Blue Mountian Academy Yearbook - 1978 - Blue Mountain Academy
Blue Mountian Academy Yearbook - 1978 - Blue Mountain Academy
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!