Hi Joyce, Saw your information on the CCC camp that was a program set up by Roosevelt to get the country started again, l knew a fellow that lived across the street from my grandmother in Witt Montgomery County, Illinois he went to CCC Camp and learned to be a barber. Then after l moved to St. Louis when l was 9 years of age my father had remarried after my mother died in 1928, and this was 1934, we went back to Witt, Ill. to visit before my grandparents moved to California and our old neighbor behind us was a supervisor on the WPA. that was in 1936. This man had owned a store in Nokomis, Illinois and lost his business. My grandfather worked in the coal mines in the Nokomis, Colton area, and we seemed to do well, l remember my grandmother feeding people who came to her door and one time in particular, she gave a fellow a sandwich of Pickle Lilly and bread. I could not fiquire that out but l guess she was out of cheese or butter or meat. My fathe paid my grandmother $40.00 per month to keep us, he did not marry until 5 years after my mother died. Which he actually never did get over her death. I thought that was interesting about the CCC Camp, as also one of my bosses at City Utilities Electric Transmission Department where l was the secretary had also gone to the CCC Camp. I think the program was phased out about the time of WWII or shortly before. Rita Holt ----- Original Message ----- From: Joytohal@cs.com Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:39 PM To: KYWHITLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWHITLE] Re: KYWHITLE-D Digest V02 #171 WPA was a government works program during depression. Construction, maintenance and building bridges would fall under WPA at that time. My father worked for WPA wages as did my brother in law. They had big white W.P.A. painted on the seat of their pants, that's about all I remember about it. I lived in a steel mill town, the plants were shut and men out of work trying to support their families. My half brothers were older than I and went to the CCC program, don't recall what that stood for. It too was a government program. They were sent away to build parks, etc, and kept at the camps, they sent money home to help support us, along with relief where we were given some food and kerosene for cooking. I was born April 15, 1933 Granite City, Illinois. Joyce Holt Taylor ==== KYWHITLE Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237