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Vicki Ford first went to Camp Howard 60 years ago; itâs still part of who she is Vicki Ford gathers with her grandchildren Hannah, Oliver, Teddy, Ikey, Drew and Cole during a family camp at Camp Howard in 2016. (Courtesy Vicki Ford) 4/14/2021 4:02 PM
select Campers chat outside a cabin at Camp Howard in about 1960. (Courtesy CYO/Camp Howard) • • Vicki Ford picked berries all spring to earn the $25 it took to attend Camp Howard.
All 12 Dieringer children from Holy Family Parish of Southeast Portland had to earn their way to the highlight of their summers.
The camp in the foothills of Mount Hood, begun in 1952, was relatively new when young Vicki Dieringer arrived as a fourth grader in 1960. Her week was an all-girls session, de rigueur for the era. The boys would come on alternate weeks.