Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Take at Lumbermans Monument long before trees had filled in the area.
It's a heavy bronze statue with 3 figures (from the left):
The "Riverman" with a tool called the peavy
The "Land looker" who scouted the forests for suitable places to establish a lumber camp, with his compass
The "Sawyer" with his double bitted axe and crosscut saw
The monument was erected in 1932 and created by artist Ailken
In the early days the Monument was protected by a chain-linked fence
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: This is the area where the sports cour is located today.
Site of the present day health center is the hill beyond the car
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Persons: Sandy Burr, George Hackney, Jim Hitdebrand
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Building the present chapel. From the left, George Hackney (owned breeze bluff), Sandy Burr, and Jim Hitdebrand, a camp counselor
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Persons: Sandy Burr, Bill Hohmeier, Jack Niggeman
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Sunday morning chapel service. Sanford "Sandy" Burr at the pulpit was camp chaplain and nature assistant, as well as Chippewa section supervisor from 1947 to 1956
He was camp director for one year in 1957
Bill Homeier, counselor is at the organ. Jack Niggeman, next to the person at the far left, much later became the President of the camp board about 1972 and favored it becoming affiliated with the Pontiac YMCA
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Here two cabins of campers, seven boys per cabin and their counslors (not in the picture) have carried their over-night supplies down from the cabin area and are cooking their evening supper.
Breakfast was usually flapjacks
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Persons: Jack Niggeman, Les Doughty, Ben Hawkins
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Jack Niggeman, Les Doughty, and Ben Hawkins on a fencing project along Kokosing Raod during a board work weekend.
All three became board president at different times.
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Persons: Robbie Robinson
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Robbie Robinson, waterfront director directs the events at the water carnival races.
Picutre was taken in 1947.
The following year Howie Sumera became the waterfront director and Howie stayed on for many years. Howie was the elementary schools physical education directory for the Birmingham schools and was well respected by the adults of Birmingham and adored by the kids. He influenced alot of kids to come to camp over the years.
Note the tent that served as the storage center, later replaced by a wooden structure.
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Persons: Don Burman, Dale Randall
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: The original Rifle Range structure. Chippewa supervisor, later camp director Don Berman is at the far left. Riflery counselor Dal Randall is at the right leaning on the stand
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Board members getting railroad ties ready for repairing the waterfront steps during a board work weekend.
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Persons: Mrs Parker, Mrs Dykehouse, "Chick" Luscombe, Sid Geal, Claude Dykehouse, Howie Sumara, Zim Zimmerman
Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: Front row sitting :
Mrs Parker - camp cook
Mrs Dykehouse - dietician and dining lodge supervisor,
"Chick" Luscombe - camp nurse
Sid Geal - camp director
Claude Dykehouse - Chippewa supervisor
Howard Sumera - waterfront director
"Zim" Zimmerman - waterfront assistant
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: One of the 13 brand new cabins, built in 1946 and 1947 replacing the flimsey tent and rotten floorboards.
Later a small porch and steps were added to each cabin
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Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi
Notes: The original rifle range structure build in the late 1940's. There was no storage at the site, all guns and ammo had to be brought in and out each day.
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