Events: 2003 Reunion
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Photo by Mike Quinting
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Persons: Mike Quinting, Doug Meteyer, Bernice Drothler, Glen Drothler, Jeff Guider, Homer Roberts, Mike Jolly, Dorthy Roberts, Bob Roberts, Tudor ApMadoc, Greg Quinting, Madison Drothler, Victoria Drothler, Ashley Drothler, Bill Stevens
Events: 2003 Reunion
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Photo by Tudor ApMadoc
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Persons: Dorthy Roberts, Homer Roberts, Victoria Drothler
Events: 2003 Reunion
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Photo by Tudor ApMadoc
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: In the early days, camp "closed" with a ceremonial "parade" of (from left to right), the "Land Cruiser" (shown here before the truck had a protective covering over it); "command car" which was acquired as a World War II surplus vehicle; horse drawn covered wagon; horseback riders scattered along.
Far to the right, not visible in the picture, came the fleet of camp's water crafts - canoies, row boats, dinghys, and sail boats.
Land Vehicles and watercraft with their crews of campers would rendezvous near the present boating area
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Persons: Howie Sumara, Zim Zimmerman
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Waterfront director Howard "Howie" Sumera and assistand "Zim" Zimmerman supervise some beginners swimmers during a lesson at the watherfront.
Howard was the atheletics director of the Birmingham Elementary Schools during the school year.
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Early in Diectory Sid Geal's time, eah summer he would take a Land Cruiser full of campers for a 3 day trip to Mackinac Island.
Here is one of the blockhouses at the old fort
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Persons: Chet Lee
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: The Mahn-Go-Tah-See work crew during one of the band camp weeks cut down infected Dutch Elm trees. Dutch Elm diease wiped out most of the Dutch Elm trees in the state.
This area was part of the marching band practice area.
Driving the Ford work vehicle is Chet Lee, the long time veteran grounds keeper. Chet always seemed to be capable of most anything!
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: A group of Ottawas (the oldest group of campers) who lived at the "Outpost" , load up the Land Cruiser for three or four day adventure into the Upper Peninsula and sometimes into Canada.
The camp managers house is on the site of the original Outpost
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Members of Redford Unions "Conservation and Outdoor Education" class clean up the grounds near the sports court.
Each spring and fall, Homer brought his Conservation Classes for a three day field trip at Mahn-Go-Tah-See.
They would build animal shelters, visited points of interest along the Ausable River, went on a day-long fishing trip on Lake Huron, cooked all their own meals in outdoor settings, climbed a Forest Service fire tower, went on night hikes over the camp grounds and did some repair work at camp.
For many of the students, whose homes were in Redford, this was their first trip up north.
They travelled by school bus and a regular school bus driver accompanied them for the entire tripe. It was a "duty" that the veteran drives worked hard to get assigned to!
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Persons: Larry Roberts, John McMillan, Dan McMillan
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: The base for a new memorial flagpole is poured by a crew of professionals, while the camp and MacMillan family take part.
Left to right - two members of the cement crew, Larry Robers, unknown, John MacMillan (Mack's dad), Dan MacMillan (Mack's brother)
Mack, who had been at camp in the summers of most of his young life, was waterfront director when he was drafted for the Viet Nam War. At the end of boot camp he was on his way home before being shipped overseas when he was killed in a tragic car accident. The flagpole and incripted base are dedicated to Mack's memory
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Persons: Wally Cripps
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: In 1970, camp directory Wally Cripps inspects the framework for the new rifle range shelter. The shelter was build during a board of directors work weekend.
This picture was taken during early spring
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Persons: Ron Roberts
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Camper Ron Robers makes a weather prediction on the basis of readings at the weather station. This station was located along the path from the cabings to the Dining Lodge
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