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8. Camp Clothes and Cars
8. Camp Clothes and Cars of Edward Sekermestrovich — printed p. 12 — recorded February 6, 1980 at Corvallis, Oregon. Every printed page has its own permanent link.
Jackson, Royal G. and Karen Thomas 1991. Edward Sekermestrovich. Life at CCC Camp Arboretum, Benton County, Oregon, 1935-1940. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #04. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 41 pp.
p. 47 = printed page 47 of the original book; the link on each page number is a permanent address you can send to anyone.
Provenance
- Narrator
- Edward Sekermestrovich
- Recorded
- February 6, 1980 · Corvallis, Oregon
- Interviewer
- Royal G. Jackson, Karen Thomas
- Printed pages
- p. 12
- Accessioned
- From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026
8. Camp Clothes and Cars
Royal G. Jackson: What were your work clothes like? Did they issue you work clothes?
Edward Sekermestrovich: It was fatigues.
Royal G. Jackson: Army fatigues?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Well, no, they weren't especially Army. We had a summer uniform and that was just like them light shirts and pants.
Royal G. Jackson: Denim?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Yes, denim.
Royal G. Jackson: But you did wear a military type uniform?
Edward Sekermestrovich: We did, yes. For dress up.
Royal G. Jackson: And did you have shoulder patches, insignias and all that kind of thing?
Edward Sekermestrovich: No. We didn't go for that.
Royal G. Jackson: I noticed a couple of these fellows had stripes on.
Edward Sekermestrovich: Well, he's a sergeant, an assistant sergeant.
Royal G. Jackson: They're military personnel?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Yes, they have it, see [pointing to company picture]. And this here is a staff sergeant here, see? The sergeant in the office, he was just like a first sergeant in the Army. He had his three up and three down, and one in the middle diamond, see?
Royal G. Jackson: Shoulder pads?
Edward Sekermestrovich: That's right. And then he had assistant leaders. They were like a staff sergeant.
Royal G. Jackson: And you were an assistant leader?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Yes. I got $6 more.
Royal G. Jackson: What was the pay in those days?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Well, it started out $22. Well, I got a little more than $6 then, come to think of it. It was $22 and I got $36 when I got assistant leader.
Royal G. Jackson: All of your living expenses were taken care of?
Edward Sekermestrovich: That's right.
Royal G. Jackson: Did any of the boys have automobiles?
Edward Sekermestrovich: [Long pause]
Royal G. Jackson: Not supposed to have?
Edward Sekermestrovich: Well, no.
Speaker attribution inferred from typography where the printed page prints only Q and A.
How to cite this item
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- As printed
- Jackson, Royal G. and Karen Thomas 1991. Edward Sekermestrovich. Life at CCC Camp Arboretum, Benton County, Oregon, 1935-1940. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #04. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 41 pp.
- This page
- Sekermestrovich 1991. 8. Camp Clothes and Cars, p. 12. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/m04-sekermestrovich/08-camp-clothes-and-cars/ (accessed 2026).
- Cite this passage
- Sekermestrovich 1991, p. 12 — Monograph #04:12
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