Comments on: My Grandfather Served in the CCC…Sort Of – Part 2 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/my-grandfather-served-in-the-ccc%e2%80%a6sort-of-%e2%80%93-part-2/ Adventures in genealogy Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bronwyn Klimach http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/my-grandfather-served-in-the-ccc%e2%80%a6sort-of-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-475 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:12:13 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-475 Donna,
Thank you for an interesting article about the CCC and events surrounding your father’s life.

I hope you will not mind my pointing out that a strabismus is a turn in the eye (= squint when the term is accurately used – see http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?squinting+eye ) You may be interested to know that squints can run in families.

Strabismus can exist with or without a lazy eye, or amblyopia. The OMD definition here is not, I feel very accurate, and a better description of lazy eye can be found at:
http://www.answers.com/topic/amblyopia?cat=health

Shakespeare’s ‘Dost thou squinny at me?’ is not always correctly interpreted… I’m impressed I have found a use for that fact I learnt at college soooo long ago.

Again, thank you for sharing your interesting articles.
Bronwyn.

]]> By: djpoint http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/my-grandfather-served-in-the-ccc%e2%80%a6sort-of-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-472 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:22:32 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-472 Henson,

Thanks for writing! You reminded me that I should have added in the article (Part 1) that the age requirements were eventually lowered to include more young men.

Donna

]]> By: Henson http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/my-grandfather-served-in-the-ccc%e2%80%a6sort-of-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comment-470 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:20:28 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-470 Great story: I was in the CCC for six month in 1942. I was in three camps, as they were closing them. I was only 15 years old. I enjoyed the experience of being in the CCC. The money that was sent home helped my family.

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