“How I wanted a footlocker,” said Mary Obey (1957,1966-67). “You were considered in if you had one, and I finally got one.” Andrea Gale (1970-74) never had one, but said footlockers were a “huge thing and a huge status symbol”. Vicki Wynne-Parry (1965-68) had a green footlocker that her Dad bought her for years. She was […]
Month: October 2016
Arrival!
An early copy of “The Loon” was found in the Girl Reserves scrapbook dating back to 1937 with an article entitled “Arrival Day”, which gave a great vignette of what it must have been like for the new girls to land at camp. “About eleven o’clock Wednesday morning a few girls began to arrive one […]
Traditions On The Way–
When Beth Phillip’s parents drove her to camp in their pick-up truck (1972-78), there was a certain point where she would get so excited, because she felt like she was almost there. As they neared US 23 there was a pink tent and that was the landmark she waited to see! “My Mom and Grandma […]
Hop On The Bus!
“Camp Goers Too Busy To Worry About Weather” read the headline from a local Bay City newspaper pasted into the archival scrapbook. “Grade School Registered At Maqua Today: 25 Travel By Bus” was the second headline. “Too agog about going to camp to care about the gray weather, and too busy lugging crowded bags to […]