The Health Department Sanitation Record and Report form for the summer camp dated June 7,1960 listed Alice Bishop as the director. Under the toilet, lavatory and shower facilities heading, fourteen flush toilets were listed, with good ventilation, lighting and drainage. The camp committee met in June 1963 and authorized the purchase of one more Bradley […]
Randi Wynne-Parry
Strays and Pets—
Chipmunks—those cute little critters that scamper around the camp like little adorable pets—but can create such damage! Randi Wynne-Parry was totally obsessed with them while she was camping 1969-73, and still owns her fuzzy, faded photos of the chipmunks she fed. Chipmunks would find their way into the huts and create havoc. “One morning we […]
Giddy-Up!
Penny Mitchell’s (1951-54) favorite thing to do was ride the horses at camp. It was something that she could do that she hadn’t done before. “I loved horses and camp was my conduit to horseback riding. I never fell off and we even rode bareback, which was very exciting. I can remember riding past the […]
Bloodsuckers, Mud Puppies and Swimmer’s Itch
“I grew up one block from the Saginaw Bay, so I learned to swim at the “Y”. I remember seeing my first leech at Maqua and I was mystified. The girls would swim under one dock to another and I can still hear the girls screaming don’t swim under there—there are leeches! I never got […]
Homesickness–#6
“My best friend at the time was going with me to Maqua. It was her first time away from home, a fact I could scarcely believe, since she was already fourteen. Her family was somewhat dysfunctional, as I look back on it. Her parents eventually divorced and her father was an alcoholic, so being the […]
Footlockers As A Status Symbol–#1
“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 […]