1957 High School Weeks

2nd HS wk 57 1:8 Claudia Price 1:10 Jonnie May 1:12 Lois Corbus 1:16 Merlene Hagler 1:17 Florene Paine 2:5 Cheryl Rush 2:10 Raye Linda Rush 2:11 Ronnie Lamb 3:3 ? Wilfong 3:8 ? Greenlee 3:12 Jim Ellston ? 3:15 Judy Parmenter 4:2 Daryl Terry 4:3 Dick Thayer 4:7 Bruce Parmenter 4:8 Charlie Wogman 4:9 Harold Oder 4:10 Don Paine 4:11 Max Whited

1st HS wk 57 1:1 Linda Boldt1:2 Ronnie Lamb 1:6 Connie 1:10 Judy? Ellsworth 1:11 Jane Reed 1:12 Marlyce Elam 1:13 Mrs. Ellen Reed 2:1 ? Boldt (sister to Linda) 2:5 Brenda Downen 2:13 Janet Elam 2:14 Mark Weaver 2:16 Carl Morhouse 3:1 Bob Longdon 3:5 Doris Corbus 3:6 Lana Tevis 3:12 Linda Altom 3:13 Frank Bush 4:1 Ronnie Siever 4:2 ? Bussman 4:3 Elmer McKean 4:6 Judy Dorris 4:7 Alice Schroeder 4:12 Dixie ?5:1 Ernie Lipple 5:3 Darryl Terry 5:4 Gaylen?5:5 Bob Kinney Jr. 5:6 Roger Elliott 5:7 Merle Melton

Some of Wilson Wiseman's shots, 1956 we think

1:11 Langel girl 1:13 Betty Turley 1:14 Danny Davis 1:20 Judy Paine 2:5 Mike Hendrix 2:10 Carol Paine 2:11 Langel boy 2:14 Sandy Schrumpf 3:18 Fred McKean 3:20 Whited girl? 3:21 Mark Weaver 4:8 Carl Mourhous 4:13 Frank Bush 4:14 Myra ? 4:15 Darryl Terry 4:17 Robert Longdon

1:7 Betty Turley 1:18 Carol Paine 2:1 Fred McKean 2:13 Colling girl 2:14 Lois Corbus 3:9 Elsworth girl 3:20 Russell Bone 4:1 S. Robert Johnston 4:5 Raye Linda Rush 4:8 Claudia Price 4: 9 Doris Corbus 4:10 Bill Stark 4:13 Cheryl Rush 5:1 Myra (?) 5:2 Frank Bush 5:12 Merle Melton 5:13 Carl Mourhous

1:3 Lois Corbus 1:13 Ron Holzhauer 1:21 Frank Bush 1:22 Paula Bush 2:1 Hershal Thompson 2:19 Ronnie Hagler 3:3 Merlene Hagler 3:7 Raye Linda Rush 3:8 Charlotte Schroeder 3:12 Mike Duft 3:13 Norman Ray 3:23 Mark Weaver 3:24 Deana Price 4:11 Roger Elliott (preacher from Herrick) 4:12 Mike Heston 4:13 Larry Iberg 4:14 Archie Fairbrother (missionary) 4:19 Carl Mourhous 4:25 Alice Schroeder 4:26 Janet Elam

1958 HS Group Shot

Possible identifications: 1:15 Rose Motzer 1:21 (end) Mike Bush, 3:1 Larry Roland 3:2 Norman Ray 3:4 RayLyn Wall 3:13 Mary Kinney 3:14 Elmer McKean 3:15 (striped) Mike Duft 3:17 (other striped) Ron Hagler 3:20 Frank Bush 3:21 Paula Bush 4:1 Mike Heston 4:3 Charlie Lee 5:2 Dick Thayer 5:4 Merle Melton 5:5 Jack Busby 5:7 Claudia Price 5:11 Mary Roodhouse (nurse) 5:16 Ray Goodman 5:17 Alvin Thompson 5:18 Bennett Roodhouse

1957 Groups

3:4 Dick Thayer3:5 Don Ray. Front of Don is Dixie S. (Schiller or something like that) and 2:5 in front of her is Charlotte Schroeder 3:6 Fred McKean.

Dick Thayer is the far left.

2:1 Charlie Lee (Preached at Witt)2:2 Charlene S (?)1:3 Donnie Williams (from G’vill–has preached at Williamsport, IN for more than 25 years) 1:7 June Price Philips 1:8 Deanna Price Sides

3:1 Elwood Beeman 3:3 Carol Lankston (Missionary to Mexico)1:10 Roselee Thacker1:11 Deanna Price Sides 1:7 Merlene Hagler (from Greenville)

Swimming, 1959

In first photo: Is woman on the beach in plaid dress June Price? Is guy walking out of water onto beach Tom Ewald? Is guy at far right up to his neck in water Norman Ray, it looks like his head?In second photo: girl w/o swim cap, leaning over to left is Joyce Mains. The man under attack is Charlie Greer. Mike Bush is in the foreground in a life jacket.

Stealing the Bell Clapper - Frank's recollections - 1959 Pics

"In the late 50's (56-59) one of the favorite pranks of campers was to steal the bell clapper. It was very frustrating to deans to ring the morning bell and have nothing happen when he pulled the rope. These pictures were taken in 1959. The first two were in broad daylight. I think one of the two culprits in the top picture was my niece Claudia Price. (Pop Smith is looking on on the right picture.) The picture on the left was taken at night with infrared film. The flash was covered with a filter that stopped all visible light, but emitted infrared light. After they stole the clapper, I had them pose with the prize.Preparing for 1960, we decided we had enough of this prank and had the clapper welded so it could not be removed. One group of campers did wrap it with burlap that muffled the sound. (Dad didn't identify the women holding the clapper. I recognize Debbie Rush's older sister Raye Linda Rush in the scarf and Charlotte Schroeder next to her.)

"Realizing the potential for problems we also opted for caution is another way. When the dam was built, we put in a drain pipe with the thought if we ever wanted to drain the lake, we could just open this valve. I had dreams about waking up some morning and the lake would be gone. So, we also welded the valve so campers couldn't open it."

1954 HS Group Shot

This 1954 High School group was shot by Wilson Wiseman. This was the year that Frank Bush served as Vesper Speaker. Bushes lived in Catlin at the time. Mike was just a baby, Paula 2 years old, and the family spent most of the time at Elams. 1:1 Claudia Price 1:7 Dennis Corley (The last time Frank saw him he was preaching in the Quincy area.) 2:3 Mrs. Elliot 2:4 Dean Elliot (at Herrick at the time). 2:5 Dean Schrumpf, 2:6 Ruth Schrumpf, 2:7 Mrs. Bartlett (she worked for Chr Standard and attended many camps) 2:8 Charley Wogman 2:10 Mark Weaver 2:11 Kay Hutchinson. 3:1 Frank Bush 3:4 Janet Elam 3:5 Doris Corbus, 3:6 Lana Tevis 3:8 Marlyce Elam 3:9 Alice Schroeder 4:3 Don Ray 4:11 Buddy Wisinger 4:12 Elmer McKean, 4:15 Tom McKean, 4:16 Roland Hurbert

From Frank: "Roger Elliot was the preacher at Herrick. He invited me to preach at a men's meeting in the spring of 1955. It was there that the pulpit committee from Greenville interviewed me."

2nd Pre-High, 1962

Frank Bush is dean. 3:3 is Fred Wiseman, 3:4 Jay Young, 3:13 Barb Haley, 3:19 Pat Heston, 4:1 June Price Philips, 4:11 Wanda Bowling, 4:12 Janet Elam, 4:15 Stu Couve, 4:16 Art Jordan maybe?, 5:1 Gil Schreiber, 5:2 Dan Bowling, 5:3 Alice Schroeder, 5:5 Wayne Black.

1957 - Swimming at the Vandalia Pool

Pic #1 Claudia Price is in the striped suit. The boy facing the camera is Mike Duft from Greenville. The man in the middle is Charlie Lee from Witt, IL. (You can see him a little better in #3–he is in the shadows in the first one.).In #2 Mary Kinney is on the right. The girl in the middle may be Diana Burris. The one beginning the dive is under discussion and may or may not be Marlyce Elam (see comments). Jack Busby is facing the camera in #3.

Now about Marlyce -- if you anonymous commenters would identify yourselves it is possible that one of you has more credibility than the other -- like Janet as a sister or Kay Wiseman as a cousin? You can identify yourselves and settle this ... if you will.

Kay says she doesn't think it is Marlyce. Frank Bush agrees, saying, "I think she might have been from Pana. Jack Busby preached there for a while. I remember seeing her at the BBall game when Greenville was playing. I cannot remember her name." Tom Ewald weighed in and said it looks more like his wife Janet than her sister. Swimming caps just confuse the issue!

Mike Heston adds, "The pictures of the Vandalia pool (we bussed kids there twice a week before building the lake) has a rather interesting story behind it. I believe it was Fourth Christian in St. Louis that brought several black kids to camp one week. I recall there being some concern about their being allowed to enter the Vandalia pool. Fortunately, there was no problem. I remember the older black guy was named Rufus and the one my age was Leroy (all ages were thrown together in the early days). Leroy and I became good friends and both dedicated our lives to full-time Christian service the week in question. I’ve often wondered what became of Leroy. It will be interesting to see if Frank has any pictures of those guys." Frank is still working through envelop after envelop of negatives, but he does remember that the Vandalia pool was segregated, but since we were a private party they let the camp bring all the campers regardless of race. The Civil Rights Act was still eight years away.

Life Recruit week 1958 by team -- Group 4 Remember to click to get a bigger picture to look at

1:2 Claudia Price Dorris, 1:5 Cy Burris (?) 2:2 Linda Altom, 2:5 Judy Ellsworth, 2:8 Joan Treadway, 3:1 Mike Heston, 3:2 Joe Feher, 3:3 Ronnie Lamb, 3:6 Larry Wiseley, 3:8 Mick Painter from Wood River; 3:9 Bill Griffin

Life Recruit Week 1958 by team - Group 3

1:8 June Endicott Price Philips, 2:7 Charlotte Schroeder, 3:4 John Griffin, 3:5 Dick Thayer, 3:6 Ronnie Hagler