FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September
20, 1996
PLANS SET FOR CAMP
TUSCAZOAR MUSEUM DEDICATION
ZOARVILLE, Ohio -- The Camp Tuscazoar
Foundation will officially dedicate the W. C. Moorhead Museum on
Sunday, October 6. The formal program will begin at 3 p.m., and
will include brief comments from area dignitaries, a
ribbon-cutting ceremony and a few surprises. Guests are urged to
bring lawn chairs.
"The museum's completion is a dream come
true for Cece Moorhead and all those who have camped at Tuscazoar," said Ted Novak, president of the Camp Tuscazoar
Foundation.
Since 1920, scouts and other youth groups have
hiked and camped at Camp Tuscazoar. The camp's growth closely
paralleled the growth of area scouting. The museum will contain
memorabilia dating from Camp Tuscazoar's earliest days to the
present.
W. C. "Cece" Moorhead served on the
Camp Tuscazoar summer camp staff from 1927 to 1946. He was the
camp's first ranger from 1929 to 1938 and was summer camp
director from 1938 to 1945. He retired from his professional
scouting career in 1970, but remained active in scouting. In
1992, Cece was elected a trustee with the Camp Tuscazoar
Foundation, and was named the organization's first trustee
emeritus in 1993.
Prior to his death in 1993, Cece established a
trust fund to help construct a scouting museum at Camp Tuscazoar.
The Foundation used these funds to begin construction.
The log cabin, located just north of the camp
parking lot, will house the museum and trading post. The cabin
will also serve as a check-in point on special event weekends.
The Foundation continues to solicit memorabilia
for the museum. Artifacts, photos, patches, neckerchiefs and
other items can be donated for permanent display or loaned for
temporary display. For more information regarding the museum
dedication or the donation of materials, please call the camp at
330-859-2288 or Ted Novak at 330-478-2511.
The Camp Tuscazoar Foundation, Inc. is an Ohio
non-profit corporation founded in 1986 for the purpose of
purchasing, maintaining and perpetuating Camp Tuscazoar for use
by scouts, church groups, school groups and other community youth
organizations. Camp Tuscazoar is located on Tuscarawas County
Road 83, two miles west of Zoar, near Zoarville.
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