From the September 28, 2016, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1941, 75 Years Ago: "There was a a time when the CCC was faced with too many applications. Today the steady decreasing unemployment problem has caused the corps to start a recruiting campaign. Today the word goes out that the Civilian Conservation Corps is seeking young men for service between the ages of seventeen and 23 years.
"If a young man signs for CCC service and his parents are on relief he receives $8 a month and the balance, $22, is sent home. If they are not on relief the CCC recruit still receives $8 a month and the $22 is deposited into a savings account in his name."
As we neared the war, at this point just a little over two and a half months away, young men were either entering the military or found work in war production factories.
A Way to Take Care of the Great Depression. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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