Sparks From The Campfire-Alumnae Newsletter

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February 2012
From The Editor
One of the things about Greystone that has always amazed me
(and constantly impressed my father) is its network of friends
and connections.
Greystone friends played a key role in my choice of high
school, university, and college sorority. The CEO of a
company where I worked for 10+ years was the husband of a
fellow 1969 Cabin 4 camper. I have camp friends around the
country, especially in the South and Midwest. As I plan an
upcoming drive from Tennessee to Florida, I am excited about
all the Greystone friends I will see en route and once there.
Sometimes I even make Greystone connections while
traveling overseas. As I climbed the interior dome of the large
Protestant cathedral in Dresden, Germany in December 2011,
I met a retired teacher who told me she had lived in Chatham
VA for a year in the 1980s. I guessed that she had taught at
Chatham Hall and asked if she knew Alice Cromer (Greystone
1960s-70s). After recovering from her surprise that I knew
Alice, she spoke fondly of her and asked me to convey a
greeting to her.
There are so, so many among us who are blessed to have
lifelong friends whom we met at Greystone. I love the story
of the Upper 8 group from 1956 as told on page 8! I remember
1920s campers Chopin Hudson Hanks and Margaret Shelby
Erdman who attended the 1999 Greystone reunion and
performed a skit at our talent show. On Greystone’s website
are posted photos of current campers who travelled across the
country to see their camp friends. The tradition continues.
“To the girls, we’ll not forget them through the years that lie
ahead. To Greystone where we met them and the wonderful
times we’ve had…”
Elizabeth Abernathy (1960s-80s; 2010)
2011 Alumnae Reunion: Elizabeth Abernathy and Libby Miller
2011 Main Camp Honors
ODDS (2,047)
EVENS (2,246)
Capt.: Catherine Lowery
Capt.: Juliette Fry
Lt.: Meredith Douglas
Lt.: Anna Zodin
Best All Around: Juliette Fry
Virginia Sevier Hanna Honor Council Cup: JaneAnn Laffitte*
PERMANENT HONOR COUNCIL
Mary Katherine Abele
Georgia Lydon
Rachel Baker
Grayson Mann
Sarah Bowron
Chandler Massey*
Mary Katherine Bradley
Nina McCallie*
Kathryn Brown
Virginia McNeill*
Caroline Bullock
Cara Messina
Elizabeth Buterbaugh
Caroline Miller*
Hays Bynum
Sara Moran
Missy Byrd
Martha Nixon*
Grace Caswell*
Peyton Patterson*
Laney Coker*
Caroline Penland*
Carson Creasy*
Meredith Perot
Meredith Douglas
Elle Prosterman
Maddie Dugan
Leah Rhodes
Hannah Farley
Mallie Robinson*
Juliette Fry
Abby Schwing
Porter Grant
Emily Shirer
Lauren Griffin
Tate Sieber
Landon Holt
Bridget Sivewright
Jan Johnston
Barbara Smith*
JaneAnn Laffitte*
Kathleen Smith*
Rachel Land*
Lucy Banks Smith
Madeline Lansing*
Robin Tinglin
Jenna Lindsey*
Lydia Turbeville
Monica Little
Hannah Williams
Caroline Lowery
Anna Zodin
* See p. 9-10 for family members who attended Greystone
The Honor Council voted to send the campers’ Sunday
offering to: Reformed University Fellowship for David
Speakman (Davidson), Emma Williams (Texas), and Tim
Udouj (Furman); Lunch Box Ministry (food for needy
children in Hendersonville NC, where counselors Pete and
Carolyn Davis volunteer); two children through World Vision.
2011 Greystone Campers
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Second Annual Great Day 5K Race
Reunion Weekend
Breakfast Club/The Great Day 5K Race
Saturday began with Jimboy’s leading Breakfast Club. After
participating in the 5K race by either running, walking, or
cheering, the participants were excited about receiving their
reward: a long sleeved T-shirt commemorating the 2011 Great
Day 5K race.
Alli Hundley, Ellen Bell Thomas, and Laura Green Hollowell
Anne Daniel Vereen, Kitty McDonnell Pipoli, Kristi Kessler Walters and
Catherine McLaughlin Castaldo
Kelly Carew, Ann Marshall, and Kelly Duerr
Kitty McDonnell Pipoli, Eva Marie Poehling Restel, and Samantha Lyles Lowe
Approximately 60 alumnae from as far away as Colorado and
New Hampshire converged on Greystone from September 29 October 2 for the second annual Great Day 5K Race weekend.
The weekend began on Friday by honoring JimDaddy through
flag lowering. That evening the group gathered in White Hall to
visit while viewing recently digitized photos from the camp’s
archives.
Buffy Bailey Burge and Ann Henley Yelverton Perry
Nancy Jackson Davis, Libby Miller, and Patti Powell Evans
(Continued on next page)
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Congratulations to the race winners:
Overall – Women’s (see photo below)
1. Betsy Dodenhoff Howard
2. Ashley Brinson Cusack
3. Buffy Bailey Burge
20's division
1. Anna LeCorgne
2. Mackenzie Morris
3. Anne Emory Bankson
30's division
1. Kitty McDonnell Pipoli
2. Jenna Thomas Black
3. Eva Marie Poehling Restel
40's division
1. Anne Daniel Vereen
2. Laura Green Hollowell
3. Elizabeth Green Ausband
50's division
1. Dana Cunningham
2. Fran Crook
Other Reunion Activities
After the race, alumnae played ring tennis, scaled the climbing
wall, and conquered the ropes course. During the afternoon, they
gathered at Libby’s home to hear Dana Cunningham play her
piano compositions.
For supper on Saturday night, Libby Miller and Laura Hollowell
hosted a banquet complete with singing “Hail, Greystone, Hail,”
the “Felix the Cat” clap, Greystone songs, toasts, and awards for
top achievers in the 5K race and riflery.
Saturday night’s talent show included “The Supremes” (Laura
Green Hollowell, Elizabeth Green Ausband, Page Andres
Morocco, and Cathy Snapp), “Sailing” (Laura Green Hollowell,
Cathy Snapp, and Dana Cunningham), “Chaka Khan” (Aime
Mitchell, Anne Daniel Vereen, Buffy Bailey Burge, Eva Marie
Poehling Restel, Samantha Lyles Lowe, Mary Neilson Laseter
Hawkins, Ann Henley Yelverton Perry, and Kitty McDonnell
Pipoli), and “Good Morning, Brooklyn” (Alyson Lee Stone,
Betsy Dodenhoff Howard, Patty Friend Douglas, and Fran
Crook). After a church service on Sunday morning, everyone left
for home but promised to be back next year (September 28-30,
2012; for more information, contact Laura Hollowell at
laura@campgreystone.com). Many thanks to Laura for playing a
key role in providing information and photos for this article!
Jeanne Ashmore, Laura Meherg, Jimboy Miller, Fran Crook, and Katherine
Hanemann
Eva Marie Poehling Restal on the Leap of Faith
Buffy Bailey Burge, Betsy Dodenhoff Howard, and Ashley Brinson Cusack
Peggy O’Kelly Roberts With Her Award Winning Riflery Target
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More Reunion Photos
Gervais and Leland Hollowell
Fran Crook and Dana Cunningham
Libby Miller, Jenna Thomas Black, and Laura Sisk Luquire
Ann Marshall, Catherine Casteel Olasky, and Allison Albergotti Holman
Ann Daniel Vereen, Laura Green Hollowell, and Elizabeth Green Ausband
Alyson Lee Stone and Jenna Thomas Black
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Jennifer Pharr Davis Sets Overall Speed
Record for Hiking Appalachian Trail
Greystone alumnae are enormously proud of alumna Jennifer
Pharr Davis for setting the record for hiking the 2,181 mile
Appalachian Trail in just 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes
during the summer of 2011. She broke two Appalachian Trail
though-hike records: 1. the female record (which she set in 2008)
of 57 days, 8 hours, and 35 minutes and 2. the male record of 47
days, 13 hours, and 31 minutes, set by Andrew Thompson in
2005.
Logistics and Challenges
After a year of planning, Jennifer’s journey began at 4:06 a.m. on
June 15, 2011 at Mt. Katahdin, Maine and ended at 3:26 p.m. on
July 31, 2011 at Springer Mountain, Georgia, where she was
greeted by approximately 50 cheering family and friends.
Jennifer explains her reasons for beginning her hike in Maine
instead of Georgia: “I wanted to travel over the trail’s toughest
terrain in Maine and New Hampshire during the longest days of
the year. I also wanted to hike towards home. Because I grew up
in the Southeast, I know the trail better south of Pennsylvania,
and I had more help and support in the Southeast.”
Jennifer’s primary support was provided by her husband, Brew,
who drove his Toyota Highlander packed with gear to meet her at
parking lots and trail crossroads during each day and for most
nights. Her mid-day stops were for only 10 to 15 minutes, just
enough time to eat. She carried as little as possible - sometimes
just a water bottle and a cell phone. On some days she carried a
full pack with a sleeping bag and tent so that she could sleep on
the trail. She ate 6,000 to 7,000 calories/day, including fast food
cheeseburgers, chocolate milk, fruit smoothies, and Clif energy
bars. She wore out five pairs of hiking/running shoes.
National Recognition
National recognition of Jennifer’s record quickly followed the
hike’s completion. She and Brew were interviewed on CNN
Headline News and the CBS Early Show, and she also appeared
on The 700 Club. Her record setting hike was noted on Sports
Illustrated’s website. Ultrarunning Magazine named her
accomplishment the top female performance of 2011.
She was also selected as one of ten 2012 National Geographic
Adventurers of the Year. Greystone alumnae spread the word to
vote for Jennifer as the People’s Choice National Adventurer of
the Year on National Geographic’s website as she competed
against a snowboarder, mountain clumber, skier, kayakers, and
other athletes from around the world. The winner will be
announced in February 2012.
According to National Geographic, “For the past 40 years, men
have held the Appalachian Trail record. In the last 20 years, it’s
been confined to an elite club of ultra runners who typically
covered the requisite 30 to 50 miles per day in an 11- to 13- hour
period. Conventional wisdom suggested that breaking the record
would mean running faster with the same strategy. And a new
record holder would most certainly be male….Pharr Davis took
the standard strategy and turned it upside down … by hiking for
16 hours a day…”
When interviewed by National Geographic, Jennifer noted,
“Most people told me … there was no way I was going to set the
overall record, that the record would always be held by a male
who was an elite trail runner….There was a solid group of people
who believed in me… Having that support network was
invaluable.”
Walking from 5 a.m. until 9:30 p.m., she began and ended each
day walking in the dark and, thus, was on the trail for both the
sunrise and sunset, when there are few people but more animals.
She saw moose and 36 bears, including 14 bears in one day. “I
loved seeing black bears… It was like taking an energy shot if I
got to see a mama black bear and her two cubs.”
According to Jennifer, “The first two weeks were extremely
painful. I had to deal with shin-splints, hypothermia, and a really
bad stomach bug. There were several times were I thought the
hike would end, or that I would be forced to quit, but God always
provided the right encouragement at the right time to keep me
going.” Brew also encouraged her to continue, especially given
that she was on schedule to break the record.
One of the hike’s highlights came at Clingmans Dome in
Tennessee. “I got there just after sunset. There was this
afterglow in the Smokies. You could see the lights of Gatlinburg
and Pigeon Forge. Usually there are a lot of tourists, but I was
up there all alone. It was still and silent.”
Jennifer Pharr Davis, June 2011
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Hiking History
Jennifer has hiked more than 11,000 miles of long-distance trails
and has hiked on six continents. In addition to the Appalachian
Trail, her hikes include the 2,650 Pacific Coast Trail from
Mexico to Canada, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Machu Pichu
(Peru), Wales, Scotland, and Australia.
Years At Greystone
Jennifer is the fourth member of her immediate family to attend
Greystone. Her aunt, Vee Valentine Lyons, was the 1958 Best
All Around camper. Jennifer’s mother, Barbara Valentine Pharr,
was a camper in the 1960s and headed the landsports department
in the mid-1970s. Her aunt, Suzanne Pharr, was also a camper.
A native of Hendersonville NC, after graduating from Samford
University in 2005 on a tennis scholarship, Jennifer returned to
western North Carolina and soon afterwards hiked the entire
Appalachian Trail over five months using the traditional strategy
of carrying a backpack, tent, and provisions. Having a degree in
classics, she chose a trail nickname of Odyssa. According to
Jennifer, “I had a life-changing experience the first time I
through-hiked the Appalachian Trail. I was 21. I hiked by
myself. I really knew nothing about long-distance backpacking…
I got struck by lightning... I had my eyes freeze shut in a
snowstorm… It was the hardest five months of my life. But as
time passed I realized how much I had changed. I had
experienced so much positive growth. It left me longing to go
back to the trail.”
Jennifer excelled as a Main Camp camper from 1992 until 2000
and received the 2000 Best All Around camper award. She
served on Greystone’s counselor staff in 2002. After college, in
her role as Greystone’s archivist, she digitized many photos from
the camp’s earlier years.
In her second Appalachian Trail through-hike soon after her June
2008 marriage to Brew, she set a women’s record of 57 days.
She remembers, “Afterwards it occurred to Brew and me that
there’s no reason why women can’t hold overall time records on
a trail because it’s really not about speed or strength; it’s all
about endurance, consistency and efficiency and knowing your
body and your trail.”
Author/Owner of Blue Ridge Hiking Company
Jennifer’s 2010 book, Becoming Odyssa, described her first
Appalachian Trail through-hike.” She has also written
guidebooks, including Best Hikes Near Charlotte, Best Easy Day
Hikes Charlotte, and Five Star Hikes Asheville. Her record
breaking 2011 hike is chronicled in Brew’s 46 Days: Keeping Up
With Jennifer Pharr Davis On the Appalachian Trail.
When asked about the difference Greystone has made in her life,
Jennifer replied, “My desire to push my physical limits and be
outside in nature was very evident at Greystone, as I always
wanted to see how tired I could make myself during the day. My
activities always included track, advanced basketball, advanced
tennis, swimming, wall, and lots of other landsports... JimDaddy
and Libby have had a huge impact on my life. JimDaddy
encouraged me to always do my best and use the gifts that God
gave me to their fullest potential. Libby taught me to be gracious,
kind, and faithful while pursuing excellence. One of the phrases
that kept coming to my mind, when deciding to go back and try
for the overall record was something that Jim Daddy said at
Breakfast Club: ‘If you never fail, then you haven't set your goals
high enough.’”
Significance of Setting Record in 2011
Completing ONE through- hike of the Appalachian Trail during a
lifetime is an impressive feat. Each year approximately 500
hikers hike the entire Appalachian Trail with an average time of
5 to 7 months, and only a quarter of through-hikers are women.
Jennifer has now hiked the entire Appalachian Trail THREE
times. The significance of her setting the overall Appalachian
Trail time record sinks in when one calculates that she averaged
walking 47 miles per day for 46 days. Congratulations!
In early spring 2008, Jennifer founded Blue Ridge Hiking
Company (www.blueridgehikingco.com), an Asheville company
with the mission of “making the wilderness accessible and
enjoyable through written and spoken word, instruction and
guiding.” She offers coaching, guiding, and public speaking
services. She says, “Hiking is not only something I enjoy, it’s my
passion, my career and my calling…I hope to elevate awareness
of the sport and the outdoors and to get more people involved in
sharing a similar passion.”
The blogs on her business’ website offer insight into what she has
learned through her long-distance hikes, especially about
gratitude for life’s conveniences and daily blessings. In one of
her fall 2011 blogs, Jennifer wrote, “The trail has helped me to
become more self-confident, patient and accepting. This summer,
the trail taught me to live in the moment, appreciate the small
things, and never lose sight of hope.”
Brew and Jennifer (Pharr) Davis, July 31, 2011, Springer Mountain, Georgia
(Appalachian Trail’s southern terminus)
Sources for this article: BlueRidgeNow.com; www.digtriad.com, www.citizentimes.com; www.nytimes.com; National Geographic; Sports Illustrated
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1956’s Upper 8 Campers
There are many, many groups of lifelong Greystone friends who
became close as older campers. It is unusual to find a large
group whose close friendships began as younger campers in the
same tentalow. That is the story of six Upper 8 campers (plus
one Upper 6 camper) who met as twelve year olds in 1956.
Staying in contact for 50+ years, these alumnae have met for
mini-reunions in Blowing Rock NC, Jacksonville Beach FL,
Litchfield SC, Santa Fe NM, Emerald Isle NC, and New York
City (twice). They celebrated their 50th birthday year at the 1994
Greystone 75th year reunion. The group is comprised of Gail
Price Fine (Santa Fe NM), Jean Ulmer Brinkman (Jacksonville
Beach FL), Craig Harris McDaniel (Raleigh NC), Edith Buice
Carpenter (Wake Forest NC), Toler Yates Edwards and Frannie
Pierce Martin (Charlotte NC), and Judy Payne Grey (Upper
Montclair NJ). Many thanks to Craig for sharing a photo of the
group in New York City in October 2011. As she says, “We
formed a friendship that has stood the test of time!”
Highlights of Greystone's History
80 Years Ago - 1932
Banquet: Olympics
Best All Around: Virginia Block
Green and Gold dedication: Virginia Sevier
Song: “Pals”
Wedding of Virginia Sevier & E. L. Hanna on the Pageant
Court (Sept.)
50 Years Ago - 1962
Banquet: Pinocchio
Best All Around: Burwell Thorne
Green and Gold dedication: “Uncle Roy” Brown
Slow Song: 2nd Place “To the Girls We’ll Not Forget Them”
Fast Song: 3rd Place “Oh, I Came to Carolina And I Saw
Greystone”; Honorable Mention “Boom! Boom! There’ll Be
Nothing But Greystone”
40 Years Ago - 1972
Banquet: Oliver
Best All Around: Jane Foreman
Green and Gold dedication: Libby Miller
Fast Song: 1st Place “Well, Hello Libby, Well Hello, Virginia”
25 Years Ago - 1987
Banquet: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Best All Around: Bowie Frazer
Green and Gold dedication: Anna Bryan Perry Sisk
Play production: Cinderella
20 Years Ago - 1992
Banquet: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Best All Around: Amelia Bruce
Green and Gold dedication: Cabin Counselors
Play production: The Wizard of Oz
Jimboy Miller becomes assistant director
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Three Generations at Greystone
Gail Price Fine, Jean Ulmer Brinkman, Craig Harris McDaniel, Edith Buice
Carpenter, Toler Yates Edwards, Frannie Pierce Martin, and Judy Payne Grey
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Deaths in the Greystone Family
Greystone sends much love to the Greer family following the
July 4, 2011 death of Ann Hadaway Greer, a Greystone camper
from 1945-1947 and long-time Greystone representative. A
native of LaGrange GA, Ann lived most of her married life in
Owensboro KY and, during retirement, moved to Valle Crucis
NC. Her family members who attended Greystone as campers or
on staff are: Robin Greer Moorman (1960s), Ann Greer Bahme
(1960s-1970s), George Greer, Jr. (1980s) and his wife Claire
(White) Greer (1970s-80s), Jennifer Moorman (1980s), Sarah
Greer & Kelly Moorman (1990s), and Anna Bahme (2000s).
Our sympathy also goes to Mary Chaffe Brooks (1970s) for the
death of her husband, Alan, in January 2012. Mary is the
daughter of Nancy McIver Chaffe (1950s). Mary’s daughter,
Nancy, is a current Main Camper.
Main Camp 2011: Lucia Geddes (2000s, 2010s), Dilly Johnson Jones (1940’s,
1970s), Louise Jones Geddes (1970s)
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Greystone Generations 2011
(Camper’s name – mother’s name unless otherwise noted or not known. Due
to space constraints, cousins and distant relatives are omitted.)
June Camp 2011
Claire Anderson – A – Kent Anderson
Lila Arnold – Elizabeth Reed
Veka Ashmore – GM – Jeanne Ashmore; A – Cathy & Lisa Ashmore
Wakefield Ausband – Elizabeth Green; GM-Kay Covington; A-Laura
& Katherine Green; U - Gervais Hollowell & Jimmy Green
Katie Ball – Elizabeth Redd; A – Catherine Redd
Marley Barton – C – Anne Daniel
Juliette Blais – Martha Drake
Lily Bourdeaux - Patty Thompson; GGM - Mildred McMullen
Blakely Byrd – A – Ashley Brinson
Gabby & Olivia Carlino – Cathy Myers
Anjoux & Mia Christianson – A – Jessie Christianson
Lina Conway – A – Martha Conway
McKenzie Cook – GM – Christine Lewis
Destiny Cook–Herndon – Catharine Cook
Ashley Cox – Katie Glick
Madison Crane – Priscilla Van Wagenen
Hannah & Julie Doherty – Caroline Brantley; A – Julie Brantley
Myra Rivers Dorey – Myra Johnston; A – Myra Rivers Dorey
Courtney Doyle – M – Marianne Doyle
Ava Edwards – GM – Betty Neal Edwards; A – Katherine Edwards
Frances & Lilly Ford – A – Mary Ashe Ford
Maggie Fowler – Patton Bethea; A – Cammy Bethea
Mary Ward Freydberg – Mary Stuart Gamble
Sloan Fridrich – A – Virginia Grayson
Lucy Garner – Sally Henderson
Helen & Lilly Gillespie – A – Andrea Gillespie
Catherine Gott – Carrie Bettersworth
Lauren & Miller Green – F – Jimmy Green; A – Laura, Elizabeth, & Katherine
Green, U - Gervais Hollowell; GM-Kay Covington
Caroline & Sarah Haga – Beth Bennett
Hannah Hale – A – Patti Estes
Jordan Hammond – M - Tristan Hammond
Anna Clarke Harrison – Lisa McNeely
Caroline & Jane Woodard Hawthorne – GM – Dorothy Whitehead Woodard
May May Henry – Sissy Carragher
Hannah Hoover – Michelle Keeton
Eleanor Hopkins – A - Virginia Collier
Shelton Houston – Amy Houston
Harriet & Katherine Hurst – Ann Sims
Colby James – GGM – Sally Hopkins; A – Lynn Ludwig
Elizabeth Joiner – Libby Holtzclaw; A – Eleanor Holtzclaw
Dotsie Jones – GM – Laurie Saunders
Eleanor & Libby Kerr – Meg Welling
Charlotte Kessinger – Sara Mason Moore
Rachel Kinlaw – Katherine Chitty
Arden Kuhne – A – Caroline Kuhne
Elizabeth Lansing - Duggan Childers; GM – Julia Daughdrill
Anna Lemaster – Leigh Reynolds
Chandler Lilly – GM – Nancy Cobb
Annie Lopez – Marti Jennings
Greer & Hunter Lyons – GM – Lucy Radcliff
Celeste Maddux – Barry Caldwell; A – Ashley, Liza, & Wentworth Caldwell
Kathryn Marshall – Kacey Crim; GM – Sarah Whitaker
Caroline Matton - GM
Josie Maxwell – Jolie Sams; GM – Jody Weekes; GA – Carol Weekes
Molly McBrayer – Katie Walker; GM – Gloria Merry
Milly McCranels – Katherine Christian
Fiona McLeod – Kathy Ulmer
Kaylee McNitt - M
Emmy, Izzy, & Lily Morgan - A - Laura Johnston & Jamie Frick
Abby Moss – A - Betsy & J. Moss
Mary Glenn Oliver – Sara Vance
Bonnie, Emma, & Sarah Gray Parrott – GM – Nancy Parrott
Abby & Sally Patterson – Frances Larson; GM – Ann Thompson
Mary Gates Pierce - M
Anna Reilly – A – Anna Reilly
Elizabeth, Leighton, & Mead Robertson – A – Beth McKinney
Mary Frances Robertson - M
Kate Robinson – Katherine Mohon
Julia & Olivia Rogers – Kitty Griffin; GA – Harrette Harris & Francie Griffin
Martha Ross – Erica Niemeyer; GM – Carolyn Niemayer
Brooke & Kaitlyn Rowland – GM – Eleanor Rowland; A – Marion Strain;
GA – Elaine Rowland
Lilly Rufty – Melissa Miles
Peyton Runquist – Shannon Runquist
Sarah Sanders – Renee Boudreau
Sophie Schaffler – A - Catherine & Stephanie Converse
Emma Katie Sevensky - Kristin Hatcher
Ella Shamburger – Mary Shamburger
Catherine & Sandra Shaw – Sandra Shaw; A – Mary Dee Pride Shaw
Hannah Shealy – Mary Belk
Aubrey Simon- Allison Aden;A – Brandon & Meredith Aden
Margaret Slaton - M
Brynn & Morgan Smith – Ashley Bertram; A – Meredith Bertram
Gracyn Smith – Carol Smith
Isabelle & Olivia Smith – Sloan Kennedy; GM - Kay Lewis
Margaret Stacy - Laura Johnston; GM - Nan James; GGM - Nancy Harper; A Nancy Johnston, Jamie Frick
Carson Staples – Sheldon Wray
Mary Eliot Stone – A – Ruth Gray
Annabelle Terry – Ginny Self
Anna Thalman - Amy Olson
Anna Thompson – Alison MacGinnitie
Caroline Tidwell – A - :Linda Tidwell
Mary Kimball Vereen – Anne Daniel
Ally & Katie Walker – GM – Gloria Merry; A – Katie Walker, Merry Walker
Grace Wall – GA – Katherine Felts
Claire & Mary Carroll Waller – Callie Fowler
Caroline, Lawson, & Parker Walters – GM – Martha Woodall
Riley Warner – Shea Duling
Nellie & Perry Warnock – Lynn Ludwig ; GGM – Sally Hopkins
Abigail Wedding – GM – Betty Rives Smith
Sally Wilkerson – Leah Shelton; GM – Sally Wilkerson
Caroline Willis – A – Jenny Willis
Hannah Wineinger – Ashley Griffin
Mimi Yarbrough - Elizabeth Valloton; GGM and 2 GAs
Lillian York – Louise Blake; A – Nancy Blake
Main Camp 2011
Katie Abbott – Marcella McDonnell; GM – Elizabeth Hall
Alexia Amezcua – Ivette Berrondo
Elisabeth Anthony - Lynn Young
Anna Bahme – Ann Greer; GM – Anne Hadaway; A – Robin Greer and Claire
White; U – George Greer
Christine Baker – Blair Baker
Whitney Balanoff – Kate Hooper
Andrea and Daniela Balcazar-Vega – A – Rosa Madrazo
Isabelle Baugnies de St. Marceaux – Eleanor Morehead; GM – Wyndy Morehead
Claire Beatty - Meredith Beatty
Laura Belk – A - Mary & Margaret Belk
Adrienna Berry – A – Mary Currell Berry
Hollis Boardman – Tori Goodwin
Georgia Claire Bourassa – Jo-ne Claxton
Annie Boyd – A - Brandon, Hunter, Blythe, & Virginia Boyd
Ruthie Brady – Carolyn Barnett; A – Mary Barnett
Katie Gray Brammer – Julie Hatcher; GM – Katherine Hatcher; A – Holly Bishop;
U – Roy Hatcher
Molly Brenner – Miriam Carter & A
Nancy Brooks – Mary Chaffe; GM – Nancy McIver
Maggie Brown - A - Sandy & Sissy Brown
Hannah Brownlee – Rachel Nash
Caroline Buchanan – M
Lauren Burton – A – Julie Reed
Betsy Byrne - A - Ruthie Byrne; A – Katie Vandiver
Eleanor Campbell - Bowie Frazer ; GM – Bowie Swetenburg
Fernanda Campuzano – Rosa Madrazo
Grace Caswell - Nancy Alexander; A – L.G. Alexander; GA - Harriette Harris
& Francie Griffin
Alice & Sallie Chambers – Lucy Herring; GM – Polly Chapman; GGM – Helen
Troutman; A – Hillary & Holly Herring
Araminta Cheek – Katharine Nixon
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Main Camp 2011 (continued)
Laney Coker - Sally Walker
Jacq Collie – Marcie Collie
Abby Cote’ - Nancy Bain; A -Kittler Bain
Margaret Cox – GM – Joie Sawyer; GM – Frances Harding
Liv Craig – Lisa Ritchey
Carson Creasy - Ygondine Sturdivant
Drew & Sydney Davis – A – Sydney Davis
Julia Dellarusso – Mary Stumpf
Olivia Dennis – A – Jennifer Davis
Helen Dooley- Anne Horne; GM - Anne Bumgardner
Margaret Draper - Laura Rains
Myles Edmunds – GM – Gene Brumfield
Baylee Edwards - Julie Trammell
Elizabeth Efird – Coleman Cowden; A – Greer Cowden
Dallis & Mary Madison Foshee – Saynor Ponder; A – Eleanor Ponder; GM –
Saynor Johnson; GA – Dallis Johnson
Lucia Geddes – Louise Jones; A – Sanford Jones; GM – Dallis Johnson;
GA – Saynor Johnson
Margaret Gibbs – Holland Gibbs
Rachel Goding – Cynthia Goding
Cece Hail – Mother; A – Page Smith
Wells Hamby – Lauren Kendall Myers
Ana Harbin – A – Sissy Kuhlke
Day Harmening – Mary Day
Cate Harmon - Helen Seale; A - Catherine Seale
Emily Harrison – Briggs Holmes; A – Anne Clark Holmes
McKelvey Harrison – Reed Harwell; A – Emma Vogan, Katherine McClure
Caroline Hasson - Linda Davis; GM - A. Davis
Clara & Michaela Haugen – GM – Evelen “Hunt” Sanders; A – Letitia &
Melissa Sanders
Ceci Heard – GM- Betty Finn; A - Isabelle Heard; GA - Joann Finn
Ashley Holden – Susan Strain; GM - Eleanor Rowland; GA – Elaine Rowland
Eliza Hollerith – A – Elizabeth Zuber
Woodward Hooper – Frances Clardy; GM – Frances Shannonhouse
Florida Huff – Florida Ellis; A – Lindsay Ellis; GGM – Frances Tennent
Virginia Jackson – Mary Schambacher
JaneAnn Laffitte - GM – Elizabeth Usher
Rachel Land – Martha Land
Madeline Lansing – see Elizabeth Lansing (June)
Camille Larmoyeux – Leigh Thorpe; GGM – Martha Thompson
Madison Letts - Elizabeth Brand
Jenna Lindsey - Barbara Brown; A – Carolyn Brown; GGF-Uncle Roy Brown
Valentina Madrazo – A – Rosa Madrazo
Caroline Mangan - Francie Chapman
Jade Mason – A – Lara Beth Mason
Chandler Massey – Kelly Driver
Maggie & Megan Matter – Beverly Matter
Nina & Sibley McCallie - Nina Inman; GM-Nina Barrett; GGMs Cornelia
White, Alice Perkins
Kathryn McGowin - A - Lucy McGowin
Bess McLawhorn - GM - Gretchen Marsh
Grace McLeod – Sheri McLeod
Virginia McNeill – Terri Moorefield; A - Vicki & Monica Moorefield
Alex, Catherine, & Claire Meyer- Jennifer Johnson
Gracie & Natalie Meeks – Julie Meeks
Caroline & Virginia Miller - Margaret (Broadbent) & JimBoy Miller; aunt Katie Miller; uncle - Stuart Miller; grandparents -Libby (Hanna) & Jim
Miller; GA - Edith & Kacky Hanna; GGM - Virginia Sevier; GGGF Joseph Sevier
Katie Miller – GM – Elizabeth Norfleet
Lydia Miller - Anne Elisabeth Miller
Mary Katherine & Natalie Moreton - Victoria Wolsfelt; A - Mary Wolsfelt
Maggie Mori – A – Liza Mori, Anne Tarbutton
Madeleine Morris – Mary Crawford; A – Leigh Crawford
Seline Morrissette - GM - Vaughn Inge; A - Laura Morrissette
Stephanie Mortimer – Marcy Wolsfelt; A – Victoria Wolsfelt
Martha Nixon – A- Katherine Nixon
Lauren & Meredith O’Connell – Betsy Wilson
Janey Oline – Rebbie Houston
Peyton Patterson – see Abby & Sally Patterson (June)
Emily Pelletier - Meredith Graham
Anna & Caroline Penland - A – Page Duffie
Violet Phillips – Holly Hollingsworth
Margaret Pitman – A – Tibbe McKean
Julia Preston – A – Elise Kirkpatrick
Elizabeth Raby - GM - Elizabeth Efird
Olivia Rezek – Denise Rezek
Lexi, Meredith, & Sarah Rhine – Elizabeth Milner; GM – Jennie Lou McGee
Mallie Robinson – Stephanie Teel; A-Melissa & Sallie Teel; uncles - Starr &
Mike Teel
Madeline Rock – Robin Schmidt
Kate Roever – Laro Shelor
Abby Rogers - Andrea Linder
Hayden Rogers – A - Margaret & Caroline Broadbent
Maddy, Mara, & Margo Rogers – see Julia Rogers (June)
Kathryn Sanders – see Sarah Sanders (June)
Lillie Sauls – A - Randal Barnett
Chelsea Schlacks - Susan Schlakcs
Grayson Selle – Marcey Selle
Isabelle Sennett – Marjorie Tillman; A – Louise Tillman
Lindsay Sierant – Meg Brackney
Anne Silliman – A – Mary Day
Barbara Smith - Ruth Marshburn; A - Margaret and Barbara.Marshburn
Kathleen Smith – A - Isabel Willard
Grace Steier – Sandy Brown
Ellie Stevens – Marcella McDonnell; GM – Elizabeth Hall
Mary Beth & Val Strobel – Veronica Strobel
Lizzie Taylor – Helen Wilson; GM – Sally Nash
Abby Umberger – Linda Clary
Anna Ellis Vaughan–Ellis Dowdeswell;GM–Eugenia Hedden;GA–Lucy Hedden
Hannah Verity – Paula Verity
Amber Weydert – Boo Markham; GM – Helen Roberson
Betty Ann White – Elizabeth Rush; GM – Betty Ann Green
Catherine Wiley – Nancy Goodman
Mary Royall Wilgis – Mary Royall
Jessie Willson – GM – Sally Whitfield
Charlotte Wood – Carolyn Grace Moore
Anne Hayden & MacKenzie Wray - Margaret (Brown) & Scott Wray
August Camp 2011
Ella Rose and Ruby Arnold – Elizabeth Arnold
Hannah & Kathleen Babb – Kitsy Grainger
Quincy Balanoff – see Whitney Balanoff (Main)
Abbey & Julia Barefoot – Stella McClary
Charlotte Baugher – Dorothy Candler; A – Laura Candler; GM – Sandy Pickens;
GGM – Laura Nance McCaughrin
Mary Bayless – GM – Lorena Dasher
Chase & Reese Beeby – Rebecca Kizer
Charlotte & Elizabeth Ann Bellamy – Paige Fowler
Kendall Betz – Elizabeth Wilson; GM – Sandra Lymberis; A – Melissa Wilson
Lily Bontecou – Wendy Heinrich
Elle Boyle – Alison Spears; A – Elizabeth & Weatherly Spears
Evelyn Boyle – Nicki Feldman
Chloe Brown – Jill Brown
Rebecca Burrow – GM – Rachel Cannada
Sarah Grace Calder – A – Cynthia Weathers
Sophie Caldwell – Karen Caldwell
Frazer Campbell - see Eleanor Campbell (Main)
Anna Carroll – Claudia Carroll
Amelia Connor – Cynthia Reid Freeman
Chase & Kingsley Cortes – Holly Legler
Emily & Lacey Cory – GM – Coky Cory; A – Lucy Satterfield
Harper Darden – A – Katy Darden
Sophia Dellarusso – see Julia Dellarusso (Main)
Alex Dewey – A – Dosty Dewey
Addeline Dooley – A – Paige Carson
Lauren Douglas – Joan Douglas
Eliza Easterby – Allison Gulledge
Ande & Preston Edmunds – see Myles Edmunds (Main)
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February 2012
August Camp 2011 (continued)
Elizabeth Foster – Elizabeth Zuber
Kate Glenn – Anne Glenn
Ashley & Mia Hamill – Lisa Saba
Jane Harrell – Jane Stubbs; GM – Jane Moore; GGM - Jane Morrison
Bradford Harrington – Chandler Coker
Anna & Claire Helms – Stephanie Hoffman
Corey Joe Hendricks – Beth Bayless; A – Bena Bayless
Caroline Herzfeld – Katie O’Connor
Peyton Hope – Elizabeth McLaughlin; A – Catherine McLaughlin
Hudson Huffard – Wesley Foster
Ansley Ivey – A – Leslie Nicholson
Grace Kelekci – Madolyn Anderson
Grace Keller – A – Carolyn Robinson
Anne Kelly – Terri Kelly
Sydney Kollme – GM – Martha Burns
Mary Madison Laffitte – GM – Elizabeth Usher
Maggie Larson – Jennifer Larson
Caroline Linen – Laura Candler; A – Dorothy Candler; GM – Sandy Pickens;
GGM – Laura Nance McCaughrin
Anna Kathryn & Sarah Lipe – Mary Linda Lipe
Khaki Loughran – GM – Katherine Armistead
Margaret Maloy – Brooke Sansbach
Molly Matthews – A – Catherine Ann Warner
Maddy & Megan Matter – Beverly Matter
Carson & Rachel Maxwell – McAlister Dowd
Ally McChesney – Kristy Goodman
Sarah Kathryn McCormick – Troy Blanton
Kathryn McGowin - A - Lucy McGowin
Molly McLawhorn – see Bess McLawhorn (Main)
Morgan McMenamy – Audrey Hill
Braden McPhail - GM - Elizabeth Lee
Cecilia Mintz – Missy Davis
Emma Katherine Mock – Ginger Mock
Mallory Moe – GM
Caroline Moss – A – Anna Elizabeth Moss
Mason Murr – Alli Brown
Katy Nau – Sarah Rotgen; A – Forrest Rotgen
Kaitlyn & Lauren Nott – Katherine & Chris Nott
Avery & Day Nuckolls – Eugenia Terrentine
Daniela & Lu Obregon – Karen Gutierrez
Sarah Palmer – Elizabeth Windom
Victoria Patterson – Jennifer Hincaple
Ally & Madeline Pollock – A – Elizabeth and Patricia Pollock
Katherine & Lucy Poindexter – Elizabeth Abernathy
Martha Quattlebaum – GA – Virginia Quattlebaum
Caroline Reeves – Tara McClary
Eleanor Roth – Kathleen Hines
Maggie Rutledge – GM – Rachel Cannada
Eliza Gregg Saleeby – Gailey Commander
Mary Camerson Selle – see Grayson Selle (Main)
Mary Ellen Sellers – A – Lee Grant
Courtney Shaeffer – Courtney Covington
Catherine Shoffner – GM – Dorothy May
Caroline Simmons – Vicki Simmons
Ella Simmons – A – Ann Simmons
Bridget Slocum – Kathy Slocum
Mary Campbell & Loring Spencer – A – Sarah Spencer; GGM – Margaret
Howison
Eliza Jane & Ellie Stamey – Eliza Abernathy
McCuen Thompson – Murray Cheves
Kiara Warren – Isabel Long
Caroline & Lauren Weis – Eleanor Copeland
Sloan Woodberry – Kathleen Thomas
Kate Wray – A – Sheldon Staples
Lanning Wright – Kimberly Gay
Langhorne & Olivia Wyman - Anne Walker; GM – Margaret Dick
Linsey Yarbrough – A – Lynn Yarbrough
Libby Zemke – Trisha Zemke; A – Allison Bridges
Junior Camp 2011
Ellen Adams – A – Katie Adams
Neely Ausband – see Wakefield Ausband (June)
Elloise & Sanders Bethea – A – Dowell Bryan
Heyward Bost – Helen Whaley Maddox
Isabelle and Madeline Boughner – Kiery Braithwaite; GM – Dot Patterson
Abigail & Ann Scott Bourassa – see Georgia Claire Bourassa (Main)
Francie Buffkin – Mollie Smith; GM – Teresa McLean; A – Elliott Smith
Caroline Causey – Leslie Elizabeth Nagoda
Ashlynn Coleman – A – Virginia Coleman
Clare Coleman – Liza Caldwell; A – Ashley, Barry, & Wentworth Caldwell
Sarah Crow – GM – Margaret Crow
Brinson Cusack – Ashley Brinson; GM – Virginia Saunders
Lucy Davis – Sally Gantt; A – Joanna Davis
Hollister Dorey – see Myra Rivers Dorey (June)
Merryl Dougherty – Merry Walker; GM – Gloria Merry
Hannah Clair & Kiki Fisher – Leigh Miller
Ava, Emme, and Olivia Ford – see Frances & Lilly Ford (June)
Virginia French – A – Mary Patteron
Emma Glenn – see Kate Glenn (August)
Cate Goldman – M
Kate Grabowski – Kiery Braithwaite
Callie Guritz – Nancy Hall; GM – Jacquelyn Josey
Mary Helen Hill – Merry Dougherty; GM - Gloria Walker
Eads & Maggie Hooper – Collins Weaver
Haley Hooper – Christy Higgins; GM – Sally Woolwine
Emily Howell – Sara Kesten
Annie Jennings – Malaley White
Caroline Kappel – Jennie Sasser; A – Clay & Gregory Sasser
Ansley & Lauren Kendall – Sue Kendall
Clara Kinken – Mary Perkins
Molly Lonon – Meg Rodgers
Jacqueline Lowrey – GM – Bonnie Crispin
Maddie McChesney – see Ally McChesney (August)
Cameron McCullough–GM–Elizabeth Hudson; GGM–Ethel Lyde
Ella Mountcastle – A – Mary Mountcastle
Narcissa Murray – A – Mary Ann & Katherine Jackson
Elizabeth Oliver – Marsha Jones
Evie Otis – Lee Phillips
Clara Parker, Della Joiner, & Kappy Perry – Ann Henley Yelverton
Ansley Peters – Mary Elster
Caroline & Molly Pickel – Mary Frazier
Hollins Pierpoint – Claudia Baldwin
Hayden Puett – Lynn Satterfield
Carolyn, Elizabeth, & Ruthie Reid – Allison Wilson
Margaret Rogers – A – Margaret & Caroline Broadbent
Margaret Ross – Erica Niemeyer; GM – Carolyn Niemeyer
Grace Rothemich – A – Perri Rothemich
Muffy Schaffler – see Sophie Schaffler (June)
Maryam Sibley – Mary Elizabeth Sibley; A – Kendall Sibley
Emmy Smith - M
Caroline Spangler - Mariah Spangler
Abby Stone – Kelly Camprini
Madeline Stone – Alyson Lee; GM – Virginia Glover
Lillie Sweet Strickland – Kathryn Simmons; A – Ginny Simmons
Sarah Sullivan – Eleanor Wickland
Julia Thompson – Kristy Brown
Anna & Kate Timbes – Clay Sasser; A – Jennie & Gregory Sasser
Margaret Trosdal = Mary Margaret Jones
Lilly Vereen – see Mary Kimball Vereen (June)
Hill & Macon Warr – Holly Hillard
Ann Lawton Watson – Ann Greenwood; A – Jane Allison & Ginny Greenwood
Grace Williams – Mary Catherine Williams
Ellie Woodcock – GM – Margaret Van Deman
Despite best efforts to compile this list, sometimes omissions occur. To report a
correction, please complete the section on the camper application asking about
family members who have attended Greystone, noting each relative’s maiden
name or provide your family’s information directly to the Sparks editor.
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February 2012
Announcements
Accessing Greystone’s Website
Greystone’s
Website
address
is:
www.campgreystone.com. The recently
enhanced website includes features such as
an interactive map of the campus, links to
the Greystone iPhone and iPad “app,”
information about The Great Day Fund, and
many photos. Additionally, if you log in
using your email and password, during
camp sessions you may view photos of
campers and read Jimboy Miller’s daily
postings. If Greystone does not have your
current email or street address, please go to
the Alumnae section of the website and
follow the “Update us” link to keep us
current on your information. If you are new
to the website, click on “Create An
Account” under the log in screen.
Alumnae Mailing List
If you hear of someone who did not receive
this Sparks and wishes to stay in touch with
Greystone, please ask her to contact
Greystone.
The Greystone Wait List
Greystone’s reenrollment rate of over 85%
has led to a long wait list for almost every
session and few spaces available for new
campers. Every camper is placed on the
wait list according to the date her
application is received. Places are awarded
according to grades having spaces
available. If you are looking at Greystone,
it is essential for you to complete an online
application as early as possible. You might
have a year’s wait before a place opens, but
your deposit is always fully refundable, so
there is no risk in saving a place. You may
download an application from our Website
(www.campgreystone.com) or call the camp
office and we will send a packet.
Greystone’s 2012 Sessions
Junior Camp
June Camp
Main Camp
August Camp
May 28 - June 1
June 4 - June 22
June 25 - July 26
July 30 - August 10
How To Contact Greystone
Mail: 21 Camp Greystone Lane,
Zirconia NC 28790
Phone: (828) 693-3182
Fax:
(828) 693-1562
E-mail: office@campgreystone.com
Internet: www.campgreystone.com
Greystone Alumnae Staff
Sparks Editor – Elizabeth Abernathy
Archivist – Sarah Goodman Brown
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