MONDAY: We awoke to a very misty and foggy but warm morning. Lawry Pickett and Bill Bergstrom took a group of boys to Sunken Islands on a sunken treasure hunt. Stones were wrapped in aluminum foil and hidden in and around the rocks under the surface of the water. Many were found and lots of fun was had by all. Another Trenton Falls trip also left after breakfast with Hunt Hilliard and Tom Mercer guiding nine boys. After lunch our senior baseball team had a second game with Chenango which we won 18-1. About five o'clock the four youngest tents in camp, under the leadership of their councilors, Chuck Pierce, Jim High, Charlie Tracy, and John Young, boarded our various vehicles and headed for Mount Nebo for an overnight stay. Doug Coupe and Jock McQuilkin took their tents to the Willows for a night on the ground, which ultimately turned out to be rather wet.
AUGUST 7: Cool and rainy, the rain having started during the wee early morning hours. Because of the rain, the Nebo group was picked up a little earlier than usual. All took showers on their return and were none the worse for the moisture. The Willows company also paddled back considerably more wet but were soon dried and in good shape. After lunch Barc Feather and Chuck Pierce took the bus and Rover filled with five tents of boys to the nearby bowling alley. Another group under the leadership of Perry Winston visited the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Trenton Falls trip returned in the late afternoon, having also experienced a wet time. The weather cleared sufficiently to permit us to give many Hacker rides. After dark we viewed the 1961 World Series pictures on film in the theater.
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy early, then clearing and windy. The wind, of course, gave us plenty of sailing throughout the day. We sent the two youngest tents to the Indian Museum in the morning along with a Farmer's Museum trip for those who had not yet been there. Many projects got started in the Handicraft Lodge during the course of the day. In the afternoon, our junior baseball team split a double header in softball with Chenango, winning the first game 15-5 and losing the nightcap 11-7. In the evening we were entertained by the movie "Conquest of Space," a propos to our times.
THURSDAY: A miserable day--overcast, drizzle, damp, and all other things in the same vein! We still were able to send two Woodland Museum trips by way of the water in the now fast moving Hacker. Chuck Pierce took three boys to the golf course to enjoy a few holes of golf before the rain forced them off the course. After, lunch we had a coon and hound chase despite the few short sprinkles. About fifteen campers were coons and led the rest. of the camp on a merry chase of the hounds for the better part of the day. Most of the coons had been caught by supper time. Immediately after supper the UL tents made a trip to Cooperstown to see the African movie, "Hatari." The rest of the camp assembled in the dining room for a mammoth Bingo game complete with many prizes. This continued until 10:00 p.m. when most all the participants retired.
FRIDAY: Another miserable camp day weather wise. In the morning we began our wrestling competition for the final wind-up events. Much activity took place in the Handicraft Lodge. There was also a goodly number of campers around the fire in the lodge reading, visiting, singing, and others playing shuffleboard. After lunch Doug Coupe and Hunt Hllliard took tents #6, 7, 8, 11, 53B, and 9 for an afternoon of bowling. The scores were low but the enjoyment high. A Farmer's Museum trip went out with Todd Mulvenny as the leader of about seventeen boys. After supper Tents # 12, 14, 15, and 16 went to town to see "Hatari." The remainder of the camp retired to the tune of the sprinkles on the roofs and tents.
SATURDAY: Cold with a heavy fog that finally cleared in the afternoon. Shortly after breakfast the annual Hyde Bay Nature Hunt began. Nine teams of five boys each were formed and all set out in search of various forms of animal and plant life-later to be judged by a distinguised committee headed by Dick Carlton. The first and second place winners in the junior and senior groups were as follows: