Larry, Kevin Keefe had come to the base to visit after his stint in the Navy. I think it was 1974. I have slides of the off-loading of 14 tons of Union Jack...
Bonnie & Lee Roane
Bonnie-and-Lee@...
Feb 12, 2001 5:05 am
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He must have been the PTOD: note the Motorola radio on Rick's right hip. E. Lee Roane ... From: <lpbrennan@...> To: <CanoeBase@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Bonnie & Lee Roane
Bonnie-and-Lee@...
Feb 12, 2001 5:00 am
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Over Larry Brennan's left shoulder, sitting on the Training Department file cabinet, is the Sloan Award. At the lunch on Sunday, one of the most...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 12, 2001 4:29 am
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Omer Runyan's abilities to scrounge were legendary- there were the trips to K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base in Upper Michigan which came back with tools, ...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 11, 2001 8:18 pm
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I think Jim Currier took this picture. Rick and I posed as if we were in a deep discussion of Canoe Base policies- or about train songs in folk music!...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 11, 2001 8:17 pm
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It was hard to put Brian Graefe in a situation and have him not play it for humor. Beneath his gruff exterior was a gruff interior, but he liked a laugh now...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 11, 2001 8:15 pm
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I have a print of that Trails picture with Dave Kilgour, Tom Adams and me sitting in the Canoe on top of the carry-all. That was our whole department that...
Johnson, Dave P
davepjohnson@...
Feb 9, 2001 10:46 pm
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Thanks, Tim! I'd like to think we all have boxes stuck in crannies and closets with pictures we can post and share. We were always coming up with different...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 9, 2001 10:06 pm
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I still remember the night I arrived at the Minocqua bus depot for what was to become one of the greatest experiences of my life. As I stepped down from the...
tim_loose@...
Feb 8, 2001 1:07 pm
21
Larry, If this is 1979 and Milt Spathelf is in the photo, then the DottieL is long gone. She was replaced 1971 with a boat from SmokerCraft, the same year the...
Bonnie & Lee Roane
Bonnie-and-Lee@...
Feb 3, 2001 5:07 pm
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Most of the pictures and stories will be incorporated into the web-site with Larry's permission. Bruce Richardson - W9FZ "The long days of Shockley are gone....
Bruce Richardson
w9fz@...
Feb 3, 2001 7:22 am
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I recommend we save a lot of the pictures we are sending around to the FILES section of the Yahoo Group that several of us have joined. I have used this...
Chris Jacisin
jacisinc@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:53 pm
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Thanks Glen, I found a Robt Black in Highland Park and left a message for him. Not sure it's him but thought I would take the chance. Chris ... spoke with ... ...
jacisinc@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:47 pm
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I took this shot at the close of the 1979 season, I believe. The dock in the staff swim area is being removed for winter storage. I have other pictures of ...
lpbrennan@...
Feb 2, 2001 10:00 pm
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Chris I believe Bob Black is still living in Highland Park, Illinois. I spoke with him years ago (10) while on a trip to Chicago. He was the best man at my ...
glenhanson@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:55 am
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Now I'm hungry. Thanks. Anyone know what happened to Bob Black? He was one of the last original staff members in 83 and I would like to track him down. Chris...
Chris Jacisin
jacisinc@...
Feb 1, 2001 3:19 pm
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Also toward the end of the summer, there would be a steak cook-out for the staff- again, usually on a slow Thursday. It occurred after the Base Committee...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 31, 2001 11:09 pm
13
My brother Tom (known as thos.) worked in Maintenance in 1971 to 1973, in 1971 under Dave Swoboda and the following years as chief maintenance man. This...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 31, 2001 10:55 pm
12
PR- the Phantom Rabbit- was something we were always concerned with. And the Operations Department put on a party with songs and skits toward the end of the...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 31, 2001 10:44 pm
11
Brian Graefe worked at the Base from 1961 to 1979. Variously a party trainer, outpostman, and trading post manager, he is best known for being cook. He looked...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 31, 2001 10:35 pm
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Have you wanted to make some for that next camping trip? Here 'tis! The Canoe Base's HUDSON'S BAY BREAD 8 oz. margarine or butter 3/4 cup sugar 3 cups rolled...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 23, 2001 3:04 am
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Every evening, as soon after dinner as possible, came- The Dump Run! The Maintenance people usually ran it, although the Trails Department was regularly called...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:58 pm
8
What was more fun and relaxing than the sauna? Legally, I mean. The Base Operations maintenance staff fired it three times a week for returning groups- Monday,...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:36 pm
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One of the things I used to do (and still do) is doodle little cartoons on scrap paper and index cards. Here's a proposal I made for a steam-powered canoe to...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:23 pm
6
We all remember the good old Gilwell Oak, and the reverential treatment it received from countless Woodbadge candidates (aka Woodticks) over the years. This...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:11 pm
5
This photo was used several times in the last years to illustrate the cover of the Canoe Base brochure. That's Tim Loose in the bow. I think his sternman is...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:54 pm
4
Brain Graefe was a fixture at the Base for nearly twenty years. He was a voyageur from Miami in 1960 and came back as a staff member in 1961. He was a trainer,...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:52 pm
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This view probably dates to the 1960's, as I think I bought this card in 1966 during my first summer at the Base. Look at the cars! Looking east along the Main...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:51 pm
2
Considering I never drank coffee before a trip to New Orleans in 1970 (by train, of course!), I have become accustomed to sucking down vast quantities of the...
lpbrennan@...
Jan 20, 2001 8:27 pm
1
I hope that eventually we'll find a lot of our old friends and comrades visiting here. I worked at the Canoe Base from 1966 to 1979, under John E. Boehm, Omer...
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