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Blue Mountian Academy Yearbook - 1978 - Blue Mountain Academy

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The new owners of the <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong><br />

Springs Dairy was the East Pennsylvania<br />

Conference. The land they<br />

owned consisted of 667 of land, 169<br />

head of cattle, and a full line of farm<br />

equipment.<br />

During the first year, the Building<br />

Fund's staggering sum was nearly<br />

$220,000.00.<br />

May 3 and 10, 1953, were the first<br />

official visiting days to the new school<br />

property. More than 500 people toured<br />

the grounds of the anxiously-awaited<br />

land of their school.<br />

April 4, 19 54, waa the official<br />

"Ground-Breaking Day." The people<br />

who participated in this event were: W.<br />

B. Ochs, Charlene Snyder, D. A. Ochs,<br />

E. A. Robertson, David Martin, Harold<br />

S. Campbell, and T. E. Unruh.<br />

Soon excuvation was begun and<br />

then the construction of the buildings<br />

commenced. The Girl's Dorm, the<br />

Boy's Dorm, and the Dining Hall, were<br />

completed on March 1; 19 55. School<br />

began in the Fall!

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