THE TOTEM 1963 SSth Anniversary CAMP MAH. KEE - NACBOUND ISSUES OF THE CAMP NEWSPAPER THE TOTEM 1963 CAMP MAH- KEE - NAC For Boys LENOX, MASS. Joseph Kruger, Director 377 Irving Avenue South Orange, New Jersey SO 2-3536MBP MARKEEMAE ~ THIRTY -FIFTH SEASON OPENS Camp Mah-Kee-Nac was a beehive of activity on the morning of June 28th as last minute preparations were being made for the ope! 35th Season. The waterfront, tennis courts, ball fields, hobby shacks, dining halls, and bunks were getting fir ning touches from the Mah-Kee-Nac counselors who were just win- ding up a week lor and planning p Thirty-five years ago, the trip to Lenox from the metropolitan area was a long, hard affair. Last Friday, however, most of the campers arrived in five comfor- table air-conditioned buses which sped along New York's Thruway. We arrived in Camp about 3:30 and met counselors, new friends, and fellow Campers of previous pre-Camp training, orientation, ‘The weather was hot and humid when we a we got breath of fresh, cool air after a short rain ¥ during our traditional first-day-of* rived but Camp chicken dinner. aOVERNIGHT CAMPOUT PROGRAM UNDER WAY By the end of the first week of Camp, several Cherokee bunks had enjoyed theif first overnight campouts of the 1963 season. The first series of sleepouts began afte supper when the campers packed and hiked to their campsite. Charles Beck, the Mali Kee-Nac Trip Counselor, demonstrated proper methods of fire building, axemanship, tent-pitching, and general campcratft. BUNK 32 CAMPERS ENJOY EARLY SWIM On June 30th, Dave Baer, Robbie Da- vidson, Larry Fischer, Jeff Wiener, Ted Plavin, Larry Plevy, Mark Densen, Mike Marmon, and Leon Wender went on their first sleepout. After watching Charlie Beck show us how, we built our fires and pitched our tents. Then we separated into smaller groups and went to sleep. The next morning, we awoke at sun- rise and went to the Waterfront for a dip. BUNK 33 BOYS VIEW THE MOON ON SLEEPOUT by Ralph Litwin On a very warm and mosquito - bite prone night, a group of pioneers from Bunk 33 set out for an overnight. This group included: Larry Katz, Ralph Lit- win, Richard Sternberg, Jerry Frank, and Chuck Reisen. Charles Beck was our trip counselor and Bob Rosenberg was our "professional!" astronomer who showed us the craters on the moon. We planned to sleep beside the camp- BUNK 34 SAW JULY FOURTH FIREWORKS by Stephen Conrad and Ralph Terkowitz We picked one of the coldest nights the first week to go on our overnight 8 we welcomed the campfire which we sal burning brightly when we got there. W. unpacked our sleeping bags, and our set John Zirinsky, hunted down some coc and cake for us. While we were sitting around the fir Billy Szerlip told a ghost story. Anothe bunk made a surprise visit later in the é vening. Michael Kaye, Jimmy Dollin, an Ralph Terkowitz built a campfire whid turned out to be better than the one fl our trip director, Charlie Beck, mad Glen Salny, our counselor, was our fim tender. Ira Loewy made a trip to get ug some sugar. Because it was the Fourth of July, saw some fireworks displays in the sky, We had a very good time. The boys in Bunk 34 are: Steve Cont Neal Caplowe, John Zirinsky, Michael Kaye, Jim Dollin, Ira:Loewy, Billy Sze lip, and Ralph Terkowitz. fire, but as it turned out, we talked all night. The trip was very successful. Our counselors are Chuck Beauvais and Glen Salny. Mah-Kee-Nac's 35th season promises to be a mémorable one for campers who participate in the Tripping Program. Already, Trip Counselor Charles Beck has exs plored several new campsites and trails in advance of expeditions by the campers. Charlie is a Senior at Montclair State Teachers' College in New Jersey where he is majoring in Education and he has had two years! experience in the U.S. Army. For two years, he was Trip Director for the Central New Jersey Y.M.C.A. Camps.JACK DAVIS HEADS JUNIOR CAMP yy Steve Brawer This year, as al- ys, the three camps Mah-Kee-Nac are h under the direc- n of anableand ex- ienced Head Coun- or. BOB BEHRMAN ad Counselor of the yer Senior Camp, ere for his third Read Gounselo yup Leader r five years ead Counselor of the Junior Camp in 160. During the winter, Bob is onthe faculty r the City College of New York. His w jane, his daughter, Nancy, and his son, ndy are with him at Camp. The Lower Senior Head Counselor is JARLIE SCPINEIDER, his eleven Charlie was the direc- tor of Physical Educa- tion and athletic coach at Weequahic for forty- five years. Charlie's wife, Corinne, is with him at Camp again. They are the parents of three children and the proud grandparents of eight. Last year, TACK DAVIS was Director: mtn Sy apt phe ce 8 Foy for the entire Junior Camp program as its Head Counselor. Jack is a football coach and Physical Education teacher at William Henry High School in Dover, Delaware. He is mar- ried and the father of two children. and sports events. JOOOOOOOOO00OOOOOOOCOO0OOO NINE SECOND-GENERATION CAMPERS HERE As Joe and Frances celebrate their h year in Camp Directing, there are ¢ campers at Mah-Kee-Nac this sum- x who are sons of former campers The fathers of two of our 1963 campers re in Joe's Camp back in 1929. Then, was known as Camp Yokumand was lo- ed in Becket, Massachusetts. Billy erlip's father, Jack, from Ros! r and Andy Levin's father, Arthur, ym Scarsdale were both campers when e started in 1929. Billy is a Cherokee d Andy is an Iroquois. Har The other second-generation campers and their fathers are: Jon, son of Emil Kohn; Burt, son of Dr. Leo- nard Szerlip; Dan and Nathan, sons of Ramon Tublitz; Tom, son of BurtKru- ger; Jay, son of Alan Rosenberg; and Steve, son Saul Fried- berg. The campers are enjoying looking at Joe's scrapbooks of pictures, Shown above are Arthur and Andy Levin.TOTEM WINS FIRST PLACE AWARD Joe Kruger announced this week that the 1962 TOTEM had won a first place certificate in the 1963 Columbia Univer- sity Scholastic Press Association contest. THE TOTEM was entered at the close of Camp last fall in the weekly newspaper division. The judges notified Joe of the award this spring and sent an award certificate to him which is now displayed in the Camp Office. Along with the award came a cri- tique from the judges praising the news- paper for its "liveliness" and "vitality." Last year's Editor of THE TOTEM, Dave Coldren, said that a lot of the credit should go to the many campers who con- tributed stories and pictures to THE TO- TEM for every issue. He is looking for- ward to another exciting summer at Mah- Kee-Nac. Also helping with the TOTEM this sum- mer will be Jon Folkman, an Aide from Brooklyn, New York. Jon will work with campers in collecting the stories and pic- tures which are needed each week. ZIMMERMAN AND COLDREN HEAD OFFICE STAFF Mal Zimmerman has returned for hil twelfth year at Mah-Kee-Nac. He first came to Camp as a Choctaw and worket his way up to Aide in 1961. Last year, he joined the Office Staff this year to serve in the same capacity, nd has retum The evening before he arrived in Le nox, Mal graduated from high school im West Orange, New Jersey. He plans enter New York University in the Fall q major in Business Administr tion. Helping in the Office and serving ag as TOTEM editor is Dave Coldren from Canaan, New York. This fall, he will ter his fourth year at Antioch College i Ohio where he is a music major. Herel at Camp, Dave will also help out in th music program. This is his third yeary Abe Venit has also returned this ye to take charge of arranging dances, pli days, trips, special events, and other inter-Camp activities. Abe is also our shopper who sees to it that the million4 and-one items needed in Camp are on hand at the proper time. During the winter months, Abe is tht Chairman of the Social Studies Depart at the Samuel Tilden High School in Br lyn, New York. This is his eighth year Mah-Kee-Nac.DUNSELORS FROM ABROAD ON CAMP STAFF his year, the Camp Mah-Kee-Nac casts two counselors from abroad: owling and Sam Olsen m, who is pictured above, was born ised in Greenland. When he was 21, 1t to Denmark where he studied for rs at a Teachers! College. Sar: 0 teach school in Denma. ll work at the Waterfront He will also teach guitar. k next year this sum Alex Dowling is from Sheffield, En - gland where he is studying geography and science. When he graduates, he plans to begin a teaching career. This is Alex's first trip outside the British Isles. He is working in the Mah- Kee-Nac Craft Shop. In the picture above, Alex is helping Billy Zirinsky and Larry Sussman, . SILVERMAN AND EDNA DOWER RETURN smiliar faces and new surroundings d campers as they were given phys- eck-ups in the Camp Infirmary last 1x doctor for the first two weeks of ason is Dr. Irving Silverman, who turned for his third year here. He cticing pediatrician in Brookline, chusetts and a university physic theastern University. With him at are his wife, Selma, son, David, Charlie. veteran df four seasons at Mah-Kee- "dna Dower is back as one of our nurses, Edna is Head Nurse at the ton School for the Deaf in New York She missed Camp last year to take deserved vacation in Florida. ary Burmeister is the only new face at the Infirmary so far, She is a nurse in pediatrics at Henry Ford Ho: Detroit, Michigan where she took her nurse's training. She lives in Saginaw, Michigan and is an avid sports fan, Major improvements have been made building. Last year's kitchen is now a new examining room, and the old waiting room has be- come a compact modern kitchen, The this year in the Infirmar ward was enlarged with additional glass partitions. Closets and storage areas n brigh- have been added, and all has be tened with a new coat of paintJUNIOR CAMP ENJOYS "DOG OF FLANDERS" by Bill Zirinsky On the evening of July Ist, the Junior Camp saw a technicolor movie, "The Dog of Flanders." This movie was very sad. While most movies which are sad at the beginning brighten up at the end, this one only brightened up a bit. The story was about a dog that was al- most beaten to death when a boy and his grandfather found itin a(ditch. They were very kind to the dog, but since they were 80 poor, they could not give the dog much to eat. Finally, the boy, whose ambition was to become an artist, found a home for the dog with a famous artist and the story HAM RADIO IS BIG” WITH JUNIOR CAMPERS by Richard Barrer This year, Jake Sells is going to have a big time with all the Junior campers who are interested in ham radio. The popularity of last year's program made this year's outlook exciting from the very beginning. Jake, who is our licensed ham radio counselor, is going to start a few cam- pers building miniature radiokits. Others are studying Morse Code and how a radio works. We have a brandnew radio antenna and the equipment was moved from under the Lodge to the Communications Center near the Junior softball field. MAH-KEE-NAC WELCOMES DIETITIAN SYLVIA SCHIFF by Jon Folkman This year the Camp Mah-Kée-Nac staff was enriched by the addition of a dietitian, Sylvia Schiff. Mrs. Schiff h had a wide range of experience in the fi of dietetics and public school feedingb on a specialized education and over tw five years of work in the field. Before coming to Mah-Kee-Nac, sh was the Executive Dietitian at Memorii Hospital in Queens and Suburban Hospi in Washington, D.C. She has also bei dietitian for the Boards of Education Miami Beach, Florida and Paramus, Jersey where she is currently employ Here at Camp, Mrs. Schiff will be charge of the entire food operation al the campers are looking forward to a of unusual culinary delights at her hai LOWER SENIORS START SEASON WITH CAMPFIRE by Martin Shapiro Because of the rain on Friday nigi the Lower Senior Camp held its first at the council fire ring on Saturday. We assembled at about 7:00. Cham Schneider, our Head Counselor, went some of the rules and introduced the wer Senior counselors. When the fire died down, we toaste marshmallows over the embers and it to bed. 5 wee te bods «7The Mah-Kee-Nac Waterfront thie year boasts many improvements; sixteen new k sections, forty feet of new beach, four new Mercury sailboats, four new rowboats, ew canoe rack, new benches, two new motors, and an addition of fifteen feet on the thouse "Piloted" by Joe Buchanan, our Waterfront program is based on a philosophy of principles: safety through knowledge and ability and recreation and enjoyment in water through this knowledge This season, the Waterfront is featuring sailing. There is also a newly invigora- water tripping program: an Algonquin-Seneca canoe trip and a Cherokee boat trip the Delaware River or the Otis Reservoir. Also in progress is a competitive swim- \g program with other camps in the Berkshires. All campers participate in Waterfront activities each day. Joe Buchanan announced t the following campers have passed their waterfront check-outs: (next page, please.....)WATERFRONT CHECK-OUTS: Dockers - Junior Larry Fishkin Larry Sussman Robert Densen Ricky Green Ross Schwarz Robbie West Andy Levin Mike Levine Glen Rasin Dan Rothblum Steve Rubin Jeff Rubin Rafters - Junior Bobby Aisenberg Richard Barrer Dan Canton Tom Cooper Robert Davis Paul Freedman Steve Friedberg Andy Gilbert Myles Gordon Ken Plevy Jim Grapek Peter Millman Jay Field John Hoffman Marc Hanfling Scott Hayim Bob Herz Doug Kahn Jim Kaufman Ken Klimpl Steve Kremer David Krieger Gary Levin Steve Levine Ken Michaelman _ Billy Moses Skippy Newman Henry Noble Alan Peterfreund Jon Pinck Robert Plafsky Bob Preiss David Richards Eric Robbins Ken Rosen Jay Rosenberg Henry Jacobs Roger Kruvant Cliff Wald Jeff Volk Dan Tublitz Burt Szerlip Ken Stern Robert Steiner Robert Stein Jeff Singer Robert Sheiman Jeff Sherman Abbey Shacter William Sanders RRR RH Dockers - Senior Alan Freedman Mare Kram Jon Orenstein Richard Roth Steve Bickoff Robbie Davidson Rafters - Senior Sar Altfeder Jeff Altschuler David Baer Jon Balis Ronnie Barnhard Mike Bench Robert Bernstein Jay Binder Ben Bloom David Brawer (Senior Rafters - Continued) Steve Brawer Jaime Canton Dan Cohen Jordan Cohn Mark Densen Jim Dollin Jim Farber Richard Feldman Mark Field Ron Fisch Ricky Fisher David Frankfort Ralph Freedman Larry Gersten Richard Glass Andy Golden Tom Goldstein Robert Gordon Jody Greif Buddy Halperin Richard Heyman Stuart Homer Greg Jacobs Larry Jones Steve Kantor Larry Katz David Kessler Robert Kraft Ken Kruvant Mark Kudlow Steve Levey Eric Lichter Ralph Littwin Steve Marantz Arthur Mencher Dan Metzger Steve Miller Teddy Milton Chuck Newman Jon Oliver Teddy Plavin Alan Raicer Jay Rasin Burton Richards Steve Rogers Robert Roseman Bob Rosenberg Ronnie Roth Jeff Rudd Greg Ruskin Ed Bruck Robert Chapin Roger Cohen Stephen Conrad Jimmy Deutsch Ken Eisenberg Robert Feingold David Fidanque Mark Fien Larry Fischer Jerry Frank Ed Frankfort Mark Gerchick Billy Glaberson Irwin Goldberg Dan Golden Bruce Gordon Ed Green Richard Greif Laurin Herr Ralph Hirsch Tris Israel Ralph Janvey Jeff Kalafa Jon Karnofsky Michael Kaye Jon Kohn Neil Kramer Steve Kruvant Michael Levey Gregg Lichtenstein Ricky Lipman Ira Loewy Mike Marmon Andy Messinger Tony Michaelman Eric Millman Barry Neuman Tom Nutman Randy Pasternak Larry Plevy Robert Raicer Chuck Reisen David Richmond John Rolland Alan Rosen Lee Roth Steve Rubenstein Alan Rudolph Allen Sabinson (next page)LIFF MALLEY AGAIN EADS TENNIS STAFF Under the sunny skies of the first sek and one-half of Camp, the Mah- e-Nac tennis program is in full jing. Under the skilled direction of iff Malley, this year promises to be e finest in Mah-Kee-Nac history, This Cliff's tenth year at Camp. Arnie Bradshaw, Jeff Fisch, Chuck auvais, Paul Friedman, and Bob Fis- er complete the Tennis Staff. Under way is the Lower Senior Camp ider tournaments for both the Chey- nes and the Navajos. The top players these two tribes will be eligible for is Cup Play which is the biggest intra- mp tennis event of the summer. The entire Upper Senior Camp is an- usly looking forward to the Davis Cup ay. During the last week in July, ten- s players will be priviledged to work th the internationally famous Mercer asley at the Mah-Kee-Nac Tennis Cli- nior Rafters - Concluded) nnie Salny Dick Sarbin nnje Shacter David Shaw ll Siegel Jeff Singer ff Slavin Tom Sonnabend ter Stein Andy Stern chard Sternberg Gary Stone uis Stone Richard Stone chard Sussman Iph Terkowitz than Tublitz Billy Szerlip Mark Tessler Michael Turrell | Wald David Weinkrantz n Weinstein Aaron Welt on Wender Alfred White vid Wiener Jeff Wiener n Winston George Wolff bert Wolff Barrett Wolfson Jobn Zirinsky CAMPERS ATTEND FIRST LEINSDORF CONCERT by Bob Kraft Ten Mah-Kee-Nac campers attended the opening céncert of the 26th Annual Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood on July 5th as the Boston Symphony Or- chestra presented an entire program de- voted to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Eric Leinsdorf made his Tangle- wood debut that night The first piece was Mozart's "Diver- timento in D Major (K. 205). This is his seventh divertimento out of 113 and is unusually long. The orchestra was composed of strings, woodwinds, and two horns, Second on the program was the Piano Concerto in E-flat Major. Rudolf Serkin was the soloist and he received a standing ovation for his performance Mozart's popular ter" Symphony concluded the program. The work re- quires a slightly larger orchestra with the trumpets and trombones taking a pro- minent position. Greg Ruskin, MattGudis, Jon Folkman. Glenn Carey, Richard Fain, Bill Davidson Mark Tessler, Pete Harris, Larry Kud- low, and Bob Kraft attended with counse- lor Dave Coldren.CHEROKEES CLIMB UP MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by Alfred White On July 7th, the first trip of the 1963 season took place. Fifteen Cherokees and two counselors climbed Monument Mountain near Stockbridge, Mass. The trail was very rocky and was harder and harder to climb the higher we got. We started at the bottom of the Mountain at about 10:45 with 5-pound packs on our backs. On the way up, we saw many interesting sights. One was a story about Monument Mountain engraved ona stone. The legend is about an Indian squaw and a brave who wanted to get married. The Indian Council would not allow them to marry, so the heartbroken squaw went very close to the top of the mountain and jumped off We reached the top of the mountain at 12:30 in the afternoon and ate lunch. After lunch, we observed the scenery from the highest point on the mountain, Wow!! What a sight! We could see for miles in all directions. Even Mah-Kee- Nac Lake and the Jesuit Novitiate, Sha- dowbrook, were visible more than ten miles away! Soon, we headed down the trail and reached the bottom at about 3:30. Af- ter resting for a hile and watching our counselors demonstrate how to make a poncho-shelter, we hada chance to pass a survival test. A hard but brief shower suddenly came but we all stayed dry under our poncho-shelters. After packing up our gear, we went to Friendly's Ice Cream store in Lee where we each had a double-dip ice cream cone, The Camp station wagons then took us back to Camp where we arrived eager to go out on many more trips NAVAJO BUNKS 21 & 22 VISIT "BIRCH CREEK" CAMP by Jay Rasin and Jon Winston Members of Bunks 21 and 22 had their first 1963 campout on July 9th. Jeff Alt- schuler, David Brawer, Ed Green, Stev Miller, Jay Rasin, David Weinkrantz, and George Wolff went with counselor Charlie Beck and our other tripmaster, Marshal Gould, let Ed Bruck, Roger Cohen, Dan Golden, Jim Koretz, Tony Michaelmany Tom Nutman, Nathan Tublitz, and Jom Winston. We were driven two miles to a drop off point and we hiked three miles to the, campsite. At the campsite, there was a creek with many Birch trees, so we all named this area "Birch Creek." Later in the day, we followed the creel upstream to a hill which we climbed. Af the top, we picked strawberries so we called’that spot."'Strawberry Hill." In the evening, we had a campfire and enjoyed hearing stories about camping. Then we turned in and had a good sleep before having an early breakfast and a short hike to the pickup point and back to Camp. NAVAJOS ENJOY CAMPFIRE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY by Buddy Halperin The Navajos hada wonderful campfire on Independence Day evening. Our enters tainment included guitar music, games, stories, and singing. We discussed the writing of the Declaration of Independani At Mah-Kee-Nac this summer, we have counselors from -Cuba and Japan. They told us why they have come to the United States which showed us how mud we should appreciate our freedom.AVAJOS CAMPOUT N JULY FOURTH by Ricky Fisher Five Navajo campers, Robert Rose- nan, Mark Field, Rick Fisher, Sar Alt- der, and Ricky Roth went out ona 4th July campout with Mah-Kee-Nac's ip counselor, Charles Beck. We started about 9:30, after the Nava- Independence Day Council Fire, and ter a two or three mile night hike, we ached our camp-out area behind the ior Camp. We unrolled our sleeping gs and started a campfire. The next morning, Mark Field, Rick sher, and Ricky Roth got up early to art a fire because it was very cold. In jout an hour, Sar Altfeder and Bobby seman joined them. Then, we divided up into two exploring oups and rustled up some food. By 7:30, ings were brewing at our campsite as cooked a hearty breakfast over an o- n fire. We had apricots, toast, bacon, gs, and hot cocoa. We cleaned up the campsite and went ck to our Bunk just in time for the first tivity. We had a great time! FTBALL SCORES GH WITH JUNIORS by Bobby Sheiman Lately, the Junior Camp has been ry excited about softball. Every time r Head Counselor, Jack Davis, calls Il Juniors to softball," we jump up d race to the diamond with a shout. This year, we have been divided up 0 two groups: the Mackies and the ckies. Each group has two teams ich play each other. Sometimes, we ve intra-Bunk games. FIRST JUNIOR CAMP SERVICES WITH BUNK ONE by Doug Kahn On Friday night, July 5th at the Wa- terfront, Junior Camp services were led by Milt Reitman and Bunk 1 campers Ken Stern, Roger Kruvant, Bob Stein, David Hochberg, Bobby Aisenberg, Paul Freedman, David Krieger, and Billy Mo- ses. All the campers enjoyed singing the hymns "Shalom Aleychem," "Adon O- lom," "Yigdal,"" and "Ayn Kay-lo-hay nu." JUNIORS SEE WORLD WAR II MOTION PICTURE by Byron Preiss On July: 8th, the Junior Camp saw a technicolor movie, "TORPEDO RUN," starring Glen Ford and Ernest Borgnine. It was about World War II when Manila was invaded. The sound effects and on - the - spot scenery was very good and we all enjoyed the movie very much. STAFF NOTES: Congratulations to STIG ARNT, who was married on June 29th in Denmark. He met his bride, Barbro, last summer while they were both part of the World Student Exchange Counselor program. Stig will be remembered for his work on the Mah- Kee-Nac Tennis Staff in 1962. Congratulations too to HUGH JONES, who was maried in Baltimore in June. He was onthe Waterfront Staff from 1959 until last summer. He is now a teacher in Maryland, Hugh met his wife when they were both going to the Red Cross Aquatic School in 1961.SMALL CRAFT CHECK OUTS ANNOUNCED AT WATERFRONT Waterfront Director Joe Buchanan announced the list of campers who had met the various qualifications for a small craft checkout: this summer. Before any cam- per may go out in a Camp rowboat, canoe, or sailboat, he must demonstrate profi- ciency in swimming, water survival, and the skills needed to satisfactorily use the particular vessel. The following boys have been checked out successfully for canoeing: Ed Frankfort Jody Greif Mark Fien Ralph Littwin Jon Zirinsky Bill Szerlip Richard Glass Steve Levey Ralph Terkowitz Mike Turrell Jimmy Dollin Ron Salny Sailing requires special skills and is considered one of the most difficult of the checkouts. ‘Five campers now have been checked out: Richard Glass Aaron Welt Robert Deutsch Larry Gersten Laurin Herr When the weather is hot, there is no- thing more pleasant than a rowboat ride on Mah-Kee-Nac Lake and seventeen of thecamperé are checked out in boating: Richard Glass David Kessler Larry Gersten Laurin Herr Gregg Lichtenstein Jeff Rudd Alan Rudolph Martin Shapiro Ralph Terkowitz Jim Grapek Alfred White Will Siegel Ted Plavin Ron Salny Arthur Mencher John Singer Dan Tublitz Checkouts are given by the members of the Waterfront constantly and boys are passing their tests every day. A revised list will appear in THE TOTEM later in the summer after new campers have been able to get instruction in small crafts. RADIO SHACK TRIES TO REACH FORMER COUNSELOR TOM INGERSON, who could not come back this year because he was writing his doctoral dissertation, advises that he) has set up his own ham radio station and contacted Camp Mah-Kee-Nac's ham ra- dio counselor, Jake Sells, on Jake's own rig in Dover, Delaware during the winter, Jake is working with several campers” at the ham radio shack and are attempting to make contact with Tom. Last year, Tom worked with ham radio and the trip- ping program at Mah-Kee-Nac. NEW FREEZER SET IN CAMP KITCHEN A brand new walk-in freezer has been! installed in the Mah-Kee-Nac kitchen and is now in full operation. With the new convenience of zero degree freezing, our Chef, Teddy Lippens, and Dietician, Mra Schiff, have been able to add more cool~ ing dishes to the menu. MUSIC ROOM AND LOUNGE REMODELED In addition to the purchase of a grand piano for special programs at Camp, the music program got a big boost when the carpenters moved into the old music de- partment and added soundproofing andan- other wall. Next door, the counselors can relax in the new counselors! lounge which has also been given the soundproof treatment, New lighting fixtures, a Hi-Fi, AM and FM radio console, record player, anda portable television have also been added for the comfort and convenience of the counseling staff at Mah-Kee-Nac. The Counselors' Lounge and the Musi Room are located underneath the Lodge on the Lake side and are undoubtedly the, coolest places in Camp during the day.Thursday, JULY 25, 1963 “THE WILDERNESS TRAIL” IS OPENED ger Cohen, Alan Rosen, and Jon Karnof- y prepare to enter Camp Mah-Kee-N wly opened "WILDERNESS TRAIL." n Karnofsky checks the Bulletin Board for st minute announcements, Campers participating in the MabKee- Nac Nature Program have hadea busy time this summeras they planned and prepared The Wilderness Trail which opened last week. Located on land adjacent to the Camp, The Wilderness Trail twists and turns for over a mile from the entrance near the Camp's Barn to the exit behind the dining halls. Dozens of trees, plants, and ferns — all in their natural setting —— are labeled and identified in a descriptive guide prepared for visitors to the Trail. The Trail is complete with genuine wood- chuck and skunk dens which were discovered as the Trail was built. George Gross, who is the Camp's Na- turalist, directed the building of MahKee- Nac's Sequoyah Bird Sanctuary last year. The Wilderness Trail is just one of the projects which George is coordinating in the Natural Sciences area at Camp. Boys go out on regular bird watching outings, watch the stars, pictures of animals in their own homes, and learn to identify and prepare edible wild plants. snare wild animals, take Some of the campers who are especi ally interested in The Wilderness Trail are: Ted Plavin, Leon Wender, David Fi- danque, Aaron Welt, Roger Cohen, Na- than Tublitz, Ed Bruck, David Shaw, Dan Golden, Jeff Rudd, and Alan Rudolph.THE WILDERNESS TRAIL 1. ENTRANCE . Bulletin Board Woodchuck Den 4, Fat Man's Squeeze 5. Woodpecker's Palace 6. Valley of The Ferns, Station #1 7. Skunk's Den 8. Wild Orchid 9. Bird Station 10. Pitcher Plant 11. Station #2, Sweet Birch 12. Jack in the Pulpit 13. Forest Study Area 14. Station #3 15. Field of Flowers 16, Bridge on the Marsh 17. Trail's End Rest Area 18, EXIT Camp Mah-Kee-Nac for Boys in Lenox, Massachusetts GEORGE GROSS Nature Director Ci "THE WILDERNESS TRAIL" sketched map was drawn by GEORGE MILLERINK 39 LEADS ALGONQUIN INTER-BUNK SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT by Mike Levey Competition is keen between the Algonquiris' bunks in ftball this summer. Leading the Tribe are Bunks 37, , and 39, with Bunk 39 currently holding the first place stinction with a record of two wins and only one loss. Bunk 39's first victory was a dramatic one. We came om behind the Bunk 38 team in the last inning with singles Irwin Goldberg and Mike Levey, a double by Tris Israel, da clutch home-run with two men out by Bob Raicer to n with a score of 9 to 8. Our next victory came as Bunk 37 conceded defeat after had scored 9 runs ly four innings. Bunk 38 handed us -2. The Bunk 39 batting averages Irwin Goldberg Bob Kraft Mike Levey Steve Brawer Tris Israel our first loss as they appear above. INIORS SHOW AMAZING DEXTERITY IN THE ALPHABET GAMES One of the most popular evening acti- ies in the Junior Camp is the Alphabet me. With the Junior campers divided ‘o four teams, a counselor asks a ques- mn such as "Who authored 'The Doll's use"? This sends campers, cach hol- ng a letter of the alphabet, scurrying line up to spell the answer, "Ibsen. WHERE'S THE "'N'"'? Counselor Larry Litwin helps line up campers to spell out an answer. Mark Hanfling, Jay Rosenberg, Ed Shapiro, and Jeff Sher- man are shown here.MAH-KEE-NAC TOPS ONOTA IN SOFTBALL by Ira Loewy The Cherokee "A" Team traveled to Camp Onota in Pittsfield for a softball game on Thursday, July 11th. Ricky Lipman started off the first inn- ing with a single followed by a dingleby Bobby Feingold and a double from Jeff Wiener. This rally gave us two runs for a 2 to 0 early lead. In the second inning, two singles and a fielder's choice drove in one Mah-Kee- Nac run but Onota matched it in their half of the inning to make the score 3-1, ‘The third inning brought two doubles by Ronnie Roth and Larry Plevy and two singles by Ricky Lipman and Larry Katz brought in two runs. Onota failed to get any runs and the score stood at 5-1. During the fourth inning, Onota scored nothing and we scored 3 more but the fifth inning was not so easy for us. Onota scored two runs and we didn't score any. Even so, our lead was still 8-3. The final score was 14 for Mah-Kee- Nac and 3 for Onota JUNIORS ARE LEARNING BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS by Robert Steiner and Andy Levin Junior Camp Basketball this season is headed by Bob Branham and Larry Litwin. They are, at present, teaching us the fundamentals of the game including passing, dribbling, set shots, and lay-ups. In the last few days, we have been drilling on these main points. We have played short games if which we learn the rules and regulations. In the short games, we put our skills together to form the most important thing in basketball: teamwork. IT'S MAH-KEE-NAC OVER ONOTA IN TENNIS MATCH Eight campers from Camp Onota in Pittsfield came to our courts on the af- ternoon of July 12th for a tennis match. Mah-Kee-Nac campers won in all of the six matches. There were three matches (two singles and one doubled) for the Cherokee age, group and the same for the Cheyennes. Mah-Kee-Nac's Jeff Wiener beat Larry Zale of Onota 6-1, 6-0. In the second spot, Cherokee Ricky Lipman defeated Andy Berk 6-0, 6-1, Cheyenne Jordan Cohn then played an easy 6-0, 6-0 round to beat Steve Liss and Dick Sarbin won over Bob Cummins by a score of 6-2, 6-1. In the doubles, Mah-Kee-Nac's Larry Fischer and Bobby Fiengold had a tough time beating Andy Green and Joey Schwartz from Onota, The final score was 6-4, 6-3. Cheyennes Andy Stern and Peter Stein walked away with their match with an easy 6-0, 6-1. SENECAS DEFEAT CAMP HALF MOON On July 11, the Mah-Kee-Nac Senecas met Camp Half Moon on the basketball court. The Senecas far outplayed the visitors and the score was 90-17 in a one-sided contest. The Seneca team consisted of Steve Kruvant, Dave Frankfort, David Wiener, Mike Bench, Neil Kramer, and Ken Eisenberg. The team was coached by counselor Graydon Lord. Kruvant 22 Kramer 16 Frankfort 20 Wiener 12 Bench 12 Eisenberg 0[AH -KEE-NAC AND HALF (OON IN TENNIS STANDOFF by Robert Wolff On Tuesday, July 16th, the Mah-Kee- ac tennisteam traveled to Camp Half oon and battled to a tie after an after- yon of fine tennis. In singles, Dave Wiener lost toRick than 6-4, 6-2; Scott Coopchick played a draw with Jeff Hayler 6-4, 8-8 when e match had to be called because of a mp time limit. Dick Sarbin lost a hard ught match to Rafael Sifre, 6-4, 9-7 sth boys played excellent tennis through e entire match. Neil Kramer and Steve Marantz easily yn their match against Mike Keenan and 11 Furlong 6-1, 6-0. Tony Michelman and ark Kudlow won their doubles match er their opponents 4-6, 8-6, 6-4. After sing their first set, Tony and Mark ade a sparkling comeback to win their atch. Bob Wolff and Bob Kraft battled to a 5 tie with the same boys that Kramer d Marantz played when their match, nich was shortened to a pro-set, had to discontinued because of a time limit. LF IS FAVORITE REE PLAY ACTIVITY by Tom Goldstein A game that many boys enjoy during ree Play at Camp is Tolf. It's played both the Junior and Senior Camps. To play, we use a tennis. racket and nnis balls. The Tolf course is planned ce a golf course and includes various pes of terrain. The object of the game is to get from e Tolf tee to the pin (which may be a lephone pole, tree, or any stationary ject) in the fewest number of strokes. MARANTZ HURLS SENECAS TO! VICTORY IN SOFTBALL This year, a strong Seneca softball squad defeated Indian Hill's team 3-0. With Jimmy Deutsch and Dave Wiener on base, Ken Eisenberg sparked a three- run rally with a line drive double to left center. Steve Marantz hit a single to center field and pitched a four-hit shutout which contributed highly to the team effort. The Mah-Kee-Nac box score was: AB R #H_ RBI Steve Kruvant 3 Oe 50 ey Bob Gordon 2 of ag Neil Kramer 3 On. lag Dave Wiener a 1 2 a Dave Frankfort 3 O05 20) Jim Deutsch 3 1 it; a0) Mike Bench 3 On.,..:0)5 Sa Ken Eisenberg 3 1 i ee) Steve Marantz 2 OF. a 1 CHEROKEE '"'B"' TEAM LOSES TO CAMP ONOTA by Ralph Janvey On July 10th, the Cherokee "B" team lost to Onota 3-2. It was a hard fought game all the way. In the first inning, Mah -Kee-Nac scored two runs but Onota also scored two. The game was even until Onota got a run at the bottom of the fifth inn- ing. In the seventh inning, we hada rally, but couldn't score a run. Both teams played "heads-up" ball. The Mah-Kee-Nac squad included Mike Marmon, Leon Wender, David Baer, Randy Pasternak, Ralph Litwin, Billy Szerlip, Ralph Terkowitz, Jimmy Dollin, Ronnie Shacter, Ralph Janvey, and Ste- phen Conrad.CAMPERS ATTEND PETESEEGER CONCERT Over one hundred Senior campers at- tended the first Music Barn concert of the season on July 13th and 14th as the world-famous folksinger and Crusader, Pete Seeger, returned for his annual "hootenany."' Songs with an International flavor were featured in the program's first half, During thé second part, Seeger introduced a friend from Scotland who sang several ballads from that side of the Ocean. To wind up the program, Seeger sang some "protest" songs concerning peace, integration, and other topical matters. We all joined in to sing the songs which Seeger has made so popular through the years. The following Senior campers attended the concert: Ed Bruck, Tom Nutman, Na- than Tublitz, Jon Winston, Roger Cohen, Alan Rudolph, Burton Richards, Robert Chapin, Jon Karnofsky, Martin Shapiro, Alan Rosen, George Wolff, David Brawer, Mark Gerchick, Richard Stone, Daniel Cohen, Bill Glaberson, Ted Milton, John Potesky, Ken Kruvant ... Mare Kram, Richard Roth, Ira Loewy, David Kessler, Steve Rogers, Steve Ru- benstein, Barry Wolfson, Jay Binder, Jay Rasin, Ralph Freedman, Steve Levey, Jordan Cohn, Alan Raicer, Jody Greif, Laurin Herr, Mark Kudlow, David Rich- mond, Richard Heyman, Louis Stone, A- jan Sabinson, Ed Frankfort, Richard Sarbin, Larry Jones, Jeff Singer, David Shaw... David Fidanque, John Rolland, Andy Messinger, Bob Raicer, Ted Plavin, Ben Bloom, Mark Densen, Larry Fischer, Robbie Davidson, David Baer, Bill Szer- lip, Ralph Terkowitz, Jim Dollin, Steve Conrad, Aaron Welt, Ron Salny, Scott Coopchick, Robert Wolff, Richard Greif, Barry Neuman, Jim Farber ... ONOTA BOYS OUTSHOOT MAH-KEE-NAC MARKSMEN by Mike Turrell On Tuesday, July 16th, Riflery coun- selor Bill Chandler drove the Mah-Kee- Nac Rifle Teamto Camp Onota. The mem- bers of the team were: Mike Marmon Chuck Newman, Mike Turrell, John Ri land, and Will Siegel At Onota, their riflery counselor met us and directed us to their range and then the meet began. There were three relays in the after- noon: in the first two, each camp chose two campers to shoot; in the third, only one boy from each camp competed. The final score was Onota 441 and Mah-Kee-Nac 432. Both Will Siegel and John Rolland shot 90's —— the high score for our team. After the meet, ‘we went to their main house for some refreshments. Eventhough: we lost, we had a good time. PETE SEEGER (concluded) Dan Metzger, Jon Orenstein, Ralph Litwin, Larry Katz, Ralph Hirsch, Irwin Goldberg, Greg Jacobs, Ron Barnhard, Mark Fien, Jim Koretz, Ronnie Roth, Bob Feingold, Fred Hoffman, Gil Wald, Chuck Reisen, Robert Kraft ... Lee Roth, Steve Bickoff, Steve Brawer Jerry Frank, Tris Israel, Jeff Wiener, ‘Art Mencher, Mike Marmon, Gary Stoney Larry Kudlow, Matt Gudis, Glenn Carey, Richard Fain, and Peter Harris. After the concert, we got Pete Seeger! autograph on our programs and he posed for pictures with some of the Mah-Kee~ Nac campers. Several campers are look= ing forward to adding to their collection of autographs of the musicians who have been here over the years.Thursday, JULY 25, 1963 MERCER BEASLEY CONDUCTS CLINIC As in 1960 and '61, the world famous ennis coach, Mercer Beasley, came to fah-Kee-Nac to conduct a tennis clinic n July 24th and 25th Mr. Beasley (or "Beas" as he pre- ers to be called) spent his two days at amp watching boys play tennis and of- ering tips on the finer points of the ame. He stressed the "head down''me- hod in which the player watches the all when it hits the ground. Mercer Beasley is America's most espected tennis coach. He has produced nany top-flight players, written several ooks, and is a contributor to tennis magazines. His teaching methods have een widely copied by other instructors. At 81 years of age, he is still active n tennis and maintains a keen interest n the training of potential Davis Cup layers with whom he has worked for everal years. He also was tennis coach t Princeton University for nine years. he Spalding Company named one of its ennis rackets after him. He lives in ‘orest Hills, Queens. Shown above is Mercer Beasley giving some advice to Aide Peter Harris and Cheyenne Andy Stern. During the two day clinic, almost all of the campers interested in tennis, were able to talk with Mr. Beasley and work over tech- niques he recommended At the left, Mah-Kee-Nac's tennis team coach, Cliff Malley, discusses teaching methods with Mercer Beasley. The ten- nis instructors at Camp follow up on the advice which Mr. Beasley gave to the boysAPACHES TOUR BIRD SANCTUARY by Howard Rudd The Apaches went _~ on a tour of Pleasant Valley Bird Sanctuary in Lenox on July 18th. Before leaving in the Camp's cars, we had a picnic lunch. When we arrived, we saw bird feeding stations and looked at some, snakes in the trailside museum. Also, we answered some questions about nature on an elec- tric quiz board. After we hiked the nature trail and saw many birds, we hada picnic supper under the trees until it began to rain and we had to come back to Camp MOHICANS ENJOY CATSKILL GAME by Paul Freedman The Mohican Tribe trip on July 18th was >“ to Cairo, New York “ and the Catskill Game “ Farm. We left Camp _ in the morning and had a picnic lunch there before starting our tour of the Game Farm grounds. It was like a zoo, but it was much bigger. In some places, you could feed the animals and there were many animals running loose which we could play with. We liked the alpacas and deer espec- ially. The alpacas had a very soft and furry coat. The deer weren't always so easy to touch but all the animals were friendly. Our Tribe was split into small groups s0 we could see more. We had a picnic on the way back to Camp. We got back a- bout 8:00. All of us had a lot of fun. CHEROKEES LOOK AT LOOK PARK by Alfred White For our trip on July 18th, the Chero- 7, kees took a bus ride to Look Park near Northampton, Massa- chusetts. Weleft Camp about 1 at the Park in time for a picnic. 0 to arrive After lunch, we rested for an hour and then watched as Ted Plavin and Lar- ry Plevy went for a paddle boat ride. Paddle boats are propelled by pumping on bieycle-like pedals which turn a pad- dle wheel. It is steered with a tiller. About 2:00, we went for a swim. We all enjoyed the high water slide. Follow- ing the swim, we had a snack of ice creat popcorn, and candy We played some "Capture the Flag," had supper at Flavorland and then went back to Camp late in the evening IROQUOIS VISIT CARSON CITY by Billy Zirinsky Carson City was the destination for the Iroquois Tribe on {| the 18th. We left on the trip about 10:30 in the morning and returned at 7:30 P.M. We got to Carson City about 12:30 for a picnic. We saw the buildings which were very realistic. We also witnessed a "hold-up" and were all sworn in as a posse to roundupthe outlaw. They found him and his punishment was a dunking. There was also a little Indian village and an old-fashioned saloon where 2 man did some trick shooting.AVAJOS SHUT-OUT MP LENOX 24-0 by Ed Green On Thursday, July 18th, Camp Leni sited Mah-Kee-Nac for a playday. The ed a game of softball. Our lineup was: Pitcher Tom Nutman Catcher Jay Rasin Ist Base Jon Winston 2nd Base John Potesky 3rd Base Tom Goldstein Shortstop Dan Golden Left field Tony Michaelman Right field Ed Bruck Genter field Andy Golden In the first inning v ile Lenox failed to pt up all through th. ch, Jeff Kahn, was 1 substitutes. The final sco WHAT'S NEW AT THE Z00?" - Junior Campers Sa TIenEt erat SRR ace Te Sacee VET ate with a camel at Catskill. seer eras Try| MAH - KEE - NAC TENNIS TEAM REMAINS UNDEFEATED by Mike Levey On Friday, July 19th, the Mah-Kee- } Nac Tennis Team traveled to Camp O- nota where they racked up their third } straight sweep of the 1963 season. Ten- nis Counselor Cliff Malley accompanied them. L Playing first singles was Jon Oren- stein. He won his set 8-2. (All matches consisted of one pro-set.) Neil Kramer played second singles and he handed his opponent an 8-1 defeat Mah-Kee-Nac's third singles man was Jim Farber who promptly whitewashed his opponent 8-0. | Richard Greif, who played fourth } singles, whipped his opponent 8-1. | In addition to singles matches, Mah- | Kee-Nac carried with them two doubles teams. Ron Fisch and Barry Neuman won their match 8-4 and Gary Stone and Mike Levey fought from behind to win 8-4 as well. 1 All together, Mah-Kee-Nac swept | the series with a six wins and no losses | record. || CAMPERS VIEW i SUN'S ECLIPSE by Richard Greif On July 20th, 2 90% eclipse of the sun was witnessed by Mah - Kee - Nac I campers. As a safety precaution, all the campers gathered in the Lodge so that nobody would be tempted to watch the big event’ without the proper equip- ment. In the Lodge, we watched it on two televisiqn sets. First, we watched a live : broadcast of the eclipse from the United CHEYENNE BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATS LENOX 60-19 by Steve Kruvant ey Nac Cheyenne team took the court again’ our traditional rival, Camp Lenox. Our starting five consisted of Jordan Cot Louis Stone, Andy Stern, Peter Stein, and Jeff Kalafa With a fine display of shooting, we jumped out to a 40-7 advantage at half- time. Most of our scoring came fron pivot man Jordy Cohn who chalked up 26 points in the game. During the second half, we kept well ahead of our opponents and won by the lopsided score of 60-19. Our coach was Hal Judis and the referees were Hank Turner and Arnie Bradshaw. Z y ed Mo States and theh the re-broadcast “of the eclipse as seen from Canada Nature counselors George Gross an¢ Bob Vilscek explained the reason for the eclipse to us and explained why we couldn't watch it with our naked eyes.“Variety” is Keynote of Evening Activities UNKS FIVE AND SIX .EEP OUT OVERNIGHT by Myles Gordon and Bill Sanders At about 4:30 on Tuesday, July 23, 1e boys of Bunks 5 and 6 left for a sleep ut in back of the dining halls where the anior Camp overnight site is located. When we arrived there, we collected rewood and played a few games. Later n, we had a delicious hamburger supper hich our counselors helped us cook. After supper, we prepared our sleeping 1gs for the night. It took us about a half ur to get all set up and we were ready x the marshmallows which we roasted round the campfire. Bill Jones told us short story called "The Tell-Tale cart." We went to sleep about 10:30 but didn't ‘ay asleep long for most ofus were up at 00 in the morning. Weplayed some quiet ames and went down for a look at the ke until we had our breakfast. The campers on the sleepout were: 9n Pinck, Byron Preiss, Glenn Rasin, ob Sheiman, Myles Gordon, Bill Sanders, th Kurtzberg, Dan Rothblum, David rafstein, Larry Sussman, Hank Jacobs, 1d David Richards. Our counselors were Herb Beam, Bill We hada great snes, and Sam Olsen MINIATURE GOLF AND BOWLING BIG THIS YEAR On the evenings not filled with organized athletic events, campouts, Camp movies, services, or concerts, the older campers in the Upper Senior Camp enjoy a "night - on-the-town. " Sometimes, the boys play miniature golf on the course between Lenox and Pitts- field. Other times, they choose to go to the bowling alley for a tournament. Almost always, there is a big demand for a quick stop at "Friendly's" for ice cream or a sandwich. PREPARATIONS FOR LONG CANOE TRIP UNDER-WAY by Lee Roth In preparation for the various canoe trips and overnight hikes scheduled fo r this summer, Tripmaster Charles Beck and eleven campers spent a day learning the various outdoor skills. First, Charlie showed us how to cook our own dinner. We had Swiss steaks, baked potatoes in aluminum foil, carrot sticks, cookies, cake, and milk. After supper, we had a campfire. One of our foreign counselors, Sam Olsen, joined us and sang some songs and played his guitar. Five of the boys stayed all night and cooked breakfast the next morning. For breakfast we cooked eggs and baked biscuits in a new reflector oven. We all enjoyed the experience and we are looking forward to the trip. The eleven boys were John Zirinsky, Alfred White, Greg Ruskin, Will Siegel, Eric Lichter, Lee Roth, Bill Szerlip, Jim Dollin, Ira Loewy, Larry Plevy, and Mike Marmon.ARMSTRONG ENTERTAINS CAMPERS AT MUSIC BARN Louis Armstrong and his combo made their annual appearance at the Music Barn across the street from Camp on the evening of July 21st. Many of the boys who attended had seen Armstrong in the past and for some of the jokes were familiar, but the music was as enjoyable as Especially popular was "And That's Jazz, Jazz, Jazz!" which featured the Satchmo and each of his soloists. them who attended were: Neal lowe, Andy Messinger, Bob Raicer, Ted Plavin, Leon Wender, Mark Densen, Larry Fischer, Robbie Davidson, David Baer, Billy Szerlip, Ralph Terkowitz Jim Dollin, Steve Conrad, Richard Suss- man, Greg Ruskin, Steve Kantor, Ralph Janvey, Randy Pasternak, Alfred White, Eric Lichter, Ricky Lipman .. The boys Ronnie Shacter, Aaron Welt, Robert Wolff, Richard Greif, Barry Neuman, Jim Farber, Jon Orenstein, Ralph Litwin, Larry Katz, Mike Turrell, Ron Roth, Bob Feingold, Fred Hoffman, Gil Wald, Richard Sternberg, Robert Kraft, Lee Roth, Irwin Goldberg, Steve Bickoff, Steve Brawer, Jerry Frank, Tris Israel, Jeff Wiener, Richard Fain, Glenn Carey, Michael Kaye, Mike Marmon, Will Sie- gel, Gary Stone ALGONQUINS, SENECAS, AND AIDES PLAY EIGHTEEN HOLES On Thursday, July 18th, the Algonquins, Senecas, and Aides played 18 holes of golf at the Cranwell School Golf Course. The campers spent all day at the course, play- ing nine holes in the morning and then nine after lunch. Lunch was a fried chicken din- ner brought from Camp in boxes. Golfers for that day were Ron Barnhard, Ben Bloom, Jim Deutsch, Mike Bench, Dan Metzger, Steve Marantz, Neil Kramer, Jon Folkman, Art Mencher, and Matt Gudis. HALF MOON DEFEATS OUR RIFLE TEAM AGAIN by Alan Rosen On July 24th, the Lower Senior Rifle Team returned to Camp Half Moon for a chance to recoup our losses from the last match which we lost by 69 points. We did much better this time, but we still lost by only 40 points. The members of our team were Jon Potesky 93 Alan Rosen 90 Mare Kram 78 Barry Wolfson 77 LarryGersten 75 The final score was Mah-Kee-Nac 413 and Half Moon 453. ALGONQUINS WIN BASKETBALL VICTORY: 44 to 30 OVER LENOX by Ron Fisch ‘The Algonquins traveled to Camp Lengy on July 18th for a basketball game in the morning. After the first quarter, it looked like an easy victory for the Mah-Kee-Nac five but Lenox really put on the pressure in the second quarter. By tightening up our defense and doing some hard playing, we kept our lead and defeated our opponents 44 to 30. The high scorer for Mah-Kee-Nac wag Gary Stone with a total of 18 points. Other players were Steve Bickoff, Steve Brawem Dan Metzger, Mike Levey, Ron Fisch, ail Danny WeinsteinThursday, August 1, JUNIORS PRESENT “MAJORS AND MINORS” Kids as grown-ups and grown-ups as ids was the theme of the Junior Camp's rst musical presentation this week. Ed shalfin wrote the music and lyrics for the how, "MAJORS AND MINORS," and our nusic counselors Herb Beam and William ones directed the production. Members of the cast were Tom Gold- tein, Jeff Sherman, Andy Levin, Ross chwarz, Bill Sanders, Robert Steiner, Jan Rothblum, Larry Sussman, Bill Zir- asky, Jim Kaufman, Larry Fishkin, Hank acobs, Doug Kahn, Eric Robbins, David irafstein, Alan Peterfreund, David Ri- hards, and Steve Rubin, In addition to the campers, two mem- ers of the staff sang solos. Bill Jones ang "Follow All Your Dreams" and our urse, Mary Burmeister, sang a ballad alled "Dolly." Herb Beam conducted the unior Camp chorus and Ed Chalfin played ne piano. Lighting was coordinated by ich Bauman and Jake Sells and Henry imon set up the sound system for the e- ening. The songs were "Majors and Minors, ! It's Time to Get Ready for College," and We Kids Are Grown Up Tonight." The show was presented twice: once or the Junior campers and once for the enior Camp. Everyone enjoyed it very yuch. Shown in the picture above are (left to ight): Jeff Sherman, Bill Sanders, Tom @ldstein, and Eric Robbins. "Daddy and Mommy were kids once themselves; Devilish and sweet; cute and petite. Then they got older and all fully grown, Blessed with kids of their own. Yet when we small fry look up at our folks, What do we see? Children like we. Behind that serious frown which forbids, Flickers the spark of kids. But on the other hand, we would submit, Not to insult any adult, That today's children are wiser by far Than their own parents are." — lyrics from "MAJORS AND MINORS" "We Kids Are Grown-Up Tonight."SENECAS TOUR WILLIAMS AND BENNINGTON COLLEGES by Mike Bench and Jim Deutsch On our August 1st Trip Day, the Sene- cas went on a bus trip to Williamstown, Massachusetts and Bennington, Our counselors were Tom Rizzolo, Gattis, and Tiny Lord Vermont. Guy Our first stop was Williams College. We spent over a half-hour in the Williams Library and then separated into smaller groups to tour the various academic de- partments as wellas the beautiful campus At noon, we met at the bus to travel to Sand Springs where we had a picnic lunch, Afterwards, we headed for Benning- ton, Vermont ‘The first stop there was the Bennington Battle Monument. It was 306-feet high; the highest point in the area. We took an elevator ride to the top where we enjoyed a wonderful panorama view of the four- state area We then went to the Bennington His- torical Museum to see several interesting things including the oldest "Stars and Stfipes" flag in existance. It was made in After that, we back to Williams- town to the Clark Art Institute where we saw many famous paintings and scuiptures. went That evening, we had dinner at the well-known 1896 House. We all agreed that it was a wond trip which we en- joyed tremendously MAH-KEE-NAC SWIMMERS LOSE IN TRI-CAMP MEET by Steve Brawer Camp Onota and Camp Mah-Kee-Nac met Camp Lenox on July 25th for the an- nual Camp Onota Invitational Swimming, Meet. Representing Mah-Kee-Nac were: Lar- ry Plevy, Ronnie Salny, Jim Farber, Jeff Singer, Mike Marmon, Leon Wender, Ed Frankfort, Steve Brawer, Richard Glass, Laurin Herr, and Teddy Milton. Jim Farber copped first place for us in the 50-yard backstroke but the total team effort yielded only atie for last place. JAY BINDER ORGANIZES LOWER SENIOR CAMPFIRE Cheyenne Jay Binder of Bunk 28 or- ganized the July 28th Lower Senior camp- fire. The program included Eddie Frank- fort reporting on Mah-Kee-Nac's meet with Camp Onota and Camp Lenox and a report by Buddy Halperin on the vi- sit of tennis coach Mercer Beasley to the Camp last week Bill Chandler came by to play his guitar and sing some songs for the cam= pers. Then, we talked about the eclips Junior Camp counselor Alex Dowling, an exchange counselor from England, told the Lower Seniors about his country and answered the boys' questions. Our Camp Naturalist, George Gross, discussed the new "WILDERNESS TRAIL" and George Miller entertained with a few stories. As the fire died down, we all joined) in to sing "Taps" and quietly file back down the hill to our bunks and to sleep Every time we have a campfire, we like Charlie has pro- mised us one each week them more and moreBUNK 23 WINS “Grab Bag Dramatics” According to Lower Senior Head Coun- selor Charlie Schneider, one of the best ways to test the iniative of campers and ounselors is through impromptu skits or songs. The supreme test came on July 0th, when Charlie announced that there would be a "GRAB BAG DRAMATICS" con- est that evening. Shown at the right are he winners from Bunk 23: Ricky Roth, Zichard Wolfson, Stuart Homer, Tommy Zoldstein, Andy Golden, Jon Balis, and Suddy Halperin. TWENTY-THREE CAMPERS SELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS HERE A birthday at Mah-Kee-Nac is a gala fair, During the month of July, twenty- bree campers celebrated their birthdays with a party in Joe's cabin. Frances always has a birthday cake eady and there's Coca-Cola to go with s. As an added treat, the birthday boy ind his bunkmates get to watch television vith Joe and Frances for a while. ae SS ‘ sj The campers with July birthdays are: avid Richards, Jon Mandel, Robert West, marc Kram, Steve Roseman, Greg Jacobs, fonnie Barnhard, Henry Noble, Mark field, Tom Goldstein, Peter Millman, ody Greif, David Fidanque, David Graf- tein, Jerry Frank, Jon Winston, Robert jordon, Mike Levey, Billy Moses, Bob faicer, Jon Kohn, Cliff Wald, and Ralph Perkowitz. tokkk THE WINNERS MAH-KEE-NAC TENNIS PLAYERS SWEEP MATCH by Eddie Frankfort On Friday, July 26th, Camp Mah- Kee-Nac's tennis team went to Camp Ta-Ho-Ne to play a tennis match. We ended up with six wins and one tie. Playing number one singles, Jon Or- enstein defeated Dan Dujkagen 6 - 1, 6-2. David Wiener, playing number two singles, beat Jim Frosh by a score of 6-0, 6-1. Barry Neuman defeated Tom Blecher 6-1, 6-0. Neil Kramer defeated Steve Dirksten 6-4, 6- Playing number one doubles, Robert Fiengold and Robbie Davidson defeated Rocky Suige and Chuck Friedman 8-5. Jordan Cohn and Jody Greif defeated Bill Snell and Tom Badanes 8-5. Mark Kudlow and Eddie Frankfort battled to an 8-8 tie which was called a draw be- cause Mah-Kee-Nac had to get back to Camp.JUNIOR CAMPERS ATTEND SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONCERT by Billy Zirinsky Boys from the Junior Camp have at- tended two Young Audience concerts at South Mountain this summer. Most of us enjoyed them very much. In the second concert, there were five instruments: a flute, horn, an oboe, and a bassoon. The name of the group was the Pro Arte Woodwind Quartet. They played very well. a clarinet, a French The boys who went to the first concert were: Jeff Rubin, Steve Kremer, Larry Sussman, David Richards, David Graf- stein, Seth Kurtzberg, Gary Levin, Dan Rothblum, Hank Jacobs, Jeff Sherman, Andy Barbash, Ike Brown, Burt Szerlip, Robert Plafsky, Steve Levine, Henry ble, Steve Friedberg, Jonas Littman, Don Bierer, Jim Grapek ... Ed Shapiro, Jim Kaufman, Doug Kahn, Robert Steiner, Tom Goldstein, Alan Pe- terfreund, Lee Morse, Jon Mandel, Mike Siegel, Jim Simring, Billy Moses, Robert Densen, Abbey Shacter, Marc Hanfling, Hal Fruchtman, Bob Davis, Ken Klimpl, Steve Rubin, Ross Schwarz, Ricky Greene, Tom Rosenberg. The following campers went to the se- cond concert featuring the Pro Arte Wood- wind Quartet: Steve Rubin, Gary Levin, Tom Rosenberg, Jeff Rubin, Steve Kre- mer, Dan Canton, Scott Hayim, Billy Sanders, Jon Pinck, Byron Preiss, Glen Rasin, Myles Gordon, David Grafstein, Seth Kurtzberg, Dan Rothblum, Hank Ja- cobs, Steve Levine ... Robert Plafsky, Andy Barbash, Burt Szerlip, Ed Shapiro, Don Bierer, Robert teiner, Doug Kahn, Billy Zirinsky, Eric Robbins, Jim Kaufman, Tom Goldstein, Andy Levin, Tommy Cooper, Dan Tublitz, John Hoffman, Jay Field, Doug Auer, Paul Barnhard, Andy Gilbert, Howard Rudd, Greg Henoch, Marc Schneider, Jon Mandel, SWIM TEAM TRIES AGAIN AT LENOX INVITATIONAL by Jim Farber On July 31st, the Mah-Kee-Nac swim team went to Camp Lenox for the annual Lenox Invitational Swim Meet. The boys went with a winning attitude even though they tied for last place at the Onota Meet six days earlier. The teams participating this time were Camps Greylock, Half Moon, Lenox, and Mah-Kee-Nac. We placed secpnd, only a bare two points behindthe winner, Cam Greylock. Laurin Herr won the 20-yard breasts stroke event; Larry Plevy came in first in the 40-yard Freestyle and the 80-yard Medley Relay; Ronnie Salny won top hon- ors in the 40-yard breaststroke contest and Medley Relay; Jimmy Farber was im first place for:the 20-yard backstroke and Medley Relay; and Dave Frankfort helped win the Medley Rel The other swimmers were Jeff Singer Richard Glass, Leon Wender, Ed Frank- fort, Steve Brawer, Jay Rasin, and Ted Milton. MOHICANS CELEBRATE "UPPER CAMPUS" DAY by Paul Freedman On August Ist, the Mohican campers) got a chance to play on the Upper Senior campus while the Seniors were out of Camp ona trip We did all the things we usually do on regular days, but it was a lot of fun to be in the other camp's area. SOUTH MOUNTAIN (concluded) Lee Morse, Bill Moses, Bob Densen, AB bey Shacter, Bob Herz, Hal Fruchtman,# Bob DavisJunior Riflery Counselor Richard jauman announced this week that Mohican amper David Hochberg of West Orange, jew Jersey has received his "Expert" a- ard from the National Rifle Association. David is the highest ranking marks - aan in the Junior Camp and is now work- ag on an even higher award, the "Distin- ished Rifleman" certificate. To qualify for the "Expert" award, a amper must shoot ten or more targets in tanding position and score at least forty It is a very difficult Sst to pass and campers who have been warded the "Expert" certificate in the ast have always been top-notch marksmen. esides a big certificate, David was pre- ented with an arm patch and metal award. oints on each one VID HOCHBERG WINS “EXPERT’ MEDAL AVAJOS DEFEAT THE {(OHICANS IN SOFTBALL by Robert Steiner In an exciting contest down to the last ut, the Navajos defeated the Mohicans! oftball team 3 to 2 this week. Tommy Nutman pitched for the Nava- 9s and Kenny Stern was the Mohican hur- er. All of the runs were scored in the Ist ning. For the Navajos, the players were: ommy Goldstein, Jon Potesky, Roger johen, Dan Golden, Tony Michaelman, lif Slavin, Jon Winston, Jay Rasin, and ommy Nutman. The Mohican team was: Ross Schwarz, obert Stein, Roger Kruvant, Ken Rosen, eff Rubin, Jeff Sherman, Robert Herz, obert West, Ken Stern, Paul Freedman, obert Steiner, and Bobby Aisenberg. The counselors for the Navajos were eff Kahn and for the Mohicans, Bob Wal- er and Steve Hecht. IROQUOIS VISIT THE WILLIAMSTOWN PLANETARIUM On August Ist, the Iroquois Tribe went on a trip to Williamstown by bus to visit the Planetarium. It was a very interesting day. At the Planetarium, we looked at Uranus and at Saturn, A student from Williams College was our guide and he explained what we saw tous. Afterwards, we traveled to the Sand Springs picnic area for lunch and a little recreation, About 1:45, it started to rain, so our counselors took us toa movie. We sawa Walt Disney picture called "SUMMER MAGIC." It was very exciting and we all enjoyed it very much Following the movie, we got back into the buses and returned to Camp. It was clear out now and we were able to enjoy the rest of the day with free play at Camp. Our counselors were Steve Hecht, Jake Sells, Ed Chalfin, and Bill Jones.UPPER SENIORS HEAR BOSTON POPS CONCERT Each year at Mah-Kee-Nac, the most popular concert at Tanglewood is Boston Pops night when Arthur Fiedler conducts a program of light classics and popular show tunes, This year, Leonard Pennario was the oloist and the Pops played selections from the Richard Rodgers Broadway musical, "NO STRINGS." For an encore Fiedler conducted "Mack, The Knife" from the Kurt Weill musical, "THREEPENNY O- PERA," and the traditional Boston Pops finale, "THE STARS AND STRIPES FOR- EVER" by John Philipp Sousa. The campers who went were: Robert Bernstein, Steve Wolfson, David Fidan- que, Ted Plavin, Larry Plevy, Ron Fisch, Randy Pasternak, Ronnie Shacter, Bob Fiengold, Will Siegel, Bob Raicer, Mark Densen, Larry Fischer, Bill Szerlip, Lee Roth, Steve Conrad, Eric Millman, Gary Stone, Chuck Reisen, Ralph Litwin, Jerry Frank, Mike Turrell, Fred Hoffman, Leon Wender, Ira Loewy, Richard Sussman, Ralph Janvey, Alfred White Steve Kantor, Ronnie Roth, Mike Mar- mon, Ralph Terkowitz, Jim Dollin, Dan Weinstein, Greg Ruskin, Mike Levey, David Wiener, Larry Katz, Steve Brawer, Dan Metzger, Aaron Welt, Scott Coop- chick, Robert Wolff, Richard Greif, Bar- ry Neuman, Jim Farber, Jon Orenstein, Chuck Newman, Gil Wald, Robbie David- son, David Baer, Ricky Lipman, Jeffrey Wiener, Robert Kraft, Tris Israel, Irwin Goldberg, Art Mencher, John Zirinsky, teve Bickoff ... Richard Fain, Glenn Carey, Peter Har- ris, Mark Tessler, Roger Daniels, John Rotrosen, Jim Venit, and Larry Kudlow. The counselors were Chuck Beauvais, Joe Buchanan, Paul Friedman, Mal Zim- merman, Cliff Malley, and David Coldren. SENECAS AND AIDES HEAR RAY CHARLES Ray Charles, one of the nal recording artists, appeared a field Boys Club auditorium om A group of Senecas and Aidew this concert. During the first half of the program, the Ray Charles singers and orchestra were featured. Ray Charles himself ap- peared during the second half. A near riot occured at the end of the programa the audience demanded an encore, "Just One More Time." John Rolland, Greg Jacobs, Mark Fit Bob Gordon, David Frankfort, Steve Ma antz, Ken Eisenberg, Ben Bloom, Ralph Hirsch, Ron Barnhard, Neil Kramer, Ji Deutsch, Mike Bench, Steve Kruvant, Ri Salny, Matt Gudis, Jon Folkman, Billy Davidson, and Len Baer attended this cd cert DUKES OF DIXIELAND APPEAR AT MUSIC BARN A number of Senior campers attendet the Music Barn concert on July 28th as the Dukes of Dixieland presented their a nual program early American jazz. The boys at that concert were: David Fidanque, John Rolland, Ben Bloom, R¢ Salny, Scott Coopchick, Robert Wolff, Richard Greiff, Barry Neuman, Jim Fal ber, Jon Orenstein, Ralph Hirsch, Gre; Jacobs, Ron Barnhard, Mark Fien, Fre Hoffman, Chuck Newman, Neil Kramer, Bob Gordon, Jim Deutsch, David Frank fort, Mike Bench, Steve Marantz, Robe Kraft, Lee Roth, Mike Kaye, Arthur Mi cher, Gary Stone, and Dan Metzger. The group played their theme "When The Saints Go Marchin' In" at the begin ning and the numbers got progressively hotter, faster, and louder.Thursday, August 8, 1963 TRIPPING PROGRAM IS ADVENTURE PACKED [EN CAMPERS EXPLORE [HE CONNECTICUT RIVER by John Zirinsky Ten campers and two counselors left Camp Mah-Kee-Nac for a canoe trip on August 5th. We were driven to a drop- off spot near Windsor, Vermont where we inloaded the canoes and launched them in he Connecticut River. Shown in the picture below are (left to right): Mike Marmon, Greg Ruskin, Mike Turrell, Jim Dollin, Bill Szerlip in the second row, standing; Will Siegel, Larry Plevy, Lee Roth, John Zirinsky, and Art Mencher kneeling. Counselors Charles Beck and Howie Alpert accompanied the jroup and Lee Kiemel was the driver for he equipment and canoes. (next page, please) LOWER SENIORS EXPLORE ELDON'S CAVE IN STOCKBRIDGE by David Shaw On August 2nd, seven boys explored Eldon's Cave near Stockbridge, Massa- chusetts with trip counselors Marshall Gould, Howie Alpert, and Charlie Beck. The campers were Bruce Gordon, Da- vid Shaw, Larry Jones, Jay Binder, Al- lan Friedman, Alan Raicer, and AlenSa- binson (next page, please)CANOE TRIP (continued) We paddled about five miles during the first afternoon and foundan excellent site for our first night's Campout. While look- ing for drift wood, one of the inevitable canoe swampings occured. This time, it was the lead canoe with Ralph Terkowitz in charge. The next morning, we paddled until we came toa dam. We got a truck to car ry the canoes and some of the equipment past the dam and we launched them again early in the afternoon. We paddled some more and after going over eleven miles, we were glad to pack in for the night. Wednesday started out as usual: we cooked breakfast, packed our gear, got in our canoes, and began to paddle. No- thing happened until mid-afternoon when the heavens opened and it began to rain like crazy Because it looked like a long rain, we got to the nearest bank and Charlie Beck went out to find shelter for the night. He came back after a few minutes with the news that he had permission for us to re main overnight in a barn owned by the Nelson family The Nelson boys were very helpful and they helped us carry our packs to the Barn and beach our canoe. Later, Mr. andMrs Nelson convinced us to come into their home where it was warmer to cook our dinner, watch television and sleep on the floor After a good night's sleep, we left for an early start and Mark Nelson came with us. We hit another dam and had to carry our canoes and packs around it. Before leaving it, though, we had a guided tour of the dam's flood system By evening, we arrived at our pickup point where the bus. & truck was to meet us with transportation back to Mah-Kee- Nac for twelve happy but tired campers and our new canoes CAVE TRIP (concluded) We were delivered to the general area of the cave by the Camp station wagons, and after a short while we hiked to the en- trance of the cave. It was a tight squeeze to get in because the opening was only a- bout 18-inches wide Except for a few drops and caverns, we had to crawl on our stomachs or hands and knees all the way through the cave. It was truly beautiful on the inside, though. We used our flashlights to explore the pas. sages and to look at the walls. Charlie Beck explained how caves were formed and showed us some interesting rock formations inside. Because there was no exit, we had to crawl back out of the cave the same way we came in It was a very exciting trip which we all enjoyed very much LOWER SENIORS HAVE CHICKEN BARBEQUE by Ricky Fisher The Lower Senior Camp's Chicken Barbeque on August 8th was a tremendous success! We had a half-chicken with Chef Ted- dy's special barbeque sauce, roasted corm on the cob, carrots, celery, fruit juice, apple turnovers, and oranges. It was a great dinner. After the meal, we went back to the Lo- wer Senior campus and got ready for the Olympic Tryouts. aOrenstein & Wiener; Tennis Champs JON ORENSTEIN wine TAKES FIRST i PLACE AT TAKAJO by Bobby Feingold The Mah-Kee-Nac Tennis Team left Camp na chartered bus with he tennis teams from Camps Greylock and Taconic. En route to Naples, Maine, where ¢ Camp Takajo Invi- ational Tennis Tourna- nent was being held, ye stopped for lunc . snack at the Howard Johnson's. The trip took 15 about 6 1/2 hours, which wasn't bad at all. nd We had reservations to stay at the Car- riage House and shortly after we,arrived, ve unpacked and went down the road for supper. The first day of the match we did fairly well with Pete Harris and Richard Greif laying Senior Singles and the teams of “arry Kudlow and David Wiener and Steve Marantz and Steve Kruvant playing Senior Doubles Playing Junior singles were Jon Oren- tein and Jeff Wiener. Barry Neuman and veil Kramer and Bobby Feingold and Jim sarber competed in the Junior Doubles. In the first round, Richard Greif lost 9 the eventual winner 3-6, 1-6. Peter farris drew a bye; Larry Kudlow and Dave Wiener won 6-1, 6-1; and Steve Mar: nd Steve Kruvant won 6-2, 6- In the Junior Division, Jon Orenstein yon his first match 6-4, 6-3; Jeff Wiener rew a bye; Barry Neuman and Neil Kra- (next page, please) JEFF WIENER WINS FIRST PLACE IN GREYLOCK Pe Bo by Larry Fischer Six tennis players from Camp Mah-Kee- Nac traveled to Camp Greylock for an Invita- tional Tennis Tourna- ment in which 19 camps competed on Thurstlay, August 8th. The competition was stiff, but Mah-Kee-Nac pulled through to take a third place in the tour- nament standings thanks to Jeff Wiener who took the first place honors in the thirteen-and- under- finals. In the Senior Singles, David Wiener was defeated by a strong team from Camp Ken- mont 8-5 in the very first round Our Senior Doubles team of Steve Mar- antz and Neil Kramer defeated the Camp Lenox team 8-3, then they went on to beat Camp Potomac 8-6, and in the semi-finals lost to the winning Takajo team 6-4, 6-1. After getting a bye in the first round, our Junior Doubles team of Ricky Lipman and Larry Fischer lost to Camp Kenmont in a very hard match 15-13. Jeff Wiener, a Cherokee from Clifton, New Jersey, defeated his opponents in the Junior Singles four times and then went on to the finals. There, he defeated Camp Robinson Crusoe 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. He was declared the winner of the Junior Singles matches Jeff now has a handsome trophy to com- memorate this victory.TAKAJO TOURNAMENT (concluded) mer won 6-2, 6-1 and Bobby Feingold and Jim Farber drew a bye. In the Quarter-Finals, Pete Harris lost 2-6, 2-6 ; Larry Kudlow and David Wiener lost 9-7, 4-6, 2-6; Steve Marantz and Steve Kruvant lost 1-6, 6-8. Jon Orenstein continued to win the Ju- nior matches 6-2, 6-0. Jeff Wiener won 6-2, 6-2; Barry Neuman and Neil Kramer won 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; and’ Bobby Feingold and Jim Farber lost 4-6, 0-6. In the Semi-Finals match, Jon Oren- stein won 6-0, 6-1; Jeff Wiener lost to the Junior Singles runner-up 2-6, 2-6; and Barry Neuman and Neil Kramer lost 4-6, 3-6 One Mah-Kee-Nac camper made it to the Finals and went on to win the Junior Singles Tournament 9-7, 1-6, 6-3. This gave Camp Mah-Kee-Nac a Second Place standing in the whole tournament. Cliff Malley was Head Goach for the Mah-Kee-Nac Tennis Squad. TRIPS TO TANGLEWOOD FOR CAMPERS CONTINUE Some of the best music in the World is being performed within a mile of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac and almost every camper looks forward to the many concerts and rehearsals which we attend there. Last Saturday, the Juniors attended an open rehearsal conducted by Dr. Charles Munch, whom many of the boys remember as last summer's permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. One of the works rehearsed was the Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, a very exciting piece, featuring a huge orchestra and organ. Several Upper Seniors also attended the American premiere of the Benjamin Britten "WAR REQUIEM" conducted by Eric Leinsdorf om July 27th. MAH-KEE-NAC RIFLE TEAM COMPETES AT GREYLOCK by John Rolland On August 2nd, the Camp Mah-Kee- Nac Rifle Team traveled to Camp Grey- lock for the annual Greylock Invitational Rifle Tournament. Other Camps compe- ting included Greylock, Half Moon, and Chimney Corners. We were faced with extremely tough competition from some of the best teams in the area, but nevertheless Lower Seni camper John Potesky shot an outstanding score of 95. Other members of the Rifle Team at Greylock were Mike Turrell, John Rol- land, Mike Levey, and Bob Raicer. CAMPERS HEAR DAVE BRUBECK AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC BARN The evening of August 4th several bo} attended the Music Ba: ert which featured Dave Brubeck As usual, Brubeck played new impro visations during the first half of the pro gram and then played the more familiar recorded numbers as a finale. The cam pers liked his "Take Five" very much. ‘The concert-goers were: David Fiday que, Bob Raicer, Ted Plavin, Leon Wei der, Mark Densen, Larry Fischer, Rok bie Davidson, David Baer, Bill Szerlip, Steve Conrad, Greg Ruskin, Jimmy Dol lin, Ricky Lipman Aaron Welt, Ben Bloom, Ron Salny, Scott Coopchick, Ralph Hirsch, Greg Jz cobs, Ronnie Barnhard, Mark Fien, Fr Hoffman, Chuck Newman, Alfred White Larry Katz, Will Siegel, Jimmy Deutse David Frankfort, Ralph Janvey, Richar Sternberg, Robert Kraft, Irwin Goldber Steve Bickoff, Steve Brawer, Tris Isra Mike Marmon, Robert Bernstein, Steve Kantor, Gil Wald, Glenn Carey, and Ji Venit.APACHES BUNK 11: Doug Aver, Peter Cohen, Jon Singer, Steve BUNK 12: Mork Schneider, Howard Rudd, Jake Sells, Shapiro, Mike Bender, David Silverman, Don Tublitz, Andy Gilbert, Bob Umlat, John Hoffman, Paul Barn~ Tommy Greene. hard. The Frog Pond always had visitors. BUNK 13: Joe Kuzmin, Gregg Henoch, Mark Altschu- BUNK 14: Jimmy Steiner, Jay Field, Alex Dowling, ler, Tommy Cooper, Tommy Kruger, Ken Michelman, Peter Millman, Richard Baumann, Skippy Newman, Eddie Levinstone, Dona Geiger Steve Roseman.IROQUOIS FirstRow: Jonas Littman, Jey Rosenberg, in, Larry Litwin, Steve Friedberg, Don ind Row: Jim Grapek, Ed Shapiro. BUNK 7: First Row: J Steve Hecht, Burt Szerlip, 5 Junior Campers Concentrating on their Shop Projects. Exciting Game at Junior Camp Tether Boll. 1 Mandel, Larry Fishkin, ny Simring, Alon BUNK % Bill Jones, Tom Goldstein, Doug Kahn, Andy BUNK 10: Lee Morse, Levin, Jimmy Kaufmen, Erie Robbins, Robert Steiner, Ken Plevy, Arthur Hi Billy Zirinsky . Peterfreund, Michael Siegel .MOHICANSNAVAJOS BUNK 22: First Row: Jay Rasin, Steve Miller, Osamu Kewasaki, Jeff Altschuler, Bob Fischer, David Koretz. Sec Tommy Nutman, Brawer, George Wolff. Second Row: David Wein- krantz, Eddie Green BUNK 23: First Row: Buddy Halperin, Tom Gold- BUNK 24: First Row: George Miller, Jon Kohn, Ricky stein, Joy Harrison, Amie Bradshaw, Andy Golden, Fisher, Matk Field, Cliff Slavin, Bob Roseman. Jon Balis. Second Row: Ricky R Homer, Second Row: Richard Feldman, Sor Altfeder Richard Wolfson an! BUNK 25: First Row: Jeff Kahn, Billy Glaberson, Jon Potesxy, Teddy Milton, Richard Stone, Tommy Sonna=-- bend, Brian Borglund. Second Row: Mark Gerchik, Daniel Cohen Mark Fien, Director, and Robert Sheiman Broadcesting on Station WCMCHEYENNESBUNK 32: First Row: Dick Gorabedion, Ted Pl Lorry Fischer, Jeff Wiener, David Baer, Leo’ ‘Bob Feingold, Ralph Litwin, Richard Ste Second Row: Mike Marmon, Larry Plevy, Mar Katz. Second Row: Gil Wald, Ralph Terkowitz, en, Robbie Davidion Jerry Frank, Ronnie Roth BUNK 33: First Row: Bill Chandler, Chu peas The New Portable Volley Ball Net. BUNK 34; First Row: Steve Conrad, Jimmy Dollin, BUNK 35: First Row: Ronnie Shacter, Richard Sussman, Glen Salny, Chuck Beauvais, Billy Szerlip, Ira Greg Ruskin, Alfred White, Ricky Lipman, Ralph Loewy. Second Row: John Zirinsky, Michael Kaye Janvey. Second Row: Will Siegel, Steve Kantor, Paul Friedman, Eric Lichter, Randy Pasternak.ALGONQUINS BUNK 39; Robert Steve BrawSENECAS BUNK 40: First Row: Ronnie Bernhard, Mark Fien, BUNK 41; First Row: John Rolland, Ken Eisenberg, Greg Jacobs, Mike Turrell, Ralph Hirsch. Second David Wiener, Ron Salay, Arthur Mencher, Row: Tom Rizzolo, Bob Rosenblum, Jeff Frank Ben Bloom. Second Row: Bob Starkey, Doug Pearsall. BUNK 42: First Row: Robert Gordon, David Fronkfort, First Row: Mott Gudis, Mark Tessler, Bll ns vidson, Richard Fain, John 7, Roger Daniels ond Row: Larry Kudlow, Gi Jon Folk- man, Lenny Baer, Peter Har Neil Kromer, Steve Marantz, Steve Krovant, Row: Mike Bender, Tiny Lord, Jimmy Deutsch The Three New Paddle Tennis Courts were Always Occupied.yf BAMP MAREREBRA Saturday, AUGUST 17, 1963 RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT OF CARNIVAL For days before Tuesday, August 13th, xcitement filled the air as campers were usily engaged in the preparation of their jooths for the 1963 Carnival which was to e held on that day. The activity in and a- ‘ound the Arts and Craft shops reached a everish pitch as the finishing touches were pplied. When Tuesday morning came, though. he skies were overcast and the United tates Weather Man reported that there yould be rain for most of the day. Joe was up early, listened to the wea- her report, and then called for an im- nediate consultation with his three Head ounselors. Out of that discussion came he decision to postpone the Carnival un- il Friday because of the rain reports. As soon as the news of the postpone- nent was announced, the campers showed heir disappointment. “Why can't we have the Carnival?" hey asked. "It isn't raining now, and it ven looks like the sun will break through nd it won't rain at all!" Within a few minutes an instantaneous rotest march was organized by the cam- ers and the Junior Camp's air was filled vith shouts as they chanted, "We want the arnival! We want the Carnival! We ant the Carnival!" As the march continued and additional campers joined the ranks of the protestors, some enterprising campers rushed to the Art Shop and began painting signs calling for Joe to reverse the decision and hold { the Carnival in spite of the rain reports. Roger Cohen, a Navajo from Bunk 21, took over the leadership of the protesting campers and led them furiously through the Camp and then entered the Lodge for a meeting with Joe. Roger presented Joe with a hastily drafted petition calling for Joe to order all work ahead on the Carnival. Joe then explained that rain reports had been ver- ified several times during the morning. He then invited Roger to phone the US Weather Man in Pittsfield and he spoke to Roger and advised him that there would be a downpour of rain sometime between one and two o'clock (continued on the next page)RAIN CAUSES POSTPONEMENT (cont. ) Since the Carnival booths were to be erected in the morning to be open and set for the parade about 2:30, any rain would spoil the Carnival. Roger than went back to the assembled campers and reported on his conversation with the Weather Man and the campers a- greed that it was best for the Carnival to be postponed until Friday. And sure enough, at two o'clock, the heavens opened up and the rain came down in torrents causing all activities to be con- ducted indoors. LOWER SENIORS SEE METEOR SHOWER by Jon Oliver One night last week, our Nature Coun- selor, George Gross, took all of the boys in the Lower Senior Camp who were in- terested in Astronomy out to watch the skies. We left our bunks about 9:30 P.M. and didn'tget back until after 11:00 P.M. That night was one of the most inter- esting nights we ever spent. We saw many meteors and several planets including Mars and Jupiter. We could all see them very clearly with the Camp's telescope and we all enjoyed the evening very much. In the new Nature Lodge, we had a big wall chart showing the locations of the planets and stars during the summer. We used this to help us locate the stars and to track the meteors. CHEYENNES ROLLER SKATE WITH ROMACA by Dick Sarbin On Thursday, August 15th, the Chey- ennes traveled to a Roller Skating Rink in Pittsfield for a Skating Party with the girls from Camp Romaca. At first, we were'nt too sure about the whole idea, but once we started, it was a great suc- cess. Some of us took a few spills, but thos few were able to get up and continue to skate. We're looking forward to another skating party next year. "S'MORE" IS A BIG HIT AT JUNIOR CAMP COOKOUT by Kenny Stern On August 12th, the whole Junior Camp had a cook-out in the council fire ring behind the Algonquin Bunks. After flag raising, the fourteen bunk: went to the dining room to pick up our shopping bags of food for our cookout. ‘We then went to our assigned fire areas and started to cook the hot dogs. For dessert, we had something calle a"s'more,"' It's called that because once you've had one you'll want s'more. And, boy, is that true! "Simore''s are made with a cookie, some Hershey bars, toasted marshmal: lows, and Graham crackers. They are real gboey when the marshmallows are hot and we came back with messy hands After supper, we played some game! in the woods, cleaned up the cooking a- rea, and returned to our bunks for bed, . Gfinally... 2... Friday, August 16th, dawned bright and clear and proved to everyone that it was wise to hold off until now on the 1963 CARNIVAL. Right after breakfast, the wooden pegs were driven into the ground on the Junior field and the booth frames were nailed in- to place. Within minutes, crepe paper, signs, and contraptions of all kinds began sprouting up. The CARNIVAL was cer- tainly on its way this time! One of the big attractions this year was the popcorn machine Joe bought for use at the CARNIVAL, With this machine, just like the ones in movie theaters, the Aides could make enough popcorn to feed every camper without a long delay like we had last year. Boys hurried to get a quick look at the machine and check to be sure that no samples were being given out be- fore the CARNIVAL actually beg The CARNIVAL week of preparation and three days 6f an- xious waiting because the big day was postponed from Tuesday until Friday. All of the booths were built by campers like Myles Gordon and Byron Preiss who are shown above painting Bunk 5's booth. limaxed almost a Hal Fruchtman and Abbey Shacter carry a bench to their booth's area as Nancy Behrman looks on in the background. Still far from ready, Bunk 27's "ODD- BALL" booth gets a bright fitting of crepe paper and posters.THE 1963 CARNIVAL! (continued) Each year, the bunks try for the prizes which are awarded for the (1) most imagi native, (2) most popular, and (3) best de- corated booths. The 1963 roster of booths included: BUNK 1: * BUNK 22: Soak the Spaz *Mah-Kee-Nac Lanes * BUNK 2: * BUNK 23: Check-O-Bounce *Mix Master * BUNK 3: * BUNK 24: Clown Ping Pong *Revenge * BUNK * BUNK 25: Feed the Blob * Dart-a-Card * BUNK 5: * BUNK 26: Club 21 * Airplane Ride * BUNK 6: * BUNK 27: Fun at the Races *Odd Ball * BUNK 7: * BUNK 28; String-pong *Roll-A-Prize * BUNK 8: * BUNK 29: Answer Pants. *Lucky Hexagon * BUNK 9: * BUNK 30: Clobber Clark *Putt-A-Ball * BUNK 10: *BUNK 31: Sling-Pong * Water Slaughter BUNK 11: * BUNK 32: Klonk the Koke * Sea Hunt * BUNK 12: * BUNK 33: Ice Cream Bars *Back Room * BUNK 13: * BUNK 34: Ping Pong Roll *34's Luck Board * BUNK 14: * BUNK 35: Coke and Orange * Walk the Crooked *“ Mile BUNK 21: * BUNK 3} Mystery Mansion * Thirty-Six * BUNK 37: Test Your Nerves BUNK 38: Squirt BUNK 39: Dinky-Links BUNK 40: Scoop-A-Do!" BUNK 41: Friz-Bowl BUNK 42: Spit the Pit THE AIDES: The Popcorn Pit ‘The winners of the "best booth" pri- zes this year are: Most Imaginative: BUNK 8 - "ANSWER PANTS" Most Popular; BUNK 31 - "WATER SLAUGHTER" Best Decorated: BUNK 32 - "SEA HUNT" Although they didn't win any prizes, several of the booths were very popular. Bunk 42's "Spit the Pit" booth was never quiet --- or for that matter, never dry! No new pit-spitting records were set, but every camper got a piece (or two) of watermelon and got a chance to try. Another favorite was "Test Your Ner by Bunk 37. The object was to shave a balloon covered with shaving cream with out getting a face full of shaving cream should the balloon burst. Observers on the scene counted only a few campers walking through the CARNIVAL with son shaving cream spattered on them. This year's CARNIVAL was just the greatest and we all had a lot of fun!Our Man in the Photo Shop this year is ART HOUSE. Art is working with the campers and helping them with printing and developing their film. He has also taken the pictures for THE TOTEM LEFT: Peter Cohen and Dan Tublitz are working intently on a leather project in the Art Shop. BELOW, RIGHT: Senior Ri- flery Counselor Bill Chandler helps Richard Feldman find the mark. BELOW, LEFT: We welcomed Dr. David Cornfeld back for his fourth year at Mah-Kee-Nac. Nurse Rosemary Gritz also is on the Medical Staff to help out after Edna Dower had to leave early.Le Lt ME ETL) MORE THAN MEETS THEYE- lyrics by Joly Kak nuste by Ed Chalfin CAST Jeff Altschuler Mark Field Chuck Newman Sar Altfeder Ricky Fischer Tommy Nutman Jay Binder Mark Gerchick Jon Oliver Ed Bruck Billy Glaberson Jay Rasin Dan Cohen Dan Golden Bob Roseman Jon Kohn Buddy Halpe. Cliff Slavin Roger Cohen Richard Heyman jathan Tublitz Marc Kram Tris Israel Jon Winston and Rosemary Gritz director: JEFF KAHN | os sets: GEORGE MILLER and ART CLASSES acoustics: JAKE SELLS and HENRY SIMON ll properties: ARNIE BRADSHAW choral assistance: HERBERT BEAM ‘a typist: MAL ZIMMERMAN stage manager: MARK F Be musical settings and accompaniment by J, DAVID COLDRENThere’s More Than Meets the Eye. . +++. at least that was the theme of the original musical comedy which was pre- sented by campers from the Lower and Upper Senior Camps this week-end. With a book written at Camp by Jeff Kahn and Ed Chalfin, music by Ed and lyrics by Jeff, and costumes, scenery, lighting, and props the whole production had the atmosphere of a Broadway show. For almost two weeks before the show was scheduled, the cast was chosen, the chorus began to rehearse their numbers, and the leading players began to memor- ize their lines. Finally, as the day ofthe premiere before the Junior Camp came nearer, the props were collected, the scenery painted, the lights on the Camp stage were set, the microphones tested, and final costuming was completed Everyone was ready for the big show and what a show it was! The Juniors en- joyed it so much that the cast had to take five curtain calls. The next night, the Senior Camps were invited to attend the production and they loved it, Again, numerous curtain calls were required because of the tremendous applause. After the last show, Joe gave the cast a party in the dining hall where everyone had a coke and some cookies. Jeff Kahn and Ed Chalfin congratulated the cast on the fine job they did and for all the effort it took to put on such a polished perfor- As Joe quipped, "You might say that there's more to putting a show on than meets the eye!" The story concerned a man who wrote fairy tales, Mr. F. Kensington Wright. It seems he wrote a story about the Tor- toise and the Hare proving that "the slow but the steady wins the race." Slick Hare decides to take revenge on Wright and talks him into selling out his soul. When the Tortoise hears about this, he helps Wright get back his soul. In the meantime, of course, there are several incidents including a ride on the I.R.T., a lunch at The Automat, a visit to an ad- vertising agency, a circus performance, and a trip to a night club in New York. Roger Cohen, as F. Kensington Wright, stole the show. He sang the show's title and his punchy "My Final Fling" with such energy that we can easily pic- ture Roger on The Great White Way in a few years. Other leads were Ricky Fisher as the Tortoise, Marc Kram as the Hare, and Jon Oliver as the Oracleer Pictured above is a scene in F. Ken- sington Wright's den as the Hare (Marc Kram) tries to talk Wright (Roger Cohen) into selling his soul. On the preceeding page, is a picture of the chorus line as they sang "THE I.R.T." song. Pictures are by Art House"HAMBURG HAVEN" OPENED FOR ANNUAL CARNIVAL SUPPER by Burt Szerlip After the CARNIVAL, the Hamburg Ha- ven was opened up in front of the Dining Halls. Walter, our Head Waiter, was in charge. He was helped by the Aides. We lined up by bunks and served our- selves Hamburgers, relish, ketchup, mustard, potato chips, do-nuts, and our choice of orange, root beer, and coke. Our picnics were held in front of our bunks and after we finished eating and po- licing the area, we took our prize tickets to the Art Shop porch and got our prizes ‘That evening, we saw a movie. It was called "MOBY DICK" and it starred Gre- gory Peck. 1963 HAM RADIO PROGRAM BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE by Steve Wolfson This summer, our expanded ham radio program is again under the direction of Jake Sells, WSQQV, who returns from last year. We have bigger facilities now sincethe ham radio shack has been moved to THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER fronbeneath the Lodgewhere it was last year. Also, a new antenna has been set up for better transmitting and receiving. Veteran hams participating in the pro- gram this season include Ralph Terkowitz, WN2DFN; Steve Wolfson, WB2DEP; and Randy Pasternak, WN2HKQ. Ralph and Steve have their novice licenses which they got here last year and Steve passed his General Class in February. Ralph Hirsch, Ronnie Barnhard, and Arthur Mencher are all working on their requirements for the F.C.C. tests, too. "THE WEAVERS" DRAW LARGEST CAMP AUDIENCE One hundred and five Mah-Kee-Nac campers and counselors attended a folk- song concert given by The Weavers this week. The Weavers are well-known for their stylizations of popular ballads and favor= ite folk tunes. They are also noted for the protest songs which they sing throughout the United States for one Cause or another Campers attending that concert inclu= ded: Dan Golden, Ed Bruck, Roger Cohen, Nathan Tublitz, Jon Winston, Ricky Roth, Ricky Fischer, Ted Milton, Mark Ger- chick, Daniel Cohen, Bill Glaberson, Tom Sonnabend, Richard Stone, Eddie Green. George Wolff, David Brawer, Jay Ra- sin, Jeff Altschuler, Cliff Slavin, Mark Field, Jon Oliver, David Shaw, Marc Krai Jay Binder, David Kessler, Steve Roger: Louis Stone, David Richmond ... Robert Chapin, Jon Karnofsky, Alan Rosen, Alan Rudolph, Martin Shapiro, Burton Richards, Jordan Cohn, Ralph Freedman, Jody Greif, Alan Raicer, Kea Kruvant, Steve Levey, Bob Raicer, Jeff, Singer ... Laurin Herr, Larry Gersten, Richard Glass, Peter Stein, Andy Stern, Jeff Ka~ lafa, Mike Marmon, Ted Plavin, Larry Plevy, Larry Katz, Ralph Litwin, Richar Sternberg, Gilbert Wald . Chuck Reisen, Ronnie Roth, Robert Feingold, Ralph Terkowitz, Steve Conrad John Zirinsky, Jimmy Dollin, Billy Szer lip, Randy Pasternak, Ralph Janvey, Al- fred White, Eric Lichter, Ricky Lipman, Steve Kantor ... Tris Israel, Robert Kraft, Irwin Gold berg, Steve Bickoff, Jon Orenstein, Davi Wiener, Steve Brawer, Chuck Newman, John Rolland, Barry Neuman, Ben Bloom Ronnie Barnhard, Ralph Hirsch, Richard Greif, and Greg Jacobs.BREAKDOWNTOWN WINS iP Ea “ZN THE": 1963 OLYMPICS —first place: BREAKDOWNTOWN second place: IACOVAZZI third place: S_M_OM Richard Fain Larry Kudlow Art Mencher Bob Gordon Ben Bloom “Andy Messinger Barry Neuman Mike Levey Aaron Welt Ronnie Roth Ronnie Shacter Chuck Reisen Richard Sussman Richard Sternberg Alan Raicer David Shaw Richard Glass Ken Kruvant David Kessler Martin Shapiro Jaime Canton Jon Balis Tom Goldstein Andy Golden Tommy Nutman Richard Stone David Weinkrantz Tom Rosenberg Roger Kruvant Bob Stein Ken Rosen Seth Kurtzberg Richard Barrer Ike Brown Bob Steiner Jimmy Simring Eric Robbins Steve Roseman Tommy Cooper Howard Rudd Jimmy Steiner head coach: JEFF FRANK assistant coaches: Dana Geiger, Terry Hudson, Howie Alpert, and Paul Friedman. Jim Venit Neil Kramer Jim Deutsch Mike Turell Jon Orenstein Dan Weinstein Scott Coopchik Steve Wolfson Mark Densen Eric Lichter Bob Feingold John Zirinsky Bill Szerlip Ralph Litwin Peter Stein Louis Stone Gregg Lichtenstein Ricky Bliwise David Richmond Ed Frankfort Larry Gersten Dan Golden Jon Winston Jim Koretz Tony Michelman George Wolff Ed Green Abbey Shacter Marc Hanfling Hank Jacobs David Richards Bobby Herz Scotty Hayim Myles Gordon Burt Szerlip Jeff Sherman Jonas Littman Doug Kahn Doug Auer Peter Millman Mark Altschuler Gregg Henoch head coach: BOB FISCHER assistant coaches: Larry Litwin, Chris Silva, Jay Harrison, Dick Gara- bedian. Peter Harris John Rolland Mike Bench Ralph Hirsch Tris Israel Bob Raicer Eric Millman Lee Roth Ricky Lipman Larry Fischer Gregg Ruskin Ralph Janvey Mike Marmon Gil Wald Ralph Freedman Alan Rosen Bob Rosenberg Steve Rubenstein Mark Kudlow Bruce Gordon Burton Richards Roger Cohen Ed Bruck Ricky Roth Dan Cohen Nathan Tublitz Jon Kohn Paul Freedman Steve Kremer Larry Sussman David Grafstein Andy Levin Robert Aisenberg Ken Klimpl Jon Pinck Jay Rosenberg Andy Barbash Billy Zirinsky Jon Singer Ed Levinstone Tommy Kruger Paul Barnhard head coach: ROBERT WALKER assistant coaches: Jake Sells, Jeff Kahn, Bob Starkey, and Andy Bebr- man.- SAKDOWNTOWN WINS 1963 OLYMPICS. Bight first places, eight seconds, and se third place scores is all it took for akdowntown to win this summer's big | OLYMPICS. That is, of course, in ition to a winning spirit, 100% co-oper- n of the whole team, top athletes, and t-class coaching. The OLYMPICS is always a much a- fed special day at Mah-Kee-Nac for hat one special day, all of the skills, etic knowledge, and physical endur- e which have been developed and in- sed during the first few weeks here amp suddenly show tangible results. jenly, the ability to run long distances jout losing your breath pays off. A- nes get a chance to show how fast they find their shoes and then tie them in correct fashion and all campers get a ace to demonstrate their agility inside tato sack. this year's OLYMPICS co-ordinator Jeff Fisch. Jeff'is primarily respon- e for the tremendous success of the but he received valuable assistance n his head coaches: Hal Judis, Cliff ley, Jeff Frank (whose team took the t prize), Bob Fischer (head coach of second place team), ‘Steve Hecht, and m's own Bob Walker (head coach of third place team). n OLYMPIC day, THE TOTEM had expert staff of camper and counselor yrters and cameramen on the scene. se few pages are only an attempt to prt the color, excitement, and fine tsmanship which we saw that day. She first event was a series of dashes h team sent a contestant from each of eight Mah-Keé-Nac Tribes. The dis- es of the dash varied according to the es. The Apaches ran for 25-yards, [roquois and Mohicans for 35-yards; Navajos and Cheyennes, 50-yards; and of the Upper Seniors ran for 75-yards. results are: (next page, please) TOP: Tris Israel streaks past the finish line to win the Algonquin 75-yard dash for his team Smom. Second place went to David Fidanque (left of center) while Andy Mes- singer (right) took third away from Jon Orenstein (right of center). MIDDL! Relay baton tight in his fist, Robbie Davidson lunges for the finish line, Right behind him are Peter Harris, Jon Oren- stein, David Fidanque, and Art Mencher.OLYMPIC RESULTS: APACHE DASH - Peter Cohen (1), Jay Field (2), John Hoffman (3) IROQUOIS DASH: Ike Brown (1), Steve Levine (2), Andy Levin (3) MOHICAN DASH: Abbey Shacter (1), Ken Stern (2), Tom Rosenberg (3) NAVAJO DASH: Roger ‘Cohen (1), Dan Golden (2), Jay Rasin (3) CHEYENNE DASH: Jordan Cohn,(1), Ralph Freedman (2), Steve Levey (3) CHEROKEE DASH: Ronnie Roth (1), Larry Plevy (2), Mark Densen (3) ALGONQUIN DASH: Tris Israel (1), David Fidanque (2), Andy Messinger (3) SENECA DASH: Steve Kruvant (1), Art Mencher (2), John Rolland (3) SCORE AT THE END OF EVENT #1 East Flatbush 9 /Watchout 15 |‘Breakdowntown 15 lacovazzi 9 Freepia 9 |Smmom 15 The next event was the standing broad jump: one of the most difficult: event of the OLYMPICS. Each of the six teams entered one boy per tribe in this contest. APACHE BROAD JUMP: Jay Field (1), Peter Cohen (2) Jon Singer (3) IROQUOIS BROAD JUMP: Jeff Sherman (1), Ike Brown (2), Don Bierer (3) MOHICAN BROAD JUMP: Steve Kremer (1), Bob Stein (2), Bob Densen (3) NAVAJO BROAD JUMP: Buddy Halperin (1), Tom Sonnabend (2), Dan Cohen (3) CHEYENNE BROAD JUMP: Andy Stern (1), Alan Raicer (2), Eddie Frankfort (3) CHEROKEE BROAD JUMP: Larry Plevy (1), Mark Densen (2), Robbie Davidson (3) ALGONQUIN BROAD JUMP: Mike Levey (1), Lee Roth (2), Chuck Newman (3) SENECA-AIDE BROAD JUMP: Jim Venit (1), John Rotrosen (2), Steve Kruvant (3) SCORES AFTER EVENT #2 East Flatbush 21 Watchout 2 Breakdowntown 14 Iacovazzi 14 Freepia uM Smom 10 East Flatbush was out ahead by the slimest of margins and when the scores were announced by Bob Behrman a cheer arose from the East Flatbush team. But this lead didn't last long for the campers of Iacovazzi put forth a tremendous effort in the Sack Race and won four of the eight first places and three second places with another tie for second. For the Sack Race, each team entered two men from each tribe because it wasa relay. The official results are: (next page, please)APACHE SACK RELAY: Doug Auer and Mark Altschuler (1), Dan Tublitz and Andy Gilbert (2), Tom Cooper and Jim Steiner (tie-3) John Hoffman and Skip Newman (tie-3) IROQUOIS SACK RELAY: Jonas Littman and Doug Kahn (1), Billy Zirinsky and Andy Barbash (2), Larry Fishkin and Gary Levin (3) MOHICAN SACK RELAY: Bob West and Ross Schwarz (1), Hank Jacobs and Bob Herz (2), Bob Aisenberg and Richard Sussman (3) NAVAJO SACK RELAY: Jon Winston and Jim Koretz (1) Ted Milton and Buddy Halperin (2) Ed Bruck and Dan Cohen (3) CHEYENNE SACK RELAY: David Richmond and Gregg Lichten- stein (1), David Kessler and Martin Shapiro (2), Alan Freedman and Bob Rosenberg (3) CHEROKEE SACK RELAY Richard Sternberg and Chuck Reisen (1) Eric Lichter and Bill Szerlip (tie-2) Ira Loewy and Ted Plavin (tie-2) ALGONQUIN SACK RELAY Aaron Welt and Chuck Newman (1) Bob Raicer and Eric Millman (2) Gary Stone and Richard Greif (3) SENECA-AIDE SACK RELAY: Ron Salny and Steve Marantz (1) Jim Venit and Jim Deutsch (2) Ben Bloom and Bob Gordon (3) SCORES AFTER EVENT # 3: total East Flatbush 1 31 Watchout 61/2 23:1/2 Breakdowntown 141/2 43:1/2 Tacovazzi 28 51 Freepia 13 33 Smom 9 34 One of the wildest events of the whole OLYMPICS is always the Apaches' Shoe Scramble, The judges take the shoes of the contestants, untie them, and scram- ble them up in a big pile. When the sig- nal to start is given, eighteen Apaches (three from each of the six teams) make a headlong dash for the pile and then work to find their shoes and tie them correctly. This is what it looked like:OLYMPIC RESULTS (continued) Kenny Michelman, Fred Hoffman, and Skippy Newman of the Watchout Team won the Show Scramble event. Steve:Roseman, Jimmy Steiner, and Howard Rudd took second place ahead of the third place win- ners Peter Millman, Doug Auer, and Gregg Henoch. One Junior and one Senior from each team competed in the Obstacle Race. The event included running, jumping, crawling, climbing, and required lots of nerve. ‘The East ‘Flatbush Team was victorious in the Obstacle Race thanks to Jody Greif and Jeff Rubin. Jeff Singer and Bob West of the Watchout Team took second place, and Richard Greene and Dick Sarbin came in third. In the Fat Man's Race, Mike Marmon of Smom won first place, Greg Jacobs of Watchout came in second, and Ted Plavin placed third. In the Base Running Relay, Breakdown- town won again. Larry Kudlow, Robert Stein, Mike Levey, and Jay Rosenberg were responsible for that victory. In the next position were the men of Iacovazzi: Jeff Sherman, Peter Stein, Jon Orenstein, and Burt Szerlip. Hands outstretched, waiting to grasp the baton, the Cheyennes run their Relay Race. Iacovazzi won this event, Break- downtown was second and Freepia third. As the OLYMPICS neared the end, the events got tougher and tougher. The first of these events was the Tribal Relay Race; APACHE RELAY RACE: Peter Cohen, Dan Tublitz, Andy Gil- bert (1); Howard Rudd, Steve Roseman, Jim Steiner (2); John Hoffman, Chuck Newman, and Ken Michelman (3) IROQUOIS RELAY RACE: Burt Szerlip, Jeff Sherman, Doug Kahn Jonas Littman (1); Don Bierer, Mike Siegel, Jim Kaufman, Henry Noble (2); Billy Zirinsky, Tom Rosenberg, Andy Levin, Andy Barbash (3) MOHICAN RELAY RAC! Ken Rosen, Roger Kruvant, Robert Stein, Jay Rosenberg (1); Robert Den- sen, Ricky Greene, Martin Levine, Dan Canton (2); Ken Stern, Steve Ru- bin, David Hochberg, Jay Rasin (3) NAVAJO RELAY RACE: Ed Bruck, Dan Cohen, Roger Cohen, Ricky Roth (1); Tom Sonnabend, Cliff Slavin, Steve Miller, Bill Glaberson (2); Jon Potesky, Buddy Halperin, Mazi Gerchik, Jeff Altschuler (3) CHEYENNE RELAY RACE: Louis Stone, Peter Stein, Ricky Bli- wise, Gregg Lichtenstein (1), Kenny Kruvant, David Shaw, Alan Raicer, Richard Glass (2); Steve Levey, Dick Sarbin, Laurin Herr, Alan Sabinson CHEROKEE RELAY RACE: Ronnie Shacter, Richard Sternberg, Chuck Reisen, Ronnie Roth (1), Gregg Ruskin, Mike Marmon, Gil Wald, Ralp Janvey (2), Larry Plevy, David Baer, Jeff Wiener, Randy Pasternak (3) ALGONQUIN-SENECA RELAY RACE: Steve Marantz, Ronnie Salny, David Fidanque, Chuck Newman (1); John Rotrosen, Glen Carey, Steve Brawer, Jim Farber (2); Mike Bench, Jobn Rol land, Tris Israel, Peter Harris (3) (continued, next page)OLYMPICS RESULTS (concluded) PRE-DECATHALON SCORES: total East Flatbush 44 1/3 Watchout 35 1/2 Breakdowntown 67 5/6 Iacovazzi 65 1/3 Freepia 53 Smom 49 The Camp's best all-around athletes participated in the ten-event Decathalon. The events were: 1, Softball throw (for distance) 2. Football punt (for distance) 3. Basketball Foul Shooting 4, Riflery Shooting Maze Run . Vertical Jump Chin-ups Swimming Race . Football Throw (for accuracy) One-hundred yard dash. Roger Daniels (below, left) finished third in the Decathalon and Richard Fain pushed into second place. The winner of this tremendously strenuous event was a member of the East Flatbush team: Sen- eca Dave Frankfort. The last event of the OLYMPICS is one which involved seventy campers (twelve from each team). The Marathon Course started at the Upper Senior Home Plate and then twisted and turned through the Upper Camp, up the steep hill to the Up- per hardball diamond, past the Barn, down the road through the Junior Camp, and to the Boathouse. All of this took the men of Watchout only 4 minutes and 19 seconds to complete! This was a very fast time and was a dramatic in- dication of the team spirit of Watchout. Smom came in second in the Marathon and Tacovazzi was third. 1963 OLYMPICS - FINAL SCORES: East Flatbush 59 1/3 Fifth Watchout 601/2 Fourth Breakdowntown 775/6 FIRST! Iacovazzi 70.1/3 Second Freepia 58 Sixth Smom 64 Third As the final scores were announced by the OLYMPICS officials and as the lusty cheers filled the air, everybody agreed that this was one of the best OLYMPICS ever held at Mah-Kee-Nac. Campers and counselors will remember it for a long time.fourth place: fifth place: sixth place: WATCHOUT EAST FLATBUSH FREEPIA Len Baer John Rotrosen Roger Daniels Matt Gudis Glenn Carey Steve Marantz Steve Kruvant Dave Frankfort David Wiener Mark Fien Ronnie Barnhard Ron Salny Greg Jacobs Kenny Eisenberg David Fidanque Bob Kraft Dan Metzger Chuck Newman Irwin Goldberg Steve Brawer Steve Bickoff Gary Stone Ron Fisch Robert Wolff Richard Greif Jim Farber Will Siegel Jerry Frank Bob Bernstein Steve Conrad Alfred White Larry Plevy Jimmy Dollin Robbie Davidson David Baer Ira Loewy Leon Wender Jeff Wiener Ted Plavin Steve Kantor Randy Pasternak Larry Katz Jordan Cohn Ralph Terkowitz Steve Levey Marc Kram Jody Greif Dick Sarbin Jon Oliver Steve Rogers Laurin Herr Larry Jones Andy Stern Jon Karnofsky Jeff Singer Barry Wolfson Alan Sabinson Alan Freedman Robert Chapin Jeff Kalafa Jay Binder Jeff Rudd Alan Rudolph Jay Rasin Richard Heyman Jon Potesky David Brawer Tommy Sonnabend Jeff Altschuler Sar Altfeder Cliff Slavin Buddy Halperin Richard Wolfson Steve Miller Mark Gerchik Stuart Homer Bill Glaberson Ted Milton Ricky Fischer Bob Roseman Ricky Feldman Ross Schwarz Mark Field Martin Levine Bob Davis Ken Stern Ricky Greene Bob West Jeff Rubin Robert Densen Bill Sanders David Hochberg Dan Ganton Dan Rothblum Glen Rasin Cliff Wald Hal Fruchtman David Krieger Jeff Volk Byron Preiss Gary Levin Steve Rubin Steve Levine Billy Moses Jim Kaufman Bob Plafsky Lee Morse Don Bierer Steve Friedberg Ed Shapiro Mike Siegel Tom Goldstein Kenny Plevy Henry Noble Alan Peterfreund Jim Grapek Larry Fishkin John Hoffman Jay Field Peter Cohen Skippy Newman Tommy Greene Andy Gilbert Kenny Michelman Marc Schneider Danny Tublitz head coach: head coach: head coach: CLIFF MALLEY HAL JUDIS STEVE HECHT assistant coaches: assistant coaches: assistant coaches: Brian Borglund, Bill Jones, Jim Pitts, Steve Shapiro, Bob Ed Chalfin, Alex Di Mike Turner, Charles Beck Vilscek, Guy Gattis Chuck Beauvais, HeBATTLESHIPS WIN BY ONE POINT Only one point separated the winners from the losers in this year's Junior Wa- ter Olympics. As each team prepared for the Mass Relay, the last event, the score was tied 112-112, 1000 points were to be awarded the winning team and 999 points fo the losers. The final score was BATTLESHIPS 1112 and DESTROYERS 1111. Seven events made up the Junior Olym- pics --- all of them relays. The first re- lay was for Mohicans and only the crawl stroke was used. The DESTROYERS won this event. Next was the Pants Relay in which the roquois had to swim one length of the swim area with a pair of dungarees on. This contest was won by the BATTLE- SHIPS. The Apaches' first event was the Kick- oard Relay. Using a kickboard for sup port, the first man swam one length with | back stroke, the second camper used a side stroke, the third used a breaststroke and the fourth used a regular crawl stroke The Apache DESTROYERS picked this e- vent off in fine style. Four campers competed for each team in the Iroquois Medley Relay. Again, the DESTROYERS won In the next relay, four Apaches from each team had to push a basketball one full length of the swim area and hand it to the next man who did the same. In this event, thanks to Skippy Newman's expert swimming (see picture below), the team of BATTLESHIPS were victorious. The last Mohicans-only relay was the Camp Mah-Kee-Nac Special Variety Re- lay. Each team chose eight competitors: #1 swims a length using a double over arm backstroke; #2, the same; #3 and#4 must swim underwater; #5 and #6 use a butterfly stroke; and #7 and #8 used the wierd corkscrew stroke The BATTLESHIPS won to tie up the score 112-112. Tension was high as the last event was started. 23 men from each team partici- pated in over a dozen different events in- cluding the rowboat handpaddle pictured above, It was a close race, but the BAT- TLESHIPS won to win the Jr. Olympics.JUNIOR WATER OLYMPIC TEAMS THE DESTROYERS: THE BATTLESHIPS John Hoffman Skippy Newman Jay Field ee Oe Tommy Greene | PERSONNEL: Peter Cohen Jimmy Steiner | Gregg Henoch Howard Rudd | Monarch ofthe Seas - JOE BUCHANAN | Doug Auer Marc Schneider | Ed Levinstone Paul Barnhard Fleet Commander - JACK FAGAN Steve Roseman Tommy Cooper | Mark Altschuler Dan Tublitz | Chief of Operations - BOB UMLAS Andy Gilbert Peter Millman Jon Singer Jon Mandel Coordination Chief - TOM MOLINEUX | Ken Michelman Andy Barbash Jim Simring Mike Siegel Deck Officers - MIKE BENDER Larry Fishkin Lee Morse BOB WALKER Jonas Littman Jeff Sherman STEVE HECHT Billy Zirinsky Bob Plafsky Burt Szerlip Steve Levine DESTROYER Officers: Andy Levin Ed Shapiro MILT REITMAN, Admiral | Eric Robbins Jay Rosenberg ED CHALFIN Robert Steiner Ike Brown RICHARD BAUMAN Henry Noble Tom Goldstein BOB BRANHAM Steve Friedberg Jim Kaufman SAM OLSEN Don Bierer Doug Kahn JOE KUZMIN Ken Plevy Jim Grapek LARRY LITWIN Alan Peterfreund David Grafstein Bob Sheiman David Richards BATTLESHIP Officers: Hank Jacobs Abbey Shacter DANA GEIGER, Admiral Dan Canton Ken Klimpl BILL JONES Roger Kruvant Marc Hanfling ALEX DOWLING Hal Fruchtman Tom Rosenberg BOB VILSCEK Billy Moses Cliff Wald TOM PITCHFORD Bob Herz Martin Levine JAKE SELLS Glenn Rasin Richard Barrer Bill Sanders Steve Kremer Communications Officers: Robbie West Ross Schwarz STEVE SHAPIRO Robert Densen Jeff Volk ART HOUSE Ricky Greene Larry Sussman Ken Rosen Robert Stein Scotty Hayim Robert Davis Bob Aisenberg Gary Levin David Krieger Paul Freedman Jon Pinck Ken Stern Jeff Rubin Steve Rubin Myles Gordon David Hochberg Byron Preiss Dan Rothblum Seth KurtzbergLAMPREYS OUTSPLASH EELS by STEVE SHAPIRO The Senior Aquacade wae held under cloudy skies on Tuesday, August 20th. The Lower Senior LAMPREYS executed an exciting come-from-behind-victory to edge out the Lower Senior EELS 44-43. The Upper Senior LAMPREYS had an easier time of it, forging out in front in early in the Aquacade and holding on to win 44-33, Highlights of the Lower Senior meet included Jordan Cohn's feats in the ob- stacle race. In addition to proving his a- bility in swimming and doing sit-ups Jor- dy displayed considerable skill in gulping down a peanut butter sandwich on rye. His showing in this event enabled him to e- merge victorious but slightly pooped! The Medley Relay was won by the team of Peter Stein, Andy Stern, Steve Ruben- stein, and Jon Karnofsky. It was Stern's clutch swimming in the last lap that in- sured the victory. Ina final effort to forge ahead, the LAMPREYS won both first and second places in the Freestyle Race as Jeff Sin- ger edged out his team-mate Laurin Herr The LAMPREYS also won the annual greased watermelon scramble after the usual splashing, pulling, and tugging. David Frankfort, Ronnie Salny, and Larry Plevy earned many points for their respective teams in the Upper Senior e- vents. Ronnie, Larry, Leon Wender, and Jim Dollin put the LAMPREYS ahead to stay by winning the opening event, the Medley Relay. The EELS were behind 23-4 before they started an unsuccessful rally. Greg Jacobs, Richard Fain, and Dave Frankfort muscled the EELS to victory in water basketball Then, in perhaps the most exciting fi- nish of the day, Dave Frankfort sprinted from behind in the last lap of the 80-yard Freestyle to beat Glenn Carey, who fin- ished second, and Larry Plevy, who took the third place. After one more event, the EELS had edged to within ten points of the LAM - PREYS, 30-20, but that was as close as they could come. Salny topped his team's triumph by winning the last event, The Obstacle Race. Once again, he had to eat a peanut butter sandwich, swim, do sit- ups, and four other tricks to win. The EELS were able to gain some so- lace, however, with their win ina close, see-saw watermelon scramble. The coaches for the Lower Senior LAMPREYS were Mike Turner, Arnie Bradshaw, Jim Pitts; Lower Senior EELS Brian Borglund, Terry Hudson, Howie Alpert; Upper Senior LAMPREYS: Doug Pearsall, Bob Starkey, Glenn Carey; Upper Senior EELS: Guy Gattis, Keith Humphrey, and Richard Fain. Steve Shapiro was the official scorer, Herminio Cuervo was the official clown, and Jack Fagan was the announcer. Joe Buchanan supervised the Aquacade,SENIOR AQUACADE - 1963 UPPER LAMPREY David Baer Mark Densen Larry Plevy UPPER EEL Leon Wender Rich Sternberg Robbie Davidson Ralph Janvey Larry Fischer Alfred White Mike Marmon LOWER LAMPREY Will Siegel Chuck Reisen Ron Shacter Ted Plavin Ed Bruck Randy Pasternak Larry Katz Jim Koretz Gil Wald Rich Sussman Tom Nutman LOWER EEL Steve Kantor Ricky Lipman Jon Winston Jim Dollin Ralph Litwin Buddy Halperin Roger Cohen Ralph Terkowitz Gregg Ruskin Andy Golden Richard Wolfson Steve Conrad Eric Lichter Richard Roth Tom Goldstein Jeff Wiener Ira Loewy Tony Michelman Jon Balis Ronnie Roth Bill Szerlip Stuart Homer Dan Golden David Fidanque John Zirinsky Jon Potesky Nathan Tublitz Chuck Newman Neal Caplowe Richard Feldman Mark Field Steve Wolfson Jerry Frank Sar Altfeder Jon Kohn Barry Neuman Robert Feingold Ed Green Bill Glaberson Andy Messinger Lee Roth Mark Gerchik Cliff Slavin Ron Fisch Aaron Welt Dan Cohen Ricky Fischer Dan Metzger Jon Orenstein Bob Roseman Ted Milton Eric Millman Richard Greif Steve Miller Tom Sonnabend Steve Bickoff Robert Wolff George Wolff Richard Stone Bob Raicer Scott Coopchik Jeff Altschuler Jay Rasin Irwin Goldberg Gary Stone Bruce Gordon Dave Weinkrantz Robert Bernstein David Shaw David Brawer Tris Israel Marc Kram Jeff Rudd Mike Levey Laurin Herr Jon Oliver Robert Kraft Jeff Singer Mark Kudlow Ken Kruvant Jay Binder Larry Jones Andy Stern Dick Sarbin Larry Gersten Jeff Kalafa Ed Frankfort Alen Sabinson- UNK 13 WINS 'QUIETEST BUNK’ CONTEST An added incentive for having a peaceful al in the Junior Dining Hall was Jack vis's "Quietest Bunk" contest. The prize ‘the quietest bunk was a trip to Lenox "an ice cream treat The winning Bunk, Bunk 13, is shown the right in front of Wendover's with ir counselor Dana Geiger. The campers (standing) Ed Levinstone, Tom Kru- , Tom Greene, Mark Altschuler, and jeeling) Peter Cohen and Jon Singer. During the next few days, the Juniors s going to see who's next to win 2 DES DEFEAT SENECAS SOFTBALL 5 TO 4 by Jon Folkman In an exciting game, a strong Seneca tball team was defeated by an even bet- “and stronger Aide team coached by e Hecht by a score of 5 to 4. The game was a very close contest. e Aide team, with Larry "Babes" Kud- yon the mound, jumped to an earlylead h the score of one run, but the Senecas pn tied up the game. With the game tied at one run each, the jes rallied to score an extra two runs jump into the lead. Finally, in the last inning of the game, score standing at 3 to 1, the Senecas pred a fast three runs to lead 4 to 3. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, the Jes had one last chance to tie the game ey not only tied the game with a two-out it gasp rally, they went one run ahead ich won the game for them 5 to 4. The tanding players included Steve Marantz, ) Folkman, Larry Kudlow, and Mark ssler. The starting lineup was: CHEYENNES LOSE TO CAMP LENOX 52 TO.27 by Larry Jones The Cheyennes went to Cranwell this week for a basketball game. After the first half of the game, we were losing 36 to 6. We caught up some in the second half but still lose with a score of 52 to 27.Our starting lineup included: Jordan Cohn Louis Stone Andy Stern Peter Stein Jeff Kalafa AIDES DEFEAT SENECAS (concluded) SENECAS Steve Marantz, p Jim Deutsch, c Mike Bench, 1 Robert Gordon, 2 Dave Wiener, 3 Steve Kruvant, ss Neil Kramer, lf Dave Frankfort, cf John Rolland, rf AIDES Larry Kudlow, p Jon Folkman, ¢ Lenny Baer, 1 Jim Venit, 2 Peter Harris, 3 Mark Tessler, ss Roger Daniels, If Richard Fain, cf Glenn Carey, rfCHEYENNES SQUEEK BY CHEROKEES IN SOFTBALL by Louis Stone On Sunday, August 18th, the Cheyenne Softball team played the Cherokee softball team on the Upper Senior diamond. In a seven inning ball game with two extra inn- ings the Cheyennes managed to squeek by the Cherokees by a score of 3 to 2. The starting lineups included: CHEROKEES: Larry Katz, Larry Fischer, Ricky Lip- man, Bobby Feingold, Jeff Wiener, Ronnie Roth, Larry Plevy, Jerry Frank, and Rob- bie Davidson. CHEYENNES: Andy Stern, Peter Stein, Louis Stone, David Richmond, Ken Kruvant, Ralph Freedman, Dick Sarbin, Jeff Kalafa, and Jordan Cohn. Both the Cherokees and the Cheyennes scored a run in the first inning. It looked like a close game. Each of the teams kept threatening to score, but for eight innings, neither team pulled through a run. Then, in the top of the ninth inning, the Cheyennes scored two runs and it looked like the game was over. In the bottom of the ninth inning, however, the Cherokees scored a run but it wasn't enough to save the game. JOAN BAEZ SINGS FOR CAMPERS IN PITTSFIELD by Matt Gudis On Wednesday, August 14th, twelve of Mah-Kee-Nac's Senecas and Aides joined 3,500 other Joan Baez enthusiasts for a concert in Pittsfield. For the first half of the program, she sang by herself, accom- panied only by her own guitar. Many of her songs were new to us and very stimu- lating. BUNK 30 WINS FIRST PLACE IN LOWER SENIOR CONTEST by Allen Sabinson On Tuesday, August 20th, the Lower Senior Camp had their annual song cont Songs were judged on the basis of prom ness in writing the song, diction, bunk presentation, showmanship, and origin of music and lyrics. The first prize was a trip to Wendov in Lenox for ice cream treats. Bunk 29's song was about life in thei bunk and was sung to the tune of "Gee, Officer Krupke" from WEST SIDE STOI It left the audience in hysterics after th solos by Alan Raicer. Bunk 25 came in third with a combin tion of two songs. Bunk 26's song was t funniest with "Counselors," "Brian, R Your Boat Ashore," "Bye, Bye Birdbri and other songs about their counselors. In first place was Bunk 30 with the "Campers! Hymn" which was sung to th tune of The Marine's Hymn." After the song contest, the whole bu went to Wendover's with Charlie. Wea had either a Banana Royale or a Hot Ft Royale. The most popular was the Ban Royale which consists of vanilla and ch olate ice dream, fresh fruits, bananas and hot fudge syrup. That was enough fill anybody's appetite and it made thel week of Camp just right for Bunk 30. JOAN BAEZ, (continued) After intermission, she introduced Dylan, the song-writer who is famous his "Blowin! in the Wing." They sang s eral songs together; all of them power! in their impact and very moving. Finally, she took the stage alone ag and sang her more popular ballads, in cluding "All My Trials. 'yt BAMP MARKEE MAE Two festive banquets climaxed this 1963 summer at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. The Junior Banquet was held on Wed- nesday in the Senior Dining Hall. For this big evening, the Art counselors had painted posters showing the many great activities here at Camp. Crepe streamers were draped around the room and there were dozens of multi-colored balloons everywhere. Chef Teddy had a fancy dinner ready for us: Fruit Cup Supreme, a big steak, Fresh Peas, French Fried Potatoes, a Relish Dish, rolls, butter, mints, and an extra-special surprise dessert. Bunk 7's crew sings their bunk song. After dinner, the Master of Ceremon- ies for the Banquet, Milt Reitman intro- duced Bill Jones, who led the Juniors in "Mah-Kee-Nac is the Ca.ap for Me!" and other favorite songs. Then, Ed Chalfin and the members of the cast of the Junior musical production, "MAJORS AND MI- NORS," sang some selections from their show. A few Senior campers entertained us with some songs from their show, "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE." Then came the best part, our own bunk songs. Each of the fourteen bunks sang their song which told about the boys in the bunk and some of the fun each of us had during the summer. Bunk 9 sings about Camp life.OR BANQUET (continued) en read the "Last Will and Testament!! which was written by all the bunks that afternoon. Each camper bequeathed something of value (?) to the campers who will be here next year. Steve Hecht then presented a special award to Ken Stern for his outstanding record at Camp this year and for his fine sportsmanlike spirit throughout the year. We sang t wo songs and then quietly gather on the hill in front of the dining halls to sing "Taps." As we sang the last line, a huge sign on the Junior back- stop lighted up to read "FAREWELL, MAH-KEE-NAG; JUNIOR CAMP - 1963." er that we went to bed, still talking he many experiences this year at Aides Glenn Carey and Richard Fain assist Head Counselor Jack Davis at the Junior Camp Barbeque. Getting his corn on the cob is ca Myles Gordon. LOWER SENIORS HAVE CEREMONIAL CAMPFIRE While the Junior campers were assem~ bled in the Dining Halls for their banquet, the Seniors had special ceremonial awards council fires. In the Lower Senior Camp, Marshall Gould prepared a special Indian ceremony to light the fire. Several of the "braves" put on war-paint and helped carry the flaming torches which provided the light for the ceremonies. At the Senior campfires --- both Upper and Lower --- the various awards for waterfront, riflery, archery, and land sports were presented. The Head Coun- selors discussed the summer and other counselors told stories and led songs. Marshall Gould puts the finishing touch on Andy Stern before the ceremony.SKIT HIGHLIGHTS SENIOR BANQUET The Senior Banquet was held on the very last night at Camp, Thursday, Au- gust 22nd. Upper and Lower Senior cam- pers, counselors, and staff gathered in the Dining Halls for the traditional steak dinner and entertainment. One of the highlights of the evening was a skit written by Jeff Frank and per- formed by campers from the two Camps. Roger Cohen impersonated Joe Kruger, Steve Bickoff reversed the tables on Lo- wer Senior Head Counselor Charlie Schnei- der, and Neil Kramer played Bob Behr- man. Jim Deutsch did an excellent. real- life imitation of Bill Chandler which put everybody in stiches. Other features of the evening included songs from the Senior musi cal produc- tion, "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE", the Senior Camp "Last Will and Testa- ment," and the singing of "Taps" on the hill outside the dining halls. We will always remember the sight of the hugh wooden numerals, ''1963" burn- ing as we sang "Taps." It was a very wonderful evening The real Charlie looks on as Steve Bickoff imitates the "Glllooorious A- Day" speech which Lower Senior cam- pers hear about every other day. As Jim Deutsch walked into the dining hall in this get-up, we had to look twice to be sure it wasn't the real Bill Chandler. This was one of the funniest moments of the entire evening.LOWER SENIORS ACTIVE IN TENNIS TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR by Larry Fischer Throughout the summer, the Navajos and Cheyennes competed in a special Lo- wer Senior Ladder Tournament. The top three Navajos were: Tommy Nutman, Stuart Homer, and Roger Cohen. Other boys showed a great deal of in- terest and worked very hard to improve their game. They were: Jon Potesky, Buddy Halperin, George Wolff, Steve Miller, Jim Koretz, Jay Rasin, Cliff Slavin, Ricky Fisher, Ted Milton, and Mark Gerchik. The top Cheyennes were: Jordan Cohn, Andy Stern, Mark Kudlow, David Rich- mond, and Peter Stein. Those who dis- played special interest were: Jeff Singer, Alan Freedman, Ralph Freedman, Larry Jones, Laurin Herr, Barry Wolfson, Alan Raicer, Steve Rubenstein, Jon Oli- ver, Steve Levey, Allen Sabinson, and Dick Sarbin In the Lower Senior singles tourna- ment, Andy Stern aod Dick Sarbin made it all the way to the semi-finals while Mark Kudlow and Jordy Cohn battled it out in the finals. Three Navajos made it up to the tournament: Jon Potesky, Tony Michelman, and Jimmy Koretz. For the first time, a Navajo doubles tournament was held. Tony Michelman and Tommy Nutman were the eventual winners. Jon Winston and Jimmy Koretz were the runners-up All in all, it was a very successful year in Lower Senior Tennis WIENER AND ORENSTEIN PLAY SEMI-FINALS IN WESTERN MASS. by Larry Fischer On Wednesday, August 22nd, eleven Mah-Kee-Nac campers went to the Pitts- field Country Club to play in the Western New England Boys Tennis Championships. Larry Kudlow made his way up to the Quarter Finals in the 16-and-under class where he was defeated by Mike Miller 2-6, 2-6. In the 14-and-under classifications, Jim Farber was forced to withdraw be- cause of illness. Ricky Lipman also was in the Quarter- Finals where he was defeated by Paul Gerkin 0-6, 0-6 who is ranked the fourth best in all of New England. Jon Orenstein, Mah-Kee-Nac's w: ner in the Junior Singles matches at Ta- kajo, won his way to the Semi-Finals where he was defeated Both Peter Stein and Mark Kudlow com- peted in the Semi-Finals, but were forced to forfeit their matches because they had to leave Camp on the buses Jeff Wiener stayed an extra day to play his semi-finals match which he lost ina close 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 contest. Andy Stern competed in the Quarter- Finals but lost to Bob Btelasky 3-6, 3-6 in the 12-and-under division. Other Mah-Kee-Nac campers who were in the tournament, but lost in the first round were: David Richmond, Jordy Cohn, Barry Neuman, and Bob Feingold. ‘This tournament was an excellent ex- perience for all of the campers who were able to attend. We can all be proud of the records of the Mah-Kee-Nac tennis play- ers thie year in the many tournaments in which they played.DAVIS CUP RESULTS first place: UNITED STATES Paul Friedman, Coach Jon Orenstein, Captain Mike Bench Mike Levey Robert Wolff Larry Plevy Jordan Cohn Peter Stein Laurin Herr Bob Raicer Eric Millman Roger Cohen Lee Roth Richard Glass third place: AUSTRALIA Arnie Bradshaw, Coach David Wiener, Captain Steve Marantz Ricky Lipman John Rolland Robert Feingold Jerry Frank Rich Sternberg Jody Greif Tony Michelman Richard Sussman Eric Lichter Steve Kantor Mark Densen TWO CAMPERS SHOOT PERFECT TARGETS second place: ITALY Jeff Fisch, Coach Neil Kramer, Captain Steve Kruvant Dan Metzger Steve Bickoff Robbie Davidson Andy Stern Dick Sarbin Alen Sabinson Miké Turell Tris Israel David Fidanque Louis Stone Ralph Freedman fourth place: U. OF SOUTH AFRICA Chuck Beauvais, Coach Larry Kudlow, Captain David Frankfort Jim Farber Jeff Wiener Larry Fischer Ken Kruvant David Richmond Steve Levey David Weinstein Mike Marmon Jimmy Koretz Ralph Janvey David Baer STEVE RUBENSTEIN, (right) fired the first perfect "50" target in five years at the Camp Mah-Kee- MIKE TURELL, (left) did the same thing just one day later. Mike is also the Captain of the Mah-Kee-Nac Rifle Squad. Nac Rifle Range. BARRY NEUMAN WINS THE ‘HACKER’ AWARD Each year, the Tennis Staff chooses one or two Senior campers to receive the Mah-Kee-Nac Premier Tennis Award (The Hacker Award). Shown above is the winner this year, BARRY NEUMAN, talking with the internationally famous ten- nis coach Mercer Beasley. fifth place: FRANCE Cliff Malley, Coach Mark Tessler, Captain Ronnie Salny Gary Stone Robert Kraft Ronnie Fisch Gregg Ruskin Jeff Singer Jimmy Deutsch Chuck Newman Bill Szerlip Ed Frankfort Art Mencher Larry JonesJUNIORS WIN MANY ARCHERY AWARDS Under the direction of Tom Pitchford, all Juniors participated in the Archery program this summer. This was a record year for awards: JUNIOR YEOMAN AWARD JUNIOR YEOMAN ARROW YEOMAN AWARD. Dan Canton ‘Mare Hanfling Ken Stern Jeff Rubin Bob Herz David Hochberg Robbie West Hal Fruchtman Bob He Marc Hanfling Steve Levine Hal Fruchtman Bob He: Robert Plafsky Ken Klimpl Hal Fruchtman Jay Rosenberg Robert Plafsky Steve Rubin Steve Friedberg Jim Grapek Larry Sussman Don Bierer Andy Levin David Grafstein Andy Levin Robert Steiner Steve Levine Robert Steiner Tom Greene Raobert Plafsky Billy Zirinsky Billy Moses Jeff Sherman Doug Kahn Marc Hanfling Jay Rosenberg Larry Fishkin Ross Schwarz Jonas Littman David Silverman Steve Rubin Ed Shapiro Jon Singer Jeff Volk Steve Friedbe Peter Cohen David Grafstein Don Bierer Dan Canton Larry Sussman Andy Levin Martin Levine Jay Rosenberg Robert Steiner Robert West Steve Friedberg Billy Zirinsky Ross Schwarz Ed Shapiro Doug Kahn Steve Rubin Billy Zirinsky Larry Fishkin Doug Kahn Alan Peterfreund David Grafstein John Hoffman David Silverman Larry Sussman Jon Singer Tom Cooper Jeff Sherman Peter Cohen Doug Auer Jonas Littman Dan Canton Jay Field Ed Shapiro Robbie West John Hoffman Doug Auer Larry Fishkin Ed Levinstone Jay Field Jon Singer John Hoffman Peter Cohen Dan Tublitz Jon Pinck Ed Levinstone Glen Rasin Byron Preiss Seth Kurtzberg JIOR BOWMAN AWARD: Robert Stein HET ELE Martin Levine Bobby Aisenberg Dave Hochberg Ken Rosen Ken Stern Robert Plafsky Robert Davis Scotty Hayim Ken Klimpl Henry Noble Bob Herz Ross Schwarz Howard Rudd Jim Grapek Jeff Volk Ken Michelman ndy Levin Dan Canton Tommy Greene Hal Fruchtman Billy ZirinslJUNIOR ARCHERY AWARDS (continued) BOWMAN AWARD Ike Brown Eric Robbins Bobby Densen Gary Levin Roger Kruvant Scott Hayim Jim Grapek Andy Levin Dave Hochberg Bobby Herz BOWMAN, FIRST RANK Burt Szerlip Ike Brown Ricky Greene Gary Levin Bob Densen Jim Grapek Andy Levin Eric Robbins SHARPSHOOTER Tom Rosenberg Burt Szerlip Bob Densen ARCHER AWARD Tom Rosenberg ARCHER, FIRST RANK Paul Freedman REQUIREMENTS FOR JUNIOR CAMP RIFLERY AWARDS: Pro-Marksman: 20 points; prone Marksman: 25 points; prone Marksman, Ist Class: 30 points; prone Sharpshooter: 35 points; prone Sharpshooter, Ist Bar: 40 points; prond Sharpshooter, 2nd Bar: 30 pts; sitting Sharpshooter, 3rdBar: 35 pts; sitting Sharpshooter, 4th Bar: 40 pts; sitting Sharpshooter, 30 pts; kneeling Sharpshooter, 35 pts; kneeling Sharpshooter, 7 40 pts; kneeling] Sharpshooter, 8th Bar: 30 pts; standing| Sharpshooter, 9th Bar: 35 pts; standing JUNIOR CAMP RIFLERY AWARDS ANNOUNCED Using air rifles and official National Rifle Association targets, the Junior cam- pers this year participated in the marks~ men's program under the direction of Richard Bauman. The campers received the following awards at a special cere- mony in the council fire ring: PETER COHEN Sharpshooter, First Bar TOMMY GREENE Sharpshooter JON SINGER Sharpshooter DAN TUBLITZ Marksman DOUG AUER Marksman HOWARD RUDD Pro-Marksman GREGG HENOCH Pro-Marksman KENNY MICHELMAN Pro-Marksman TOMMY COOPER Marksman ED LEVINSTONE Pro-Marksman SKIPPY NEWMAN Marksman, First Class STEVE ROSEMAN Pro-Marksman PETER MILLMAN Marksman, First Class JAY FIELD MarksmanJUNIOR RIFLERY AWARDS (continued) JEFF SHERMAN Shaxpshooter, 4th Bar ANDY BARBASH Sharpshooter, 1st Bar IKE BROWN Marksman BURT SZERLIP Marksman, Ist Class ROBERT PLAFSKY Sharpshooter, 2nd Bar STEVE LEVINE Marksman, Ist Class HENRY NOBLE Marksman ANDY LEVIN Marksman, Ist Class ROBERT STEINER Sharpshooter, 1st Bar TOMMY GOLDSTEIN Marksman BILLY ZIRINSKY Sha rpshooter JIM KAUFMAN Marksman ERIC ROBBINS Sharpshooter DOUG KAHN Marksman, Ist Class DON BIERER Marksman STEVE FRIEDBERG Marksman JAY ROSEN BERG Marksman, Ist Class JIM GRAPEK Marksman ED SHAPIRO Sharpshooter JONAS LITTMAN Marksman, Ist Class KEN PLEVY Marksman, Ist Class LARRY FISHKIN Sha rpshooter JON MANDEL Marksman JIMMY SIMRING Pro-Marksman ALAN PETERFREUND Marksman MIKE SIEGEL Marksman, Ist Class LEE MORSE Pro-Marksman KEN STERN Sharpshooter, 3rd Bar ROGER KRUVANT Sharpshooter ROBERT STEIN Marksman, Ist Class DAVID HOCHBERG Expert BOBBY AISENBERG Sharpshooter, lst Bar PAUL FREEDMAN Pro-Marksman DAVID KRIEGER Marksman, Ist Class BILLY MOSES Sharpshooter ROBERT DAVIS Sharpshooter, 1st Bar CLIFF WALD Sharpshooter ROBERT HERZ Pro-Marksman ROBERT DENSEN Marksman, Ist Class MARC HANFLING Marksman HAL FRUCHTMAN Marksman ABBEY SHACTER Marksman, Ist Class RICHARD BARRER Marksman ROBERT SHEIMAN Sharpshooter WILLIAM SANDERS Marksman JON PINCK Marksman, Ist Class GLENN RASIN Marksman, Ist Class MYRON PREISS Marksman. Ist Class MYLES GORDON Pro-Marksman SCOTTY HAYIM , Sharpshooter, 4th Bar MARTIN LEVINE MarksmanTWENTY CAMPERS It takes a full summer of work to pass the stiff requirements set up by the A- merican Red Cross and the Mah-Kee-Nac Waterfront for the Junior Lifesaving Cer- tificate. Classes are held regularly and several hours of extra work must be put in by each applicant. Nevertheless, twenty Seniors passed * their tests this year. They are: MARK FIEN RALPH HIRSCH DAN WEINSTEIN AARON WELT STEVE KANTOR LARRY KATZ ERIC LICHTER RALPH LITWIN IRA LOEWY MIKE MARMON RALPH TERKOWITZ LEON WENDER LARRY JONES MARTIN SHAPIRO JEFF SINGER DAVID RICHMOND JON KARNOFSKY ED FRANKFORT ROBERT CHAPIN PETER STEIN Their instructors included Mike Tur- ner, Keith Humphrey, and Jim Pitts who spent many afternoons working on the skills which each camper developed this summer. Five boys passed their Water Safety Aide tests. These tests, too, are diffi- cult and require a boy to be an excellent swimmer and a conscientious camper: ART MENCHER KENNY EISENBERG RANDY PASTERNAK BOB KRAFT BOB FEINGOLD PASS J.L.S. TESTS oe FULL PROGRAM continued right up to the last Even on Thursday, when re packing the trunks, minute. we had some time for basketball, softball, and other | Pe a wo e ” {