Blue Mountain Academy - Echoes Yearbook (Hamburg, PA)

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J. Lee Bausher, former owner of the Blue Mountain Academy farms, hands over the deed to T. Edgar Unruh, president of the conference, as R. E. Spangle, former secre- tary-treasurer, hands over the check to pay for the property. Looking on are the attor- neys for both parties. Possession was given on April 1, 1953. , if Students and teachers of Philadelphia Academy meet on the campus site of Blue Mountain Academy during a visiting day in May, 1953. More than 500 people toured the grounds, pausing on this spot to offer a prayer of thanksgiving and to dedicate their resources to the accomplishment of the task.

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On Sunday, May 11, 1952, the Constituency meeting delegation of the East Penn- sylvania Conference confirmed an action of 1948 to launch a boarding academy project. The picture above shows the delegate group. On Tuesday, September 16, 1952, the Great Decision to purchase the land was made by the Conference Educational Expansion Committee, shown at left. The group includes a delegate from each district, the Con- ference Committee, and representa- tives of the Columbia Union Con- ference and the General Conference

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S V S i W. B. Ochs, D. A. Ochs, V. A. Fenn, T. E. Unruh. GROUND - BREAKING CEREMONIES April 4, l954 Wielding the shovels are, left to right: W. B. Ochs, Charlene Snyder, D. A. Ochs, E. A. Robertson, David Martin, Harold S. Campbell, and T. E. Unruh. l 2 s