Columbus Community Camp Opens Second Year For Agency Children
NEW PLYMOUTH The Columbus Community Camp on the 616 acre former Magee farm in Swan and Brown Townships Vinton County begins its second year serving agency children. Last year 25 campers, ages 10 and up, camped out. this year expected to exceed 650. Operated by the Columbus United Community Council with United Appeal support, it hosts youths from Jewish Center Boys Clubs of Columbus Catholic Youth Council Big Brothers Girl Scouts and Federation of Settlements. The camp expands from four to eight sites with two more under construction, now housing up to 80 campers plus counselors weekly, aiming for 400 weekly in the future. Described as decentralized small group camping, groups of eight with two counselors operate independently in the woods. The Magee farmhouse serves as staff HQ. camp runs June 12 to Sept 12 with campers sleeping in tents and cooking their own meals. The director is Thelma Stinson. nurse Sally Schwartz. caretaker Lawrence Bowers. Major supporters include Alfred Wilson Foundation and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, with UCC Franklin County backing.
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New Plymouth
Columbus
Frank Magee
Swan and
Brown Twps
Vinton County
Columbus United Community Council
United Appeal
Cener
Boys Clubs of Columbus
Catholic Youth Council
Big Brothers
Girl Scouts
Federation of Settlements
Magee
Thelma Stinson
Sally Schwartz
Lawrence Bowers
Tom Rannells
Bill
Bowers
Harry Feldman
United Community Council
Ohio
UCC
Franklin County
Alfred Wilson Foundation
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Two Clubs Will Make Dressings
Mrs. Ann Paskievitch and Mrs. Ellen Shafer hosted the Catholic Womens Club meeting in the parish hall. Plans were made to jointly meet July 25 with the Catholic Ladies Study Club to make dressings and pads for the American Cancer Society. The group welcomed volunteers to help.
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Athens
Martin Ginnan
Matt Orndorff
Catholic Womens Club
Holzer Hospital News Postings and Admits
A list of births and admissions at Holzer Hospital includes a son to Schoonover in Kananga and a daughter to Davis in Middleport, with other newborns and several admissions from Ironton Gallipolis Pomeroy and Vinton. Discharges include Griffith Arthur Hugh es Smith Clark McGraw Hall. Blood usage noted as eight pints on Wednesday.
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Bobby L. Schoonover
Kananga
Robert S. Davis
Middleport
Robert A. Veney
Pomeroy
Charles E. Lunsford
Davis L. Hatfield
Gallipolis
Mattie O. Downey
Jackson
Charles M. Bragg
Ironton
Oak Hill
Earl F. Biffle
Leon Rotte
Richard I. Cozad
McArthur
George Twyman
Ewington
Linda D. Henderson
Memphis
Tenn
David H. Griffith
Charles S. Arthur
William D. Hughes
Barbara A. Smith
Thomas D. Clark
Paul McGraw
Marvin L. Hall
WJEH FM To Begin Airing In Early Fall
Wins FM permit allows studios and transmitter site space to be established. WJEH FM is planned to be on air in early fall. Glouster visitors include Mr and Mrs Fred Exenhamper of Worthing and Janet Sue and Joan of Lawrence Indiana visiting Edward and wife.
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Wjeh-Fm
Glouster
Fred Exenhamper
Worthingine
Janet Sue
Joan of
The Smallest Atoms Measure An Inch Across
A report notes that some atoms are described as being an inch wide in historical context, highlighting a comparison between microscopic scales and everyday measurements.
Migration Flows Between U S Canada and Mexico in 1900
About 4.9 million Americans visited Canada in 1900 while 700,000 traveled to Mexico. The figures highlight cross border movement at the turn of the century.
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Canada
Mexico
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