14 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 30, 1993 Visit state capitol The fifth grade class at Lehman-Jackson visited Harrisburg on their class field trip. With the help of Lisa Baker and Senator Lemmond, ( the students were able to tour the Capitol buiiding, visit the Treasury Lemmond and Representative Hasay for a picture Building and tour the State Museum. The students posed on the steps of the capitol with Senator CCC Boy (continued from page 1) camp for a shower, change of clothes and a hearty dinner. It wasn't “make-work” —- the CCC was responsible for reforest- ing thousands of acres of clear- cut woodlands and for stabilizing large areas of the midwestern “dust bowl,” where soil had been eroded from decades of improper agricultural techniques. “People thought that we were beggars,” Gorto said. “We worked harder for what little we had than people do today. We were the ‘lost generation’ of the Depression — what did we have to look forward to?” Former CCC work projects are still paying dividends today, Gorto said. People are still using the roads, power lines, small reservoirs and state parks built by the CCC boys. This reporter learned Ameri- can history from grade-school class trips to the historical sites ° near Morristown, NJ, which Gorto and his comrades restored. The CCC's dividends were also paid during World War II, when the military made use of the CCC boys’ many skills: mapmaking, operation of heavy equipment, baking, cooking, driving trucks and working in military hospitals. “When you were drafted, the recruiter asked the guys who had been in the CCC to step forward,” Gorto said. “They got their stripes almost as soon as they got their uniforms. Lots of CCC guys went into the Seabees and the Army Engineers.” ROBERT KRAUSE CONSTRUCTION CO *ADDITIONS *HOME REPAIRS *DECKS & GARAGES NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION 16 Years Experience LIC. 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A large contingent of CCC alumni plan to carry their cause to Washington, DC, July 16, in a march to publicize their request. “I think that kids today could use some time in the camps,” Gorto said. “They would learn more respect for their elders, for hard work and for themselves.” In issues of The Dallas Post from 1933, several articles de- scribe the “huge civilian army of able-bodied young men” working in the camps, one in Mehoopany. A reporter interviewed a young boy out gathering firewood in the rie PHARMACY « Computerized Prescription Service + Russell Stover Candies « Greeting Cards + PA Lottery Ticket - Newspapers « Magazines 159 N. Memorial Hwy, Shavertown, PA 675-1191 PMT IMPORT CORP. peuring rain, who said, “We have been wetter and colder and hun- grier than this tramping the city streets looking for work last win- ter.” In a time of widespread unem- ployment, suicide and homeless- ness, when people couldn't afford to pay their Aaperiy taxes and many lost their homes, the CCC put a generation of young men to work learning at least the basics of a trade. More important, it gave them hope where none had existed before. Men who were part of the Civil- ian Conservation Corps (CCC) or the WPA during the Depression willing to share their memories of thattimearerequestedtocall Grace Dove at The Dallas Post at 675- 5211. We would also appreciate any information on CCC or WPA proj- ects which were done in the area. Early deadline for July 7 issue The office of The Dallas Post will be closed all day Monday, July 5 for the Independence Day holiday. 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The facility in the Chase sec- tion of Jackson Township has been the scene of several incidents of violence in the past year, includ- ing an attack on February 1 in which guard Howard Rice was beaten for 20 minutes by a con- victed murderer who was housed ina dayroom while awaiting trans- fer to a restricted housing unit. “This is terrific news!” said Pat Rusiloski of the SCID Citizens" - Advisory Committee. “We would have liked to have seen it done sooner and faster. People don't seem to think about the prison until there's a problem.” Even with the construction of new prisons, Representative George Hasay still sees possible future prison problems. “With the new mandatory sen- tencing laws, we'll have to build a prison a year to keep up,” he said. The prison was designed to house 1,454 inmates, with 392 corrections officers. While the number of inmates is now 50° percent higher than the designed capacity, the number of guards is about the same. Teachers (continued from page 1) on the teachers’ ages, a percent- age of their present salaries and number of years’ service. “That's confidential employee information,” he said. Under the early retirement incentive, teachers also can have their health insurance benefits paid until they reach age 65, Wyecallis said. Wycallis couldn't give a time frame for the court to either up- ad EA A ll ol oir LA A A FPN hold or dismiss the district's > @ ’@ appeal of the teachers’ retirement incentive payments, calling it “a | very lengthy process.” In other business, the board voted to hire middle school librar- ian Ann Marie Rice todo a compu- 1 terized inventory and bar-coding ° of books in the middle school li- brary, at $16.50 per hour, five hours per day, for 21 work days in July. 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