Comments on: Get in Tune with Nature at Camp Helen State Park http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park Panama City Beach Information, news, and updates including Pier Park and the Panama City Airport Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-29447 Dave Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:51:51 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-29447 Doc, Avondale Mills named the property Camp Helen. The original Camp Helen was on property bought by the government to form Tyndall AFB. Many of Avondale Mills were named for Comer family members... Eva Jane for example. BB Comer was the founder of Avondale Mills. Doc, Avondale Mills named the property Camp Helen. The original Camp Helen was on property bought by the government to form Tyndall AFB.
Many of Avondale Mills were named for Comer family members… Eva Jane for example. BB Comer was the founder of Avondale Mills.

]]> By: Inlet Protection http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-22152 Inlet Protection Thu, 06 May 2010 18:52:57 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-22152 I'm pretty much convinced with the idea of visiting Helen. It truly does look like a paradise. I've always been an outdoors-men. This seems like the ideal spot for vacationing. Thanks for posting this up. I will definitely try to get there. I’m pretty much convinced with the idea of visiting Helen. It truly does look like a paradise. I’ve always been an outdoors-men. This seems like the ideal spot for vacationing. Thanks for posting this up. I will definitely try to get there.

]]> By: Thomas Sullivan, MD http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-21679 Thomas Sullivan, MD Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:33:05 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-21679 Mrs. Savage, We were honored to be able to visit your "Lodge" and view your room. We read everything we could see. We would like to hear my of those years for which the compound was designed - a family home and retreat. I am from Summerville, SC and grew up 16 m from Middleton gardens, so the beauty of the "lowcountries" of the south are special to me. One question - why is it called Camp Helen. Did you go by "Helen"? I wish your family still owned it, but am thankful of the opportunity to experience it. Thank You Mrs. Savage,
We were honored to be able to visit your “Lodge” and view your room. We read everything we could see. We would like to hear my of those years for which the compound was designed – a family home and retreat. I am from Summerville, SC and grew up 16 m from Middleton gardens, so the beauty of the “lowcountries” of the south are special to me. One question – why is it called Camp Helen. Did you go by “Helen”? I wish your family still owned it, but am thankful of the opportunity to experience it.
Thank You

]]> By: Margaret Hicks Savage http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-20776 Margaret Hicks Savage Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:39 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-20776 soon I am sending the oil portrait of me to be a gift to the Camp Helen State Park. The painting is to be hung in my former bedroom (upstairs with the balcony). I was married in that house. Margaret soon I am sending the oil portrait of me to be a gift to the Camp Helen State Park. The painting is to be hung in my former bedroom (upstairs with the balcony).
I was married in that house.
Margaret

]]> By: Margaret Hicks Savage http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-20774 Margaret Hicks Savage Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:54 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-20774 My mother, Margaret Davis Hicks built the 'Lodge' in 1931/33 on the 185 acres bought by my father, Robert E. Hicks, in 1928. My mother sold the property in 1945 to the Avondale Mills people for a modest sum. I was married in that house, and my son was born there. Our family gathered there for holidays. The summers were magical. My mother, Margaret Davis Hicks built the ‘Lodge’ in 1931/33 on the 185 acres bought by my father, Robert E. Hicks, in 1928. My mother sold the property in 1945 to the Avondale Mills people for a modest sum.
I was married in that house, and my son was born there.
Our family gathered there for holidays. The summers were magical.

]]> By: JUDY http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-20742 JUDY Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:22:40 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-20742 I grew up at Camp Helen, you can go to Memories of Camp Helen on facebook also I grew up at Camp Helen, you can go to Memories of Camp Helen on facebook also

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-20720 Jeanne Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:54:40 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-20720 I grew up in Sylacauga Alabama and remember stories and photographs my grandparents had of Camp Helen. It has always been a very special place to me and I am so glad that it has been preserved for future generations. If you haven't been you should go... it will take you back in time! I grew up in Sylacauga Alabama and remember stories and photographs my grandparents had of Camp Helen. It has always been a very special place to me and I am so glad that it has been preserved for future generations. If you haven’t been you should go… it will take you back in time!

]]> By: Bearabull http://www.pcbdaily.com/get-in-tune-with-nature-at-camp-helen-state-park#comment-20716 Bearabull Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:46:50 +0000 http://pcbdaily.com/?p=6808#comment-20716 I always pass the entrance for this on my way into PCB. I think I will have to give it a visit on my next trip in April. I always pass the entrance for this on my way into PCB. I think I will have to give it a visit on my next trip in April.

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