Earlier I mentioned the plethora of Marylanders on the camp staff roster during Wawayanda's first years at Frost Valley. I'm looking now at the 1962 staff list and here are the Baltimore-area people: Dave and Shirley King, Carole Quensen, Dick Somers, Mike DeVita, Digger Shortt, Noel Acton (lived in Kingsville MD but attended college at UVa), Lou Gaston, John Matukaitis, Bob Middaugh (lived in Towson), Linda Shortt (Digger's sister), Frank Neumann (kitchen staff), Sandy DeVita (junior counselor). The second greatest concentration was probably the Mississippi folks and the third was Westfield, NJ. 1962 was the last time the staff lists included college affiliations. in '62 the Baltimore contingent added counselors Richard Holmes and Frank Neumann and Carl Sandberg (spelled differently from the poet).Above: Digger Shortt, at right, with John Ketcham - at the 2001 Wawayanda centennial reunion.
