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03/10/2010
Hyde Bay's oldest living Camper, Dr. William D. "Billy" Lynn, has passed. His obituary may be found in "Historic Campers."
03/01/2010
Doug Coupe has allowed us to print a few of his letters home and councilor reports from 1951-1952. These will remind you of those hurried missives we all wrote as kids requesting a variety of goodies not available at camp. See "Where Are The Campers Now?"
02/26/2010
Doug Coupe has provided his history for the "Where Are The Campers Now" page.
02/22/2010
Doug Coupe donated a treasure trove of information on Durbar III, Homeletters from 1951 and 1953, and Playbills from 1951, 1952 and 1962.
Nicknames were updated with a few new ones and a correction from Larry Picket concerning the nickname "Bull." The moniker belongs to his dad who was a Heavy Weight wrestler at Yale.
02/08/2010
Larry Pickett contributed some nice photos that John Mercer thinks are from the 1950s (Camp Photos>1950-1960>1950s photo 60 through 1950s photo 65). At least one, if not all, was taken by The Commodore (Walter Lord) who was credited for an aerial photo of camp from the air.
Two tent groups were discovered in the Camp Photos section by John Mercer. They were added to Tent Groups. 1940s Photo 01 and 1950s Photo 27.
According to Mac Mellor and Doug Coupe, camp photos were only taken every 5 years or so.
01/25/2010
Larry Pickett Contributed Missing Home Letters and Tent Lists for 1959, the August Tent List for 1960, a new unknown tent group (Tent Groups> Unknown Years> Group 13).
01/09/2010
Larry Pickett contributed Tent Lists for 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966 as well as missing Home Letters from1961 through 1969. This will help in identifying various campers in Camp Photos.
The mystery of the Nature Nook sign (1965 photo 18) has been solved by a July 13, 1964 Home Letter in which a referral was made to the "Natchur Nook." John Mercer wins the prize for correctly cyphering the letters in the sign.
Ray Athey has accounted for his whereabouts in "Where are the Campers Now?"
12/12/2009
Larry Pickett contributed missing Home Letter material from 1966 along with the Playbills for 1966. He also found the missing #6 Home Letter for 1967.
11/22/2009
Larry Pickett has contributed the 1967 Home Letters and Playbills. The 1969 final Home Letter has been added.
11/19/2009
Ray Athey reminded us of his nickname - Paducah.
11/10/2009
Steve Cunningham went through thousands of his dad's slides and found several Hyde Bay photos from 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 and 1965. Three stand out; the Director on a podium talking at the Bonfire (1959); an incredible picture of the Bonfire (1961); and a terrific picture of Mouldy (1963). They can be found in "Camp Photos" at the end of each respective year (for now).
11/08/2009
Larry Pickett has contributed the Home Letters, Tent Lists and Playbills for 1968, and an August, 1967 Tent List.
11/04/2009
John Diamond contributed new photos for 1960, 1961 and 1964.
Larry pickett contributed 2 playbills for 1969, the missing 1961 #2 Home Letter, a July 1967 Tent List, and most of the Homeletters for 1969.
10/29/2009
Larry Pickett contributed the August, 1968 Tent List.
10/28/2009
Larry Pickett contributed the July, 1968 Tent List.
10/26/2009
Larry Pickett contributed 1969 July tent, councilor, UL, and August 1969 camper lists.
Rick Coupe now has a webpage in "Where are the Campers Now?"
10/19/2009
John Mercer contributed 33 beautiful and stylistic paintings by his mother, Kittie Mercer. Notice how the style changes over the years. Look in "Camp Artworks."
10/15/2009
Nineteen terrific photos of Durbar IV from Josh Shoemaker.
10/07/2009
Thanks to Larry Pickett and Mac Mellor, we now have a complete set of Home Letters for 1933 and 1966 respectively.
10/06/2009
1966 Home Letters have been added along with a councilor list. Again, thank you Mac Mellor. This looks like a complete set!
1933 Home Letters are now complete thanks to Larry Pickett!
10/05/2009
1964 and 1965 Home Letters have been added thanks to Mac Mellor, and John Mercer for copying them and sending them to the Nightman. There are still a few missing for these years - it would be great if you checked your Hyde Bay memorabilia for these. Look for Mac's 1966 Home Letters in the next several days.
10/01/2009
Added a new link to Playbills. Mac Mellor sent a slew of these to John Mercer who, in turn, copied them and sent them to the Nightman. Also included is an original script for the 1960 All Star Play - "The Joke's On You."
09/29/2009
Winston Wood's recount of Zoom, Schwartz, Perfigliano was added to Camp Stories.
09/28/2009
Tent Groups were updated according to Mac Mellor's study of the 1957 and 1960 Tent Lists.
09/27/2009
New ghost story added to Campfire Ghost Stories.
09/21/2009
New link added to The Lodge: Stories;
Linking problems with Tent List 1957, 1960, 1961 corrected;
Search funtion was down from 2:30pm to 4:30pm for reorganization;
New Link: Lodge>Historic Campers>Tribute to Walter Lord>The Way It Was.
09/16/2009
Additions to 1965 camp photos.
09/15/2009
Corrections were made to the 1950s Tent Group #25, thanks to Bill Cooney.
09/07/2009
The entire site was reorganized in August, 2009.
New links were added:
The new Hyde Bay Camp Blog;
Where Are They Now?;
Campers Nicknames;
The Director's Puzzle - Not unlike the Hot Rock. Try to find it;
Clues to the Director's Puzzle;
Ghost Stories;
Frequently Asked Questions;
Camp Nissequogue Catalog and Information under Hyde Bay Camp Begins in Pickett Family History;
Site Map;
Updates.
New additions to Camp Photos:
1961-1969;
After Camp.
New additions to Durbar:
Durbar V;
40th Reunion of the Last Bonfire.
New Home Letters were added:
1959;
1960;
1961.
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