Gordon Dixon Mr. Daniel J. Seibert Mr. Joseph C. Mcanally Mr. Lennox J. Desselles Members Abney, George  Ellis, Arthur  McWaters, Wyatt  Abstance, Horace  Ellison, Alfred  Mellon, Roy  Agner, John  Fields, B. W.  Miller, Grady  Aldrich, Paul  Finley, John  Minshew, Harbin  Alexander, William  Ford, Nolan  Mitchell, Ernest  Anderson, Homer  Fricks, Durell  Moody, Jack  Attaway, Austin  Fulton, William  Morgan, Loyd  Bagley, Thomas  Gardner, Bernard  Muns, Johnnie  Bagwell, Claude  Garren, Edwin  Murray, Barney  Bailey, Jim C.  Gatlin, Willis  Nelson, Robert  Bales, Douglas  Gayton, Herman  Norton, Willis  Barker, Homer  Gilmore, Robert  Padgett, B. W.  Barker, Lockard  Glawson, Thomas  Parker, Arvel  Bassett, Charlie  Gray, Alton  Peppers, Harley  Blackmon, Joe  Greer, George  Powell, Joseph  Blalock, Hilton  Hammett, Leon  Powell, Robert  Bordelon, Luther  Harrison, Reuben  Prather, Ralph  Bradley, Jim  Hawkins, Gewin  Presley, Floyd  Braswell, Gwin  Heaton, Eugene  Reynolds, Charles  Brouillette, Walton  Herlong, Lloyd  Sanders, W. R.  Burgess, George  Holloman, William  Sauls, Leonard  Bush, John  Horton, William  Scott, Charles  Camp, Louie  Humphries, Dean  Scott, Singleton  Chaffin, Bud  Hunnicutt, Fred  Scott, Wallace  Clayton, Carl  Jackson, Brewster  Seigler, Bill  Cockrell, Wilbur  Jackson, Willie  Stanley, Frank  Collins, Edward  Jones, Arthur  Stone, Allen  Collins, Willie  Jones, Chesley  Stone, M. B.  Cox, Knight  Jones, Frank  Suell, J. C.  Crow, Willie  Key, Orville  Tierce, Thomas  Daniel, Robert  Lawrence, Stanford  Vinson, Floyd  Daniels, Wiley  Long, Harold  Waldrop, J. D.  Davis, Emory  Love, Bert  Waller, Robert  Davis, Tom  Malone, John  Wells, Horace  Dempsey, Jewell  Maroney, Benjamin  West, Chester  Dickson,Jesse  Mason, Lonzo  West, Julius  Dopson, Charlie  Mays, Vernon  White, Johnnie  Drawdy, J. B.  McCormick, Albert  Whiteside, John  Driver, Buddy  McFall, Emmett  Whitley, Arlie  Dyer, James  McNair, George  Wooten, Obie