
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 9, 1990                   TAG: 9006120369
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: MARION                                 LENGTH: Short

CCC ALUMNI GATHERING AT HUNGRY MOTHER PARK

A three-state Civilian Conservation Corps reunion will be held today at Hungry Mother State Park, starting with registration at 10 a.m.

Mack H. Sturgill, author of "Hungry Mother: History & Legends," will speak about the development of the park and the role the CCC played in it.

Smyth County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jesse White, Marion Mayor M.W. Scott and Smyth County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Hugh Jones will welcome the former CCC members.

Ed Stringer and "Fat" Albert Blackburn will give a musical show at 2 p.m., followed by a talk from a Virginia Division of State Parks representative on the contributions of CCC volunteers to the state parks system during the Depression.

The reunion has been arranged by Robert Clark, John Smith and John Ashby.

-Southwest bureau

by CNB