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Camp For Handicapped Children At Crescent Hill Site
A $1 832 50 Title VI grant to Unified School District 497 funds a spring camp at Crescent Hill near Lone Star for about 90 mentally and physically handicapped children ages 5 13. The program, run 15 through May, will use district teachers and the site owned by Prof Ellis Kerley with Lawrence Recreation Department aiding. Activities include nature study outdoor cooking animal care archery trail rides arts and crafts dramatics and more. The project aims to create an outdoor laboratory linked to classroom work and to foster practical recreational attitudes for later life.
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Unified School District 497
Crescent Hill
Lone Star
Ellis Kerley
Lawrence
Lawrence Recreation Department
Bess Stone
Recreation Department
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation