Oregon Historical Quarterly

oregonscape Learn more about Camp Namanu at www.ohs.org/research/quarterly/oregonscape.cfm. Summer camp has been part of American life for more than a century, and the Camp Fire Girls’ Camp Namanu has been part of Oregon summers for ninety-one years — the past eighty-eight at its current location on the Sandy River.Architects A.E. Doyle and Pietro Belluschi designed the lodge and several of the cabins. In 1928, the camp added a unique system of flush toilets that“consisted of several stalls with a trough running through the entire length, and all were flushed automatically at the same time at regular intervals by water flowing through from a large tank at one end.” By 1960,when this photograph was taken,Camp Namanu was one of the largest Camp Fire camps in the nation.Many campers lived in the same cabins their mothers had,and many of those mothers (and fathers) participated in a work party every weekend in May to get ready for the June opening of camp. In this photograph by Al Monner,for the Oregonian,Julie Maudsley (standing at far right) keeps an eye on her mother and (from left) Mrs.Ralph Magness,Mrs.Carl Sandoz,and Mrs.S.D.Small as they repair mattresses on June 22, just a few days ahead of the opening of the thirty-sixth year of Camp Namanu. — Mikki Tint, former special collections librarian, OHS Research Library OHS digital no. bb008968 ...