Sheryl Beisman left bottom row, (1973-78) still has a family lake house on Lake Lobdell in Fenton, which was a huge part of her life and a natural extension of camp. Marsha Garber still owns a place on a lake in Glen Arbor, and developed a love for campfires and singing at camp in 1964. Pam Wintermute […]
Minette Jacques
Sentimental Saves—
Many of the special memories from camp were preserved in copies of the “Loon” from the beginning years at camp. Not only were there many copies in the Bay City YWCA archives, but campers saved them and many donated them for reference for the history. Along with the little newsletters, photos from camp (both professional […]
Elemental Garments and Hair Don’t Care–
“Every camp session yielded a copy of the goings-on of the campers in a newsletter, aptly named the “Loon”. It was usually a tongue in cheek review of what went on in each hut, activities of the days at camp and humorous stories relaying such things as deep dark secrets, anecdotes of the date and […]
Were We A Clique?
Were they a clique if they knew each other? Or were they just friends who happened to all want to go to camp together? Ann Ward (1958-61), Barb Ballor, Rosemary Orgren, Renee Dean and Jan Haynes were known as the Linwood girls, along with a handful of others. “I was fairly quiet until I got […]
Having My Sister There—
Elaine is the oldest of the three Engibous sisters and was friends with Beth Swift during her growing up years. Doris, fourteen months younger, and Judy, ten years younger, were all Maqua campers. (Ironically, Elaine ended up marrying Beth’s older brother and they must have always felt like family, since Beth had been in […]
Someone Who Knew Someone—
Someone knew someone who knew someone who said Camp Maqua was the best. Either a mother, aunt, friend, cousin or sister would recruit future campers to enjoy the experiences they found to be so positive. Some would remain friends their entire lives and others lost touch. “It was a huge part of our lives. We […]