Bound Volumes/Hometown History
February 22, 2024
90 YEARS AGO
February 1934
40 YEARS AGO
The computer is going to summer camp. James LeMonn, a spokesman for the American Camping Association said his organization’s “Parents Guide” for 1984 lists 180 camps with computer instruction programs. The fad started about two years ago, he said. “We view it as a temporary phenomenon,” LeMonn said. He pointed out that camps providing foreign language classes were very popular in the 1950s. When schools started including more complete language programs, the camps faded. He predicts the same thing will happen with computers. LeMonn said there are a handful of camps operated by computer manufacturers where each camper has a terminal and there is intensive instruction. For most of the camps, the computer instruction is but one of many opportunities offered. Computers notwithstanding LeMonn said the prime purpose of camping remains unchanged: “The real focus is group-living in the out-of-doors.”
February 1984
30 YEARS AGO
A 50 by 50 foot square stained glass window installation in the new Temple of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Independence, Missouri is a collaborative work that included Douglas Hallberg of Oneonta and David Wilson of South New Berlin. The piece, designed by Wilson with the aid of a computer, is titled “The Field is White Already to Harvest.” Hallberg, with the help of Walter Riesen, and working under Wilson’s supervision, cut the glass for the window’s individual units, a difficult process aided by use of a water jet glass cutter that generates 55,000 pounds of pressure per square inch.
February 1994
20 YEARS AGO
On March 2, the Susquehanna Chapter of the Foot-Loose Adirondack Mountain Club will sponsor a ski, walk, or snowshoe outing at the State University College at Oneonta camp, depending on conditions. The outing will be led by Lucille Wiggin. Participants should bring lunch. On March 6, Joe Seroka will lead an all-day cross-country ski outing to Cherry Valley.
February 2004
