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The bulk of the pictures below are from Mr. George Juris Zommers, to whom we are grateful for sharing these Camp Meacham pictures with Northern Kentucky Views. Mr. Zommers' family worked at the camp in the early to mid fifties. More on the family is here, and some of his recollections about Camp Meacham are here. |
Canoeing, 1952
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| Ferrell House and Camp Entrance | Camp Meacham | Camp Meacham |
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| YMCA Camp Meacham, Mentor | ||
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| Camp Meacham Staff | |
| 1955 | 1956 |
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| Cabins & Infirmary on left; River to the right; Pool straight ahead |
Camp Directors Home | Caretaker's Home (Zommers Home) |
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| Camp water tower, 1952 | Dining on the porch, 1953 |
College teams used the camp for training on weekends after summer camps
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| Director's House at the left; tennis at the right, 1953 |
View from Woodcraft Hill, 1954 |
Cabins where the older campers stayed, 1955 |
Campers at cabin #15, arranging bedding |
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Thanks to R. David Pogge for sending us these two pictures, and this remembrance.
And thanks to David Luther for sending us a copy of The Torch, the Camp Meacham newsletter. Read it here. (pdf)
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| c. 1954 | Camp's location | |
| From a Facebook post by Tom Cherie Buttendorf Wilhelm | ||
Recovering from the 1937 flood.
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| High water on the Ohio | Floods make it easier to get around camp |
“Egypt,” (showers and toilets) |
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| Goldfish Pond, 1954 |
Baseball field. 1952 |
Caretaker's Home (Zommers' House) |
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| Camp neighbor Nelson Thomas frees a stuck bus. |
Mess Hall, 1952 | “Dad kept bees. And cows. And pigs. And chickens. And rabbits.”1953 |
The Zommers Family
front, George Juris Zommers; Andy Andris Zommers; Ves Viesturs Zommers
back, Hermanis Zommers; Milda Zommers; John Janis
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