SUMMER 1969

Year One Camp One: The Solemn Camp

With the notable exception of the bottom row, fourth from the left, most of these people seem ready for their last meal. I remember it being more fun than that, when it wasn’t exhausting. I also recall playing with the campfire quite a bit after sundown/bedtime.

Staff people from left to right: Phil Elsworthy (on the ground), Patricia Connor, Ed Hale, Liz Nelson, James Allen, Bernadine Roslyn, Brenda Wilson, Bill Aird, Ross Taylor, Johanna Faulk, David Papazian, Betty Burcher

Year One Camp Two: The Not at All Solemn Camp

Fuelled by endless trips to a doughnut shop on Weber Street, the staff people here could be seen as sugar excess personified.

I am informed that one staff person split to attend Woodstock; bonus points for successfully guessing which one.

Also noteworthy is the fact that the staff person wearing the horizontal striped dress in the middle of the photo has not changed a bit. 

Staff people from left to right: Ed Hale, Patricia Connor, Johanna Faulk, Betty Burcher (on the ground), Phil Elsworthy, Liz Nelson, Larry Burko, Ross Taylor, Bernadine Roslyn, Bill Aird, Brenda Wilson, James Allen, Larry Caesar, Charlotte von Bezold, David Papazian, Barbara Beckerman

SUMMER 1970

Year Two Camp One: The Only Photo?

I do not believe this is where the camper clubbed the groundhog to death and led a Lord of the Flies-style parade back to camp with the carcass on a stick. That would have been Camp Two and no photos exist, to my knowledge. The brackish Lake Columbia, which appears in the background, was well used always thanks to a canoe or two we scored from somewhere.

Ground level staff people from left to right: Janice Lee Williams, John Moss, Eleanor Hyodo, John Koop

Standing staff people from left to right: Bonita Clarke, Lynda, James Allen, Charlotte von Bezold, Rosco Bell, Bill Jackson, Max Newby, Ronnie Martin, Larry Caesar, Inge Eckerich, Rich Hastings, Jim Hunter