When I was 14 I attended the first year of camp, 1938. I was a girl scout from orange, new jersey. I was in the oldest group. we lived in the boathouse. wonderful summer!

MARGARET LLOYD JONES

July 27, 1916 – June 9, 2011

Margaret Lloyd Jones, 94, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 9, 2011 after battling Alzheimer’s for the past few years. Margaret had been living at Bay Square in Yarmouth, ME for the past two years.

The daughter of Rachael and Edward Lloyd, Margaret graduated from the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglas Residental College) in 1938, and quickly began her active carrier as a Girl Scout Executive. She was the first Director of the Orange County (NJ) Girl Scout Camp at Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake, NY and it was there that she first met Howard Langworthy Jones. He was the maintenance man and had the only keys to the boat to get off the island. Margaret and Howard were married on April 27, 1940, and celebrated 68 years of marriage in 2008, living in East Hampton Long Island NY, Hamilton, NY, and Northfield, MA. In 1976 they retired to Hamilton, NY - the home of Colgate University.



D. Lloyd Jones
7 Annes Place
Harpswell, ME 04079
d.lloydjones@mac.com

Went 2 summers - 1953 & again in '59 - my brother wouldn't let me sail his boat so I went back to camp as a Mariner! What a kick to find our photo here. Best summer of my life. Who could forget those bus rides and the endless lines at the rest stops? Loved the lodge, but I remember the moose over a huge fireplace. Am I wrong? Annette and Linda, are you out there?
Note: I now work for Girl Scouts of Northern California and still love being a GS!

My sister and I attended in the late 60's and early 70's. Much later my daughter and niece attended. Ranks as one of the top experiences of my life. Would love to touch base with others who attended the same years as I was there.

I was the water sking instructor in 1967. I have many fond memories of EIC. I would like to hear from any campers or councelors from the summer of 1967. Have a Great Day !
Bob

Hi all, i finally revamped the song section of the site (adventures in css!), and i'm currently adding the songs from June's songbook. Please send me corrections, suggestions, etc. Thanks!

I attended Eagle Island I think in 1954 and '55. I was thinking about the giant moose head in the main lodge and googled the camp to find info and see that it is closed for repairs. I think about that moose head especially since I live in moose country now. I remember the song "Tall Timbers" and found the words on line but not the tune. It was one of my most favoirte songs from camp. Our uniform used to be green slacks and yellow Tee shirt and seeing the pictures of the 51-52 season brought back so many memories. The first year I went for 2 weeks and the second year for a month. My sister, Mary was a CIT at the time, but she wouldn't own up to being my sister - five years older and all! The singing was always a treat and the skits and the walk way out to our unit. the classic motor boats as seen on "On Golden Pond." trips to Church Isle. thanks for the memories.

Great place, great memories, great lessons!

I attended Camp Eagle Island during my 6th and 7th grade summers and loved it. Now my 6th grade daughter wants to attend a girl scout camp after I told her about EIC. I'm heartbroken that it is closed and hope that it will reopen.

Angela from Livingston, NJ originally

I was a camper at Eagle Island and I had a great there.I had such a great time that I came back as a camp counselor. The experience was great and it was very memorable. I even did the chaperon thing and rode with the girls to camp. I am really upset that it is closed but I hope that it does open back up. My niece would love it also.

When my Dad told me last summer that EIC was closed for camp I think I cried. One of the saddest things I ever heard. I think of EIC as a family tradition my aunts went, my sisters and I went and I was hoping to take my boys up for family camp. I was a counselor for the summer of 1993 and the waterfront director for the summer of 1994. I still have a sweatshirt that I wear!!! Some of the best times I ever had were on that rock. God bless the island and all who love her.

EIC lost one of their own yesterday. Mike Destefano the cook for women's weekend and Family Camp for many years passed away yesterday of an apparent heart attack. Mike and Rose were two of the hardest workers EIC has ever had and truly loved it. Rose came to EIC the summer of 2002 knowing it would most like be her last as she was battling breast cancer because it was a place of comfort for her. She passed away in the fall of that same year. Now we have lost Mike. They will both be sorely missed.

Yes, Ellen Strauss is found. Cancel, the APB and take down the "Wanted" posters. She admitted that she had been a little lost until we reunited at the reunion April 10. I think Marilu and I and others from our group all felt that way a bit. Thank you Chris and Mary (host) for making all of this possible. You can rely on our pack to help save EIC for future happy girls and women. Council, when can we meet up again for a work weekend or women's weekend?

Fabulous news!! Ellen Strauss, now Ellen Strauss-Prottas has been found! She was a camper from '59 to '63. She lives in the Boston area.

Ellen Strauss-Prottas <e.prottas@USA.net>;

The EIC alumnae reunion on Sat. April 10 was attended by nearly 70 people, including campers, alumnae from all decades of EIC, and friends. Stacy Perman attended and spoke about the book she is writing on Henry Graves, Jr. who gave Eagle Island to the Girl Scouts in 1937. We heard from campers who want to return to EIC ASAP and from Peggy Mellors from Council who is new head of Properties and Asset Management.
The Board is discussing an operational plan to go ahead with getting the camp ready to open in 2011. If you are interested in the campaign to save Adam the Moose and leave him on the island, please contact Mimi Harrington gowharr32@yahoo.com. YOu can read more about this on the Eagle Island, Saranac Lake facebook pages.
Thanks to all who helped make the reunion memorable, and to those who travelled great distances to attend.

Jan Cunningham, past Waterfront Director and Women's Weekend participant has passed away. Condolences to her daughter Mary would be greatly appreciated.
Mary Cunningham
C/O Rita Keefe
326 River Ave
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-714-9044

FYI, the photo albums on the site somehow lost all their pictures, but not their comments or thumbnail versions - very mysterious... thanks to Chris H. for the heads-up! I am replacing them, but i don't have all the backups in one spot so it will take me a few sessions to get it done.

Please follow the links to the GSHNJ report of the Nov meeting held at council. One of the planned ways to make money for repairs is to sell the the animal heads including Adam.

Ellen Strauss we are looking for you. We have found each other, Ginny, Marilu, Kathi Q., Emily Jo, Emily Sue, Rowain (counselor) but the Rat Pack is incomplete without you. Please contact us . Then we can cancel our all points bulletin and take down the wanted posters in Main Camp (and the post offices). xoxo Ginny.

Hi, i never attended this camp but my grandmother worked at Eagle Island in some of its first years and still speaks of it as some of the best memories of her life. I was hoping to find a picture of the camp scenery to frame for her as a gift, but wasn't sure if these pictures I am finding, for example of the boathouse are recently built or some of the remaining foundations from when the camp began. Is anyone here familiar enough with the camp to let me know!