Ward Ratliff served in the CCC 1938-1940 at CCC Camp 525, Camp Cranberry, near Cowen and Richwood, West Virginia.  Ratliff was born in 1920. He served by stringing telephone lines, cleaning timber areas, helping construct trails and roads, and beautification along the scenic Cranberry and Williams Rivers.  Today, this vast wilderness area has been preserved as the Cranberry Recreational Area. His son, Argle, remarked: “Dad was always very proud of being a CCC Boy at Camp Cranberry, not too far from his home, and he kept that hard work ethic his whole life. Our family attended faithfully the Richwood CCC Reunions for many years, until they were discontinued in last year.”