Monday, August 3 Senior Swim Meet

As the month of August started, the Color War "battles" became more heated. Here's Anita Turenshine's* account from the '59 Lenorlog
'Early in the morning of August 3rd, the Seniors held their annual swim meet. Besides, the usual races and form events, special extras were the water melon relay, Camp Lenore Block event, and teh cap relay, adding to the excitement of the meet.
After all the events were finished, everyone agreed the meet was very exciting and very close."

A few things struck me about this entry. One, was that several years later, Anita Turenshine moved into my neighborhood, and had changed her name to Anita Turen. Two, this entry reminded me how cold that water was early in the morning! My favorite events were form diving and the breaststroke. But, I had completely forgotten about the Lenore Block event: dozens of floating baby blocks with all sorts of letters were set free in one of the cribs on the waterfront. The first team to find the letters that spelled out Camp Lenore in their team colors, and return them to the dock was the winner. I don't remember too many details about the water melon relay, other than the melon was greased, bobbed around a lot, and you had to get it from one side of the crib to the other. I think the cap relay entailed swimming with something in a bathing cap and passing it from one swimmer to the the next. There was alot at stake here, because the swim meet was worth quite a few points to the team that won.
After all that, we had to walk back up the hill for the quarter of a mile hike back to camp. And that was just the beginning of the day.