Wellness

[151949]

My father's stepfather was a horrible alcoholic. He did unspeakable things to get money for drink. His stepchildren HATED him. He made my grandmother into a bitter, ugly woman, who had 16 children to raise and no money to feed them. My Dad and some of my Uncles were absolute teatotelers , never touched a drop. A couple of my uncles were also alcoholics. He died when my Dad was 14 and they took away my dad and most of his brothers to the CCC camps , my Dad said the first time he could ever remember having a whole meal was his first day at the CCC camp. Him & his brothers were amazed at the amount of food they were given & until they died they all thought the CCC were the best thing that ever happened to them.

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@151949 wrote:

My father's stepfather was a horrible alcoholic. He did unspeakable things to get money for drink. His stepchildren HATED him. He made my grandmother into a bitter, ugly woman, who had 16 children to raise and no money to feed them. My Dad and some of my Uncles were absolute teatotelers , never touched a drop. A couple of my uncles were also alcoholics. He died when my Dad was 14 and they took away my dad and most of his brothers to the CCC camps , my Dad said the first time he could ever remember having a whole meal was his first day at the CCC camp. Him & his brothers were amazed at the amount of food they were given & until they died they all thought the CCC were the best thing that ever happened to them.

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@151949

What is a CCC camp?

[151949]

During the depression President Roosevelt set up camps where men and boys who were starving could be given a place to live and 3 meals a day in exchange for them working on developing all of the National Parks.My father lived in Arizona and wyoming as well as Pennsylvania during his years in the CCC camps.For my Dad and his brothers it was a great opportunity to learn a trade - my Dad learned to be a welder - have a roof over their heads and most importantly - food on the table.  The CCC camps were one of many great programs President Roosevelt did for the people of this country during the depression, and still today we enjoy the fruits of their labors in our gorgeous national parks.The program ended when WW11 started I believe. CCC stood for Civilian Conservation Corps. My dad was one of the youngest they took for the CCC - he was 14 I think when he went in there and worked there until he was 21 and the war had started, so he went into the Army.