Camp Cheerio Construction Opens Doors To Youth Camps
The YMCA sponsored project near Roaring Gap progresses toward a summer 1960 opening. Camp Cheerio spans 55 acres with a Sacre lake a lodge dining hall cabins and a riding ring to serve boys and girls seven to fourteen and family groups. The Y's Men Club funded land under a bargain rate and Blair family donated five acres. civic clubs contributed $28 000 in construction donations and various equipment and facilities are being assembled for outdoor group activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
YMCA
Boy Scouts
Cheerio
Edgar Hartley
High Point Ymca
Hartley
High Point
Roaring Gap
Y's Men's Club
Fred Miles
J.oe Blair
Winston-La
Blair
Blairs
Ymca Camp Committee
Architect's Guild
Bill Sloan
Jaycees
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
High Point Poor
Twilivitan Club
High Point Civitan Club
Furniture City American Business Club
Mercury Athletic Club
Murder in Apartment After Bathroom Struggle
Gary Jellinger leads investigators to the scene where Ken Cravath lies dead with an electric cord around his neck. A new electric shaver on the washstand suggests a staged setup. The killer may have entered through the bathroom window while Ken and roommate slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Jellinger
Ken Cravath
Ken
Jellinger
Missionaries Praised After 16 Day South America Tour
Thomasville editor M Grant of Charity and Children returns from a 16 day mission field tour in South America. He notes missionaries as versatile teachers preachers and counselors and highlights plans for the Baptist World Congress in Rio June 26 to July 3 1960. He cites inflation currency devaluations and potential tourism as key issues shaping the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
South America
M Grant
Charity and Children
Baptist World Congress
Rio
Grant
United States
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Peru
Try
Peron
Frondizi
Russia
Canada
San Francisco
Washington
Caracas
Venzuela
Alaska
Alex Olmedo
U. S
Lima
First Baptist Church
Con
YMCA Camp Project Advances Toward 1960 Completion
The Camp Committee, chaired by Bill Sheloff and later Bob Amos, leads a drive to outfit the YMCA camp with heaters, storage, furniture, core board and glass. Members include Norm Weisbecker, Bob Allen, and others. Limited camping will begin next summer with full facilities hoped by 1960 as a shining example of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sheloff
Bob Amos
YMCA
Norm Weisbecker
Bob Allen
Wayland Linthicum
Dick Meisky
Purcell Kimsey
Holt
Seawell Asked To Resign By Patriot Group
Atty Gen Malcolm B Seawell says he plans to resign as Mecklenburg County Patriots of North Carolina demand his resignation. The group charges he failed to serve North Carolina with citation from the Anti-Defamation League attached to the controversy. Seawell is to accept an award Sunday from the ADL, an adjunct of Bnai Brith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Kenneth Whitset
Charlotte
Seawell
Anti-Defamation League
B'Naf ‘Rith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camp Cheerio
Bill Hodges
Max Cooke
Camp Cherrio
R. T. Amos, JR
Wo” Campbell
Y’s Men's Club
W. C. Sideloff
Thomas Acrossenake
India
Palo
Florida
Urbana
Austins Venomous
Plaza de
Dublin
Cordelia
Nautilus OT Steelworks
Ct Ge F
Dinah
Tennessee Ford
Donald Duck
Kentucky
New York
Georgia
Capri
Oman
Hiram
Britain
Pioneer
Fargo
Taciturn
Ganized
Behy Graham
Patriot Group
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