Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-17
NEW YORK YOUTHS
AT RIMlNI CAMP
BOYS FROM BRONX AND @JOISEY'
IMPROVING HEIENA's BEST
PLAYGROUND
Little Mining Town Tucked Away I'm
der Shoulder Of Rockies, Whose Name
Was Derived From Stage Success,
Now Home to Big Town Boys.

Rimini, the little mining town
In the Helena national forest
about Is miles west Of M0ntana's
capital city, now has It's second
Link with New York city, the ma
tons metropolis The first-and
perhaps most lasting links the
name Of the town itself. For the
name sRininfs itself was derived ,
from the stage success, francesca
da Rimini," which the great Law
rance Barrett brought to Helena
In August, 1888.
The second link was the establish
ment OF q CCC camp on a mountain
side near Rimini last June IL, and
the manning of that camp with nearly
200 New York and New Jersey youths.
The story of the naming of Rtmini
has been told before IN these columns
how delegation from the Lee
Governor Schuyler Crosby at Helena
in August, 1883, and asked for the es-
adjustment Of q postoffice at the
camp. The miners had decided upon
the name Lee Mountain" for their
postoffice. Governor Crosby told them
the postoffice department frowned
upon names consisting Of two words.
Lawrence Barrett was appearing IN
Helena. at the Ming theater, In his
A1AAkONA0 0uCCCcc, GIh44CCzSCa ia Ill
mini" Governor Crosby suggested the
name "Rimini" for the postoffice, and
Rimini 1t became. Thus did the little
mining camp establish its first link
with the metropolis, through Lawrence
Barrett and his great stage vehicle.
Again the accents of Manhattan and
its envir0nS reSound throughout the
pines OF Lee mountain. Not exactly the
same accents as were used by Lawrence
Barrett and Marie Wainwright, his
leading lady, perhaps But still accents
the old-taners around Rimini.
Far From . Subway
The Rimint camp was established IN
June and now there are II buildings
tucked away in the pines on a noun
tainside. There are five sleeping bar
racks, huge, boarded structures
which, for six months at least. are
.'home" to boys who never before have
been far away from a subway or Madi-
son Square Garden. There Is recre-
alton hall, an education building. a
mess han, an infirnnGry, quarters for
army officers and forest service men,
an administration building, three ga
RACES, an oil house, a blacksmith shop
and TOOL bHilding-eu hidden In the
pines so that they can hardly be seen.
Capacity OF the camp Is 200.
Here, for six months. boys from the
sidewalks of New York are given new
opportunities for education and recre-
alton and the opportunity OF earning
a minimum Of $50 per month, OF which
s. goes 30 the enrollee and the re-
mainder Is sent TO his home to be used
by his parent or guardian. If the
money Is not urgently needed by them
1t Is kept by the army for the boy
until he Is through
The welfare Of the civilian conserva-
&ion corps Is administered by the army
and the man in charge at Rtmini is
Capt Chester A. Lee, himself from
Pennsylvania and carrying the peculiar
tang Of the Far East In his speech.
He's the commandment of the camp a
father, big brother and from what
one hears around the camp-"a reglar
guy" While the army Is IN charge Of
the personnel welfare, the army has
only limited authority from dis
culinary standpoint over the boys and
the captain depends, for his authority.
on winning personality and suave
mixture Of fattery. catolery and horse
sense. Dish0norable discharge Is the
msad this Is used only to keep the few
IzsnxMrigfbles from disturbing the pro-
graxn OF the other b0ys.
FfH Not An Work
Tks net an work &C Rintni, or at
any ether CCC camp. although the
men spend six hours per day In the
aaead working out programs designed,
mapped and supervised by the forest
service
There's the education hall at Ri
snsTzz, for instance. The library is anaz-
lga@av adequate and consists of some
sN volumes of fiction and nonfiction,
aM of 1t good. Magazines and period
scals are current and choice. There's
no trash. Books are largely donated
since there Is no fund allotted by the
government from which they may be
purchased There are courses IN a
VARIETY Of Subjects spelling, writing,
kwgaaag, welding and SO on. In fact.
a@sys can have Just aAbouf any course
szsgy msn< n there SIRE enough Ia the
class and II they're interested There
are sypswriterH available and azn Rxm-
bilious yosm@ster can Just about write
nsa own ticket" 30 far as education
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