Identifier: upliftserial55110ston (find matches)
Title: The uplift (serial)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.)
Subjects: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.) Reformatories Juvenile detention homes
Publisher: Concord, N.C. : Board of Trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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theidea that he was a Christian. He mentioned that all boys could not be ma-jor leaguers, could not always be all-stars, but every boy could be a cleanliving Christian. Bobby told the boys that quite often, before ball gamessome of the other Yankees would ask him to be in charge of devotionalsBobby said that he thought he was a good father to his boys, his own sons,but that he was sure that he could be a better one. Bobby left baseball inorder to devote more time to his sons, and to work with other boys morethan was possible while he was playing ball, Bobby is now in the insura-nce business,., but travels and makes many talks just as he did for the boysat Jackson. Some of the boys from Jackson had the chance to hear Bobbyagain that evening as he was appearing in Kannapolls with the Leightonford Crusade. ^ \Vne Uplift thanks Bobby Richardson for coming to Jackson and alsocongratulates him on the fine work he is doing with young people. 24 THE UPLIFT I FOUR CELEBRITIES AT GOVERNORS DAY
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L To R. Bobby Richardson, Former New York Yankee, Ball Player;Gov. Dan K. Moore; Superintendent Hoyt O. Sloop of Jackson; AndCommissioner Blaine M. Madison. THE UPLIFT 25 NEW STAFF DEVELOPMENT CENTER OPENS Co-ordinated with the visit of Governor Moore to the campus at Jac-son was the opening of the new Staff Developnnent Center. It was decidedsome time ago that all workshops in the future would be held at Jackson,but an appropriate place had to be found. With the Maintainance men andthe boys in their charge working like beavers the new center was com-pleted in time for the Cottage Counselors Workshop. This was a truly greatday in the life of Jackson. The old Cottage Sixteen was chosen as the building to be used forthis purpose. Mr. Voncannon, Mr. Drye, Mr. Petrea, Mr. Blakely, Mr. Burr-is, Mr. Carrol, and maybe some other men, with their boys had a deadlineto meet and they met it. The entire interior portion of the old cottage wasrenovated, plumbing added for living quaters, floors sa

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