CPS Camp Number 112

CPS Camp Number 112

Technical Agency: Agriculture Experiment Station

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 112, an Agriculture Experiment Station unit located at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan operated by the Brethren Service Committee, opened in July 1943 and closed in April 1946. The men, assigned primarily in the dairy and soils science departments, worked in college barns with the herd, in the soil testing laboratory or in extension work across the state.

CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Leon Livingston, works in creamery, home is New Weston, Ohio, belongs to Church of Brethren and was a farmer before being drafted; Virgil Mousa, works in creamery, his home was in Lima, Ohio, belongs to Baptist church and was a metal worker before being drafter.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Robert Fulmer, ecperiment dairy barn, home is Elkhart Indiana, is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was a cabinet maker when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Robert Frantz, dairy products laboratory, his home is Holmsville, Nebraska, is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was a student when drafted; Donald Brumbaugh, dairy manufacturing research laboratory, his home was Fruita, Colorado, he is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was Superintdendent of Grand Valley Union High School when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Ray Noffsinger, works in soils greenhouse, his home is Dayton, Ohio, is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was a student when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
James Guthrie, works in creamery, ice cream room, home is Metamora, Ohio, is member of the Church of the Brethren and was greenhouse shipping clerk when drafted; Loyal Loucks, ice cream room, creamery, home is Wakarusa, Indiana, belongs to the Church of the Brethren and was a cabinet maker when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Charles Hoover, works in main dairy barn, his home is Roraker, Indiana, is a member of the Church of the Brethren, was lumber and coal dealer's assistant when drafted; Eugene Lenker, main dairy barn, home is Rossburg, Ohio, is member of the Church of the Brethren and was a farmer when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Daniel Hollinger, works on soild experimental farm, his home is Versailles, Ohio, is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was a teacher farmer when drafted.
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CPS Camp No. 112
CPS Camp No. 112, East Lansing Michigan.
Elby Wilson, works in soils testing laboratory,hi home is Weyer's Cave. Virginia, is a member of the Church of the Brethren and was a teacher when drafted.
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Units:

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  • Location: East Lansing, Michigan | Opened: July 1943 | Closed: April 1946