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The luaus with the scantily clad hula dancers

More delinquents painting "Start" and "Finish" on Mission Rd. in front of the Liar's Club

And speaking of that - the old Liar's Club at the camping area built around a trolley car from D.C. Transit

The juke box at the Liar's Club playing "Walk, Don't Run" by the Ventures over and over

Ken and Mary Jenkins and daughter, Sandy, who ran the concession at the Liar's Club

Sledding down Lower Clubhouse Drive and across Mission Road to the front of the Administration building

Sledding on Red Oak Drive

Ice skating on the pond at the bottom of Lower Clubhouse Drive's hill

More delinquents huffing glue while skating (not a good idea)

(who were those delinquents to which we keep referring?)

Windy McCormack and the time spent evading his wrath

Going to the teen dances in Charles Town over the old Independent Fire Hall and the Lion's Club in Ranson

The liquor lockers in the back of the club's basement and the ease with which the locks were picked by certain teens

Remembering which people would most likely have the largest selection of booze in their lockers

Duke Smider and his wife Carla

Al and Mary Lyons

Old Mrs. Knight and her daughter, Mae Henry

Playing poker in the card room downstairs and one card shark wearing his green visor

Ditto for the games of Tripoli

The guys and gals of the Charles Town area we would sometimes pal around with

The fire works at the lower picnic area

Bull roasts and crab feasts

Bud Johnson belting out those songs at the club's dances

Charlie Byrd's Jazz group entertaining at dances

Good ol' Freddie Pleasant and his cannonballs off the diving board

Even better splashes from Henry Bush 

Mr. McBrier's diving prowess

The various lifeguards over the years - Jake Derr, Jeff Schultz, Jim Riley, Sue Bell, Jody Butler - and many more

The campground and its regulars

The enormous boulder near the top of Shannondale Road (still there, thankfully)

The spring on Rolling Road

Old Bill Jones and his wife who lived at the south end of Mission Road

The "haunted house" debacle near Shannondale Springs

The pretty young lady with an eye for "goodwood" (no prurient connotation)

Mickey Johnson splitting his tongue doing a "can-opener" off the diving board (ouch!)

Buying cherry bombs and M-80's at the Amoco station between the bridges in Va.

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