Monday, July 14, 2014

Brock/Kelcourse - back again

Felicity Brock has been a Frost Valley neighbor all her life. Her family is related to the Connell family, who owned/owns thousands of acres of land just to our west. You drive through the collective lands of members of this family as you drive the seven miles from Claryville to camp. Mrs. Frank Connell was the matriarch in my own early years here. Almost every Connell descendent - in the Brock, Connell, and Mooney families - has been a camper and/or staff member here over the years. I myself came of age at camp with Ladd Connell, grandson of the grand dame "Frank." Anyway, Felicity Brock met Paul Kelcourse and they came together in 1977 to be on the staff here. I believe Felicity worked in Arts & Crafts and Paul was the VC of Outpost. Now, all these years later, their son John is a camper here this session. Here's a photo of Felicity (at left) along with Jess Dymond, our wonderful Director of Development.