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The history of the name The Rattler
Wondering how the newsletter got its name? Here’s the story! “There has always been friendly rivalry between the two camps: in tennis, softball, fishing, watersports. Early camp newspapers contain many joking comments about the other camp. An early camper’s poem compares the two
journals:
Back in the day, over at Deephaven Camp
Every Saturday night
They read a caustic paper
Which they call the “Barque and Bight”
Camp Rockywold is much younger,
And that is why, they say,
Their sheet is called “The Rattler”
For it is only meant for play.”
(Roots & Recollections: A Century of Rockywold-Deephaven Camps by Megan Thorn)
We decided to honor that tradition by naming our digital newsletter The Rattler—a nod to the past and a way to keep you in the loop today!
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