CPS Unit Number 097-19

CPS Unit Number 097-19

Camp: 97

Unit ID: 19

Operating agency: MCC

Opened: 5 1943

Closed: 10 1946

Workers

Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 0

  • CPS Camp No. 97 subunit 15
    CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 15, Delaware County New York
    Ora Foshee, on farm of C.J. Rost, August 1943, Hobart, N.Y.
    Digital Image © 2011 Brethren Historical Library and Archives. All Rights Reserved.
    August 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 97
    CPS Camp No. 97
    Civilian Public Service, camp 97, Michigan. Cows in a dairy barn.
    Box 2, Folder 15. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
  • CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
    CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
    The Dairy Diary was a special publication at Camp 97 which included contributions from the CPS dairy workers.
    Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  • CPS Camp No. 97 subunit 15
    August 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 97
  • CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
Summary:

CPS Unit No. 97, subunit 19, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, was operated by the Mennonite Central Committee.

Location:
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Camp staff:

On May 11, 1943, fifteen men reported for work on farms in Cuyahoga County to the unit.

 

Raymond L. Hartzler, area supervisor, administered the Ohio and Michigan counties from Adrian, Michigan.  Mrs. Raymond L. Hartzler served as matron at the Adrian headquarters.

 

In August, MCC appointed Hartzler as middle states area supervisor and pastor.  Orin Beechy became the regional supervisor in September, while John P. Duerksen followed Hartzler as middle states area supervisor.

 

When Wisconsin was added to the Ohio-Michigan area, Titus H. Horning supervised the area.