Established in 1926, Camp Chipinaw is a residential children's summer camp located in Swan Lake, New York. Camp Chipinaw caters mostly to children from suburban New York and New Jersey. A large cohort of campers also come from suburban Florida, Maryland, Connecticut, and California.
Silver Lake Campus
In 2004, Michael Baer, the current owner and director of Camp Chipinaw, purchased Camp Hillel, an orthodox Jewish residential camp which neighbored Camp Chipinaw. This campus was later renamed "Camp Chipinaw @ Silver Lake" and was specifically set up to allow for only two sessions of 4 weeks, whereas the original Chipinaw campus allowed campers the option of staying either 8 weeks or 4 weeks. Following the establishment of the Silver Lake Campus, no new campers would be allowed to enroll for 4 weeks on the main campus. Ironically, in the later years of the Silver Lake campus, some older campers chose to enlist in two 4 week sessions. From the 1940s through the 1970s, Silver Lake was also the home to two other Jewish sleepaway camps -- Camp Ma-Ho-Ge and Camp Ranger, which were later sold. Some of the Ma-Ho-Ge campers and staff went to Chipinaw beginning in 1978 while others spent time at Camp Echo Lake in Poyntelle, PA.
Structure
There are two campuses that separate the boys from the girls. The ages of the campers range from 7-16. There are 5 divisions on camp and a 6th division/program set up for the oldest campers. The youngest campers, commonly referred to as the "Inters," are 7-9 years old and live in what is called the "Midget House," an old establishment that houses 4 dormitories and a main lodging area for recreational and meeting use. The Freshmen division, second youngest to the Inters, are for campers who are going into 5th grade. The rest of the divisions systematically classify by individual grade. The Sophomore, Junior, and Senior divisions are for campers going into 6th, 7th, and 8th grade respectively. Campers who are just about to enter high school (9th grade) are called "Super Seniors," but are still in a division with the regular Seniors. The oldest campers, who are about to enter 10th and 11th grades, are placed in what is called a waiter and waitress program. Their day consists of working three meals in both the Chipinaw and Silver Lake kitchens. However, their day is less regimented than that of the younger Chipinaw campers.
The campus for males is commonly referred to as "Boy's Side," while the campus for females is respectively referred to as "Girl's Side."
Schedule
A common Camp Chipinaw day consists of 6 periods of activities, which are split up into two periods of electives, two periods of team sports, and two periods of swimming/aquatic activities. At night, there are whole camp evening activities, after which campers spend time at the canteen.
Alma Mater
The Camp Chipinaw alma mater was adopted from a Penn State fight song, The Nittany Lion and is sung to its tune.
Silver Lake Campus
In 2004, Michael Baer, the current owner and director of Camp Chipinaw, purchased Camp Hillel, an orthodox Jewish residential camp which neighbored Camp Chipinaw. This campus was later renamed "Camp Chipinaw @ Silver Lake" and was specifically set up to allow for only two sessions of 4 weeks, whereas the original Chipinaw campus allowed campers the option of staying either 8 weeks or 4 weeks. Following the establishment of the Silver Lake Campus, no new campers would be allowed to enroll for 4 weeks on the main campus. Ironically, in the later years of the Silver Lake campus, some older campers chose to enlist in two 4 week sessions. From the 1940s through the 1970s, Silver Lake was also the home to two other Jewish sleepaway camps -- Camp Ma-Ho-Ge and Camp Ranger, which were later sold. Some of the Ma-Ho-Ge campers and staff went to Chipinaw beginning in 1978 while others spent time at Camp Echo Lake in Poyntelle, PA.
Structure
There are two campuses that separate the boys from the girls. The ages of the campers range from 7-16. There are 5 divisions on camp and a 6th division/program set up for the oldest campers. The youngest campers, commonly referred to as the "Inters," are 7-9 years old and live in what is called the "Midget House," an old establishment that houses 4 dormitories and a main lodging area for recreational and meeting use. The Freshmen division, second youngest to the Inters, are for campers who are going into 5th grade. The rest of the divisions systematically classify by individual grade. The Sophomore, Junior, and Senior divisions are for campers going into 6th, 7th, and 8th grade respectively. Campers who are just about to enter high school (9th grade) are called "Super Seniors," but are still in a division with the regular Seniors. The oldest campers, who are about to enter 10th and 11th grades, are placed in what is called a waiter and waitress program. Their day consists of working three meals in both the Chipinaw and Silver Lake kitchens. However, their day is less regimented than that of the younger Chipinaw campers.
The campus for males is commonly referred to as "Boy's Side," while the campus for females is respectively referred to as "Girl's Side."
Schedule
A common Camp Chipinaw day consists of 6 periods of activities, which are split up into two periods of electives, two periods of team sports, and two periods of swimming/aquatic activities. At night, there are whole camp evening activities, after which campers spend time at the canteen.
Alma Mater
The Camp Chipinaw alma mater was adopted from a Penn State fight song, The Nittany Lion and is sung to its tune.
Danny D. Scott (October 16, 1929 - September 5, 2007) was a small-town newspaper publisher in Springhill, the northernmost city in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His principal papers were the Springhill Press-News Journal and the Plain Dealing Post.
Scott was one of three children born to Fred Scott (1903-1982) and Vernice P. Scott (1906-1996). He was chosen as the first editor of the student newspaper at Springhill High School, from which he graduated in 1947. He attended Southern Arkansas University (then Southern State College) in Magnolia, the seat of Columbia County in south Arkansas.
During the Korean War, Scott served four years in the United States Air Force, much of his tenure being under General E.G. Robinson, the then inspector general for all Air Force bases.
Thereafter, he purchased the Springhill Press and transformed the newspaper into one of improvement and quality. The Press plant became a central printing location for some forty publications ranging from central Louisiana to Little Rock. In the early 1980s, Scott founded the Plain Dealing Post in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish. Scott was a former president of the Louisiana Press Association and served on committees for the National Newspaper Association. He was a past chairman of the North Webster Industrial District, a board member of both Citizens Bank and Springhill Bank, president of the Springhill Chamber of Commerce, and commander of the Springhill American Legion post. He was cited with the "Economic Development Volunteer Award" for improving the economic climate of the Springhill area.
Scott died after a long illness. Services were held on September 7, 2007, at the Springhill United Methodist Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher and a board member. Burial was in Springhill Cemetery.
Scott was one of three children born to Fred Scott (1903-1982) and Vernice P. Scott (1906-1996). He was chosen as the first editor of the student newspaper at Springhill High School, from which he graduated in 1947. He attended Southern Arkansas University (then Southern State College) in Magnolia, the seat of Columbia County in south Arkansas.
During the Korean War, Scott served four years in the United States Air Force, much of his tenure being under General E.G. Robinson, the then inspector general for all Air Force bases.
Thereafter, he purchased the Springhill Press and transformed the newspaper into one of improvement and quality. The Press plant became a central printing location for some forty publications ranging from central Louisiana to Little Rock. In the early 1980s, Scott founded the Plain Dealing Post in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish. Scott was a former president of the Louisiana Press Association and served on committees for the National Newspaper Association. He was a past chairman of the North Webster Industrial District, a board member of both Citizens Bank and Springhill Bank, president of the Springhill Chamber of Commerce, and commander of the Springhill American Legion post. He was cited with the "Economic Development Volunteer Award" for improving the economic climate of the Springhill area.
Scott died after a long illness. Services were held on September 7, 2007, at the Springhill United Methodist Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher and a board member. Burial was in Springhill Cemetery.
Fred Charles McClanahan, Jr. (July 13, 1918 – July 21 2007) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, a decorated World War II veteran, an insurance executive, and a former candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Shreveport, Louisiana.
McClanahan was born to Fred McClanahan, Sr., and Elsie B. McClanahan in Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana. He graduated from Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.
In early 1941, he volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew fighter missions in P-38s and P-51s in the European Theater of World War II. McClanahan received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Clusters, and the Purple Heart. He remained in the Air Force Reserve until his retirement.
In 2000, he hosted a reunion of the 364th Fighter Group in Shreveport. Many of the men in attendance came together for one last time. After his military years, McClanahan worked as a general contractor and then in the insurance industry as a Certified Life Underwriter.
In 1960, McClanahan was the Republican nominee for Congress from the Fourth District which then covered seven northwestern Louisiana parishes: Caddo (Shreveport), Bossier (Bossier City), Webster (Minden), Claiborne, De Soto (Mansfield), Bienville (Arcadia), and Red River (Coushatta). McClanahan was the second and last Republican to challenge incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative Overton Brooks, who had served since 1937. Four years earlier, Brooks had defeated Republican Calhoun Allen, later the Democratic mayor of Shreveport. McClanahan fared poorly in his race even though presidential candidate John F. Kennedy failed to win the majority of the vote in the seven parishes. Brooks prevailed with 48,286 votes (74.2 percent) to McClanahan's 16,827 (25.8 percent). McClanahan's strongest parish was Caddo, but he garnered only 29.1 percent of the ballots there. Brooks died a year after the election. In a special election, Democrat Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., won the position.
Through the years, McClanahan was the president and a Melvin Jones Fellow in the South Shreveport Lions Club. He was also active in the Broadmoor United Methodist Church and was a tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of America.
At the time of his death, McClanahan had been married for sixty-four years to the former Mary Simpson (born ca. 1923), a retired teacher from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. He also had a son, Fred McClanahan, III (born ca. 1946), a business consultant in Shreveport, and his wife, Lydia Lee McClanahan; a daughter, Elizabeth M. Waldmann (born ca. 1950) and her husband, attorney Lester J. Waldmann (born ca. 1948), of Kenner near New Orleans. There were eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were held on July 25 2007, at Broadmoor Methodist Church. Interment was in Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport. McClanahan's obituary begins "Another member of the 'Great Generation' is gone. "
Links
*http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?PageLifestory&PersonId91314875
*http://la.allpages.com/shreveport/business-services/management-consultants-services/
*http://www.airforcememorial.org/registry/index_results.asp?last_namem&Nav12
*Louisiana Election Statistics, 1960 (Baton Rouge: Secretary of State)
*http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
McClanahan was born to Fred McClanahan, Sr., and Elsie B. McClanahan in Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana. He graduated from Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.
In early 1941, he volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew fighter missions in P-38s and P-51s in the European Theater of World War II. McClanahan received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Clusters, and the Purple Heart. He remained in the Air Force Reserve until his retirement.
In 2000, he hosted a reunion of the 364th Fighter Group in Shreveport. Many of the men in attendance came together for one last time. After his military years, McClanahan worked as a general contractor and then in the insurance industry as a Certified Life Underwriter.
In 1960, McClanahan was the Republican nominee for Congress from the Fourth District which then covered seven northwestern Louisiana parishes: Caddo (Shreveport), Bossier (Bossier City), Webster (Minden), Claiborne, De Soto (Mansfield), Bienville (Arcadia), and Red River (Coushatta). McClanahan was the second and last Republican to challenge incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative Overton Brooks, who had served since 1937. Four years earlier, Brooks had defeated Republican Calhoun Allen, later the Democratic mayor of Shreveport. McClanahan fared poorly in his race even though presidential candidate John F. Kennedy failed to win the majority of the vote in the seven parishes. Brooks prevailed with 48,286 votes (74.2 percent) to McClanahan's 16,827 (25.8 percent). McClanahan's strongest parish was Caddo, but he garnered only 29.1 percent of the ballots there. Brooks died a year after the election. In a special election, Democrat Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., won the position.
Through the years, McClanahan was the president and a Melvin Jones Fellow in the South Shreveport Lions Club. He was also active in the Broadmoor United Methodist Church and was a tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of America.
At the time of his death, McClanahan had been married for sixty-four years to the former Mary Simpson (born ca. 1923), a retired teacher from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. He also had a son, Fred McClanahan, III (born ca. 1946), a business consultant in Shreveport, and his wife, Lydia Lee McClanahan; a daughter, Elizabeth M. Waldmann (born ca. 1950) and her husband, attorney Lester J. Waldmann (born ca. 1948), of Kenner near New Orleans. There were eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were held on July 25 2007, at Broadmoor Methodist Church. Interment was in Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport. McClanahan's obituary begins "Another member of the 'Great Generation' is gone. "
Links
*http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?PageLifestory&PersonId91314875
*http://la.allpages.com/shreveport/business-services/management-consultants-services/
*http://www.airforcememorial.org/registry/index_results.asp?last_namem&Nav12
*Louisiana Election Statistics, 1960 (Baton Rouge: Secretary of State)
*http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
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The Family of God at Woodmont Hills is a large Church of Christ located at 3710 Franklin Road in Nashville, TN. Rubel Shelly was the minister for Woodmont Hills for 25+ years. Dean Barham of Virginia is it's current minister. It is perhaps one of the more controversial Churches of Christ within that brotherhood due to its views on: instrumental music, women participation in worship, praise teams, clapping, raising of hands, grace orientation, views on Christian unity etc... that is not normally found in many Churches of Christ. However, Woodmont Hills is seen as "breath of fresh air" for those still in the Church of Christ but have a more "progressive" mindset.
Importance
Woodmont Hills serves as an example for Churches of Christ across the globe to become more open and to think outside of the box. The relationship between Woodmont Hills and First Christian Church Nashville (now Aspen Grove Christian Church) is extremely important within the American Restoration Movement in particular. Woodmont Hills is a very good example for Churches of Christ that are becoming more modern and relevant to today.
History
Woodmont Hills is the result of a number of mergers of former congregations over the past 80 years which include: Waverly-Belmont Church, University Church, Ashwood Church, and Green Hills Church. All of the above mentioned churches merged in 1988 and became Woodmont Hills. In 1997, Woodmont Hills moved into it's new home at 3710 Franklin Pike.
Today
Recently, Woodmont Hills was once again thrown into the spotlight within the brotherhood when First Christian Church of Nashville moved into the Woodmont Hills building following the sale of their property on Franklin Road to Franklin Road Academy. This was seen as controversial among the conservative churches due to FCC's use of instrumental music on Sunday's at the same time Woodmont Hills assembles. On the flip side many people, many within the Churches of Christ, have viewed this "cohabitation" between Woodmont Hills and FCC as very important with all of the recent discussions on unity between instrumental Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ and a capella Churches of Christ.
First Christian Church recently purchased a building in nearby Brentwood, TN. They will be leaving the Woodmont Hills facility in late 2007 and have changed their name to Aspen Grove Christian Church.
The Family of God at Woodmont Hills is a large Church of Christ located at 3710 Franklin Road in Nashville, TN. Rubel Shelly was the minister for Woodmont Hills for 25+ years. Dean Barham of Virginia is it's current minister. It is perhaps one of the more controversial Churches of Christ within that brotherhood due to its views on: instrumental music, women participation in worship, praise teams, clapping, raising of hands, grace orientation, views on Christian unity etc... that is not normally found in many Churches of Christ. However, Woodmont Hills is seen as "breath of fresh air" for those still in the Church of Christ but have a more "progressive" mindset.
Importance
Woodmont Hills serves as an example for Churches of Christ across the globe to become more open and to think outside of the box. The relationship between Woodmont Hills and First Christian Church Nashville (now Aspen Grove Christian Church) is extremely important within the American Restoration Movement in particular. Woodmont Hills is a very good example for Churches of Christ that are becoming more modern and relevant to today.
History
Woodmont Hills is the result of a number of mergers of former congregations over the past 80 years which include: Waverly-Belmont Church, University Church, Ashwood Church, and Green Hills Church. All of the above mentioned churches merged in 1988 and became Woodmont Hills. In 1997, Woodmont Hills moved into it's new home at 3710 Franklin Pike.
Today
Recently, Woodmont Hills was once again thrown into the spotlight within the brotherhood when First Christian Church of Nashville moved into the Woodmont Hills building following the sale of their property on Franklin Road to Franklin Road Academy. This was seen as controversial among the conservative churches due to FCC's use of instrumental music on Sunday's at the same time Woodmont Hills assembles. On the flip side many people, many within the Churches of Christ, have viewed this "cohabitation" between Woodmont Hills and FCC as very important with all of the recent discussions on unity between instrumental Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ and a capella Churches of Christ.
First Christian Church recently purchased a building in nearby Brentwood, TN. They will be leaving the Woodmont Hills facility in late 2007 and have changed their name to Aspen Grove Christian Church.