1951 - 1956

Places: Mountain Lake, Ohio - 3 years
Camp Cusewago, PA - 1 year
Lundington, MI - 2 years

Directors: A committee in the beginning and then David Charles

Elder Wilkinson directed the spiritual activities, Esta Slauter was the cook with assistant Louise Rowe. Don Hepburn aided Elder Wilkinson in class--he led singing and kept the kids in line while the Elder talked. Ruth Charles played the piano, Oliver Rowe led the ball games with all the guys helping. Don Hepburn led calisthenics.

This endeavor was totally new to everyone involved but a routine soon developed and the different ones found their area of expertise and dived in to help. It was thrilling to see the response of the kids to the music and spiritual lessons.

Crafts: Knot tying, woven potholders, stitch samples, towels, sewed aprons, plywood scrap books, wooden bowls, and copper plaques. Run by Mr. F.P. Rowe, the Hepburns, and the Cooks.

Remember...

  • Esta Slauter making her yummy candy for campfires.
  • The baptisms at Mountain Lake.
  • Erma Hepburn keeping her eagle eye on all of us campers.
  • The young people then--Dale and Don Begeman, DuWaine and Ruth Chapman, Dick Slauter, Bob Suydam, Marilyn Brodbeck, Geneva Hamilton, Cathy Rogers, Betty and Thelma Rutherford and their romances.
  • Dewey Chapman in '53 injuring his shoulder in a baseball game and having surgery after camp.
  • Going roller skating at Bellefontaine and all the blisters we got.
  • The intense ball games we had.
  • The boat ride over to the camp at Ludington to haul every single thing over. Tom Begeman--couldn't drive his own boat on the lake because of camp rules.
  • Elder Wilkinson playing Dr. Curem Quickly with crazy ailments--like toemain so he could entertain all the campers in the rainy weather.
  • Richard Cook breaking his ankle at camp Cusewago.
  • Erma Hepburn taking pictures of everyone.