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In the 1930s, two Civilian Conservation Corps Camps were established in Harold Parker State Forest, Camp S-5 (Company 110) and Camp S-76 (Company 167).  The camps work included reforestation work, damming ponds, road and trail creation, building recreational facilities.  Camp S-76 also provided assistance to local communities during emergencies. <ref> https://archive.org/details/civilianconserva00berg/mode/2up?q=harold+parker  Civilian Conservation Corps : shaping the forests and parks of Massachusetts : a statewide survey of Civilian Conservation Corps resources]</ref> <ref> [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofco00mass_5/page/n3/mode/2up Annual Report of the Commissioner of Conservation and State Forester (1920-1938)] </ref> Creating stocked ponds, available to the public, was a major goal of Harold Parker camp leadership, <ref> Ponds in Parker forest for fish raising,''The Andover Townsman,'' June 30, 1933. </ref> Hundreds of men, many of them local worked in and led the camps' work. <ref>State forest to be recreational park, ''The Andover Townsman,'' June 1, 1934 </ref>
In the 1930s, two Civilian Conservation Corps Camps were established in Harold Parker State Forest, Camp S-5 (Company 110) and Camp S-76 (Company 167).  The camps work included reforestation work, damming ponds, road and trail creation, building recreational facilities.  Camp S-76 also provided assistance to local communities during emergencies. <ref> https://archive.org/details/civilianconserva00berg/mode/2up?q=harold+parker  Civilian Conservation Corps : shaping the forests and parks of Massachusetts : a statewide survey of Civilian Conservation Corps resources]</ref> <ref> [https://archive.org/details/annualreportofco00mass_5/page/n3/mode/2up Annual Report of the Commissioner of Conservation and State Forester (1920-1938)] </ref> Creating stocked ponds, available to the public, was a major goal of Harold Parker camp leadership, <ref> Ponds in Parker forest for fish raising,''The Andover Townsman,'' June 30, 1933. </ref> Hundreds of men, many of them local worked in and led the camps' work. <ref>State forest to be recreational park, ''The Andover Townsman,'' June 1, 1934 </ref>
The Town of Andover invited CCC camp crews to take classes at Punchard High School, to borrow library books and to generally be a part of town life.  There is some evidence that camp crew used their time to become qualified for permanent employment. <ref> CCC member becomes state police officer, ''The Andover Townsman'', January 8, 1937. </ref>


Four-term Boston Mayor and one-term MA governor, James Michael Curley visited the camps with his daughter Mary in February 1935. <ref> [https://archive.org/details/JamesMichaelCurleyScrapbook-v127/page/n55/mode/2up?q=%22harold+parker%22 Governor visits camp in Andover, ''Lawrence Evening Sun'', February 17, 1935.] </ref>
Four-term Boston Mayor and one-term MA governor, James Michael Curley visited the camps with his daughter Mary in February 1935. <ref> [https://archive.org/details/JamesMichaelCurleyScrapbook-v127/page/n55/mode/2up?q=%22harold+parker%22 Governor visits camp in Andover, ''Lawrence Evening Sun'', February 17, 1935.] </ref>

Revision as of 12:38, 20 March 2024

In the 1930s, two Civilian Conservation Corps Camps were established in Harold Parker State Forest, Camp S-5 (Company 110) and Camp S-76 (Company 167). The camps work included reforestation work, damming ponds, road and trail creation, building recreational facilities. Camp S-76 also provided assistance to local communities during emergencies. [1] [2] Creating stocked ponds, available to the public, was a major goal of Harold Parker camp leadership, [3] Hundreds of men, many of them local worked in and led the camps' work. [4]

The Town of Andover invited CCC camp crews to take classes at Punchard High School, to borrow library books and to generally be a part of town life. There is some evidence that camp crew used their time to become qualified for permanent employment. [5]

Four-term Boston Mayor and one-term MA governor, James Michael Curley visited the camps with his daughter Mary in February 1935. [6]

Digitized copies of The Harold Parker Review, a type-written and hand-illustrated CCC camp newssletter are available from the Center for Research Libraries digital collections.


REFERENCES

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/civilianconserva00berg/mode/2up?q=harold+parker Civilian Conservation Corps : shaping the forests and parks of Massachusetts : a statewide survey of Civilian Conservation Corps resources]
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Commissioner of Conservation and State Forester (1920-1938)
  3. ↑ Ponds in Parker forest for fish raising,The Andover Townsman, June 30, 1933.
  4. ↑ State forest to be recreational park, The Andover Townsman, June 1, 1934
  5. ↑ CCC member becomes state police officer, The Andover Townsman, January 8, 1937.
  6. ↑ Governor visits camp in Andover, Lawrence Evening Sun, February 17, 1935.
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