Those that served on staff that first summer remember spending the entire night before Junior Camp assembling bunk beds and preparing for incoming campers.
Most of the staff boys lived in a black bus with no air conditioning. They showered over the floor drain in the dish room. The girls lived in a trailer near the Ted and Karen’s mobile home. They had indoor plumbing.
There was no gymnasium, no tennis courts, and no chapel building. The Dining Hall was divided with a temporary wall. Meals were served on one side and the other side was used for chapel and was the only inside location for activities during rain.


