Edward H. Curtiss at Big Bear Boys Camp

Edward H. Curtiss was fortunate to be able to go to the Big Bear Boys Camp in Big Bear Lake, California when he was a boy. His Sister Ethelyne N. (Curtiss) Drake was married to Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake who was associated with the Big Bear Boys Camp (BBBC) in the San Bernardino Mountains for many years. At that time the city of Big Bear Lake was called Pine Knot.
Every summer from the age of 8 years until he graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, Edward would go along with Ducky to attend the camp for the summer. When he was old enough he participated as a counsellor. Most of the other boys were from the wealthy families in the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

Photo: Edward Curtiss (R) & Harold Witherbee 1939

The following brochure is from the 1930's.

Here is the Brochure for Big Bear Boys Camp

The camp is still there but it is owned by the Presbyterian Church and called Camp TANDA on Lake View Drive.

RUTH LUCILLE CURTISS - VAUGHN - BYLIN

The Independent (Long Beach, California)

DEATH NOTICE

BYLIN (San Pedro) - Ruth L., of 3007 S. Denison Ave., died Tuesday. Surviving are husband Carl O. (Bylin); daughters, Mrs. Mary J. (Vaughn) Kelley, Mrs. Anna L. (Vaughn) Lyons; sons, Curtiss, Billy, Alfred Vaughn; brother, P. W. Curtiss; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Service Saturday, 2:30 pm, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress.

Ruth Lucille Curtiss was born October 18 1894 in St. Joseph, MO. Daughter of Alfred Leroy Curtiss and Mary Ella (Darby) Curtiss.

She married William Andrew Vaughn on April 11 1914.

Children:

Curtiss Vaughn b. 22 Nov 1914

Mary J. Vaughn b. 17 Aug 1916, d. 17 May 2005

Anne Lucille Vaugn b. 18 Nov 1917, d. 17 Jan 1983

Billy B. Vaughn b. 1927

Alfred L. Vaughn b. Mar 1930

She was also married to Carl O. Bylin.