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Check out the 1965 Reunion
Report, 1966 Reunion
Report, "1964 Last Will and
Testament" and a 1959 Trinity Splash. The names bring back some great memories. |
From Paul Soter
(1965)
My family were Trinity Church members in the late '50's, until we moved to Japan in 1958. In 1965, the first summer after our return, I was packed off to the first session of Trinity Church Camp. After a week of homesickness, I was so happy that, after I went home, I demanded to be sent back for the rest of the summer. But the story concerns the next summer, 1966. I signed up for the whole summer. Remember how we all had to help clean the camp, wash dishes, set tables, etc.? Well, for some reason that I was never able to ascertain, I was assigned the special detail of chapel sextant. That meant that, for about an hour a day, I had that beautiful chapel between the lake and the forest to myself. All I had to do was polish the brass; sweep the floor; arrange the pews, prayer books, and hymnals; and generally keep the chapel and vestry clean. I loved the solitude, the sound of nothing but the lake and the birds, and the sense of accomplishment I got from keeping the chapel as clean and neat as I could. I still don't know why they gave me the job, but it was the best job I've ever had: I'd go back to it today if they'd pay me what I'm making now! At the end of that summer, my family moved to Korea, and I was never able to get back to the Camp, but I have never forgotten what I learned there. I coach teenagers now, and I one of my guiding principles is to try to treat my athletes the way I was treated by the counselors at the Camp.
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There are a many stories, but some things that are rattling around
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