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Annual Membership Meeting - November 14, 2004
The annual membership meeting of the Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation was held on November 14, 2004 at the VFW Post 2447 in Edinburg, Virginia. The informal format consisted of a variety of informational thoughts presented by the attendees. CCC displays highlighted different aspects of the work of the CCC and focused on the work of Camp Roosevelt enrollees in Fort Valley on the Massanutten Mountain where Camp Roosevelt was located. A life size display of the commemorative granite paver project brought the idea of a paver wall to a reality. Jean Martin, Woodstock, Virgina, and Anne Zirkle, Mt. Jackson, are the newest members elected to the Board. Refreshments were served.
A
special surprise visit highlighted the days events. Walter
Atwood, South Carolina, President of the National Association of CCC
Alumni (NACCCA) and Joe DeCenzo,
Maryland, Vice President came by to see how we are doing here in
Virginia. Pictured here in the middle is CCC Alumni Berlin
"Buzz" Frye of Mt. Jackson. He states that he doesn't
consider himself a Camp Roosevelt Alumni because he was "only
there one night and they shipped him West".
CCC
enrollees in attendance were: (L-R) Gordon Olson, Joe Decenzo,
Berlin "Buzz" Frye, Clifford Sine, Norman Turner, Walter
Atwood, Everette Leake, and Wesley Trindal.
Charles
Huppach, former Lee District Ranger, shared the history of Camp
David and its early connection to the CCC.
The new Edinburg Camp
Roosevelt sign was unveiled by former CCC enrollee Norman Turner
of Mt. Jackson and Mayor Dan Harshman of Edinburg.
Fundraising
efforts include the sales of granite pavers to honor and commemorate
the work of the CCC Boys. The display shows life size images of
the granite pavers that supporters have already purchased.
Proceeds helps to buy a CCC statue.
Norman
Turner sits by the graphic display that shows images of the stones
that have been purchase for himself and his
brother Clarence Turner. Clarence was in the CCC, became a WWII
casualty in France, and is buried there. This paver is a tribute
to Clarence on American soil.
Stephanie Bushong, Interpretive
Specialist for the Lee
District USDAFS gave a demonstration of the upcoming website that
will showcase the CCC items that are archived in the Lee District
Office in Edinburg, Virginia. Pictured here are Carolyn and Ida
exploring the website artifacts and learning about the family CCC
heritage. They are the
great-granddaughters of John Crisman who was Forest Ranger at the time
Camp Roosevelt was constructed in 1933.