The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., October 7, 1954, page 4

BUS GIVEN TO CAMP COLUMBIA

     Re-conditioned by Eagles Aerie No. 1 of Seattle, a fully-equipped school bus from an anonymous donor was presented to Camp Columbia last week.  The bus is emblazoned with Eagle insignia.
     Received from Olympia Aerie was a full set of instruments for Boys Town to organize a drum and bugle corps.  In behalf of the Well Drillers Assn. of Oregon and Washington, President Myers of Kirkland has pledged his members to drill a well at the Camp to safeguard its new building from fire.
     A recently distinguished visitor was Professor Verrall of the U of W.'s music department.  During the Professor's three-day visit he gave an evening’s concert of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, not to mention being helpful in other ways.
     Although Verrall is an accomplished pianist, composer and champion chess player, Major Blake also admires his other talents: cooking, plumbing, digging ditch and washing dishes.
     The Major requests that motorists use a little more judgments about picking up his boys.  They appreciate a ride from town to the camp, but going the other way is sometimes another matter.  Several of his charges are habitual runaways.  Giving them a lift in the opposite direction prevents the Major’s catching up.