Retro Friday: Wake Up!
Posted by anthologycreative
Goooooooooood Morning Camp Ridgecrest! Every morning the boys at Ridgecrest are woken up by Reveille and Ron. Campers sprint to the two and four square courts and play until Morning Assembly. The date on the back of the picture says 1960. Does anyone remember how the campers and staff were woken up back then? Though the picture is over 50 years old, Phil still remembers the names on the back wall in that cabin when he was a camper! Do you know what cabin this is? Comment below and let us know!
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I think that’s me in the picture. They brought in a photographer for the day and took all the pictures for the Catalog that day. My cabin was picked to come back for cabin pictures. I was the only camper not in a bunk so my bed was chosen because the lighting would be better. I put on my pajamas and pose for the picture. You can see I didn’t even pull out my pillow. (We still have pieces of the plaid blanket around.) There is another picture of us standing at attention for inspection that was used for many years. There were only 2 sessions in the late ’50 each 5 weeks long. I was there 2nd session form ’56-’60, 25 weeks in all. To answer your question, I don’t remember for sure how we were awaken but I think someone actually blew “Reveille”.
Best to all,
Tom (Tommy) Merrell still in Myrtle Beach, SC