Scratched in on the wall you can still find your name. What’s even better, you can find other names, and even remember some of the drama and fun that went along with the relationships.
As the years went by it became harder and harder to find a blank part of the wall, eventually every spot was taken. Considering the first of the names were scratched in the pine boards almost 70 years ago, it’s remarkable that they survived at all. We photographed every plank and made a list of the names and the comments associated with them.
Sid Pinkston, Jr.
Here’s the list we were able to read on the wall:
David McKoy
George Punder III
Sandy McPhillups
Joyce Marie Jones
Pat Cooper
Glenda Wamp
Pat Schr_efer
Joyce Ponder
Nina Williams
Ruth Dodson
Dotttie Hale
Chad Burke
Bernie Leonard
Della Green
Judith Whisenhunt
Bob Schaefer
David Walsenhunt
Al Engel
Patty Vogel
Patsy Bowles
Tommy Morris
Pat Plunkett
Bonnie Daily
Virginia Ann Graf
Lucy underwood
Brenda Tiffin
Gale Kinney
Jan Graf
Donna Kinney
Glenda Plunkett
David Moss
Fances Bedsoe
Jane Plunkett
Suzy Ponder
Terry Dunlap
June Carr
Johnny Fricke
David McKoy
Susan Dieter Fayettville, TN
Miriam Hitchcock Rock Island, TN
Virginia Ann Graf, Cullman, AL 52,53,54,55,56,57,58 JC 59.SrC 59
Lucy Underwood
Brenda Tiffin
Gale Kinney
Jan Graf
Mary Ann Hammett 55,56,57
Dottie Hale 56,57
Connie Reed 52,53,54,55
Mary Motlow
Carol Cohen, Pulaski, TN 59,60,61
Virginia Graf, Cullman Alabama, 52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59
Sid Pinkston, Jr. 52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59 (boys camp)
also 53,54,55,56,57,58,59 Fayettville, TN
Ed Hunt 57, 58
William Brown
Carol Beding Field 59,60
Ray Boyd, Flea 59,60,JC 61,62
Mary Elizabeth Shook 66 Sr Tennis Huntsville, AL
Huntsville- Stevens, Sammons, Powell, Porter
Connie Caldwell, Jackson, TN
Frank Lary
Robert Hawkins, 59, Chocktaw
Elizabeth Butler
Kimberly Molloy 58,59,60,61 Lawrenceburg, TN
Jamie McComack, Columbia TN
Connie Marks
Cal Turner, Scottsville KY
Joe Guyton JC
Fran Nicholls
Gloria Enechs, Shelbyville, TN
Angela Hulan 54,55,56 Shelbyville, TN
Bankie Wood 55
Carey Gates Thomas Shelbyville, TN 54,55,56
Mary Beaton, Culman AL
David Moss , Cullman, AL
Walter Porter, 48,49,50,51,52,53,54 Chief Dunroamin
Edward Maupin III, 49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57
Norman Nickalson
Johnny Ford
Dickey Norton
Bill Stone
Dan Nicholls, West Helena Ark
Nancy Crook, Chigger, Jackson, TN
Bill Jackson, 58,59
Miss Kaye Boyd
Miss Pauline Butts
Miss Jane Townes
Julia Marks 61 62,63
EL3-5436 Travis
John Parsons 59
Dickie Norton 56,57,58 tennis 59
Brenda Tiffen
Pat Sullivan
Linelle Luckett 50,51,52,53,56,57 Helena, Ark
Freeda Fly 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57
Dale McIver Sr C 59, Columbia
Mary Margaret Black
Jerry Black
Billy Stevens
Bobby Sammons
Bobby Harrison
George C. Cantrell
Charlie Major
Gary Nelson
Tony Rampley
Imperial Trunjers 58
Laura Lester 60,61,62 Pulaski, TN
Frank Powell, Jackson
Bill Stone
Libby Motlow
Mary Ann Richardson Jackson TN
Yvonne Fishe, Jackson TN
Kathy Johnson 61,62
Laura Lester
Randal Stevens
Elaine Fedick
Billy Stevens
“Nip and Tuck”
Trish Miller, Nashville, TN
Susan Herron, 57,58,59
Harryette Wood, Maryell Ark
Helen Chapard, Columbia TN
Merry Ward 57,58,59
Helen Coffey 60 Columbia TN
Camp Dunroamin was created by Third Act Films, who produce video biography and commissioned documentary productions.
My father, Billy Stevens from Huntsville Alabama attended Camp in 1957. I have wonderful memorabilia and letters of his time there. I have a bag of colored hemp and tin plates carved with his friends names. He was nicknamed “T-Bone” and was voted Chief Dunroamin of the entire camp. He was most proud and i believe it was a strong experience for him. Dad died in 2007 but he carried these memories of boyhood with him daily.
Have just discovered this site – wonderful, wonderful memories-the best of my youth. I attended Dunroamin (A Chowtaw)for nine years (’48 to ’57 as I recall, was so proud to tapped Chief Dunromin my last year as a camper and then followed up with two years as a Junior Counselor.
Does anyone know who owns that property now?
D.Moss
A retired military officer from Huntsville and his wife live there with a huge dog. They left it almost exactly as it was.
My memories of the camp are very special. I attended from 52 to 59. Mr. Jimmy and Miss.Havalon and all the counselors made every boy feel special.My thanks to those who stared this website.David Moss was a great counselor and I really looked up to him.
Bob: If you have some pictures or movies from camp let us know.
I first went to Dunroaamin in 1944 or 45 so everything on this site so far is after my time! I do remember some of the names on the craft house wall. I don’t really remember the craft house- it may have been a new addition after I left. I was a Jr. Counselor and head swimming counselor in 1953. I met my husband at camp and when I ran in to him again at Vanderbilt, I remembered him. The rest , so they say, is history. We had 4 children and 8 grands.
So many kids from Decatur (AL) went to Dunroamin, including my brother, Bud Orr. We also started the Arkansas trend as Helena was my mother’s hometown.
Since My husband, Jon, was from Fayetteville, I saw the Gearishes until they died.
To say Dunroamin dictated my life is an accurate statement!!!