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Doeskin Symbols
1968
Beginning of doeskin tradition
1
(8) girls, (2) counselors
6
Built table?
11
Talisman
16
(2) girls participated each Sunday Worship Service
2
Tripod for water ?
Set up tents?
7
Unity, strength, working together
12
?
17
Crossed Mighty Mac, 4-day trip on Manistique River
3
Rain
8
?
13
?
18
Wildwood closing campfire
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Our Wildwood symbol
14
New tradition?
19
Closing Council Fire
5
?
10
Beginning of doeskin tradition
15
Survival meals
20
Going home
1969
1
Counselor
6
Dishrack
11
Built 5-sided table
16
Woodie at Heart Party
21
Went home
2
(9) girls set up tents
7
Tripod for cooking
12
1st Council Fire
17
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
All working together
13
(2) girls helped with 3rd Sunday Worship Service
18
(4) girls helped with 4th Sunday Worship Service
4
(2) girls helped with 1st Sunday Worship Service
9
(2) girls helped with 2nd Sunday Worship Service
14
3-day canoe trip on Boardman River
19
Cooked meals
5
Building
10
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
15
?
20
Closing Council Fire
1970
1
Our beginning
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Sunday Worship Service
16
Northern Lights over camp
2
Each member of our group
7
Talisman, knot for each girl, unity
12
3-day canoe trip on Boardman River
17
Woodie at Heart Party
3
Tents and tent mates
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
?
18
Sunday Worship Service
4
Rain
9
?
14
Sunday Worship Service
19
Tree Ceremony at Closing Council Fire, friendship symbol
5
Felled trees for building and fires
10
Built stove/oven
15
Doeskin?
20
Ending in unity
1971
1
(14) girls, (2) counselors
6
Sunday Worship Service for 1st 2 weeks of camp
11
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
2
Rain
7
4-day trip to Canada. Lake Superior, Mt. hike
12
Sunday Worship Service for 2nd 2 weeks of camp
3
Chopped wood for furniture
8
Woodie at Heart Party
13
Talisman
4
Hung doeskin
9
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
14
Storm, trees fall on WW tent
5
Moved oven/stove
10
Completed huge table
15
Closing Candle Ceremony in Fellowship Hall
1972
No Wildwood in 1972 - Inward/Outward Bound
1973
1
Tree symbols for each person
6
Woodie at Heart Party
11
Story on doeskin, Wildwood fire
16
Our Wildwood symbol, pinecone representing friendship
2
Rain
7
Visitors Sunday
12
Talisman
3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Colors of love (individuals), Unity of group
13
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
4
Moved oven
9
Trip to Agawa Canyon/RR Canada. Rain, 4 sunny days
14
Closing Council Fire
5
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
10
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
15
Shell symbols of strength
1974
1
Our beginning
6
Sunday Worship Services
11
Built a new pulpit for the Chapel
2
Tents and tent mates
7
?
12
Music in our lives
3
Felled trees for building
8
Built table based on the trinity
13
Our Wildwood sign
4
Wildwood Fire
9
Trip to Luce County
14
Rain
5
Talisman
10
Woodie at Heart party
15
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
1975
1
Coming together
6
?
11
Sunday Worship Service
16
50th Year of Camp
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
12
5-day trip to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
17
Sunday Worship Service
3
Trees for building
8
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
13
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
18
Council Fire
4
Ring Buoy - We all took "Lifesaving" together, Nancy was instructor
9
?
14
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day (Rainy day)
19
Our Wildwood Symbol
5
Talisman
10
Our table
15
Woodie At Heart party
20
Leaving closer than when we arrived
1976
No Wildwood in 1976 - Windward
1977
1
Coming together - circle of unity
6
Talisman
11
2-Week Closing Council Fire
16
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
?
12
Pat leaves early
17
Going out separately with the tools we learned
3
Rain (many days of rain)
8
Table completed
13
Backpacking trip to Agawa Canyon/Algoma Central Railway
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Sunday Worship Service
14
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Services
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
Protector?
15
Woodie At Heart party
1978
1
Coming together
6
Talisman
11
?
16
Sunday Worship Service
21
Our Wildwood Symbol
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
12
Sunday Worship Service
17
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Table completed
13
?
18
Sunday Worship Service
4
?
9
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
14
Woodie At Heart party
19
Council Fire
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
?
15
Out trip
20
Woodie earned sailing "Skipper" rank
1979
1
Coming together
6
Talisman
11
Sunday Worship Service
2
Our Wildwood Symbol
7
?
12
Out trip | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
3
Tents and tent mates
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
Woodie At Heart party
4
Felled trees for building and fires
9
Table completed
14
Council Fire Ceremony
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
Poison Ivy?
15
Leaving
1980
1
Each tree we were given
6
Felled trees for building
11
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
16
Sunday Worship Service
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
12
Agawa Canyon trip
17
Two Woodies earned sailing "Skipper" rank
3
?
8
Talisman
13
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
18
Closing Council Fire
4
1st Sunday Worship Service
9
Sick porcupine in our camp. died a few days later
14
Woodie at Heart Party
5
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
10
Table
15
1st Vest Ceremony
1981
1
Chosen symbol for our Wildwood
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
16
Woodie at Heart party
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
12
Woodie Gallump during Thomas Doggett Day
17
Two Woodies earned sailing "Skipper" rank
3
Felled trees for building
8
Talisman
13
Leslie leaves early
18
Council Fire & Tree Ceremony
4
Rebuilt stove/oven
9
?
14
Christmas?
19
Love/strong bond between us
5
?
10
Trip to Agawa Canyon; Dog followed us; Lots of rain
15
Male staff for dinner
1982
1
Coming together
6
Wildwood Fire
11
Woodie at Heart Party
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Table (Red Cross: had to repair broken bench)
12
Male staff for dinner
3
Felled trees for building
8
Sunday Worship Service
13
Closing Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
4
?
9
Two Woodies left early
14
Our Wildwood Symbol
5
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
10
Trip to the Porcupine Mountains
1983
1
(11) of the (12) Woodies arrived at Camp (Kelli arrived later)
6
Talisman
11
Completed the table
16
Woodie Axe Chop during Lumberjack Day
21
Our Wildwood Symbol
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Visitor’s Sunday
12
Meteor Showers over Higgins Lake
17
Male staff joins us for lunch
3
Horse witch/saw table
8
Rebuilt the Wildwood “refrigerator”
13
Kelli Arrived
18
Woodie at Heart party
4
The "Woodie Check” ~ a game we invented for Thomas Doggett Day to replace the Woodie Gallump
9
Refrigerator Lid
14
4 days hiking in Pukaskwa National Park, Canada
19
Closing Council Fire & Tree Ceremony
5
Wildwood Fire (Talisman received)
10
26 Hours of rain - slept in the Dining Hall
15
Sunday Worship Service (Rainy day)
20
Anne and Alison earned sailing "Skipper" rank
1984
1
Colors for each girl
6
Talisman
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
3
Felled trees
8
Woodie Axe Chop on Lumberjack Day
4
Built doeskin frame
5
Wildwood Fire
1985
1
Coming together
6
Sunday Worship Service
11
Woodie at Heart Dinner
16
Closing Campfire & Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Woodie Axe Chop on Lumberjack Day
12
Apostle Island Trip – Protector was WAH
17
Going Home – Wildwood in our hearts
3
Felled trees
8
Broken Table
13
Male Staff Dinner
4
Wildwood Fire
9
Repaired Table
14
Vest Ceremony
5
Talisman
10
Sunday Worship Service
15
Woodie-led Sunday Worship Service
1986
1
Coming together in Wildwood
6
Talisman
11
Stove/Oven
16
Tree Ceremony
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Tree assignments
12
July 4th Celebration?
17
Out trip
3
Felled trees for building and fires
8
Table
13
Chapel Gates
18
Woodie earned sailing "Skipper" rank
4
?
9
Sunday Worship Service
14
Male satff for dinner
19
Love between us
5
Wildwood Fire
10
Woodie Axe chop during Lumberjack Day
15
Council Fire Ceremony
1987
1
Coming together in Wildwood
6
Talisman
11
4-day out trip canoeing, the "Pigeon River Hike" (Sam Simonetta (S2), Protector)
2
Tents and tent mates
7
Sunday Worship Service
12
Council Fire Ceremony with tribal dancing
3
Stormy Weather
8
Woodie Axe Chop
13
Woodie at Heart party
4
Felled trees
9
Council Fire and Tree Ceremony
14
Symbol of our Wildwood Love
5
Wildwood Fire
10
Triangular-shaped table (the first one broke)
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