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Camp Herrick Boy Scout Camp Website
As Troop 2 Passed Through in the Nineteen Fifties
Camp Herrick was named after Carl Herrick
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Image Thanks to Charlie Kitchener
Hey Guys - This was a HALF CENTURY ago!!
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Do You Have Photos Like These to Share? You Can Click On Each of the
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Mess Hall & Cook Shack 
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Hank by the Council Fire 
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Cabin Leaders, 1954 
Hank Carr, Tony Jack, Andy Steele, |
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Cabin 4, 195? 
b. Billy Nisbet, Henry Betts, Alan Nagel |
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Cabin ?, 1954 
f. George Preston, Bob Jacques, Billy Shay, |
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Cabin 5, 1954 
f. Bob Jacques, Richard Day, Bruce Doherty |
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Cabin 6, 1954 
Kenny Clayton, R. Stone, Russ Burns, |
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Next Three Pictures Below |
That's Eddie Rand watching B. Nisbet dive off |
Only lifeguards ever got in a boat. |
Stevie Lunn (now deceased) clowning |
ON THIS PAGE
Introduction / Overview
Do You Have Photos or Anything to Say?
Questions & Answers
We Made a Few Summits
ON THIS SITE
Camp Herrick Revisited, 2005
Camp Herrick Revisited, 2003
Camp Herrick Staff
Comments, Stories & Information From Campers
Contact Lists
<== 09/01/07
Mount Washington Cruise, 2005
Non-Camp Herrick Scouting Page
Owned & Operated by Dane Street Church
Individuals' Pages:
Billy Shay's Page
Sandy (Steele) DeFord's Page
Scott Woodman's Page
Paul Weinberg's Page
LINKS
Camp Herrick Area From Satellite
BLOG
<== New Feature
Troop II Website
Webcams - Weirs, Rattlesnake Island, more
RETURN to the Official BHS Class of 1960 Site
Introduction / Overview
This page is a work in progress, and should be of special interest for those members of Beverly, Massachusetts, Boy Scout Troop 2, and those members of the Dane Street Congregational Church that attended Camp Herrick, West Alton, New Hampshire.
The idea to create this page came to me after a discussion about Camp Herrick with Henry Betts, Betsy Black, and especially Paul Weinberg, at the "Picnic in the Park," August 2nd. 2002, at Lynch Park. You can check out the details and see contemporary photos of Henry, Betsy, and Paul here:
Visit 2002 Picnic in the Park Page
You can see more recent images of Bill Cook, Scott Woodman, Paul Weinberg, and Bill Nisbet here. Don't worry, they are labeled.
Visit 2004 Picnic in the Park Page
Do You Have Photos? Anything to Say?
Want to Contribute? If you have old photos of Camp Herrick or documents of interest, email copies to the Webmaster at the bottom of this page. Perhaps you have an essay in you, like Scott Woodman's "Camp Herrick Revisited" (above)? Write it up; send it in. People want to hear what you have to say.
General comments and stories will still go here on the Comments, Stories & Information From Campers Page. Essays will get their own page.
As of mid-May, 2004, William Shay has his own page on this site. He is the fourth person to share his photos with us.
As of mid-March, 2003, Paul Weinberg has his own pages on this site. He is the third person to share his photos with us.
Early on, Scott Woodman has his own pages on this site. He was the second person to share his photos with us. Later on he wrote an essay, which is on it's own page.
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Night and Day |
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P. Weinberg Photo |
I hope these personal pages will prompt former campers to submit their photos, reminisces and any other documents. If you have only a couple of photos, I will add them here and there, but if you have several photos, and perhaps an essay, reminisces, recollections, anecdotes, and the like, I will start a page for you. Don't be shy.
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For photo submittal instructions, see top right.
The last date and time this page was updated appears at the very bottom of this
page.
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Here are some topics to get the ball rolling. Off the top, does anyone remember...?
Allamen si con di in skinny boom boom ray (Thanks, Dave)Chapel in the Woods (Thanks, Betsy)
Climbing Mt. Major
Council Fire Ring (Thanks, Dick)
Dotlee Pool
Hike to Go Swimming
Hiking Over to Belknap Recreation Area
Joe Dow's Brig (Thanks, Dick - I never heard of this)
Latrine Duty (Thanks, Paul)
Learning How to Play Poker
Mess Hall
Parents Visiting Day
Playing ball in field by road
Reveille & those other bugle calls
Riding the Single Chair Lift (Thanks, Dick)
Sitting Around the Camp Fire
Smoking Pine Needles
Snipe Hunts
Sophie C (Thanks, Dick)
Wassigigamo (Thanks, Scott)
Weir's Beach Arcade
Wise Owl
Work Detail
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Now, not Then! |
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Ed Rand, Jim Connolly, |
Questions and Answers
Q. Bill Shay asks, "Was there an occasion when we all wore sailor hats? [See last photo on Bill Shay's Page; see photo at bottom right].
A. See comments on the Mount Washington Cruise, 2005 page.
Q. Where did the name Camp Herrick come from?
A. "Camp Herrick is named after the first Scout Master of Troop 2, Carl E. Herrick. [He] was the Treasurer of the Sunday school at Dane Street Church... [and] was Scout Master from 1915-1919. Troop 2 started February 19, 1915." (Josh Moody, Troop 2 Historian)
Q. What was Al Brindel's wife's name?
A. "Al's wife's name was Marion" (Bob Akerley)
Q. So, what town was Camp Herrick physically in?
A. "On the Camp Herrick site you mention the location as having been Gilmanton, NH. My recollection is that at least the mailing address was West Alton." (Paul Weinberg)
Reply: Camp Herick was located in Alton, New Hampshire, right on the Guilford line. That area of Alton is called West Alton, like Beverly Farms is to Beverly. (updated 12/11/04)
Q. What was Rev. Little's middle initial? D or W?
A. According to Billy Shay, it is "W" for "Williams" per the Beverly City Directory 1955 at the Beverly Historical Society. Thanks, Billy! (04/29/04)
Q. OK guys, who was on staff at Camp Herrick? (See Camp Herrick Staff Page)
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Q. Is there anyone experienced in HTML and flatbed scanning that can help me with this page? You'll need PaintShop Pro or other software to recalculate JPEGs rather than resizing. You'll be backup for me, and the clearing house for physical photos mailed to you that you'll have to mail back to submitter.
A. Josh Moody, Troop 2 Historian, would like to help. Others more than welcome, too.
We Made a Few Summits
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