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Archive - December 2007 Posted 10-Dec-07 01:59:36 GMT
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many years, the Union Carbide Corporation in South Charleston, West Virginia,
operated summer camps for children of employees. Camp Cliffside, near the
Coal River, and Camps Camelot and Carlisle in the forest near Blue Creek
offered a wide variety of sports, crafts, learning and fun activities.
Each summer, hundreds of "Carbide kids" spent two weeks at camp during
their pre-teen and teenage years. |
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remember my own experiences as a camper, junior counselor, and counselor
in training as significant times of life as I learned to cope with nature
and with being away from home for a while, to interact with others both
younger and older, to generally grow a bit, and perhaps to learn how to
make fewer dumb choices later in life. |
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I heard that Dow Chemical
Company was about to acquire Union
Carbide, I was reminded that somewhere at Carbide there must be files
and materials which were stored when the camps ceased operations. And those
campers must now be living throughout the nation and the world. It is time
to retrieve these materials from company and campers alike. |
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started this site in hopes that there are others who feel a little wistful
that these camps are no longer operating, and that photos, awards, records
and memorabilia deserve to be preserved. |
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you or anyone you know has access to any "scrapbook" information on the
Carbide camps, I would appreciate receiving scanned files, faxes or just
information on who has what. I bet others would agree that together we
can expand this page to be informative, fun, and yes, maybe a bit sentimental
for all of us.
Visit the site, view and sign
the guestbook, and, by all means, get in touch -- with me and with your
other camps alumni! This can be fun! |
ARTHUR:
Yes, Camelot, my boy!
Where once it never rained till after sundown,
By eight a.m. the morning fog had flown...
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment that was known
As Camelot.
The difference between one brief shinning momment and nothing at all is a very great difference.
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