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Doeskin Symbols
1968
Beginning of doeskin tradition
1
​(8) girls, (2) counselors
6
Built table?
11
Talisman
16
(2) girls participated each Sunday Worship Service
2
Tripod for water ?
Set up tents?
7
Unity, strength, working together
12
?
17
Crossed Mighty Mac, 4-day trip on Manistique River
​3
Rain
8
?
13
?
18
Wildwood closing campfire
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Our Wildwood symbol
14
New tradition?
19
Closing Council Fire
5
?
10
Beginning of doeskin tradition
15
Survival meals
20
Going home
Name | Role | Talisman Attribute | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
Kathy Bogue Smith | Counselor | ||
Jerry Smith | Mentor | ||
Kristin Van Ranst Ayers | Camper | Pinecone | Pink |
Barbara Bunch Davis | Camper | Acorn | |
Sue Kolb | Camper | Snakeskin | |
Candy Mikula | Camper | ||
Ann Bartlebaugh Naubert | Camper | Purple Feather | |
Connie Shaw | Camper | ||
Meg Sinclair | Camper | ||
Christy Small Martin | Camper |
1969
1
Counselor
6
Dishrack
11
Built 5-sided table
16
​Woodie at Heart Party
21
Went home
2
(9) girls set up tents
7
Tripod for cooking
12
1st Council Fire
17
​Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
​3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
All working together
13
(2) girls helped with 3rd Sunday Worship Service
18
(4) girls helped with 4th Sunday Worship Service
4
(2) girls helped with 1st Sunday Worship Service
9
(2) girls helped with 2nd Sunday Worship Service
14
3-day canoe trip on Boardman River
19
Cooked meals
5
Building
10
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
15
?
20
Closing Council Fire
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bette Fuller | Counselor | ||||
Maryann Cain Herek | Camper | ||||
Nancy Adams | Camper | ||||
Margaret Appleyard | Camper | ||||
Marcia Beach | Camper | ||||
Sherill Denton | Camper | ||||
Chris Haidostian | Camper | ||||
Jan Griffen Hayter | Camper | Strength | Oak | ||
Charlyss Ray | Camper | ||||
Judie Weenink | Camper |
1970
1
Our beginning
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Sunday Worship Service
16
Northern Lights over camp
2
Each member of our group
7
Talisman, knot for each girl, unity
12
3-day canoe trip on Boardman River
17
Woodie at Heart Party
​3
Tents and tent mates
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
?
18
Sunday Worship Service
4
Rain
9
?
14
Sunday Worship Service
19
​Tree Ceremony at Closing Council Fire, friendship symbol
5
Felled trees for building and fires
10
Built stove/oven
15
Doeskin?
20
Ending in unity
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sue Sweet | Counselor | ||||
Susan Block | Camper | ||||
Carol DiBiasio-Snyder | Camper | Hope | Aspen | ||
Janet Foley | Camper | ||||
Terry Hennings | Camper | ||||
Carla Petrak | Camper | ||||
Dianne (Stretch) Phillips | Camper | ||||
Jane Ruddy | Camper | ||||
Jane Self | Camper | ||||
Mary Squires | Camper |
1971
1
(14) girls, (2) counselors
6
Sunday Worship Service for 1st 2 weeks of camp
11
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
2
Rain
7
4-day trip to Canada. Lake Superior, Mt. hike
12
Sunday Worship Service for 2nd 2 weeks of camp
​3
Chopped wood for furniture
8
Woodie at Heart Party
13
Talisman
4
Hung doeskin
9
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
14
Storm, trees fall on WW tent
5
Moved oven/stove
10
Completed huge table
15
Closing Candle Ceremony in Fellowship Hall
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peggy Schelp | Counselor | ||||
Madilyn Sommers | Counselor | ||||
Carol Gullberg Hudelson | Camper | ||||
Lisa Van Ranst Berridge | Camper | ||||
Sue Allerton | Camper | ||||
Marilyn Bartlebaugh | Camper | ||||
Nancy Hudgins | Camper | ||||
Barbara A Kakenmaster | Camper | Red | |||
Kim LoPrete | Camper | ||||
Julie Scrase Menassaka | Camper | ||||
Jane Metzger | Camper | ||||
Karen Miller | Camper | ||||
Nancy Gourlay Morrison | Camper | ||||
Clara Ramsey | Camper | ||||
Cindy Sharpe | Camper | ||||
Cathee Woodworth | Camper |
1972
No Wildwood in 1972 - Inward/Outward Bound
1973
1
Tree symbols for each person
6
Woodie at Heart Party
11
Story on doeskin, Wildwood fire
16
Our Wildwood symbol, pinecone representing friendship
2
Rain
7
Visitors Sunday
12
Talisman
​3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Colors of love (individuals), Unity of group
13
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
4
​Moved oven
9
Trip to Agawa Canyon/RR Canada. Rain, 4 sunny days
14
Closing Council Fire
5
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
10
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
15
Shell symbols of strength
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kristin Van Ranst Ayers | Counselor | Foundation | Roots | White | |
Jennifer Cruickshank Skinner | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Red | |
Pam Guined Castle | Camper | Hope | Aspen | Yellow | |
Cheryl (Cherri) Lynn Meachum-Evans | Camper | Strength | Oak | Blue | |
Ann Elizabeth Reibel-Coyne | Camper | Joy | Willow | Orange | |
Karole Sharpe | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Green |
1974
1
Our beginning
6
Sunday Worship Services
11
Built a new pulpit for the Chapel
2
Tents and tent mates
7
?
12
Music in our lives
​3
Felled trees for building
8
Built table based on the trinity
13
Our Wildwood sign
4
Wildwood Fire
9
Trip to Luce County
14
Rain
5
Talisman
10
Woodie at Heart party
15
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carol Marie DiBiasio-Snyder | Counselor | Faith | Roots | White | |
Sue Ashton | Camper | Courage | Hemlock | Yellow | Tools |
Ann Bigelow | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Navy Blue | Doeskin |
Marty Miller | Camper | Hope | Aspen | Red | Sign |
Allyson Reed | Camper | Joy | Willow | Light Green | Tools |
JoAnn Simonetta | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Black | Doeskin |
Chris Stoner-Mertz | Camper | Strength | Oak | Light Blue | Sign |
1975
1
Coming together
6
?
11
Sunday Worship Service
16
50th Year of Camp
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
12
5-day trip to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
17
Sunday Worship Service
​3
Trees for building
8
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
13
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
18
Council Fire
4
Ring Buoy - We all took "Lifesaving" together, Nancy was instructor
9
?
14
​Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day (Rainy day)
19
Our Wildwood Symbol
5
Talisman
10
Our table
15
Woodie At Heart party
20
Leaving closer than when we arrived
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nancy Hudgins | Counselor | ||||
Barb Aylesworth | Camper | ||||
Susan Jane Lunden | Camper | ||||
Tina Simonetta | Camper | ||||
Doug Worthington | Protector |
1976
No Wildwood in 1976 - Windward
1977
1
Coming together - circle of unity
6
Talisman
11
2-Week Closing Council Fire
16
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
?
12
Pat leaves early
17
Going out separately with the tools we learned
​3
Rain (many days of rain)
8
Table completed
13
Backpacking trip to Agawa Canyon/Algoma Central Railway
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Sunday Worship Service
14
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Services
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
Protector?
15
Woodie At Heart party
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Stoner-Mertz | Counselor | Faith | Roots | White | |
Michelle Glime | Camper | Character | Maple | Light Blue | Sign |
Marie Morrison Guyer | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Green | Doeskin |
Anne Hedrich | Camper | Kindness | Elm | Brown | Sign |
Katie Jessup | Camper | Courage | Hemlock | Navy | Chapel |
Roz McCreery | Camper | Strength | Oak | Yellow | Tools |
Janie Bultrud McKirgan | Camper | Hope | Aspen | Red | Chapel |
Pat Cripps Rapson | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Pink | Doeskin |
Trish Webster | Camper | Joy | Willow | Orange | Tools |
David Whitehead | Protector |
1978
1
Coming together
6
Talisman
11
?
16
Sunday Worship Service
21
Our Wildwood Symbol
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
12
Sunday Worship Service
17
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
​3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Table completed
13
?
18
Sunday Worship Service
4
?
9
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
14
​Woodie At Heart party
19
Council Fire
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
?
15
Out trip
20
Woodie earned sailing "Skipper" rank
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tina Simonetta | Counselor | ||||
Kim Baer | Camper | ||||
Lynn Green | Camper | ||||
Mary Beth Schellhaas | Camper | ||||
Jo Shortley | Camper | ||||
Dottie Simonetta Smith | Camper | Joy | Willow | Pink | |
Lisa Snell | Camper | ||||
Sharon Williams | Camper | ||||
Wendy Williams | Camper |
1979
1
Coming together
6
Talisman
11
Sunday Worship Service
2
Our Wildwood Symbol
7
?
12
​Out trip | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
​3
Tents and tent mates
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
Woodie At Heart party
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Table completed
14
Council Fire Ceremony
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
Poison Ivy?
15
Leaving
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lisa Wehmeyer | Counselor | ||||
Lisa Gibson | Camper | ||||
Mary Lou McMillan | Camper | ||||
Tracey Meachum | Camper |
1980
1
Each tree we were given
6
Felled trees for building
11
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
16
Sunday Worship Service
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
12
Agawa Canyon trip
17
Two Woodies earned sailing "Skipper" rank
​3
?
8
Talisman
13
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
18
Closing Council Fire
4
1st Sunday Worship Service
9
Sick porcupine in our camp. died a few days later
14
Woodie at Heart Party
5
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
10
Table
15
1st Vest Ceremony
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Janie Bultrud McKirgan | Counselor | ||||
Jennifer Denise Lepard | Camper | Strength | Oak | Yellow | |
Jennifer Lorimer | Camper | ||||
Nancy Meachum Provan | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Blue | |
Sheila Smiggen | Camper | ||||
Keith Hinkle | Protector |
1981
1
Chosen symbol for our Wildwood
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
16
Woodie at Heart party
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
12
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
17
Two Woodies earned sailing "Skipper" rank
​3
Felled trees for building
8
Talisman
13
Leslie leaves early
18
Council Fire & Tree Ceremony
4
Rebuilt stove/oven
9
?
14
Christmas?
19
Love/strong bond between us
5
?
10
Trip to Agawa Canyon; Dog followed us; Lots of rain
15
Male staff for dinner
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anne Hedrich | Counselor | Faith | Roots | White | |
Melissa Frisch | Camper | ||||
Janice Yvette Fuller-Roberts | Camper | Character | Maple | Red | |
Leslie Wood Garvin | Camper | Strength | Oak | ||
Rebecca Stoner Hanif | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Green | Chapel |
Leslie Johnson | Camper | ||||
Kris Remijan | Camper | Kindness | Elm | Burgundy | |
Laura Weber | Camper |
1982
1
Coming together
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Woodie at Heart Party
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Table (Red Cross: had to repair broken bench)
12
Male staff for dinner
​3
Felled trees for building
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
4
?
9
Two Woodies left early
14
Our Wildwood Symbol
5
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
10
Trip to the Porcupine Mountains
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynn Green | Counselor | ||||
Gerri Anderson | Camper | ||||
Katie Hedrich | Camper | ||||
Nancy Loper | Camper | Strength | Oak | Red | |
Laura McDonnell | Camper | ||||
Sandy Remijan | Camper | Purple | |||
Amy Uber | Camper |
1983
1
(11) of the (12) Woodies arrived at Camp (Kelli arrived later)
6
Talisman
11
Completed the table
16
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
21
Our Wildwood Symbol
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Visitor’s Sunday
12
Meteor Showers over Higgins Lake
17
Male staff joins us for lunch
​3
Horse witch/saw table
8
Rebuilt the Wildwood “refrigerator”
13
Kelli Arrived
18
Woodie at Heart party
4
The "Woodie Check” ~ a game we invented for Thomas Doggett Day to replace the Woodie Gallump
9
Refrigerator Lid
14
4 days hiking in Pukaskwa National Park, Canada
19
Closing Council Fire & Tree Ceremony
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
26 Hours of rain - slept in the Dining Hall
15
Sunday Worship Service (Rainy day)
20
Anne and Alison earned sailing "Skipper" rank
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Lou McMillan | Counselor | ||||
Anne Carroll | Camper | ||||
Brooke Foley | Camper | Courage | Hemlock | Red | |
Jeannine Green | Camper | Cedar | Turquois | ||
Mamie Healy | Camper | ||||
Alison Jane Lepard | Camper | Joy | Willow | Yellow | |
Amy Miller | Camper | ||||
Marna T. Nemon | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Burgandy | |
Kim Rae | Camper | Kindness | Elm | Green | |
Kelli Robinson | Camper | ||||
Kristin N Shiels - Letts | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Lavender | |
Missy Smerecki | Camper | ||||
Laura Wood | Camper | ||||
Sam Simonetta | Protector |
1984
1
Colors for each girl
6
Talisman
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
​3
Felled trees
8
Woodie Axe Chop on Lumberjack Day
4
Built doeskin frame
5
Wildwood Fire
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anne Hedrich | Counselor | Faith | Roots | White | |
Amy Frisch | Camper | Truth | Sycamore | Lavender | |
Tammy Harris | Camper | ||||
Donna Redd | Camper | ||||
Kim Owings Sandum | Camper | Peace | Olive | Light Blue | |
Michele Seng | Camper | Beauty | Birch | Light Purple | |
Deb Weaver | Camper | ||||
Anne Wells | Camper | ||||
Jim Rae | Protector |
1985
1
Coming together
6
Sunday Worship Service
11
Woodie at Heart Dinner
16
Closing Campfire & Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Woodie Axe Chop on Lumberjack Day
12
Apostle Island Trip – Protector was WAH
17
Going Home – Wildwood in our hearts
​3
Felled trees
8
Broken Table
13
Male Staff Dinner
4
Wildwood Fire
9
Repaired Table
14
Vest Ceremony
5
Talisman
10
Sunday Worship Service
15
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nancy Meachum Provan | Counselor | Faith | Roots | White | |
Lynn Anslow | Camper | ||||
Sarah Day Smith | Camper | ||||
Sarah Hedrich | Camper | ||||
Pam Moyes | Camper | ||||
Julie Trebilcock | Camper | ||||
Leslie Wood Garvin | Protector |
1986
1
Coming together in Wildwood
6
Talisman
11
Stove/Oven
16
Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Tree assignments
12
July 4th Celebration?
17
Out trip
​3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Table
13
Chapel Gates
18
Woodie earned sailing "Skipper" rank
4
?
9
Sunday Worship Service
14
Male satff for dinner
19
Love between us
5
Wildwood Fire
10
Woodie Axe chop during Lumberjack Day
15
Council Fire Ceremony
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leslie Wood Garvin | Counselor | ||||
Sasha Nyboer Henson | Camper | Friendship | Pine | Green | |
Kris Mayo | Camper | ||||
Cindy McDonnell | Camper | ||||
Heidi Meachum | Camper | ||||
Colleen Mooney | Camper | ||||
Amy Tracy Nemon | Camper | Truth | Sycamore | Burgundy | |
Sarah Ogilvy | Camper | ||||
Anne Elizabeth Ogilvy | Camper | Strength | Oak | Light blue | |
Sarah Remijan | Camper | ||||
Jennie Stark | Camper |
1987
1
Coming together in Wildwood
6
Talisman
11
4-day out trip canoeing, the "Pigeon River Hike" (Sam Simonetta (S2), Protector)
2
Tents and tent mates
7
​Sunday Worship Service
12
Council Fire Ceremony with tribal dancing
​3
Stormy Weather
8
Woodie Axe Chop
13
Woodie at Heart party
4
Felled trees
9
Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
14
Symbol of our Wildwood Love
5
Wildwood Fire
10
Triangular-shaped table (the first one broke)
Name | Role | CharacterTrait | Tree | Color | Wadjnicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penny Vigneau | Counselor | ||||
Leigh Anne Coughlin | Camper | ||||
Stephanie Reed | Camper | ||||
Leigh Anne Stuart | Camper | ||||
Hillary Torpie | Camper | ||||
Beth Uznis | Camper | ||||
Sarah Young | Camper |
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