| BARNES | DAVID | CAMPER |
| BROWN | CHET (CHESTER) | COUNSELOR |
| CARY | MARY | CAMPER |
| CROSBY | PENNELL (PENNY) | CAMPER |
| FORD | EDITH | CAMPER |
| FORD | FRANCES | CAMPER |
| FRENCH | C (CAROLINE?) | COUNSELOR? |
| FRENCH | MRS (ELEANOR) | HEAD OF CAMP |
| FRENCH | NAT | COUNSELOR |
| GOODALE | WALTER | CAMPER |
| GROSSE (GROSE) | DAVID | CAMPER |
| GROSE | MRS | COUNSELOR |
| GROSSE (GROSE) | LARRY | COUNSELOR |
| HALL | HENRY | CAMPER |
| HAYNES | LETITIA | CAMPER |
| KEYSER | ||
| MORRISON | ALVA | CAMPER |
| MORRISON | SALLY | CAMPER |
| MORSE | JOHN | CAMPER |
| PECK | RUS | CAMPER |
| SISSON | WARREN | CAMPER |
| STREET | HENRY | CAMPER |
| WALE | MR | COUNSELOR |
| BARNEY | ||
| ELEANOR | ||
| FREDDIE | ||
| FROGGY | ||
| JERRY | ||
| PHOEBE | ||
| TONY |
Two Islanders were produced during the summer of 1932.
An item titled "The Editor's Chair" in the first number gives a capsule history of the publication:
Since the second year of the camp. there has been The Islander, a camp paper. . . .
The second year of the camp one issue of The Islander was published. Last year, two editions were run off with pages of colored paper which added much to the attractiveness of the publication. This year we hope to get out three issues or more. But that is a far off dream.
This text confirms the legend that AIC was established in 1929 -- and that the first Islander (1930) was produced in the camp's second season.
"The Mumpers' Lament," one of the pieces in this Islander, is a reminder of the fact that, in the early days of the camp, there was no protection against once-common childhood diseases like mumps, measles, and chicken pox (not to mention polio, which struck Nat French in the fall of 1931).
"Looking Forward" makes mention of Winnie the Pooh -- A.A. Milne's children's classic, published in 1926 -- and doubtless the Harry Potter of that era!
Although the nation was entering the darkest days of the Great Depression, the 1932 Islanders contain no mention of events outside the camp -- a reminder, perhaps, of h ow much more remote from civilization Maine was in the days before interstates and commercial air travel. Campers and counselors undoubtedly got to Bucksport the same way my grandparents got to Castine in the early thirties: by train (Buckport still had passenger service!), by one of the Eastern Steamship Company's great boats (which ran from Boston to Bangor, making stops at Bucksport), or by automobile -- an arduous trip up U.S. Route 1 that, from Boston, took two days!
For a wonderful account of steamboats in Buckport in the 1930s, click this link http://waynesworld.org/Bucksport,ME/TheageofSTEAMSHIPS.htm
Selections from Islander III, No. 1 (1932). Click thumbnails to enlarge images.
The second 1932 Islander is unusually rich in text and illustrations. Evidently, the camp had a resident skunk, whose several visits are mentioned in the issue. There are several camp songs (set to familiar tunes), description of a camp game ("puff ball"), an a narrative of a trip to Castine.
