A SLIDESHOW THROUGH

TIME

In the beginning….July 1st 1947

Trustees of the Steubenville District of the North-East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church, signed the first lease for the original

17 acres of Camp Aldersgate.

The lease was signed by:

Charles Fellows, Trustee PresidentS.M. Floyd, Secretary / Treasure

M.L. PughClayton Tope

Norman DetwilerDr. Paul Carter, District Superintendent

The next slide is:

Camp Aldersgate in September 1947

Currently, the first known pictures of Aldersgate. The people in the picture are

standing about where our current cabin 5 is located. They are looking out over what is

now our waterfront.

September 1947 pic overlooking waterfront

These next several slides show some of the building on camp. One picture is from our past and the other picture shows the building as it looked in 2006.

The Dining Hall of

Yesteryear,

The Dining Hall of Today

The Indoor Chapel of

Yesteryear.

The Indoor Chapel of

Today

Cabin One of Yesteryear

Cabin One of Today

Guys who built Aldersgate. Seated at the location of our current

maintenance shop.

Youth Musical, Directing Marie Ray

Dee Horstman

Looking at the Kitchen from a bedroom window from Horstman

lodge. This is late 1950’s.

The Basketball court, before there was a basketball court….cool.

Harry Horstman and some people. Notice the old Arts and Crafts shed behind them…yep…it no longer is there.

Harry Horstman driving the boat, and Pearl Johnson seated to the right of the picture.

The swimming area in the early 1960’s

We will now show some other slides from our past. After each slide, you will find a copy of the slide with boxes and labels to show were things are today; hopefully you will be able to see how things have changed.

Enjoy

This is were cabin five is today.

This is were the canoe launch is today

This is were cabin eight is today.

Waterfront steps

Were Cabin five is today

Were Cabin eight is today

Canoe Launch

Waterfront Steps

Dorm

Not really sure who they are, if you do, please let us know

Activity Center, usto be named the Indoor Chapel

The Dining Hall.

Cabin 5Activity Center

Cabin 8

Canoe Launch

In this picture, you would be standing at the bottom of our waterfront steps today looking out over the lake.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SLIDES, LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.

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