People are getting serious about the 2009 Reunion! 

They’re calling us, asking about directions to the Hunting and Fishing Club!

Click here for the maps...

 

                                         

June 5, 2009

To all former campers:

See the schedule below for this year's informal Carbide Camps reunion, on the weekend
July 31 -
August 2, 2009!

Please reply to let us know you're coming, so we have enough goodies!
(
SCHS 1959 grads, please note the multi-tasking opportunities, and the SCHS reunion schedule, also below.)

FRIDAY, JULY 31: An informal get together beginning at approximately 6:00pm at Bear's Den in the basement of the former Daniel Boone Hotel, located at 405 Capitol Street, Charleston, WV. We will be providing a keg of beer! Finger food and other food items are available from their menu.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1: Visit the former campsites on Blue Creek. Campers can make their way out to The Creek late morning and meet at the Hunting & Fishing Club, with informal visits to the Camelot and
Carlisle campsites during the afternoon. We will be using the Hunting & Fishing Club as a rendezvous point only this year.

OVERNIGHT CAMPING: For those interested in overnight camping, we will be camping at the former Camelot & Carlisle campsites only. We will not be reserving the Hunting & Fishing Club for overnight camping this year.

NOTE: Lunch (and Dinner for those staying overnight) are BYO this year. So if you're going to get hungry while at the Creek, you must plan on one of the following options: a) fishing for your dinner in the creek, b) catching and cooking the appropriate wildlife in the area, c) stealing Randy's can of beans out of the campfire before it explodes, or d) bringing something with you.
Please confirm your attendance by responding to this email, or by replying to Randy Rice on his camps Facebook page.

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: We have made arrangements for a discounted rate of $89/night at the Wingate Inn located at
402 Second Avenue, So. Charleston, WV. (304) 744-4444. You must mention the Union Carbide Camps Reunion to receive this rate. (Call during South Charleston's business hours and confirm the rate with Chilou Duckwyler, Front Office Manager. Thanks to Dave Gardner for arranging the special rate. Click here for the hotel web site (but it's best to phone, to be sure of getting the Camps rate.)

SCHS CLASS OF 1959 50th REUNION: For "Dual Attendees" of both the Carbide Camps Reunion and the SCHS Reunion, the SCHS Reunion schedule is as follows:

Friday      7 PM - Reception - South Charleston Women's Club

Saturday 11 AM - Memorial Service

Saturday  6 PM - Dinner

Sunday   10 AM - Brunch 

We hope those in town for both events can successfully multi-task!


There's other news from the Charleston area and things to see (or not see, in one case):

Building 82, for many years the Carbide "main office building" on McCorkle Avenue, was spectacularly demolished by later owner the University of Charleston in January. You can see some of the videos here, and Google-search for more information from the Charleston Gazette online and WSAZ-TV. Many of us attended the grand opening in the 50s with our parents. End of another era.

The old railroad trestle crossing the river and Kanawha Boulevard was slightly damaged by fire in April. This trestle is a part of the rails-to-trails (R/T) project in Charleston, which interests us, since someday the trail may include portions of "our own Blue Creek," home of Carlisle and Camelot. One reporter noted that the asbestos(!) fire-blocks may have saved the trestle from more damage.) Of course, this report simply highlighted one more challenge for our friend Dennis Strawn and his rails-to-trails team, that of removing all that nasty asbestos while still protecting the trestle for bikers and hikers.) We hope Dennis and other R/T people will be able to join us for a while at the reunion -- which is why R/T is on our mailing list!

The Charleston Gazette's Karin Tauscher Fuller, a former camper and long-time friend of the camps reunions, wrote an article recently on "Send a Kid to Camp". See it here !

...and see you on July 31!

 

 

Carbide Camps Reunion, July 31, August 1 and 2, 2009!

April 8, 2009

 

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REMEMBERING OUR SUMMER CAMPS

Union Carbide's former Building 82, like our sacred campgrounds, is now just a memory. (Click here). But this doesn't stop us from remembering and celebrating those wonderful times at Camelot, Carlisle and even Cliffside. Once again we will be hosting an informal mini-reunion the weekend of July 31, 2009. This year our planned activities will include the following:

FRIDAY, JULY 31: An informal get together beginning at approximately 6:00pm at Bear's Den in the basement of the former Daniel Boone Hotel, located at 405 Capitol Street, Charleston, WV. We will be providing a keg of beer! Finger food and other food items are available from their menu.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1: Visit the former campsites on Blue Creek. Campers can make their way out to The Creek late morning and meet at the Hunting & Fishing Club, with informal visits to the
Camelot and Carlisle campsites during the afternoon. We will be using the Hunting & Fishing Club as a rendezvous point only this year.

OVERNIGHT CAMPING: For those interested in overnight camping, we will be camping at the former Camelot & Carlisle campsites only. We will not be reserving the Hunting & Fishing Club for overnight camping this year.

NOTE: Lunch (and Dinner for those staying overnight) are BYO this year. So if you're going to get hungry while at the Creek, you must plan on one of the following options: a) fishing for your dinner in the creek, b) catching and cooking the appropriate wildlife in the area, c) stealing Randy's can of beans out of the campfire before it explodes, or d) bringing something with you.
Please confirm your attendance by responding to this email, or by replying to Randy Rice on his camps Facebook page.

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: We have made arrangements for a discounted rate of $89/night at the Wingate Inn located at 402 Second Avenue, So. Charleston, WV. (304) 744-4444. You must mention the Union Carbide Camps Reunion to receive this rate. (Call during South Charleston's business hours and confirm the rate with Chilou Duckwyler, Front Office Manager. Thanks to Dave Gardner for arranging the special rate. Click here for the hotel web site (but it's best to call for reservations, to be sure of getting the Camps rate.)
 
SCHS 50th REUNION: For "Dual Attendees" of both the Carbide Camps Reunion and the SCHS Reunion, the SCHS Reunion schedule is as follows:

Friday 7PM - Reception - South Charleston Women's Club

Saturday Memorial Service - 11 AM

Saturday - 6PM Dinner

Sunday - Brunch 10

We hope those in town for both events can successfully multi-task!

We look forward to seeing you this July as we make our annual pilgrimage to The Creek. Stay tuned for updates as they develop and check the camp website for updates, information and details.
 
Sincerely,
Your Reunion Committee
Dave Gardner, Bob Lilley, Barb Hicks Neddo, Randy Rice


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