Danna Cobb Paglino attended Camp Thomas E Lightfoot in the 1950's. She was a Junior Counselor 1956-57 and Intermediate Counselor in 1958. In 2005 she sent the Reunion Committee her recollections of visiting the funeral home following Ginny West's death in 1960 along with some of the remembrances of CTEL days that event stirred for her. Click here to read her story.
 
Dick Jarvis was a Junior Counselor at Camp Lightfoot in the early 1940's when Virginia West was Water Safety Director. He says:
"I also remember West. She gave me my Jr Life Saving test. I thought she was going to drown me."
 
 

Virginia West recounted a story to David Ballard about the time in the late 1950's when the Camp Lightfoot bell rang unexpectedly one summer night at midnight.

As time went by, Dave and other eyewitnesses pieced together a more complete weaving of the intrigue involved. Some of the central players in those events besides Ballard and West were Bob McCoy, Kay Payne and Patty Stingo.

If a sound control appears below, push the "play" button to hear David Ballard tell the story.

If no sound control appears above the line, click Ballard's saw to link to the "wav" file containing the story as told in October 2001.

click for a link to the audio recounting of West's story

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