CAMP YONAHLOSSEE POW WOW
Welcome back to Camp Yonahlossee! Founded by Dr. and Mrs. A.P. Kephart (Kep and Keppie)
in 1922, it was the oldest girls' camp in North Carolina for over 6 decades.
This Website is dedicated to the Spirit of Yonahlossee, Miss Agnes Jeter 2/22/08 - 6/11/05
Known as JETE to thousands of girls who made their second home on the mountainside near Blowing Rock, N.C.,
she passed away on June 11 at the age of 97. You can see pictures of her, old and new, on The Jete Page.
Also, from her page you can link to the magnificent "Tribute to Jete" letter from Jane Neblett Tims (CY 1956-62), and
read the eulogy given at her memorial service on June 16 by Lucy Lane Riddle (CY 1955-63).
Suggested recipients of memorial funds are also listed on Jete's page.
Camp Yonahlossee alumnae have a group on Facebook. Join now!
NEXT REUNION - JUNE 11-13, 2010!
Blowing Rock/Boone
Tentative schedule: Friday night gathering, munching, visiting.
Saturday noon luncheon at Lees McRae in Banner Elk. Saturday evening gathering/Pow Wow.
Sunday vespers/memory service.
You can volunteer and keep up with the latest plans at our Facebook site.
Enjoy Lucy Henry's photos of the June 3-5, 2005 reunion. (You must be a member of Facebook.)
It had been 20 years since Camp closed, but CY girls will never let it be forgotten!
Photos of the June 7-9 2002 REUNION are here, and this is your link to REUNION 1998 .
Also visit this Ofoto site to see all of Alice George Stephenson's (CY 1975 - 81) great photos from 2002.
By clicking on this DIRECTORY link, you will find all known e-mail addresses of Yonahlossee girls.
As most of you know, our beloved Camp grounds are now the Yonahlossee Resort & Club. On their website,
they have graciously provided a history of our Camp, so I am reciprocating with this link to them.
Also, I wrote stories of my memories of my ten years at CY for their Homeowners' newsletter, reprinted here.
Take a walk down Memory Trail, with pictures from the past.
Here are contemporary photos of some legends, beautiful scenery, and celebrating "Sisters".
Were you a Chippewa, Croatan, Tuscarora, or Shawano? Re-visit the Sunday night Pow Wow ritual here.
NEW! The origin of the WaTaHo has been discovered!!
Do you feel like singing? This song page, including blessings and a new dazzling photo, might bring back a few memories.....
If you went rappelling with Marty in the late 70's, this page is for you!
In September, 2008, after a visit to Yonahlossee, I created a page call Then and Now,
with reminders of what was and pictures to show you what Camp is like today
What was Camp like in the Kepharts' day? Check out these pages from 1936!
Questions about where to send your daughter or granddaughter to Camp?
Here are several NC camps for girls that come personally recommended by Yonahlossee alumnae.
Remember Frank, our beloved Camp caretaker, Luxury Tour driver, and fix-it man? (His picture is on the Jete page.)
Well, here are wonderful letters from his grandchildren, who would love to hear from those of you who knew him.
At the very bottom of this page is a link to a new guest book which I hope you will sign.
Here's the look of our beloved old waterfall, June, '98.
YONAHLOSSEE SUMMERS
"Did you come around that corner with tears in your eyes? Eager
to fly from the car and renew old ties?
Did you know every crevice of every path, and believe that those summer
would always last?
When the supper bell rang, and you heard the call, did you tarry just long
enough to play tether ball?
And the sacred secrets we kept as a tribe of sisters who grew up side by
side.
Like those films that are slow and in black and white, I can see those
pictures when I close my eyes.
We spit watermelon seeds and assemblied together. We took "bear hunts"
and lost Ollie forever.
We grew up in the places that God lives in, in creeks and on mountains,
amidst flowers and friends.
Would you be who you are if you hadn't those days? We were rich "little
ladies" in so many ways.
So hold tight to those memories, they're never far gone. And that way we'll
know, Yonahlossee lives on."
Sally Jeter Hammond 5/7/95
The Camp bell, now on the porch of Jete's Retreat
Jete
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Then and Now
CY 1936
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