CPS Unit Number 097-04

CPS Unit Number 097-04

Camp: 97

Unit ID: 4

Operating agency: BSC

Opened: 5 1943

Closed: 10 1946

Workers

Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 2

  • 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 4, located in McHenry County, Illinois, was operated by the Brethren Service Committee.

 

The Brethren Service Committee sent periodic mailings to men in the dairy farm units in an effort to help overcome a sense of isolation.  A special publication, Dairy Diary included contributions from dairy workers in the CPS program.  The Brethren also sent the Gospel Messenger, devotional materials and abstracts of important CPS activities and events. 

 

Dairy News, published at the area headquarters in Adrian, Michigan also covered news for the Dairy Herd Testing CPS Unit No. 100 subunit 4, to keep men informed and connected.  It began in early 1945 and continued through April, 1946.

Location:
McHenry County, Illinois, United States