File:Methodist Youth Fellowship c 1943-44.jpg

Summary

Noted on the back of this photo was "MYF Youth Hike c. 1943-44". The acronym of the group stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship.

The children and adults were identified as:

Front row (L-R): B. Langley, J. Burgee, M. Taylor, S. Jones, A. Funk, M. Leftwich

Middle Row (L-R): D. Stewart, L. Trott, Leftwich, Funk, C. Leftwich, B. Kidwell, C. Frye, L. Griffith

Standing (L-R): Rev. Trott, ?, Carlos Myers, Elwood Wineholt

Guess at the location are:

Jacquelyn Ebersole This could have been Manidokan. I don't have dates but Mr. Utterback's property was what later became the camp and he was Superintindent of Sunday School for as long as I have been attending my church.

Chris Weitzel I went to Manidokan for years, and this photo could be there or nearby. It reminds me of the upper camp that was on the overland trail to Md Heights, but I am pretty sure that trail was new when I was there in the 60s. It could be at the main camp; 20 years would make a difference

Jody Brumage I wonder if this could have been taken at Gapland? In the left corner, you can see some dark brown stones, and then there appears to be an arch-shape shadow cast over the four men standing in the back row. The mountain in the background resembles the shape of Catoctin Mountain around High Knob, which is in view of the arch at Gapland.

(Photo courtesy of Mindy Niles from the Duane Smith Collection and the City of Brunswick MD History Commission)