The Hyde Bay Camp Home Letter

Hyde Bay Camp For Boys
The Hyde Bay Camp Home Letter

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If you have any of the missing issues, please contact the Nightman
1930 July 5, 1930 July 14, 1930 July 28, 1930 August 4, 1930 August 10, 1930 August 18, 1930	1931 Vol 2, No 1 1931 July 27, 1931 August 10, 1931 Last Issue, 1931	1932 Vol 2, No 1, 1932 #2 missing Vol 2, No 3, 1932 Vol 2, No 4, 1932 Vol 2, No 5, 1932 Vol 2, No 6, 1932 Vol 2, No 7, 1932 #8 missing	1933 1933 Tent List 1933 Class Schedule First Issue, 1933 Second Issue, 1933 Third Issue, 1933 Fourth Issue, 1933 Fifith Issue, 1933 Sixth Issue, 1933 Seventh Issue, 1933 Eighth Issue, 1933	1934
1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
1945	1946	1947	1948	1949 1949 Tent Lists Missing 1949 Food Supplement 1949 Folio July 12, 1949 #1 July 19, 1949 #2 #3 Missing August 01, 1949 #4 August 08, 1949 #5 August 15, 1949 #6
1950 1950 Tent Lists missing May 8, 1950 Precamp #1 #2 missing July 4, 1950 #3 July 11, 1950 #4 July 17, 1950 #5 July 24, 1950 #6 July 31, 1950 #7 August 7, 1950 #8 August 14, 1950 #9 August 24, 1950 # 10	1951 1951 TentList missing 1951 Folio 1951 Precamp 1 #1 1951 Precamp 2 #2 1951 Precamp 3 #3 June 30, 1951 #4 July 8, 1951 #5 July 16, 1951 #6 July 23, 1951 #7 July 30, 1951 #8 August 6, 1951 #9 August 13, 1951 #10 August 22, 1951 #11	1952 1952 Tent Lists missing 1952 Council-Bios 1952 Folio 1952 Precamp 1 1952 Precamp 2 July 7, 1952 # 1 July 14, 1952 #2 #3 missing #4 missing #5 missing August 11, 1952 #6 August 18, 1952 #7 August 27, 1952 #8	1953 1953 Tent List Aug 1953 Camper Lists 1953 Folio 1953 Precamp 1 1953 Precamp 2 1953 Precamp 3 July 6, 1953 #1 July 13, 1953 #2 July 20, 1953 #3 July 27, 1953 #4 August 3, 1953 #5 August 10, 1953 #6 August 17, 1953 #7 September 3, 1953, #8	1954 1954 TentList missing 1954 Folio 1954 Precamp 1 1954 Precamp 2 July 5, 1954 #1 July 12, 1954 #2 July 19, 1954 #3 July 26th, 1954 #4 August 2, 1954 #5 August 9, 1954 #6 August 16, 1954 #7 September 3, 1954 #8 Christmas, 1954
1955 *1955 TentList missing* 1955 Precamp 1 1955 Precamp 2 1955 Precamp 3 July 5, 1955 #1 July 11, 1955 #2 July 18, 1955 #3 July 25, 1955, #4 August 1, 1955 #5 August 8, 1955 #6 August 15, 1955 #7 September 3, 1955 #8 1955 Christmas	1956 *1956 TentList missing* 1956 Precamp 1 1956 Precamp 2 July 3, 1956 #1 July 10, 1956 #2 July 17, 1956 #3 July 24, 1956 #4 July 31, 1956 #5 August 7, 1956 #6 August 14, 1956 #7 August 24, 1956 #8 1956 Christmas	1957 1957 Tent Lists 1957 Campers 1957 Folio 1957 Precamp July 2, 1957 #1 July 9, 1957 #2 July 16, 1957 #3 #4 missing #5 missing August 5, 1957 #6 August 7, 1957 Special August 12, 1957 #7 *#8 missing* 1957 Christmas	1958 1958 TentList missing 1958 Council List 1958 Precamp 1 1958 Precamp 2 June 30, 1958 #1 July 7, 1958 #2 July 14, 1958 #3 July 21, 1958 #4 July 28, 1958 #5 August 4, 1958 #6 August 11, 1958 #7 August 26, 1958 #8 1958 Cristmas	1959 1959 Tent Lists 1959 Campers July 1959 Council 1959 Precamp 1 June 29, 1959 #1 July 6, 1959 #2 July 13, 1959 #3 July 20, 1959 #4 July 27, 1959 #5 Aug 3, 1959 #6 Aug 10, 1959 #7 Aug 17, 1959 #8 Sept 1959 After Camp 1959 Christmas
1960 1960 Tent Lists June 27, 1960 #1 July 4, 1960 #2 July 11, 1960 #3 July 18, 1960 #4 July 25, 1960 #5 August 1, 1960 #6 August 8, 1960 #7 August 15, 1960 #8 After Camp 1960 Christmas 1960	1961 1961 Tent List 1961 Councilors July 3, 1961 #1 July 10, 1961 #2 July 17, 1961 #3 July 24, 1961 #4 July 31, 1961 #5 August 7, 1961 #6 August 14, 1961 #7 August 20, 1961 #8 After camp 1961 Christmas 1961	1962 1962 Tent Lists 1962 Campers 1962 ULs 1962 UL Concept 1962 Councilors 1962 Council Instruc. 1962 Council Training 1962 Council Bios 1962 Folio 1962 Registration 1962 Pricelist 1962 Precamp 1 1962 Precamp 2 July 2, 1962 #1 July 9, 1962 #2 July 16, 1962 #3 July 23, 1962#4 July 30, 1962 #5 August 6, 1962 #6 August 13, 1962 #7 August 20, 1962 #8 1962 After Camp 1962 Christmas	1963 1963 Tent Lists 1963 Campers 1963 ULs 1963 UL Concept 1963 Council List 1963 Council Training 1963 Dayman Form 1963 SeatingDiningRm 1963 Folio 1963 Insurance 1963 HydeBayCustom 1963 Registration Form Precamp 1 Council, 1963 Precamp 2 May 31, 1963 July 8, 1963 #1 July 15, 1963 #2 Vol 37, No 3, 1963 #3 July 30, 1963 #4 August 6, 1963 #5 August 12, 1963 #6 August 19, 1963 #7 Sept 1963, After Camp 1963 Christmas	1964 1964 Tent lists 1964 Campers 1964 ULs 1964 Councilors 1964 Council Instructions 1964 Council Bios 1964 Folio 1964 Billing 1964 Equipment List 1964 Precamp 1 1964 Precamp 2 June 29, 1964 #1 July 6, 1964 #2 July 13, 1964 #3 July 20, 1964 #4 July 27, 1964 #5 July 27, 1964 #6 August 3, 1964 #7 August 10, 1964 #8 1964 After Camp 1964 Christmas
1965 1965 Tent Lists 1965 Campers 1965 ULs 1965 Councilors 1965 Council Instruct. 1965 Council Bios 1965 Folio 1965 Tutoring Request 1965 SeatingDiningRm 1965 HydeBayCustom 1965 Precamp 1 1965 Precamp 2 June 30, 1965 #1 July 5, 1965 #2 July 12, 1965 #3 July 19, 1965, #4 July 27, 1965 #5 August 2, 1965, #6 August 9, 1965 #7 August 16, 1965, #8 After Camp 1965 1965 Christmas	1966 1966 Tent Lists 1966 Campers 1966 ULs 1966 Councilors 1966 Council Instruc. 1966 Council-Bios 1966 Folio 1966 SeatingDiningRm 1966 New Attractions 1966 Precamp 1 1966 Precamp 2 July 4, 1966 #1 July 18, 1966 #2 July, 18, 1966 #3 July 25, 1966 #4 August 1, 1966 #5 August 8, 1966 # 6 August 15, 1966 #7 After Camp, 1966 1966 Christmas	1967 1967 Tent Lists 1967 Campers 1967 ULs 1967 Concilors 1967 Council Instruc. 1967 Councilor Notes 1967 Council Bios 1967 Folio 1967 SeatingDiningRm 1967 Insurance 1967 Boating Privlege 1967 Dayman Duties 1967 Regulations 1967 Trip Equipment 1967 Descriptions 1967 Precamp 1 1967 Precamp 2 May July 3, 1967 #1 July 10, 1967 #2 July 17, 1967 #3 July 24, 1967 #4 July 30, 1967 #5 August 7, 1967 #6 August 14, 1967 #7 After Camp missing	1968 1968 Tent Lists 1968 Campers 1968 ULs 1968 Councilors 1968 Council Bios 1968 Folio 1968 Camp Regulations 1968 Weekly Report Form 1968 Precamp 1 1968 Precamp 2 July 8, 1968 #1 July 15, 1968 #2 July 22, 1968 #3 July 29, 1968 #4 August 5, 1968 #5 August 12, 1968 #6 August 19, 1968 #7 October, 1968 #8 Christmas 1968	1969 1969 Tent Lists 1969 Campers 1969 ULs 1969 Councilors Precamp 1 missing 1969 Precamp 2 July 7, 1969 #1 July 14, 1969 #2 July 20, 1969 #3 July 28, 1969 #4 August 4, 1969 #5 *# 6 missing* August 18, 1969 #7 The Final Newsletter

Steve Cunnignham writing -- These Home Letters have been reproduced here as they originally appeared in the years they were published (as best we can - see Larry Pickett's comments below). There were misspellings, gaps and non-uniform formats. Such as it was using the old Remington typewriters without deletes, spellcheck and inserts. Some of the text was unreadable due to wrinkles in the original mimeograph template and was replaced by a series of "?" or "#" characters. You will notice in the sixties that, occasionally, the same date will appear on two newsletters - such as with 1964 and 1966. You may also notice that some Home Letters lack a space between the day paragraphs, probably as a means to cram more text into two pages.

Larry Pickett writing -- The early ones are done on fairly plain letter head and reproduced on one of those blue ink memo machines that we all loved to breath the fumes of. These documents most likely wouldn't lend themselves to scanning and intrepretation by OCR software as the type is faint, the paper yellowed, and the lines not always straight.

Looking over this stuff is an emotional mixed bag. It's such a lift to see how the camp started how much the origional ideas were still visible when we were there. It's sad to realize that today what with government regulations and the life style most kids are used to that there isn't such a wonderous place out there and it may be almost impossible to start one. I can't help but think that's a terrible loss. For the past 4 years I've been involved with a bunch of adolescents and young adults that make it their business to have fun and enjoy life to the fullest and yet take responsibility for their behavior and support each other through the pains of growing up. Any time any of them get together there's noise, ceaseless activity, and a lot of love in the air - in a lot of ways they remind me of the spirit of HydeBay and why after all these years so many of us drive our kids crazy with HydeBay stories and flock to you and the project of preserving some of this on the web. I think the Director and Directoress would be overjoyed knowing that HydeBay's spirit continues on.

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