The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1986 Page: 4 of 38
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''age 4 Section I THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
CCC Boys remembered
Thursday, May 8, 1906
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< jontlnued from Pace 1 .Section I
gaps (hat he had in his research,
tlthough his primary source was a
Jiary of the architect of the Bas-
n>p park facilities. Arthur Fair.
For most of them, the Sunday in-
formal gathering was the first time
hey had really been welcomed to
talk about the difficult limes of
their youth.
They recalled names of buried
comrades, some who perished
fighting the great forest fire in
Wyoming in 1936. Others remem-
liered special experiences that - up
until Sunday — had never been
recorded."
And. even though the ex-
periences were a half century ago, -
the memories were as vivid and
reactions to errors just as animat-
ed as if the meeting was taking
place in 1936.
William Kesselus' comment that
the stones in the Bastrop park
cabins was from rejects of materi-
al used in the main refectory drew
an immediate and strong challenge
from C.H. McPhaul. who said he
■personally cut stones for the
cabins from the nearby quarry"
and all were definitely not rejects.
Steely had pointed out the pat-
terned darker colored rock lower
portions of the cabin rock exterior
walls with a lighter. red-co!oied
rock from just below the window
>ills to the eaves.
Kesselus identified himself as the
mason who carved the covered
wagon decoration in the fireplace
at the south end of the refectory.
It |carv ing| wasn't authorized to
included in the building, but Mr.
pe
Cc
Fair gave me a drawing and sug-
gested I take two weeks to cut the
design." he said. He said his role
as the stone mason who did the
work spoiled a historical plaque
presentation planned by the daugh-
ter of another Bastrop CCC stone
mason who had purchased a
memorial plate to honor her dead
father as the artist.
Kesselus. who said his training
as a mason was the presentation of
a hammer and chisel and a rock,
with the orders to go to work. He
challenged Steely’s research credit-
ing local experienced men |LEM]
as instructors of the stone masons.
"We learned from our own ex-
rience." he told the Historical
ommission representative, admit-
ting that a Mack Real of Smithville,
and experienced stone cutter of Eu-
ropean parentage, did arrive on the
scene somewhat later and give
seom fine pointers.
The work was supposed to be
rustic, said the men, noting that in
the I930's the United States was
recovering from the Depression
and the CCC was President
Roosevelt’s solution to the thou-
sands of unemployed. The need for
work in the national parks and a gi-
ant work force seemed to he a mar-
riage made in heaven, and
Roosevelt ordered immediate im-
plementation of the plan, bypass-
ing a lot of political debate by using
the existing military and parks
departments as overseers of the
200-man work crews that were
recruited and transported to park
sites all across the United States.
Pay was a slim S30 a month.
with $25 of the $30 being sent
home to the families of the
workers.
There was no rush to get the
work done, in fact, slow, method-
ical hand work was encouraged.
Bastrop had two groups as-
signed. And. for some unexplained
reason Bastrop became a hub for
the unique work that has become
known to historians as the Rustic
CCC Style.
"We got too good - once,” said
Kesselus. Washington ordered the
Bastrop work stopped while they
conducted an investigation. It
seems the work quality had been
cited as too good for what was sup-
posed to be inexperienced stone
cutters, so the bureaucrats suspect-
ed that some professionals had
slipped through the screening and
into the Bastrop work groups.
You can measure the improve-
ment in our abilities, said Kesse-
lus. just by looking at the entrance
wall to the park. We started at
either end and worked toward the
center gateway, and the work is
noticeably better as you get near-
er the gateway
The bureaucrats really didn't
shut us down said McPhaul. we
just all went to the quarry and
stockpiled cut stone until it was
clear to get on with the work on
the buildings.
Continued on Page 5,Section I
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The survivors and the curious
Bastrop area residents who were
members of famed Civilian Con-
servation Corps that built many
rock and other facilities in Bastrop
State Park on the eve of World War
11 joined former CCC boys from
around the nation for a program
Sunday at the park Touring exhibit
of CCC works is now at the park
on the 50th anniversary of the
CCC Photo by Joe Shields.
jf ° YARNS
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Bastrop Community Hospital
Congratulates
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Gonzales
of Bastrop,
on the birth of their son,
Jason Patrick Gonzales,
on May 1
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The Cits ol Bastrop. 'Texas has
been made aware of the Texas
Community Deyelopment Program
administered bv the Texas Depart
mem of Community A!tails to
benefit low and moderate income
citizens It is the intent ol the City
ot Bastrop to consider an applica-
tion for a grant under the I486
Community' Dey elopment
Program
One public hearing was held on
April 24. 1486. at the City Hall
A second public hearing will be
held at 6:30 p in. on Tuesday May
13. I486, at the cornet ot Linden
and Hill Streets This hearing is be
mg held in the project area to pro
side information about all eligible
activities and past use ot funds
This hearing is being held prior to
the application being signed by the
Mayor and being submitted to the
Texas Department ol Community
Affairs
For further information, contact
Marvin Patterson. City Manager
at 321-3441
Mayor David Lock
Citv ot Bastrop
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