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Tag: Ondessonk History

One of the original four – Brébeuf!

By Pati Egan According to a Newsletter from 2000, a new BrĂ©beuf made its debut as a rebuilt unit.  It was the last of the original four units to be…
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Ahatsistari Girls Unit

Ahatsistari is the big number one…Second to none…No doubt about It…You’ll hear us shout it…Ahatsistari’s number one…

By Pati Egan Seeing the majestic Clydesdale horses enter Busch Stadium to start the 2025 season is a long-standing St. Louis Cardinals’ tradition. This long-forgotten cheer entered my mind as…
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The Primitive Units of Couture and Teondechoren – 1969 through 1971

By Pati Egan This iconic picture showing the Primitive Unit of Teondechoren after going through Augustine’s Agony has come to epitomize the spirit of adventure of the staff and campers…
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Looking for footprints…one of the original four – Goupil

By Pati Egan Every time I go to Camp, one of the units I stop and spend some time in is Goupil. When I was a camper, I usually tried…
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Let’s go RETRO! Stripes or Solids?

By Pati Egan Unit shirts have a history all their own!  It seems that until the mid-1980s Camp shirts came in many varieties, shapes, and colors.  Camp would make a…
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Going to the Gala?

By Pati Egan Not if you were only involved in Camp in its early years – you went to the Appreciation Dinner! It’s hard to date when the first Appreciation…
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