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1960

• The big news: Dick Black comes to Flying Eagle as our new Program Director. Sons Rick and Terry are with him. (Gloria is back in St. Clair Shores, getting ready to deliver Susan.)
• The water level is up so high that the swale and lake are connected. Counselor Andy Clark and campers build a bridge to get to the nature area... A new building goes up: part craft shop and part an off-duty room for counselors. A separate utility building is built.
• Fourth-year campers get a camp jacket

1961

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• Paul Canja comes to camp at the age of 6 weeks! We add a raft. How did we get along without one?
• The council fire area gets rebuilt. But the important thing still is awards! And PB and J’s afterwards.
• Eight campers come back for their 5th year and receive 22’s: Gary Baduel, Harvey Bell, Steve Bell, Jamie Buhr, Larry Clark, George Huntzicker, Evan Ralyea and Giles Seevers.

1962

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• Counselor Dick Sharer helps campers build a nature hut. He and Bill Rocker also take older campers on camp-out trips to the Upper Peninsula.
• After enjoying the food (especially the pies!) at Kay's Restaurant on Starvation Lake, Alex and Tess said: "Kay, you've got to be our camp cook!" and she agreed. Kay became an important part of Flying Eagle for the next seven years.
• The chow hall gets a colorful makeover.

1963

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• The Bulletin Board goes up.
• We all move out on the camp bus for trips to Mackinac Island. Back at camp, we have overnights at Forty Pines and Squaw Lake.

1964

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• Our season changes from 8 weeks to 7 weeks.
• We get a new backstop for the ball field. Under “Coach” Black’s direction we’re playing other camps – and winning! We’re also taking canoe trips down the Manistee and exploring railroad beds for old lumber camp settlements.

1965

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• “I’ve created a Frankenstein!” says Alex, who is still carving Flying Eagle wallets for third-year campers. But now there are so many. So starting in 1966, third year campers get a jacket and 4th year campers get the wallets.
• The Sioux move into a tent and their room in the dorm becomes a library and place for Bingo and movies. We expand our dorm trips to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes.

1966

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• Good news from the kitchen: who could possibly follow in Kay's footsteps? Lucy! For the kitchen boys, a boat house goes up and they move in.
• The Canja’s add a patio to the lodge, a great place for gatherings.

1967

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• A camp inspector gives us the state’s highest rating, adding “fine leadership joined to excellent facilities.”
• The road to camp is improved. No more two-rut.
• Camp gets a new Flying Eagle sign and gated entrance.
• We also get a new rifle range.
• Phil Toyama joins us to teach something new: judo!

1968

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• The big news is trampolining. We enlarge the pit, get a new trampoline and bring in gymnast Jim Brydon as instructor.

1969

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• We’re getting big time with a new addition to the dorm and a sign over the door that says: “World’s Greatest Campers Walk Through These Doors.”
• We also get new dugouts and the “Sugar Shack!”
• Check it out on the Bulletin Board. You can now earn over 40 awards.

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