Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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28 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL Photograph by Brooke Stoddard THE CREW making 'camp and gettin' in a supply o' fuel. Little sleep was had that night by most of 'the party on ac- count of the many mosquitoes. At four o'clock on the next morning 'black' Matthai and 'Charlie' Stan- wood, who wa-s sperndinrg the night with us unrtil First Mate Wliitiiig should arrive, set out into the great marshes and swamps ar-ou-nd Fow- ler's River to find frogs. Arter about four hours of cruisin' around through the bu-shes and mud they landed back in camp with the big haul of two- fro-gs. .-Xt last the First Mate arrived when the ship's doctor came to give us 'all the once over. For the first few days we were too busy to play any water baseball with any of the landlubbers who were on nearby islands. .-Xfter 'Mogie' Morton had fixed up an extra good meal for us we climbed into our hammocks early to get some of the sleep we had lost the night before. VVednesday was an-other clear day 'and we were visited during breakfast by 'the Messrs. Koch and Adams with s-ome other members of their party. It seems they were stayin' for a spell -over t-o Mayhew's Island. Well, that afternoon we had a little set-to with some of the lan-dlubbers I spoke of fro1n Cliffe Island, and though the score slips my mind just for the moment, I reckon we made a fair showin'. Thursday morn-ing we tumbled out at a righthsmart hour to gat'her wood and arrange for 'the big feed. Some of us set out after -some sugar and supplies. On the way back an old mongrel cur took a powerful likin' to 'Brownie' Brownell and just nat-cherly followed him back into port. So we nfamed our 'little party Camp Dog-Appeal. VVelfl. the feed started at about two bells in the afternoon- and lasted late into the -night. It ended with their voting asf f-oll-owsr Rogers Morton was Chosen their best camper, 'Jack' Matthai the most helpful, and 'Tony' Mendoza the most cheerful. Thi-s bein' over 'Mogie' spun us a few yarns about the wild life in Kentucky. Friday mornin' the good ship :Xdelle came steaming into our harbor, dropped anchor, and we hustled aboard. Vtfe sure were sorry t-o leave our dog behind, but no matter how much we begged, the Z SIUPP' baCk the br drfill' ' best l tide'S rd bt Bye. S0 l Pitt 3 top Pf got UI wllilff story for so CAM. O11 of or twent camp Camp l e a t ll-ess lowin

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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL 27 two hours we arose, some of us -amid a barrage of pine cones. After an icy dip' we 'had breakfast. The wind had co-me up 'and 'ther-e was a high sea running. Then' mulch to our amazement, Brookie Stoddard appeared from 'the Woods- with a tale of woe. His- m-otorbo-at and Belle Is-land's skiff had cow-ed -and he desired our aid. We fo-llo-wed -him to the scene of disas'ter and dis- covered that the boats had been rescued 'by Charlie Stanw-ood. In the afterno-on '6Lemo'n f-oll-owed 5'Dave Moore's example to the extreme and op-ened the swimming season with a rush. .In the evening around the campfire we listened to thrilling stories to-ld by 'gBun and B-obo. VVednesday morning it threate-ned to r.ain. The camp ate flapjacks co-o-ked by Bun for breakfast. Dinner was fo-lilowed by a two hour res't period in which we listened to the exploits o-f P-enrod and Sam as read by Bun and Bobo, Then the whole camp but N-or-die set sail towards Maybeth's- .Pantry to procure some -doughnuts and pie-s which were t-erm-ed by Nor-die as pois-on. VVe returned sucices-sfuilly except for t'he fact that Bunn broke two- oars in a sprint as we neared camp. Aft-er another seren-aide by Charlie Stanwood we slumbered. The last day was a-cc-ompanied by a little rain in t-he mo-rning. Dave QSmi'thj received a large box of marshmallows in th-e mail. In the evening we had a wonderful supper cooked by Nordie and Andy, We sa't up very late around the campfire and voted statistics as followsr Best Camp-er Dave', CSmithj Mos-t Helpful B-o-bo Most Cheerful Bobby Mo-st Improved Brad W'ater Rat Dave Ct-he o-therj QR. P. B. CAMP DOG-APPEAL Uh Sail-or Sam, w-o1n't you tell us about your trip down the gre-at Sea of Newfoun-d, when you w-ere ex- p l-o r i n g I-Iornet's Cove ? The speaker looke-d with rapt attenti-on at Qld Sam who sat splicing ropes on the jetty. Sam st-opp-ed his work and, filling hi-s batter-ed o-ld pipe, m-aide a comfortable seart for himself on ia pile of tarpaulin, -and began this tale -of adventure. It wafs b-ack in the July of '29 as I recolalecit that the Skipper jsent a party of us out o-n an- expedition to the lonely I-Iornets' Cove. The party was ta'kin'- orders from Shelly Roots with Whiti-e Whiting ship- pin' als first mate and Ballyh-oo-ly Howland as bos'un. The crew was co-mpovs-ed' -o-f Nigger'i Brownell, Fireman Matthai, Spik Men- doza, Sleepy Miller, Moigie Morton, . 6'Silent Scott, Lemon Skidmore, an-d Al Suliloway. We dropped an-chor about noon and sp-ent the rest o' that day in

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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL . 29 Skipper wouldn't let us bring him back to Camp. Gur voyage across the blue was uneventful and we drew up to the quay after one o' the best trips I ever had. Well, the tide's ,bout high now, so I reckon I'd befst be 'tendin' 'to my business. 'Byef' So knocking the ashes -o-ut -of his pipe and then- inserting it into -th-e top po-cket of his besfp-o-tted v-est, he got up and started over toward the wharf. We thanke-d him for his story and hastened up to the store f-o-r -some ice cr-eam. Jack Matthai. ji-.-i-1 CAMP WEHYAM- TORREADQRS On a bright July day -in the year of our L-o-rd nineteen h u n d r e d twenty-nine one of the greatest cam-ping parties in the history of Camp Pasquaney set o-ut under the leadership of two- great men: Messrs. Jacks-on and Koch. Fol- lowing these leaders were chief sc-outs Sam Adams and Eddie The gr-o-up of -dwarfs con- Davis. sisted of D-ick', Bolling, Clausen Ely, Petie Gorman, I-Iarrii-s Mett- calf, Joh-nni-e Stoddard, Phil,' Ty-ler an-d Jo-hn-ni-e West. Arriving at lVIayhew's Islan-d everyone found work 't-o do and the tents were s-oon up. Alfter a good supper, a call to ca-mpfire bl-ew and everybody tried to tell a g'l1O'S'E story. As -soon as one thriller was successfully -completed e v e r y o n e went to bed. The next m-onning e ve r y b o d y arose early and breakfast was s-oon over, the cooks for that morning lbeing Davis and Adams. While awaiting the usual visit by the doc- tor, Freddie Koch, Phil and Photograph by E.. A. Davis M FOR MAYHEW Eddie circumnavigated the island- in -search of wood, but returned with 'a b-oat cradfle which was s-o-on meta- morphosed i-nto a raft. After the doctor left, Mr. jackson and some of the younger boys went to the mainland in search of petro-l. The afternofo'n's activity was a strenuous game of nigger babyf' and the Golden Sco-rpfiofn by Sax Rohmer made our evening an enjoyabl-e one. Wednesday morning we too-k our time ab-out get'ting up. So-me of us went -over to lVIaybeth's Pantry with Mr. jackson in the outboard motor boat to- get the pies fo-r Thursd'ay evening. They -distributed the pies to the other camping partieis upon