by Tom Vance

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: A Dream Comes True

CHAPTER TWO: Camp Takes Shape

CHAPTER THREE: The Camp Routine

CHAPTER FOUR: Frank Cheley as "The Chief"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Privately printed as a 32-page booklet (Indianapolis, 1984) for Camp Eberhart's 75th Anniversary.
Revised for web site posting for Camp Eberhart's 90th Anniversary (Kalamazoo, 1999).

DEDICATION: For Kelly

About the author: Tom Vance, a South Bend native and former Eberhart camper and counselor (and current member of the Eberhart Regional Board), researched and wrote this booklet while serving as a captain in the Army with the 1st Armored Division in Ansbach, Germany (conducting research through the mail before e-mail or the internet). A 1978 graduate of Western Michigan University, he works in public relations, living in Kalamazoo, Michigan with his wife and daughter, continuing his military service as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserve.