How many of you could identify the era a girl camped by the expressions, slang or sayings of the times? If you can’t remember some of the famous ones, go to this site for a memory refresher—-http://people.howstuffworks.com/53-slang-terms-by-decade6.htm Judy Alcorn wrote the famous sayings in 1947 for the “Loon”, which included Dona Johnson’s “We never do […]
Ann Obey
Sixties Staffing and Issues #9
The camp aides were Sue Purdue, Sandra Hines, and Norma Hancock. “It was Super’s first year as a staff member,” she wrote,” and this is not always an easy transition to make from camper especially when your friends are here, but Sue hurdled this part of growing up and did eventually become a full fledge staff member.” She […]
Sixties Staffing and Issues #8
Laurie Cone was a kitchen aide for the first time in 1966. Her room was in the lodge as a kitchen aide and at fourteen, she was the same age as many of the campers. Laurie’s older sister Tally, was in Senior Village the summer she attended Maqua for the first time. It was 1962 and she […]