Article: Program helped add to White Rock Lake's charm: Dallas: Reunion ends today for conservation corps started by FDR.

Byline: Elizabeth Langton

Sep. 30--Carl E. Parkey walked along a circle of trees in front of the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake. He was looking for his tree -- the last one he planted while a Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee more than 60 years ago. "I hauled that tree in and put it there," the Pleasant Grove resident said. "Unless something happened to it, that's my tree." Mr. Parkey had not been to White Rock Lake since he left President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Depression-era work program. This visit was spontaneous. He learned Wednesday night about the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni reunion at the ...

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