Here is the second half of the report based on the 1940 Camp Naidni brochure.

That would make Donald about 93 today.  If anyone knows that name, please track it down for us.  Pike, New Hampshire?  Easy.  That was the post office that delivered mail back then, and it was our address, too, in 1985.  I admit I liked that name “Pike” and I also am a bit jealous of Camp Walt Whitman’s location on Cape Moonshine Road.

The shoreline of Tarleton at Kingswood is 1315 feet above sea level.  We have approximately 734 feet of shoreline.  Moosilauke soars to 4802 feet, down from the 4810 that appears on many maps.  Actually, I like to argue that I have been around camping so long that Moose has eroded 8 feet in my lifetime!  Ice house?  Yeah, folks cut ice in the winter and stored it in saw dust to preserve it for summer use.  Twelve horses?  Yes, the area we call “across the road” was the riding rink and the staff lounge (Shack) was one of the stables back then.

That’s 25C going straight from top to bottom.  The “Log Cabin” was still standing (barely) when we took over in 1985.  It was so rickety that I forbade anyone going in there.  Same with that “Cabin” at top right next to the compass.  That was the old “Cabin 14” and we decreed it both dangerous and haunted.  Not so smart of us, as boys snuck over there all the time out of curiosity. The Wipfler cottage today was the Infirmary back then.

Yes, indeed.  This building is the same structure that we now call the Dining Hall and kitchen.  Every old old-timer remembers that high lattice wall at ground level.  Looks like the main entrance was on Taylor’s kitchen side of the building. I am guessing that what appears to be a ladder where the main stairs are today is a fire escape contraption.

Indeed, this is the original Dining Room/Main Lodge that we tore down (and burned across the road in a giant inferno one cold winter day in  late 1999 or early 2000)  We paid $25 for the permit to “replace the building in kind” and that became our gorgeous Main Lodge of today.  The bottom level was a dressing room and each camper had a cubby for towels, etc.

Who recognizes this cabin, and can tell us where it was then and today?

As reported last time, the waterfront has not changed that much.  However, diving boards must be heavily anchored to qualify for insurance in this modern age.  I doubt that Naidni’s, at the end of a dock, would qualify.  Note the lifeguard in the rowboat at center.  Same as today, although the boat may have a motor, with Mac or Jacob at the helm.

Rotate this court 90 degrees and you have the site of our current tennis facility.  These were clay courts and when it was wet, they were nearly lakes and when they were dry, they were too dusty to play on.  Indeed, the status was one or the other most of the time when we took over in 1985.  Every “line” was a tape, held in place by metal brackets — one every few inches.  Imagine the work it took to get those courts taken up for winter and laid back down the following pre-camp.  We called that time “Hell Week” for a good reason.

Let’s bring back those Naidni shirts!

Let’s bring back the Naidni packing list, including “Masquerade Costume,” whatever that meant.  “All articles must be marked with the full name of the camper”  Some things with boys never change, eh?

Let’s bring back the Naidni float, with the long slide and double tower!

Let’s have a Naidni sister camp, and locate it on Lake Armington.  Disclosure:  This page was news to me and Camp Tawasi (Isawat backwards?) must have been on the site of the current Camp Walt Whitman on Lake Armington.

Let’s bring back those Naidni procedures and songs, and lastly….

let’s bring back the Naidni vehicle fleet!