Flag Raising, 1963

Choir, 1963

II High School Week 1963 Group

Top Row 4: 4:2 Sandy Heston, 4:3 Larry Zumwalt, 4:4 Woody Fisher, 4:6 Ron Lambert, 4:7 Lynn McFarland, 4:9 George McCarty, 4:12 Paul Sidwell, 4:13 Wayne Black, 4:15 Lloyd Grafford, 4:16 Art Jordan

Row 3: 3:4 Janet Cothern, 3:5 Gayle Wakefield, 3:6 Terry O'Dell, 3:7 Sue Burris, 3:9 Becky Huck, 3:10 Linda Harris, 3:12 Ruth Huck, 3:12 Steel Twin, 3:13 Steele Twin, 3:14 Diane Jackson

Row 2: 2:2 David Hargrave, 2:3 Kay Wiseman, 2:6 Ruth Blankenship, 2:7 Linda Stovall, 2:9 Sandy Revisky, 2:10 Butch ?

Row 1: 1:6 Barb Haley, 1:7 Normae Dorsch, 1:8 Mickey Dildine, 1:9 Sue Harris, 1:12 Joyce Maines, 1:13 Dolly Black

Morning Watch 1963

Top picture: Mickey Dildine under tree in striped pants

Middle Picture: Boy in dark shirt in center of picture on post is Johnny King
Girl in jacket in middle of picture is Susie Beard

Bottom Picture: Girl to far left in dark shirt is Sandy Heston

1961 In the Dining Hall

Table picture boy on far right in white shirt facing camera is John Griffin. Next to him in white blouse is Geanie Talbot.

Boy with back to camera, across from John, is Mike Hendrix

In dishwashing picture the boy left front is Fred McKean

1963 Another shot at the ballfield

Luke Perrine at bat. Looking on at the right Dan Williams, Mike Heston, Max Whited, ? And can someone id the catcher and the guy behind the backstop? Umpire is John Griffin. Maybe Jim Correll behind backstop?

Camp Committees, 1963

Frank Bush recalls that, in addition to the directors, "The way the camp was organized was a group of preachers formed the Camp Committee and did most of the "running" of the camp program. Here is the committee in 63 (or what ever year these pictures are from.The Directors were also organized into various committees. The second picture might be of the property committee." Top photo: Front row: Bob Kelly, Merv Moberly, Charlie Greer, Jim Correll Back row: Gene Talbot, Tom Ewald, Frank Bush. Bottom photo left to right: Tom Ewald, Dan Bowling, John Stone OR Max Pope, Floyd Jordan seated and Merv Moberly standing behind him.

Dan, Mike and Deb - great, huh?

1969 High School Week

OK... we have identified 51 of the 101 in this picture ... help us out!!

Anyone with some insight as to whether this LR or HS Week?

Row 1-- 1 Melanie Bush, 4 Kathy Jackson, 6 Theresa Schmidt 9 Briget Mullane, Edwardsville 14 Debbie Seal 15 Pam Nicholson

Row 2 – 4 Lynn Laughlin (?)5 Art Jordan 6 iDeloris Benton (Jordan)7 ???? Steele, 8 ???? Steele, 9 Dawn Orman 10 Patty Orman 13 Christine Schmidt, 15 Charlotte Stowe, 16 PJ (Priscilla) Leitze, 17 Shari Rasler 19 John Ralls, LCC prof20 Howard McFadden, Minister at Wood River

Row 3 – 2 Joy Carter, Greenville 4 Lynne Gurley, 5 Ralpha Painter, 6 Judy from Bethalto...? 9 Susan Wilhoit, Martinsville Wood River 15 Kathy Roodhouse, Greenville, 16 Vicki White, Wood River

Row 4 – 1 Beth Crane 2 Steve Roodhouse, 4 Martha Sefton, 7 Gail Fraser, Bethalto 8 Doris Williams (O'fallon ?)9 Candee Barton 14 Kassy Eller, 15 Freddy Tedrick, the boy from Roxana High School who was sent home from THIS week at camp. Is this the week that a boy and a girl were sent home for “playing” at the ballfield after hours? Art Jordan says, "This was the week that the boy and girl were sent home from camp, and with a very bad case of poison ivy. ha."
Row 5 – 1 Tom Ewald 2 Howard Thomure, 4 Craig Thomure, 5 Greg Thomure 6 Robbie Fritz, 7 John Jordan, Alton 8 Kevin Hayhurst? 10 Steve Mueller, 11 Tom Booth 13 Joe Patch 15 Larry Stone, Wood River

Row 6 – 4 Evan Mac, 6 John Heston, 9 Gary Thornburg, 11 Tom Plog, 12 Mike Bush, 15 Steve Underwood, 16 Mark Nicholson

Lynne, Candee and Judy are wearing Happiness Is Singers dresses. (Maybe Judy was wearing Gail's dress...Lynne doesn't remember Judy being in the actual choir).

1969 - Pre High Week maybe?

Deb Fritz Monroe said...

Any idea how old Carol and Delmyra would have been in 1969? This is a weird combination of people and ages! I think 4:2 is my cousin Sherry Weidemann and she would have only been 8 in the summer of 1969. Very odd! Any chance this is a PeeWee or First Chance Week?

1:9 Carol Roodhouse 1:10 Delmyra Carter

1961 High School Week

Back Row: 8:2 Mike Heston, 8:3 Jim Correll, 8:4 Darryl Bishop,8:5 Gene Talbot, 8:6 Don Ray Row 7: 7:4 Joe Feher,7:5 June ? (from O'Fallon),7:7 Tom Ewald, 7:10 Woody Fisher Row 6: 6:1 &2 Gil and Betty Schreiber, 6:4 Fred McKean, 6:5 Karen Morrow, 6:6 Judy Feher, 6:8 Kay Wiseman, 6:12 Charlie Greer,6:15 Bill Griffin,6:16 Danny Williams Row 5: 5:1 Janet Van Horn,5:3 Ruth Huck, 5:7 Becky Huck,5:9 Jan Teasely, 5:13 Ron Harrod Row 4: 4:2 Priscilla Haley,4:3 Ron Lambert Row 3: 3:2 Sandy Schrumpf,3:3 Karla Knichel, 3:4 Dori Walsh, Bethalto 3:7 Steele twin, 3:9 Steele Twin, 3:12 Dolly Black, 3:13 Jeanette Bolla,3:15 Joyce Mains, 3:16 Cy Burris Row 2: 2:5 Darlene Lewis,2:9 June Huck, 2:14 Rick Coget, 2:17 Charlene Hazlett Row 1: 1:4 Rob Schreiber,1:6 John Griffin,1:7 Judy Ellsworth,1:12 Mike Hendrix

1966 -- High School Week?

Jane Whited is second from the right. Sitting on top of the table with her finger pointing to her face is Debbie Vogan from Wood River. On her left, behind the man standing, is Judy Grafford, also from Wood River.

Christian Worker Week -- kids 1968

The farthest left with glasses is James Kelly, and his brother Robert is the one in the far back also with glases. Boy 2 to the right is David Bush. Marilyn Bush is the adult at the back of the boat and the little one in front of her is Melanie Bush. Karen Bush, on the far right, had better days.The blond girl to the left of the photo is Carla Pickett and the boy standing beside her is Joe Schmidt.

Jr. High, 1961 Group Shot

Frank has improved resolution on some of the older group shots so some may be re-posts. Top row 5 - 5:1 Charlie Greer, 5:2 John Griffin, 5:3 Bill Vandervoort, 5:4 Mike Heston, 5:7 Dick Jorgensen, 5:8 Janet Ewald, 5:9 Alice Schroeder, 5:10 Jim Correll, 5:11 Joe Webb Row 4 - 4:1 Floyd Jordan, 4:3 Cora Sue Stark, 4:9 Janet Cothern, 4:10 Sandy Heston, 4:11 Rose Motzer, 4:12 Pam Babbitt, 4:14 Linda Reavis, 4:15 Kathy Peterson, 4:16 Terry O'Dell Row 3 - 3:1 Dan Clymer, 3:2 Paul Sidwell, 3:3 Jay Young, 3:6 Vicky Wall, 3:9 Janis Bishop, 3:10 Diana Rafferty, 3:11 Judy Feher, 3:14 Linda Kious, 3:17 Larry Iberg Row 2- 2:1 Max Sussenbach, 2:2 Fred Wiseman, 2:3 Carla Clover, 2:5 Cindy Hardin, 2:7 Emma Sue Seaton, 2:8 Lois Anderson, 2:10 Virginia Brown, 2:11 Diane Sussenbach, 2:12 Patty Rush, 2:13 Normae Dorsch, 2:14 Cheryl Lamb, 2:18 Mike Jackson, 2:20 Melissa Sefton Row 1 - 1:5 Susie Beard, 1:7 Barb Haley, 1:8 Marla Griffin, 1:15 Ronnie Volkmar, 1:16 Rod Reavis

1969 Group Photo, Pre High Week?

Camp Nurse, 1961

Another of Wilson Wiseman's photographs. The patient Patty Rush from Greenville? Is the nurse Dorthy Jackson of Belleville?

Box Hockey, 1961

This is one of Wilson Wiseman's photos. Frank Bush recalls, "You wouldn't believe how many ax handles we used. We got them at Huey's Hardware in Greenville. He remarked to me one day that he had sold us more ax handles than he had solded to farmers in the past 10 years." Can anyone ID the players or spectators?

How to provide your photos for this site -- all campers, all generations!

Dawn Timmons was on recently and asked about campers from more recent years. It is our hope that ALL campers from 1954 to this coming summer, will participate in the site. Participation can mean lots of things -- if you sign the guestbook and leave contact info you are more likely to hear from old friends. Leaving comments is another way. Giving us a shout while you are looking at the site is still another -- you never know who else is on...

Most (but not all) of the photographs are being provided by Frank Bush, who documented the camp activities from 1954 through 1969 and, fortunately, kept all that work all those years. He is scanning both negatives and prints into digital format and we (his daughter Paula Bush McElwee and friend Deb Fritz Monroe) are uploading them for you here.

We can upload your photographs, too! We have some here from Tom Ewald, Wilson Wiseman, the Fritz family and the Monroe family in addition to Frank's photos. We have several people who have promised to send us their photos in the near future.

You can scan a photo yourself and email it to bondcamp54@gmail.com, or if you have a pic and no scanner, contact us at the same address and we will figure out how to put your photo on the blog. You may need to mail it physically, or we may be in your neighborhood and you can hand it to one of us for that same purpose.

So let us hear from you! Other future hopes/plans -- Deb and Paula are making a trip to camp late this month to see what is stored there, we are exploring audio clips, and Frank is looking into a way to put video clips up.

1963 various candids

Here are some more from 1963. Middle picture on back row the kid in black shirt and black glasses is Danny Clymer. Boy in glasses that is leaning forward beside him is David Hargrave. Bottom picture is Joe Webb standing in front of chapel. He is also in the middle picture sitting on end of first row.

Dorm inspection, 1957

Dorm Inspection is 1957. The man on the right preached in Gillespie. This was before Macgomery Camp was started (churches in Maccoupin and Montgomery counties).