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Boys AttendY.Figuies Announced as Summei Season Dia'ns to CloseAA record total of 8*0 hoy s a He id«l S\nco«5 Y M C A cxmys th $ sum ir.cr oi!iciil3 announc'd yesterday R3 Ike y s 39 ik camping S3 a so i dmv to R cloaC The to 11 or individual cftmp ivccn^ iv is lo^Q and of camje drvs 10 3^0 2n orier to meet ttio wing jicuds of individual, boys the i sponsored Jour camp* this seiion The d In oiiuteaCainp Toxisey at Mdlsltc Li^e nwr Redwood regular i. cnmp for bov* f ora 3 to 18 years ooented trom July 2 in -vlig I*Cftmu Ooportunlty at the Camp Tou cy 'he fo»* bov3 'rom 8 to IB 3earc who were unnbie to meet their camping expenses oocraied from S Aug ln th oxigh VJg 2UCamp Iroquois at Evergreen Like near Manlius day camp for boys from 6 to 10 year* open Led five days sl we^v from July 2 to Aus 12 Camp Adventure Ti the Y build!ng in Montgomery street In town dry camp lor bDys from 7 la 11 yeari opera eel five days p. week from duly .a lO AUg 12The attendance totals were 200 oi Camp Tou CJ 129 for Camp Oupor timitt 103 for Camp Iroquois and 10* for Camp AdventureAccording to Milo W Henke- Y boys work secretary end cimn gwii tive the syracuoc 1 M C \ camp ng program Is one or the olQCtt In llw couutryCur.D Dudley on Laxe Champlain first- \ camp in tile Ur: tod Slate was organized In 18B5 Fourteen vein liter StcDhcn B Gronor then s^cre lory or the Syracuse Y conducted an experimental ons week camp for boys tit the farm of AVilllim Tou cv Sodus Point Oneida La^e The at tendance otil was 1After continuing at the Tou^cy firm for nine years tta Y ouup v.2* transferred io Song Lake near Tully In 1909 and tho following jcat to the farm of William Touscy Jr a Cross Lole In 19Ja it was moved to Sandy Pond near Lake Ontario where it remained -until the MllUiLe Like was purchased in 1931Other c'impa in the Y pros ram ire or mare recent origin Cvmp Iroquois and Cimp Opportunity were sUrLeri In 1934 and Camp Adventure in 1938 Tilt cm »e program ^ u a supervision of Traccy K Junes,, executve Y secretary
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Syracuse Herald Syracuse Journal

Syracuse, New York, US

Sun, Aug 27, 1939

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