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March 29, 1918
Carrizozo News
Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico
What is this article about?
Morris Isaacs, 57, from Cincinnati, OH, gives up business to volunteer unpaid for YMCA at Camp Sheridan, AL, supporting troops and his son, Capt. Stanley Isaacs; organizes events, raises $4,000 for coliseum.
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Fifty-seven years old, yet as spry as almost any soldier in camp, of the Jewish faith, yet giving all his time to Young Men's Christian Association work, Morris Isaacs of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been the subject of more than one question at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, where the Ohio National Guardmen are encamped.
"Why does he do it?" ask his fellow-citizens of Cincinnati, knowing that Mr. Isaacs gave up a profitable business, and that he is engaging in Red Triangle work without salary, paying his own expenses in the camp where his only son is captain.
There are two reasons, and Morris Isaacs is willing to give them both.
"Love for my boy, and love for the army Y. M. C. A. which serves our boys wherever they go with the colors," he says.
Mr. Isaacs is one of the leading figures in the recreative life at Camp Sheridan. He arranges the boxing shows, figures out the entertainments, and raises money whenever the special Army Y. M. C. A. fund at Camp Sheridan gets slim.
Something like $3,500 was needed to finish equipping the new Red Triangle Coliseum, the largest building in any training camp in the country. Mr. Isaacs entrained for Cincinnati, and in less than one day raised $4,000.
His son, Captain Stanley Isaacs, of Company K of the old First Ohio Regiment, was recently notified of impending transfer at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
"I want to continue in the Y. M. C. A. service wherever I go, serving without compensation, except the good will of the boys."
Mr. Isaacs told the Army Y. M. C. A. secretary at Camp Sheridan, A. G. Bookwalter, former general secretary of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. "I will remain with you till we get the 'Buckeye' Coliseum in shape, but then I would like permission to follow my boy."
The military authorities, appreciating the value of Mr. Isaacs' work at Camp Sheridan, and also his wish to be near his only son, have permitted Captain Isaacs to remain with the Ohio regiment.
Mr. Isaacs wants to go to France as an Army Y. M. C. A. worker when his son is ordered over-seas.
Fifty-seven years old, yet as spry as almost any soldier in camp, of the Jewish faith, yet giving all his time to Young Men's Christian Association work, Morris Isaacs of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been the subject of more than one question at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, where the Ohio National Guardmen are encamped.
"Why does he do it?" ask his fellow-citizens of Cincinnati, knowing that Mr. Isaacs gave up a profitable business, and that he is engaging in Red Triangle work without salary, paying his own expenses in the camp where his only son is captain.
There are two reasons, and Morris Isaacs is willing to give them both.
"Love for my boy, and love for the army Y. M. C. A. which serves our boys wherever they go with the colors," he says.
Mr. Isaacs is one of the leading figures in the recreative life at Camp Sheridan. He arranges the boxing shows, figures out the entertainments, and raises money whenever the special Army Y. M. C. A. fund at Camp Sheridan gets slim.
Something like $3,500 was needed to finish equipping the new Red Triangle Coliseum, the largest building in any training camp in the country. Mr. Isaacs entrained for Cincinnati, and in less than one day raised $4,000.
His son, Captain Stanley Isaacs, of Company K of the old First Ohio Regiment, was recently notified of impending transfer at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
"I want to continue in the Y. M. C. A. service wherever I go, serving without compensation, except the good will of the boys."
Mr. Isaacs told the Army Y. M. C. A. secretary at Camp Sheridan, A. G. Bookwalter, former general secretary of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. "I will remain with you till we get the 'Buckeye' Coliseum in shape, but then I would like permission to follow my boy."
The military authorities, appreciating the value of Mr. Isaacs' work at Camp Sheridan, and also his wish to be near his only son, have permitted Captain Isaacs to remain with the Ohio regiment.
Mr. Isaacs wants to go to France as an Army Y. M. C. A. worker when his son is ordered over-seas.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Heroic Act
What themes does it cover?
Family
Bravery Heroism
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Ymca Volunteer
World War I
Cincinnati
Camp Sheridan
Father Son
Fundraising
Red Triangle
What entities or persons were involved?
Morris Isaacs
Captain Stanley Isaacs
A. G. Bookwalter
Where did it happen?
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama
Story Details
Key Persons
Morris Isaacs
Captain Stanley Isaacs
A. G. Bookwalter
Location
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama
Story Details
Morris Isaacs, 57-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio, volunteers unpaid for Army YMCA at Camp Sheridan to be near his son, Captain Stanley Isaacs, organizes entertainments, raises $4,000 for coliseum, plans to follow son and go to France.