Almost every late afternoon in the early 80s we had a "fun run." Anyone - camper or staff - could run along the circular road around the main fields, and many did. At whatever pace. Here we see Mike Ketcham finished his run (Mike was quite a good distance runner) and Dawn Helfand, who was either a VC, CIT Director or Camp Director that summer. After a few years of this, by the way, we'd set up music in front of Margetts Lodge and play loud upbeat rhythmic music as people ran. I think we also served snacks, like fruit and maybe some sort of water-ice thingy.By this point Mike Ketcham was our first full-year Director of Camping, a position that has remained pretty much the same since Mike first accepted the job in (I'm guessing here) 1979.
Mike's family - the Ketchams of Westfield, NJ - were Wawayanda and Frost Valley mainstays. Two brothers and I believe three sisters - all worked here at some point. When their father Frank passed away (also a key figure in the Westfield Y) the family got together and donated the chapel at Reflection Pond, named after Frank: The Ketcham Family Chapel. I think Mike's first Wawayanda summer was in 1949: family camp at the old Wawayanda.
