George and Doris met at college and were married shortly after. They worked at a farm camp in Vermont during college. George had always wanted to own a camp.
Years later, he saw an ad for an assistant directorship at Winamac. At the time, Winamac was what we know as the girls' side. There were two other camps on the lake, Roxbury, a church camp from Roxbury Mass. (the boys'side) and Tall Pines, which was a private boys' camp to the other side of Winamac.
George worked at Winamac for a couple of summers for 'Mac' MacFarland, but then had the oportunity to buy the Roxbury Camp, which had been closed for several years. George bought Roxbury at the end of the summer, and Winamac the next year.
Doris, who had been working at a day camp in Westchester, came to New Hampshire to help George run the new Winamac and Cindy, 12, Pete, 11, and Sandy, 10 came along for the ride.
The rest is our history...
Another little-known fact: In a recent email, George Jordan writes: "How did you arrive at the name of Winamac? I grew up in Winamac, Indiana and this Winamac was named after Chief Winamac of the Potawatami Tribe of the Miami Indians.
Is there any relationship?"
Anyone know?
