1940s FOOD SERVER HAT from YMCA BOYS CAMP CHANNING UPPER SCOTT LAKE PULLMAN MI

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1940s Authentic / Original
FOOD SERVER KITCHEN HAT
WORN BY YMCA BOYS AT
CAMP CHANNING, UPPER SCOTT LAKE, PULLMAN, MICHIGAN
"CAMP CHANNING, CAMP CHANNING, THAT'S
WHERE THE REAL GUYS GO" was the mantra sung for
generations by boys and young men who traveled up the
dirt road to Camp Channing. Both Camp Channing and
Camp Sears were located on Upper Scott Lake in Pullman,
Michigan. The Y.M.C.A. (Young Men's Christian
Association) via the Division Street YMCA in Chicago
Illinois sponsored Camp Channing. The "Y" was a building
which not only housed men for short periods of time, but
also provided a gathering place for swimming, basketball,
running, working out, fellowship and other social
advantages regardless of religious affiliation. Camp turned
boys into men and built confidence and self esteem.
Boys who wanted to attend Camp could either pay their
way or work in the kitchen for their room and board as
times were tough during the years of the Great Depression.
Those fortunate enough to make it to Camp enjoyed a
vacation in this "heavenly utopia" and enjoyed swimming,
fishing, hiking, goofy-golf, volleyball, basketball, archery,
baseball, boating, canoe trips, campfires, crafts, boating &
swimming competitions with Camp Sears, and singing
camp songs. Lifelong friendships were formed and became
the foundation for Camp Channing Family Camp.
After returning from World War II, the men, now dating or
engaged, were able to come back to camp on holiday
weekends like Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Labor
Day. As they married, Camp saw the need for a Family
Camp program and scheduled the last two weeks of August
for Family Camping.
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