William Hinton, left, and Vincent Quinn, former Civilian Conservation Corps workers in the late 1930s, mark the site of Glen Rock's CCC camp. The site was dedicated recently on Glen Avenue. When it operated, its official name was Glenview Camp, Co. 2318, Camp SCS-7. Franklin D. Roosevelt established the CCC during the Depression to create jobs and protect natural resources, particularly to combat soil erosion.
A recent York Daily Record story commemorating the former Civilian Conservative Corps camp in Glen Rock contained an intriguing sentence.
The story noted that a number of men married local girls while working at the Glen Rock area.
"Men with such surnames as VanMeter, Nicklow, Casper, Ballard, Clouser, McKnight, Fullerton and Quinn became a part of the local population," the story stated. Those names stuck out in the heavily German area... .
