1/9/2010 11:54:00 AM SHAUN BENNETT ADN Special Contributor If you have read the early Wiyaka Stories published previously in the Athol Daily News (see Wiyaka Stories Jan. 19, 2009, on the ADN home page), you … read more
Camp News
Campfires of an Earlier Era
12/19/2009 9:45:00 AM SHAUN BENNETT ADN Special Contributor One of my Wiyaka stories prompted Art Krupnick to get in touch and reminisce about campfires. Art attended Wiyaka in 1948 and 1949. Come next July, there … read more
The Allison Plaque
10/16/2009 11:23:00 PM Shaun Bennett 1957 RECIPIENT — Dennis Boutot was awarded the Allison Plaque in 1957. 1960 RECIPIENT — Richard Chase, publisher of the Athol Daily News, received the Allison Plaque in 1960. I … read more
Camp Wiyaka: 89, But Really Timeless
10/5/2009 7:55:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – June 12, 2009 Camp Wiyaka: 89, But Really Timeless CAMP LIFE — Camp Wiyaka is preparing for the summer season, and is open to all boys and girls. Submitted … read more
Feeding the Multitudes: Wiyaka’s KP Tradition
10/5/2009 8:13:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – April 24, 2009 Feeding The Multitudes: Wiyaka’s KP Tradition ON POINT — Roger “Puppy” Raymond stands on the First Point Dock at Camp Wiyaka, the summer of 1961. MVP … read more
Whatever Will (or Did) Become of Them?
10/5/2009 8:13:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – March 20, 2009 Whatever Will (Or Did) Become Of Them? Leonard “Mo” Morse in 1952 TENT MATES — Mike Dube, standing, far left, with Tony Aquino, left kneeling, Doug … read more
Estelle Anderson Takes on Wiyaka’s Kitchen
10/5/2009 8:14:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – Feb. 20, 2009 AT CAMP — This photograph, submitted courtesy of Estelle Anderson of South Hadley, shows Johnnie Johnstone (seated), Estelle and Richard “Andy” Anderson, Estelle’s husband and “Mr. … read more
Times Change: Ancient and Modern Games at Camp Wiyaka
10/5/2009 7:07:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – January 16, 2009 SHAUN BENNETT ADN Special Contributor Times Change: Ancient and Modern Games At Camp WiyakaAs Camp Wiyaka’s founder, Johnnie Johnstone, told the story, they had tackled the … read more
Annual Telling of the Peter Marlow Story
10/5/2008 10:01:00 AM Wiyaka Stories – Dec. 19, 2008 SHAUN BENNETT ADN Special Contributor You are eleven years old. You are in the dark at the scene of the crime, and you are hearing noises: … read more
First in Wiyaka Stories series
10/5/2009 6:26:00 AM Camp Wiyaka Stories – Nov. 21, 2008 IN CHARGE — Smokey Holbrook during the track & field meet. THE KITCHENEERS — The Camp Wiyaka kitchen staff for the season of 1935 included, … read more
