Camp Merrimac

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In 1919, the partiarchs of the Clough family, Joseph and Sylvia Clough, passed away. That year the town of Cloughville, New Hampshire was sold to Mr. Price and Mr. Pick of New York, who established a Jewish Boys camp. The name Cloughville was changed to Camp Merrimac and the first campers arrived at the property in 1921.

Mr. Price and Mr. Pick ran Camp Merrimac until the late 1940's when it was purchased by Mr. Abe Beleson, a teacher at the Bronx High School of Science. In 1953 Mr. Maury Bleifeld became a part owner, and in 1954 Mr. Harry Levine bought a share of the camp. In 1957 Mr. Werner Rothschild, Mr. Robert Bomze and Mr. Fred Egre purchased the property. In 1958 Mr. Egre was bought out, and Mr. Rothschild and Mr. Bomze continued operating the camp. Keeping the name Camp Merrimac, they continued to run a general summer camp program. In addition, being physical education teachers, they began the New England Hockey School and Figure skating camps. Youth would travel by bus to Concord, New Hampshire to the Everett Area for ice time. Nearing retirement, Mr. Rothchild and Mr. Martin (as Bomze was then known) wanted the property to remain a youth facility. They were searching for a buyer who would continue youth programs.

In 1998 the camp was sold to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston.

[edit] External links

• http://www.campmerrimac.org/