Thanks to George Juris Zommers for sharing these Camp Meacham pictures with Northern Kentucky Views.  Mr. Zommers' family worked  at the camp in the early to mid fifties.  More on the family is here, and some of his recollections about Camp Meacham are here.

   

Canoeing, 1952

 

          

left, Ferrell House and Camp Entrance
center & right, Camp Meacham

 

 

YMCA Camp Meacham, Mentor

 

 

            

Camp Staff, 1955 and 1956

 

    

left, Cabins & Infirmary on left; River to the right; Pool straight ahead
center, Camp Directors Home
right, Caretaker's Home (Zommers Home)

 

          

left, Camp water tower, 1952
right, dining on the porch, 1953
 


 

College Teams used the camp for training on weekends after summer camps

 

 

left, Director's House at the left; tennis at the right, 1953
right, Campers at cabin #15, arranging bedding

 

     

View from Woodcraft Hill, 1954

 

 

Cabins where the older campers stayed, 1955

 

      

left, High water on the Ohio
Center, Floods make it easier to get around camp
right, "Egypt," (showers and toilets)


 

     

Goldfish Pond, 1954

 

             

left, Baseball field. 1952
right, Caretaker's Home (Zommers' House)

 

Camp neighbor Nelson Thomas frees a stuck bus.

 

     

Mess Hall, 1952

     

   

"Dad kept bees.  And cows. And pigs.  And chickens. And rabbits."  1953

 

The Zommers Family
front, George Juris Zommers; Andy Andris Zommers; Ves Viesturs Zommers
back, Hermanis Zommers; Milda Zommers; John Janis Zommers

   

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