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Boys Attend Y.M. CampsFiguies Announced as Sunimei Season Diavis to CloseA record total of bov s ilte id«l5vncue Y M C A cvnps tU $ sum ir.cr oi!iciil3 announc'd yesterday n3 the y 5 39 ik comping sen so i dm\, to a clct.e Tho to u or indlildinl citmp wee** was lo^O and of camje drvs 10 3^02n orier to meet tho lining nemlsof individual, boys the X sponsored four c'tmpa IUis xeiitin The ^ JnOilUUXlCamp Toxisey at Mill site Li^c nnr Redwood regular i. camp for box* f om 3 to 18 years ooented trnm July 2 in -kltg 1°Cami Ooportunlty at the Camp Too cv cltf *o»* hov3 'rom 3 to IB year* who were unnbie to meet ttidr camping i*\pcnw:s oocraicd from i Aug 1° th ough AUg 2iiCamp Iroquois at Evergreen Like near Manlius day camp for boys from 6 to 10 year* opart Led five day* a 'i\e=v from July 2 Lo Aus 12 Camp Adventure n the Y build !ng In Montgomery Street In town df camp ior hDys from 7 lo 11 year* opera ud five days a week irom duly * to Aug 12The attendance totals were 200 oi Camp Tou ey 129 for Camp Oupor tirnltt 103 for Camp Iroquois and IQ* for Camp AdventureAccording to Milo W Henke Y boys work secretary and cimn gmjuu tive the Syracuse Y M C \ cvmp ng program is one or the olQCit In llw countryCiniD Dudley on Laae champl'iln first- \ camp in tile Ur: tud SLiiC was organized Jn I8B6 Fourteen vcAn later stcohcn B Grlt;mlt;sr then s^cre lary or the Syracuse ^ conducted an expen mental one week camp for boys at the farm of AVilllim Tou cv Sodus Pulnt Oneida La^c The at tendance otil was 7After continuing at the Tou*cy firm for nine years tta Y emip ■R3o transferred io Song Lake near Tully in 1909 and the following jcai to the farm of William Tnuscy Jr a Cross Lale In 1913 it was moved to sandy Pond near Lake Ontario where it remained until the MllUiLo Like 'it*' was purchased in 1931 Other c'unps in the Y program ire or marc recent origin CvmpIroquois and C'unp Opportunity weresUrLeri In 1934 and Camp Adventure in 1938 The cm ie program ^ u a supervision of Tracey K Junes,, exccu t\e Y secretary
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Syracuse Herald Syracuse Journal

Syracuse, New York, US

Sun, Aug 27, 1939

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