The Island – Then and Now (2) – 1945 – 2021

The tarp set up next to the Cook Cabin where the children ate their meal.

             Lad Guion and Pete Linsley at the firepit, the “new” Sleeping Cabin in the background in the late 1950’s

Some of the boys using an original innertube and the board pulled behind the boat

The hand-made “Barge” built in Pete Linsley’s basement, and the rowboat converted into a sailboat

All the children after a Talent Show (I’m in the back row, third from the left, about 1958

The older girls heading into town (I’m on the far right)

The screened Porch added to the Cook Cabin where the Tarp was originally used

The Sleeping Cabin (I took this picture from the roof of the Cook Cabin on a Painting Party Weekend – my cousins and I painted both buildings

The 40-year old dock (which replaced the original of the same design)

The new dock being installed

After reading so much about the proposals for our Future Camp, I hope you enjoyed seeing the changes over the years. At this time I am on the Island, enjoying my last weekend for 2021. Very much looking forward to spending two full weeks there next year – which will include another Guion Family Reunion at another location on the lake.

Tomorrow, I will return to  letters written in 1939 when Lad was working for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (which became part of the Mobil Empire) and Trumbull is celebrating Thanksgiving.

Judy Guion