Staff
at
Camp
Royaneh
stay
in
a
decentralized
camping
area.
Not
all
staff
quarters
are
in
the
same
area
(like
Wente
Scout
Reservation).
In
the
early
years
most
of
the
senior
staff
was
housed
in
Staff
Village
comprised
of
three
four-room
cabins
located
across
the
creek
from
the
administration
area.
A
fourth
smaller
building
housed
toilet
facilities
and
a
shower.
One
of
the
buildings
also
included
a
Chaplain’s
office.
Bob
Anino
commissioned
improvements
on
his
favorite
cabin
in
the
village
which
included
the
addition
of
a
porch
and
the
removal
of
partitions
to
create
the
meeting
area.
These
luxuries
quickly
earned
the
building
the
name
“Royaneh
Sheraton.”
To
provide
competition,
the
neighboring
staffers
dubbed
their
place
the
“Royaneh
Hilton”,
but
it
was
like
comparing
a
motel
6
to
the
Palace
Hotel.
The
third
cabin
was
named
“Sleepy
Hollow.”
The
facility
building
was
the
first
to
fall
to
time
and
disrepair.
Two
other
cabins
were
destroyed
in
the
late
1980’s.
Bob’s
beloved
Sheraton
-rebuilt
by
the
Royaneh
Stock
holders
during
the
spring
of
2007
-
is now a 3 room cabin where the Nature Glen Staff calls it home for the summer.
*Pneumonia Gulch*
Before
the
cook’s
cabin
was
built
near
the
parade
grounds,
the
commissary
and
aquatics
staffs
shared
three
screened
cabins
situated
in
the
gulch
between
the
mess
hall
and
Frontiersman
Village.
The
area
was
so
shaded
that
it
was
named
“Pneumonia
Gulch.”
It
was
destroyed
in
the
late
1960’s
and
the
staff
area
above
the
pool
(called
Vahalla)
opened at that time.
*Mocking Bird Hill*
Mocking
bird
hill,
the
staff
area
located
below
the
chalet
was
constructed
to
accommodate
the
Scoutcraft
Staff
who,
during
the
1950’s,
lived
in
a
demonstration
campsite
on
Buffrey
Flat.
This
was
later
expanded
to
incorporate
the
Handicraft,
C.O.P.E.,
and Mountain Man staffs.
Staff Village
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