Camp Maccabee - Camp Thorpe

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Part of Pelican Lake, Wisconsin - one place study

This profile is part of the Pelican Lake, Wisconsin One Place Study.

History

Located on Pelican Lake’s North bay or Mud Bay, out to Chicago Point.

Camp Thorpe

• Operated from 1922 to 1933
• Managed by John Griffith. as a Wisconsin Corporation.
• 1934 leased to Harold Korey
• 1935 sold to Harold Korey

Camp Maccabee

Camp Maccabee 1947

• Operated as a Jewish private summer camp from 1934 to 1969.
• 1949: Facilities for 80 boys & 80 girls. Staff of 22 men and 20 women^[1]
• Owners, Harold and Sophia Korey, lived in Chicago, IL
• J.O. Frank sold property to Harold Korey for the girls camp^[2]
• 1940's The Maccabee Girls Camp, which was located on Chicago Point, was started
• 1954 Murray and Renee Jans bought the camp from the Korey’s
• Murray and Renee Jans, lived in Skokie, IL
• 1969 was its final season

Camp Maccabee c.1947

Sources

1. ↑ Rhinelander Daily News pg.8 2 Jul 1949
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=296&p=localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.oneida

• YouTube - Camp Maccabee - Pelican Lake, WI
• https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19520307-01.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• chicago jewish history pg,9

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