Dedication of Camp Ken Teter
Title
Dedication of Camp Ken Teter
Description
Photo was taken at the dedication of Camp Ken Teter , in honor of Ken and Eunice Teter . Kenneth Teter was a lifelong Vancouver resident who was born July 1 , 1916 and passed away in November 1996 . He married Eunice M . Teter , who was from Montana , and had one son , Eugene Clark Teter , in 1944 . He worked 28 years for the Spokane , Portland and Seattle (S.P.&S.) Railway , except for a stint in the United States Navy during World War II . After the war , Teter purchased and ran the iconic store in Cougar , Washington (Cowlitz County) for three years . An active citizen , Teter was a Vancouver City Councilman from 1956-1963 , and served as the Clark County Commissioner from 1963-1967 . His many community ties included being a member of the Minnehaha Grange , the B.P.O . Elks Vancouver Lodge 823 , and Eagle Scout and Troop Leader in the Boy Scouts . The Teters contributed more than $100,000 to the Boy Scouts for development and maintenance of Camp Lewis . Teter's most visible contributions are his gifts of publi
Date
1993
Subject
People ; Teter ; ; Women ; Children ; Boys ; Boy Scouts ; Ceremonies ; Boy Scout Camps ; Dedications ; Uniforms ; Hats ; Wheelchairs
Type
Photographs
Coverage
United States--Washington (State)--Clark County--Vancouver
Collection Source
Clark County Historical Museum Photographs
Object Identifier
P48.20.7
Accession Number
2013.41
Catalog Number
2013.41.2.38
Repository
Clark County Historical Museum; http://www.cchmuseum.org
Relation
Teter Collection
Contributors
Washington State University Vancouver Library; http://library.vancouver.wsu.edu/
Project Identifier
Washington State University Vancouver Library
Language
cchm13866.tif
Physical Description
4 x 6 in.
Format
Original images were scanned as 600 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 100 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
Rights
To request a copy and permission to use this image, contact the Clark County Historical Museum at 1511 Main Street, Vancouver WA 98660 360.993.5679 or visit www.cchmuseum.org.
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