Camp Manitou

 

 

I attended Manitou, with my brothers Dave and Mark, from 1956 thru 1959.  They were the six week sessions.  I also attended a two week session in the fall of 1959.  I was a Viking the first year, a Privateer the second and a Buccaneer the last year.  We built sea walls and the trail through the swamp to Hill 309 or whatever it was called.  I saw Nick's death notice in the Ann Arbor News about 5 years ago.  He died in New York at the age of 91.  Dave Fox, who attended the camp and whom I know in Ann Arbor, saw him interviewed briefly on local news station.  He was stuck at Metro Airport because of a snow storm.  I heard he started another camp in New York state somewhere.  Despite his "issues", he really knew how to run a camp.  Three days on Mackinac Island, long canoe trips and the Timber Tussle! 

 

John Rogers