CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS/CCC
The CCC Program came into existence when President F. D. Roosevelt became president after the crash of the stock market and plunged America into the Great Depression. Millions and millions of workers had lost their jobs and the CCC was one program that would help the unemployed begin working again and being able to support their families. Hickman County had two such programs, one in Columbus and one in Clinton.
The Clinton Camp was called Camp Ashby and was located on land where the Farmers Gin was later built. Camp Ashby offered jobs to young men, ages 18 to 24. They were given jobs, housing and food in exchange for working on Conservation projects. Some of these projects were planting millions of trees, creating roads in rural areas, and building state and national parks. They also offered education to those who had not been educated past elementary school. The majority of their pay was sent home to their families. In Kentucky alone, there were 89,500 men enrolled in CCC programs across the state.
According to a map of Camp Ashby housed at the Historical Society, the men not only worked hard but had plenty to do after hours. They had a baseball field, basketball court, tennis court and other amenities. Below are a few cards that were given to the Historical Society that were given out when a dance was to be held.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE? THE PICTURE WAS GIVEN TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUT NO NAME.
DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS LADY??
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECEIVED THIS BOOK SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT BELONGED TO J. HENRY BOLIN. IT IS THE "ANNUAL CATALOGUE OF CLINTON COLLEGE, CLINTON, KENTUCKY" FOR SESSION 1910-1911. SESSION BEGINS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1910.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES AND ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK.
STATEMENT BY DR. W. W. RICHMOND
PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CLINTON COLLEGE
As I have been directly interested in Clinton College since its organization and have been a member of the Board of Trustees longer than anyone else. I feel called upon to make a statement concerning its merits. It is gratifying to me to state that the session just closed was the most successful of any previous year. President Lowry has been with us just two years. He has proven himself a very efficient school man. Under his management the boarding department has grown marvelously. During the past session you men and women were here from several states. They did thorough work and were an orderly body of fine spirited students.
Valuable improvements have been made on the buildings and grounds. We feel that we have been very fortunate to secure the faculty we have for the coming session.
We now have on the campus elegant homes for the boys and girls, where they have the most helpful environments, socially, morally and religiously.
On account of the material improvements, the cultured faculty, the delightful home life, and the high character of work done by the institution, I feel safe in recommending the school as one of the best in the South.
As President of the Board of Trustees, I send greetings to all the students and friends of the college and offer a hearty invitation to all young people who wish to attend a school where they can receive the very best educational advantages.
MORE ARTICLES WILL BE ADDED LATER
MAJOR JOHN W. MALONE, TWELFTH KENTUCKY CAVALRY CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
Article from "OLD COLUMBUS CEMETERY" BY R. C. BARCLAY, UDATED BY FREDA BOLIN 2003
- John W. Malone, Major; elected Major 9/26/1863, and assigned to duty by Major General Forrest
- Appointed Major with date of rank 9/26/1863, with date of rank 9/26/1863 with appointment confirmed by Gen. Forrest 1/28/1864
- Captured POW at Swallow Bluff, Decatur County, TN 9/30/1863 by Col. Rowett, USA, on expedition from Corinth, MS
- POW turned over to Provost Marshal at Corinth, MS. for confinement in prison, residence Columbus, KY and age 25
- POW received in custody of Provost Marshall at Memphis, TN 10/5/1863
- POW at Memphis, TN. sent to Johnson's Island OH. 10/21/1863
- Subscribed to Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Johnson's Island OH. 7/25/1865 giving residence Columbus, KY, 6'2", complexion fair, hair light, and eyes blue
- Releases 7/25/1865 with transportation to Cairo, IL.
- Born April 29, 1838, in Tippah County, MS., died August 8, 1871, in Hickman County, KY, buried Columbus Cemetery, Hickman County, KY.
- Son of William George and Sarah Van Boddie (Battle) Malone
- 1860 Hickman County, KY, census; bp MS. age 19, merchant.
MAJOR MALONE'S FAMILY VICTIMS OF YANKEE ATROCITIES
During Major Malone's stay in prison, his family back in Hickman County was constantly harassed and persecuted by the Union military authorities who had been in control of West Kentucky since March of 1862. His father spent time in the Union prison at Columbus. On August 8, 1864, the Major's parents, four sisters and two youngest brothers, along with other prominent Columbus citizens were rounded up at the point of the bayonet and were forced into exile in Canada. This action was taken at the order of Union General E. A. Paine, who planned on expelling all the Southern sympathizers out of the US Military Department of West Kentucky. After a couple of months most of the exiles returned to Kentucky, but the Malone family, fearing for their lives, did not return till after the war was over.
Major John W. Malone was buried here in the family plot at Columbus Cemetery at the side of his parents and two of his sisters. All of them had been Prisoners of War.
Juliette Malone November 14, 1847-December 24, 1878
Sarah (Battle) Malone January 17, 1817-March 21, 1872
Sophia Malone December 7, 1838-June 5, 1875
William George Malone December 17, 1810-June 18,1872
Major Malone never had a proper marker of his own. During the POW/MIA Recognition Day a military headstone was placed at his grave. The headstone
was dedicated to John W. Malone, as a soldier, merchant, schoolteacher, and candidate for the Kentucky State Legislature.
James Lillard Hollingsworth, born Aug. 22, 1923, at Columbus, KY; died Oct. 24, 1944, lost in the South China Sea. Mr. Hollingsworth enlisted in the U. S. Army, 1941, and was stationed at Ft. McKinley, Philippine Islands. He was taken prisoner during the fall of Bataan and was forced by the Japanese to participate in the tragic Bataan death march. He remained at Japanese Philippine Military Camp No. 4 until October of 1944, when he and 1756 other prisoners were placed aboard an unmarked Japanese ship bound for Japan. This ship was sunk by an Allied submarine on October 24, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart by F. D. R. posthumously.
J. L. BAKER. PIANO TEACHER. THE WESTERN TENNESSEE NORMAL COLLEGE, HORNBECK, TN.
BUBBA AND LIZZIE HAMMOND
CLINTON, KY
MARTHA CUNNINGHAM
CLINTON, KY
CLARENCE PRINCE
CLINTON, KY