FYI: W. David Daugherty 6414 FM 3042 Leesburg, TX 75451 ====================== (903) 856-0973 Home (903) 856-0975 Fax/Modem (214) 850-2780 PCS Cell ======================= faddydaddy@worldnet.att.net The names I am researching are: CHAPMAN, CLOYD, CURRY, DAUGHERTY, GLOSSUP, HAGLER, LAUHON, LOVETTE, MURRAY, PHELPS, TRANTHAM, WALLACE, WRIGHT. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <jann_woodard@yahoo.com> To: <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:56 PM Subject: [ARDREW] CCC camp article > Several list members have asked me about the CCC camp > at Hamburg so I thought I would post this article. My > purpose is to find out where Camp Jackson (a ccc camp) > was located. My father worked there and I thought it > was in south Ark. somewhere...was hoping it might be > the Hamburg camp. > > Arkansas Gazette, Hamburg, AR Feb. 13, 1937 - To the > Editor of The Gazette...Since the days of the Garden > of Eden it has been the custom of man to claim > self-justification and to lay the blame or fault on > the weaker vessel or under dog. That old nature was > completely demonstrated by some officials of the state > Forestry Commission when they tried to excuse > themselves of wanton waste in the burning of a CCC > camp at Hamburg. Of course if this thing is looked > into, as it should be, and facts proved as stated by a > citizen of Hamburg in an article in this column > recently, the man that did the work will probably be > held at fault because he failed to carry out orders, > when in fact he did exactly as instructed. I do not > know who these officials are but it could be possible > that some of them have no interest in Arkansas and her > people other than the salary they draw. I once knew a > high-salaried guy in this state that could not vote > because he had not paid his poll tax. This salary was > drawn from the people's tax money too. I want to say > that we resent any bunch saying that the men and women > who daily witnessed the burning of perfectly good > lumber from this CCC camp at Hamburg have failed to > tell the truth, especially when they are some of the > best fathers and mothers of our community. These men > did burn perfectly good lumber that I would have been > glad to have. I saw this with my own eyes as did many > others. None of us blame the men that did the work > for they were under orders. Do as you are told or > lose your job, and none of us wants to lose our jobs > today, if there is bread and meat in them. If these > charges are false, the accused should be dealt with > and if true the ones guilty of this waste and > destruction should be dealt with and forever barred > from drawing the people's tax money. And is it really > a regulation of our state or government to destroy > perfectly good property purchased by tax money rather > than to sell it or give it back to them. For the sake > of democracy and civilization let us demand that our > law makers have these regulations changed. > > Guy Duckworth > Hamburg, Ark. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ >