The following comments arrived via a letter sent to Shutterwi. The comments were made by Joe Larson after seeing the video in the post below. The video was provided by Pete Mandell's widow Marylou Mandell. Marylou followed up on Pete's promise to send the video.

 Comments on the Camp Clark videos:

There sure were many tents in camp at this time. By the time I arrived on the scene, there were no tents used for campers. They had all been replaced with wooden cabins. The kitchen boys had a tent near the Mess Hall, and there was one right next to the Director's "Lodge" for who?

Wayne - you are correct that the flag pole seen from the beach must have been on Brownbread. In my time, it had been replaced by a wooden cross, and we had Vespers on Sunday evening on that site.

One scene shows people playing ping pong on the beach. In the background is the so-called little "Boat House" that looks like a one-holer outhouse. No boats could fit in it - only oars and paddles. The week following the Camp closing, counselors dragged the boats and canoe up to and inside the mess hall (remember the double doors on the mess hall?)

In my day, the Totem Pole was much larger and located on the little hill (where once stood the little "Candy Store" hill overlooking the baseball. outfield...

The Junior Section scenes jogged my memory that the cabins were named Kiwanis, Rotary, and Craigleigh. Wayne, do you agree?

It appears that a lot of outdoor games were played in those days. I do remember that the ballfield we used when playing against other camps was up in the woods near the Camp Burgess property line. Or maybe we borrowed it from Burgess?

There was a quick scene of campers entering the outdoor Chapel just outside of the Junior Section. The last time I was at the Camp, it had disappeared.

The beach scenes showing the diving raft brought back a memory I will never forget.  There used to be a one-holer outhouse up behind the infirmary that legend held that it had been built for former Director Paul Favor. It was held together with hooks and eyes for easy disassembly. One Saturday night, the senior counselors - minus Pete - disassembled the outhouse and carried the parts down to the beach. The parts were laid across a rowboat that was then towed by swimmers out to the diving raft. The outhouse was re-erected on the raft. The door was left ajar so that the toilet roll could be seen - with toilet paper strung out the door and into the water. The next day was Sunday when all staff and campers were required to soap up and take a naked bath at the beach. There was a dense mist over Lawrence Pond - and as it lifted, raft, outhouse, and toilet paper came into view. The Camp Director, one  G. Latimer Hannum, was speechless. No one would take responsibility, so he directed that all the counselors would take part in moving the outhouse back to its rightful location.  Pete Mandell felt that the prank was inappropriate to the memory of Paul Favor. He had refused to be involved in any way with the matter.

Complements of Robert Zimmerman's Photos

The docks for the swimming beach were very different than in my day. But the old sailboat shown in one scene was familiar. I bet that it was one that Pete used to sail on the Pond and try to cross the underwater sand bar that blocked sailboats with a keel to cross into what we called Hoxie's Cove. Peter would pull the keel up or lean way over to lift the keel somewhat. He would some times get across the bar - with much cheering. When he failed, the sailboat shuddered, leaned over, and sometimes dumped Peter in the water.

(L) Pete (R) Joe

See the link in the post below.