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D153746-25R
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- 1968-06-10 (Creation)
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First camp day at Camp Murray. Campers and counselors listen to a guitarist, possibly Susan Pearson, on American Lake at the first day of summer camp. On April 18, 1968, Governor Dan Evans announced that Camp Murray, a state National Guard post, would be made available for a free 12-week summer camp for 3000 Tacoma-area youngsters. The camp would run from June 10th to September 1st. The camp, administered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc., would be open for enrollment for ages 7-21. Recruitment would be made through the five Multi-Service centers of the O.D.I. Although a warning sign still remains that the beach area is closed, the Tacoma Neighborhood Youth Corps, funded by the O.D.I., had fixed up the beach prior to the campers' arrival as the beach had not been used by the National Guard for two years. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 4-18-68, B-12, TNT 6-16-68, B-5)
Camps--Camp Murray; Camp Murray (Wash.); American Lake (Wash.); Guitars;