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shraby

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3. The good words about it were many, mostly because it was a very low point in history with

Reply to global1 (Reply #2)

Fri May 1, 2015, 12:17 AM

May 2015

people literally eating for one day at a time. Everything was scarce at the time and what the CCC did was put jingle in some jeans which is always a good thing. My dad came from a family of 11 children, and most had been born by then. He was the oldest so probably felt the depression up front and personal.
That person giving out the money left a very bad taste in his mouth for that person. The program was a good one. My guess is a republican with sour grapes was dispensing the wages.
That's kind of their modus operandi, isn't it?

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One caution on a program like this. My father worked in the CCC camps and when he would go to shraby Apr 2015 #1

You Know I've Done A Lot Of Research And Reading About the CCC's As My Father Also Was In Them.... global1 Apr 2015 #2

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