Evening star., 1938-12-15
Elaborate Yu|e Plans
Made for EnroIIees
WC.C.C. Camps
Turkey. Corn on Cob
And Other DeIicucies
Will Be Served

Enrollees In the five Civilian Con-
servation Corps camps in the WASH
ington vicinity are going to have q
big Christmas. according to plans
being made. Half the men will be
given a five-day leave for the holi-
day period, but those remaining in
camp are going to have Santa Claus
and all the fun that comes with his
annual visit.
The special leaves will begin De-
eember 81 after work and last to
midnight December Is, according to
regulations issued by the War De-
partment. Those who will take the
New Year Eve vacation will go off
December % and return January 2.
The boys must make their own way
home as the rule says no Govern
ment transportation may be prc-
vided.
Probably the largest camp cele-
bration in this region will be at the
colored camp on the canal above
Cabin John, Md. This group, under
the command of First 1t. Edwin T.
Arnold, has arranged for a smoker
the night of December 20, the day
before leave begins. Recruiting en-
tertainment from the ranks, the
boys are going to present a light
play and skits as part of the formal
Initiation Of the new camp"
Songfest to Be Held.
Christmas Eve, If the weather is
RnaH xr,;1l Lo ~
at Thanksgiving, it is expected
number of relatives of the recruits
Will attend the celebrations.
AS most of the recruits in the
camps are from this region no spe-
eial effort to participate in COM
munity affairs outside the camps is
planned. Rather they will go home
to be with relatives.
The Rock Creek Park group will
have at least one tree in every bar
racks and hall. Unlike other camps
nearby, this group is not going to
waste time on fuss and feathers
about eating" Their first and main
course will be turkey, a half pound
Tor each man. The camp, also re-
Gently established on a new site, has
Just completed landscaping whicT
will add to the festive sight.
Commanded by Capt. w. C. Coop
er, the group will use part of its
mess fund for specialties. Each man
will get a half pound box of choco-
1ates, bag of nuts and an orange.
In addition, at the main dinner two
kinds OF salads will be served and
ut least two varieties of dessert.
Fresh Corn on Cob.
The camp at Fort Dupont will
feature as an added attraction fresh
corn on the cob. Prior to the de-
parture of the Christmas vacation
ers a special tree decoration service
will be held, followed by a dance.
The mess hall, following an arboreal
theme, will be bedecked with pine
needles and sprays of evergreens.
The standard turkey dinner with
vegetables, salads, desserts and side
dishes will be frightened by special
hot rolls. Those staying in camp
next week will send greeting cards
home as advance messengers for
their visit the following week. Capt.
William j. Bemis, jr., commands the
camp.
The colored camp at Mount Ham
1lton, Twenty-eighth and M streets
NV, will feature fresh corn on the
cob to 60 along with their ITO pounds
Of turkey. 1t. Leo A. Karawsky is
camp commander.
100000 Pounds Of Turkey.
More than 10000 turkeys weighing
q half million pounds are being
bought throughout the country for
the 100000 recruits, it was said at
the offlce of Robert Fechner, c. C. c.
director. The ration calls for Is
ounces Of dressed turkey per man.
Other items on the national mar
ket list include nearly 10 tons of
pumpkins. 100000 eggs, eight tons of
sugar, $500 bushels of cranberries.
at least ~ tons of bread crumbs, 50
tons Of potatoes and six tons of
onions.
A survey made Thanksgiving
showed a region preference for cock
tails. Along the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts oysters were in demand
rather than fruit, while in the Gulf
States shrimp were wanted. Vege-
tables also varied with regions, as
does the stuff1ng. Stuf11ngs ranged
from chestnuts to celery, country
stumng, sage, sausage, applenut and