Sunday, December 11, 2011

Thanks to Marshall R. for the additional ID's and correction of Mrs Johnson's daughters name.... Lydia.

Marshall R.
Mrs Johnsons daughter was named Lydia. In the group picture right in front of the flag pole is Warren Hastings. The tall guy to the right is Pete Upton. Next ot him is his brother Joe,then Spike Denny and Uncle Bob with Janice right in front of him. 2 kids to the left of Pete Upton is Clark Dagget. The 6th head to the left of the flag pole is Allen Hastings, the 8th is Bill Eckert


Marshall R. Please email me directly at shutterwi@gmail.com.  If memory serves me right you and I were at Camp Clark at the same time.

Monday, November 14, 2011

I've waited nearly 55 years to find a Camp Clark T-Shirt and hat.






Here is how it happen. Pete Mandell sent me a treasure trove of old Camp Clark articles and pamphlets. One of the first things that caught my eye was a great clean piece of artwork here it is below.

This "original" artwork was part of pamphlet.  Which can be seen here. As I said the moment I saw it I knew I was soon going to have a Camp Clark t-shirt.

In the mornings I have coffee at the local coffee shop. Directly across the street is a small printing business that also does silk screening and embroidery on hats, jackets and t-shirts.

My dad was a printer and I spent many a day with him at his shop and at local newspapers he worked at including The New Bedford Standard Times. My first real job was working in the circulation department  of one of those newspapers. I guess you can say I inherited "printer's ink in my blood".

I took the artwork to the printshop where we worked out sizing it and arranging to having it digitized (for embroidering).

I decided to get myself some t-shirts and a hat or two. As we all know custom made articles are expensive for a single copy..... but order a dozen or so and it gets cheaper.  Added some different sizes and colors and presto you have an initial t-shirt order. But a dozen or so is a lot of t-shirts for one guy. This is where the plan took a slight turn.

I would never have gotten the chance to finally have a Camp Clark t-shirt if it wasn't for Pete Mandell.  I decided Pete needed a t-shirt (or two) and then Joe Larson has offered so much to the history and encouragement for the website.... so it made sense Joe should have a t-shirt.  That took care of part of the initial order. One went to my wife as a reward for listening to me tell Camp Clark stories (repeatedly) for the last 40+ years and one went to my oldest sister who celebrated every time I left for camp.

I kept one of each color for myself.

Stay tuned there is more to the story and my plan.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

New Bedford Standard Times newspaper articles with Pete Mandell's commentaries.

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This is a picture I always wanted to see. The top of Brownbread Hill before it was overgrown. By the time I saw it for the first time late 1950's early 1960's you could just see the lake to the front. In 1997 it was completely overgrown. The lake was only visible through mature trees.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

More tidbits of history from Pete Mandell. Yet more to follow.

All of the photos in this posting are from one pamphlet. I'm pretty sure no one (aside from maybe Pete and Joe) has seen this material including the photos for ... I would guess nearly 40 years...maybe 50 years.

 I think there is one really unique picture in my mind.  It is a picture of an outside altar made of stone. I have no idea where that is or was located.  Note: See Pete's response below

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Outdoor altar.  Where was this located?
Update: from Pete Mandell an ask and you shall receive...  "you had a question about the location of the stone altar (with rough-hewn rows of benches before it). It was one of the most peaceful and really beautiful areas in the camp, existing from at least the early 1940s to at least 1955. (What happened to the components, I couldn't say; it disappeared after I left camp.) If you walked down the road behind the junior cabins - Kiwanis and Rotary - headed toward the junior point, the Chapel was on your left, between the road and the pond maybe 200 feet behind Kiwanis. 
It was sometimes referred to as the Paul Favor Chapel - after the long-time General Secretary of the NB YMCA, seen in one of the pictures with Ken Bennett and Paul Spurrier from a 1944 (?) Standard-Times article. I'm guessing that some fair-sized pine trees are now growing in that spot by now.
Pete... Now that you located it for me I do have memories of something in that area. In all honesty when we could sneak down to junior point we usually headed straight to the point.  There was a girls camp on the other side of the lake. Maybe they were swimming or canoeing.



See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

See comments at the top of the page under the trifold pamphlet for detail description of these photos.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A little teaser of the great materials I recently received from Pete Mandell. WAIT! lots more to come.

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Alvin Tripp
Alvin Tripp who was actually the model for the bugler in the center of one of the Camp Clark logos.
Another bit of Camp Clark trivia from Pete Mandell. 








I don't know the "kid" in this picture but that sure looks like a largemouth bass.









Friday, September 23, 2011

Camp Clark 1948. Thanks to Joseph Larson for these great additions to Camp Clark history.

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Co-Wah Craft Shop and Lodge. 1st. floor is the craft shop. 2nd floor is lodge (14 campers).

Infirmary and nurse's quarters.
Added info from Joseph Larson

The Infirmary and nurses quarters were both in the building in the picture.
As I recall sick campers entered the right hand door and the door on the far
left was a separate entrance to the nurse's room(s). The Infirmary was at
the far end of the Senior section and near the start of the trail up to
Brownbread.


Waterfront


L to R Brian Handspicker (14), Meredith "Jerry" Handspicker,  Joseph Larson (15)
Note: Pete Mandell in the background between Brian and Jerry.

Waterfront