Faculty Portraits circa 1950s and 60s

Don Ray from Greenville, youth minister in Wood River.

Ed Armstrong from Edwardsville.

Forrest Elam, elder from Greenville.

Don Hargrave, Lincoln Christian College.

Cherie Hendrix, Greenville.

Pat Sloinger from Lincoln Christian Church.

Dean Sloniger from Lincoln Christian Church.

Tom Smith

Don Evans

Danny Dye

Dan Donaldson

II High School Week 1963 Group

Top Row 4: 4:2 Sandy Heston, 4:3 Larry Zumwalt, 4:4 Woody Fisher, 4:6 Ron Lambert, 4:7 Lynn McFarland, 4:9 George McCarty, 4:12 Paul Sidwell, 4:13 Wayne Black, 4:15 Lloyd Grafford, 4:16 Art Jordan

Row 3: 3:4 Janet Cothern, 3:5 Gayle Wakefield, 3:6 Terry O'Dell, 3:7 Sue Burris, 3:9 Becky Huck, 3:10 Linda Harris, 3:12 Ruth Huck, 3:12 Steel Twin, 3:13 Steele Twin, 3:14 Diane Jackson

Row 2: 2:2 David Hargrave, 2:3 Kay Wiseman, 2:6 Ruth Blankenship, 2:7 Linda Stovall, 2:9 Sandy Revisky, 2:10 Butch ?

Row 1: 1:6 Barb Haley, 1:7 Normae Dorsch, 1:8 Mickey Dildine, 1:9 Sue Harris, 1:12 Joyce Maines, 1:13 Dolly Black

1963 various candids

Here are some more from 1963. Middle picture on back row the kid in black shirt and black glasses is Danny Clymer. Boy in glasses that is leaning forward beside him is David Hargrave. Bottom picture is Joe Webb standing in front of chapel. He is also in the middle picture sitting on end of first row.

1963 Group Pic -- HS Week

This one is hard because the rows are staggered a little. But, here goes...starting with the top row. Row 7- 7:3 (partially obscured girl w/glasses) Kay Fries, 7:6 Sandy Heston, 7:7 Kay Wiseman, 7:8 Charlie Burns(holding his son), 7:9 Woody Fisher, 7:10 Lynn McFarland, 7:11 Sue Burris, 7:12 Judy Feher, 7:15 Larry Iberg Row 6-6:1 JW Jordan 6:3 Susie Beard, 6:4 Diane Jackson 6:5 Linda Reavis, 6:7 Becky Huck, 6:9 Ronnie Volkmar, 6:11 Susan Rasler, 6:12 Patty Harford, 6:13 Carla Clover Row 5 - 5:1 Gene Talbot, 5:3 Elaine Slaughter, 5:7 Danny Clymer, 5:8 Terry O'Dell, 5:10 Lewie Williams, 5:11 Mike Bishop, 5:12 Stu Couvey, 5:14 Rick Coget, 5:17 Jay Young, 5:18 Joe Webb, 5:19 Bob Kelly, 5:20 Paul Sidwell Row 4 - 4:6 Rose Motzer, 4:7 Linda Kious, 4:8 Vicky Wall, 4:9 Diane Susenbach, 4:10 Linda Sutton, 4:11 Linda Smith, 4:12 Ruth Blankenship, 4:13 Kathy Peebles, 4:14 Nancy Sloan, 4:15 Dolly Black, 4:16 Steele Twin Row 3 - 3:1 Charlie Greer (numbers disregard kid peeking over his shoulder), 3:3 Barb Haley, 3:4 Normae Dorsch, 3:5 Janet Van Horn, 3:6 Janet Cothern, 3:7 Diana Rafferty, 3:8 Karla Knichel, 3:13 Janet Greenlee, 3:14 Joan Crafton 3:16 Steele Twin, 3:17 Gayle Wakefield Row 2 - 2:2 Art Jordan 2:3 Jane Day, 2:7 Mike Jackson, 2:8 Danny Williams, 2:9 Mike Heston, 2:11 Mickie Rector 2:13 Melissa Sefton, 2:14 Jeannie Kious Row 1 - 1:3 Ray Fulton, 1:9 Max Sussenbach, 1:10 Tim Callison, 1:11 David Hargrave, 1:12 Jim Merry, 1:13 Denny Hamel, 1:16 Lloyd Grafford.
Faculty on the right : woman seated at end of row 1 - Phyllis Pinnick; older women at end of row 2 -Evelyn Cook, Dorothy Jackson; man and woman between row 2 and 3 Gene and Leosha Schmidt;

Life Recruit Week, 1963 Rare color photos.

On the right in stripes is Diane Jackson

1:6 Barbara Haley, 1:7 Normae Dorsch, 1:8 Mickey Dildine, 1:9 Sue Harris, 1:12 Joyce Mains,1:23 Dolly Black 2:1 Cindy Hardin (?), 2:2 David Hargrave, 2:3 Kay Wiseman, 2:6 Ruth Blankenship, 2:7 Linda Stovall, 2:9 Sandy Revisky,The rest treated as one staggered row, ...3:3 Judy Feher, 3:5 Janet Cothern, 3:6 Sandi Heston, 3:7 Gayle Wakefield, 2:8 Terry O'Dell, 3:9 Larry Zumwalt,3:10 Susan Burris(?), 3:11 Woody Fisher, 3:14 Becky Huck, 3:17 Linda Harris behind her Lynn McFarland, 3:19 Ruth Huck, 3:20 George McCarty, 3:24 Steele twin, 3:25 Wayne Black, 3:26 Steele twin

Yellow shirt kid is Wayne Black. To his right and behind, the darkhaired kid in white whirt and black pants and loafers is Rick Coget.

l-r Ronnie Volkmar, Karla Knichel, Terri O'Dell, Cindy Hardin, ???

Luke Perrine teaching. Frony row, yellow shirt is Wayne Black, red sweatshirt on end of row is George McCarty. 3rd row boy with glasses is Dan Clymer. Boy and Girl on right of that row are Gayle Wakefield and Terry O'Dell.

Wayne Black in yellow, George McCarty in red on right end. Dan Clymer in center with glasses. Dark headed boy way in the back is Tim Callison.

It is possible these are shots of a Life Recruit Week. These came from colored negatives that have had some rough treatment. I guess I should be surprised that all these negatives have survived, not only the years, but three moves. - Frank Bush It isn't that color wasn't available, but Frank took most shots in black and white so they could be used in publicity materials, and so it was easier to develop in the basement darkroom at the parsonage in Greenville.

Camp Directors in approx 1956

Here are some of the early directors of the camp. Back row L to R; Don Hargrave, Paul Morisson, Max Pope. , Dick Thayer, Bill Griffin, Pop Smith, Bill Schroder. Front row: Dan Diamond, Ralph Elsworth, ???, Frank Bush, Alvin Thompson, and Bob Kinney. Frank Bush recalls that, "My first association with Bond Christian Service Camp was the summer of 1954. At this time it was called Bond County Christian Service Camp and the only buildings on the grounds were a kitchen/dining hall, boys’ and girls’ dorms with three-hole outhouses behind, another outhouse by the kitchen, and a dean’s office building. There was another older building that later was used nurses or missionary quarters. Water was always a problem. Charles Altom and Don Paine, deacons of the Greenville Christian Church, spearheaded the effort to dig a well.

"We began a ministry in Greenville on Palm Sunday of 1955. Soon after beginning my ministry I met with the other preachers of Bond County to plan the summer camp program of 1955. It was during this and other meetings that I began to realize that this camp would never reach its potential the way it was organized. After the 1955 season the preachers met and we discussed opening up the membership of the camp so that more churches could be involved. I had two previous camp experiences – one with the Lake Springfield Christian Assembly whose camp was owned and operated by the West Side Church of Christ in Springfield and the second, Hanging Rock Christian Assembly, owned and operated by area churches. In order to have sufficient funds and campers I felt the camp organization needed to be opened up to the area churches, which in turn would provide campers, funds and workers. In the fall of 1955 we contacted all the area churches and offered them the opportunity to join the camp organization and be equal partners with the churches in Bond County. We got a positive response from many of the churches. "