Al-Gon-Quian Camp Founder Dies At Age 70

Al-Gon-Quian Camp Founder Dies At Age 70 Herbert H. Twining Sr., founder of the internationally-known Camp Al-Gon-Quian in northern Michigan, died yesterday at age 70. Mr. Twining, of 1601 Cambridge, received his BA degree from the University in 1923. The following year, he snow-shoed through 62 degree-below-zero temperatures in the Upper Peninsula in search of a campsite. The 40-acre tract of land he found on Burt Lake has been a summer home for thousands of youths, including several who became Rhodes Scholars and college presidents. Mr. Twining was born July 8, 1900, in Twining, Mich., which his father founded in 1878. He was graduated from Bay City High School, earning 16 letters for participation in athletics. He financed his way through the University by playing professional baseball. During his 57 years in camping, Mr. Twining served as president of the American Camping Association for three years, and also as executive director for three years. He was an advisor on the National Parks Board and helped establish secondary education in the camps. He was camping representative to two White House conferences on children and youth, and served 17 years on the Adrian College Board of Trustees. In 1967, Mr. Twining sold Camp Al-Gon-Quian to the Ann Arbor YM-YWCA. Survivors include his widow, Rozella; three sons, Robert, Richard and Herbert Jr., all of Ann Arbor; three daughters, Mrs. Brian (Ann) DeFiore of Ann Arbor, Mrs. Thomas (Peggy) Gellor of Auburn Heights, Mich., and Ruth Twining of Santa Monica, Calif.; and 19 grandchildren. His first wife, Ruth, died in 1946. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the First United Methodist Church. Friends may call at the Staffan Funeral Home Monday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until noon.