Civilian Public Service Camp (Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania, USA)

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CPS men planting trees. Scan courtesy Mennonite Church USA <br/> Archives-Goshen Mennonite Church USA <br/> Archives-Goshen Mennonite Church USA <br/> Archives-Goshen Mennonite Church USA <br/> Archives-Goshen Mennonite Church USA <br/> Archives-Goshen Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen IX-13-2-2

Sideling Hill Civilian Public Service Camp No. 20, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania, operated by the Mennonite Central Committee, was opened in October 1941 and closed in October 1944. The work project was divided between landscaping and erosion control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and soil conservation. The camp had a capacity of 120 men.


Bibliography

Gingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace. Akron, 1949: 121.



Author(s) Melvin Gingerich
Date Published 1959

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Gingerich, Melvin. "Civilian Public Service Camp (Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Camp_(Wells_Tannery,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=68090.

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Gingerich, Melvin. (1959). Civilian Public Service Camp (Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Camp_(Wells_Tannery,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=68090.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 523. All rights reserved.


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