tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post4332926932861180653..comments2024-03-29T05:39:11.334-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Camp Wamsutta ReunionPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-47930191233702032582013-07-05T22:41:08.255-04:002013-07-05T22:41:08.255-04:00Just came across this and invite all Wamsutta alum...Just came across this and invite all Wamsutta alums to join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/157915700937569/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270630432636831564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-80451239457845604562013-05-23T00:32:19.918-04:002013-05-23T00:32:19.918-04:00Hello Paul!!! Ken Segal here. Yes a blast from the...Hello Paul!!! Ken Segal here. Yes a blast from the past coming across this blog about Camp Wamsutta. So many memories and terrific video ... just to see Marty and hear his voice and Mike, Howie and Eddie... egads!! Ken Segalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-78718364213000639322012-09-05T05:10:31.819-04:002012-09-05T05:10:31.819-04:00How do we find you? Please comment with contact i...How do we find you? Please comment with contact info, and I won't publish it.Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-51926766259386031172012-09-04T23:22:01.523-04:002012-09-04T23:22:01.523-04:00Was googling Camp Wamsutta and came across this si...Was googling Camp Wamsutta and came across this site. Great to<br />hear that some of the people that I went to Camp Wamsutta are still<br />getting together. Mike Sack and I were best friends at camp. We went<br />to Mickey Mantle Day back in the 60's. Would be great to hear from him again. Jeff FishbeinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-37492765472725205992012-07-04T16:36:41.777-04:002012-07-04T16:36:41.777-04:00By the time I got there, 60's, girls were a ne...By the time I got there, 60's, girls were a new addition to the camp. Some hanky-panky going around between counselors. <br />Anyone know whatever happened when you got picked at the sunday campfire and were whisked away? We were always hoping it would be us.Jon Zaidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-64089765585627169952012-06-24T10:48:27.107-04:002012-06-24T10:48:27.107-04:00What a treat to stumble across this post! I attend...What a treat to stumble across this post! I attended Camp Wamsutta for three years in the late fifties. I remember the Sleeper family very well. Even now, names and faces of campers and counselors--Eddie Klopfer, Cliff Turk, Matt Kushner, Carl Weisbrod, Jimmy Diamond, Randy and Donnie Robinson, Dick Wood, and I see that my old pal Bobby Queen posted a comment; the Olympics, the rifle range, the long trek down to the lake, fishing at dawn, playing poker for bullet shells, the cold showers, and how many times did we watch "The Corsican Brothers" when it rained. Seems like a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. I'm now an attorney in NY, married for many years, two sons and a granddaughter, involved in various civic activities in Roslyn, Long Island, and a mental health advocate. But those years at Wamsutta were so special. My regards and best wishes to all!John Wagnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-7862046742045177872011-07-05T22:48:25.681-04:002011-07-05T22:48:25.681-04:00Thank you for making my day; I truly enjoyed the v...Thank you for making my day; I truly enjoyed the video and blog. I was lucky enough to be part of Wamsutta back in the later 60's as cabin mate and partners in mischief with Patti Konnor and Nancy Bikoff. Great memories, thanks!Sharman Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-10423787005806296542011-06-02T07:00:14.025-04:002011-06-02T07:00:14.025-04:00Paul, there will be a reunion in early September a...Paul, there will be a reunion in early September at Marty's house. Friend me on Facebook or send your email address here, and I will send you details.Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-76711008847169524642011-06-02T06:58:40.716-04:002011-06-02T06:58:40.716-04:00I'm delighted to find this. After having a dre...I'm delighted to find this. After having a dream about Camp W. about six years ago, I wondered if it still existed. I did a few internet searches, but came up blank. A few years later my work involved being close to Oxford, so I went to the camp site. The house and barn are still there, the tennis court was being used for farm equipment storage, the baseball field was a pasture with a grazing horse (but four steel poles from the backstop were still sticking out of the ground.) The lake was as I remembered but the docks were gone. No cabins left except the Moosehead one near the nurses house which is still there. The cement block wall from the showers was there, and immediately beyond that was a residential neighborhood where many of the cabins used to be. One mystery is that the basketball court was still there, but it was turned 90 degrees in orientation from how I remember it. I loved that place...have many fond memories and I'm grateful fro the ways in which being there influenced my development.<br /><br />Paul AbramsPaul Abramsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-66970969110766173632010-08-11T23:47:24.459-04:002010-08-11T23:47:24.459-04:00Nice seeing the video reminiscing. It brought back...Nice seeing the video reminiscing. It brought back many great memories of those summers in the woods. It must have been around 1963 during my one and only summer as a junior counselor that something unexpected happened. My senior counselor was an avid trout fisherman and tied his own flies. One day a box of these flies diappeared and the guy packed up and stormed out of camp leaving me in charge of the bunk for the rest of the summer.Oy. <br /> I've raised a family in Wisconsin and started a goat dairy, became a photographer for the state and have been a music promoter and festival organizer which I continue to do as a retiree in Madison. For the last 20 years I've run a 6 week free day camp based on Wamsuttan principles.<br /> Best wishes,<br /> Bob Queenbob queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626089127986619355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-90880149430760635322010-07-26T09:13:37.704-04:002010-07-26T09:13:37.704-04:00(copied from Facebook)
Paul, this is absolutely w...(copied from Facebook)<br /><br />Paul, this is absolutely wonderful! Both the essay and the video brought back so many great memories. It was interesting to hear Peter's and my name mentioned in the video, but I wasn't able to make out what was being said.<br /><br />Perhaps that's to my advantage! Marty looks great as do the rest, but it was even more enjoyable to hear his voice again. If you had only been able to get him to say: "Waiters, LINE UP" I would have had a nostalgia overload.Gerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-47212836445326428472010-07-24T13:40:32.473-04:002010-07-24T13:40:32.473-04:00That is a lovely piece, thank you for sharing it. ...That is a lovely piece, thank you for sharing it. Maybe we are of an age when reunions become more attractive: I just co-organized an unofficial high school 39th reunion (great fun).<br /><br />I read your blog to keep up with the Boston and MA healthcare scene, but items like this are an unexpected bonus.SPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-52827206561950391052010-07-24T13:40:12.505-04:002010-07-24T13:40:12.505-04:00Thanks, Dave, on all counts.Thanks, Dave, on all counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-86560197381139791792010-07-24T10:23:44.341-04:002010-07-24T10:23:44.341-04:001. Wonderful essay!
2. How come you didn't wr...1. Wonderful essay!<br /><br />2. How come you didn't write about <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=66340534151" rel="nofollow">the Facebook page</a>??<br /><br />3. How could you not include that summer-camp classic of our era, Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" [Here I Am at Camp Granada]? (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Hx_X84LC0" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Sherman" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> says it was translated into several languages and reach #4 in Sweden; it also says he was the inspiration for Weird Al Yankovic. All this from a summer camp parody?? Go figure - must strike some universal chord!<br /><br />(The pictures on that YouTube are from the covers of his albums.)<br /><br />4. Charlton.e-Patient Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346452642450264511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-37857460769457951372010-07-23T22:37:58.055-04:002010-07-23T22:37:58.055-04:00This is a treasure...much, much appreciated.This is a treasure...much, much appreciated.Mike L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-39321705547192696682010-07-23T17:21:22.921-04:002010-07-23T17:21:22.921-04:00Fixed, thanks. I think he said that Sam thought i...Fixed, thanks. I think he said that Sam thought it was an English sounding name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-11378613894317718382010-07-23T17:18:21.699-04:002010-07-23T17:18:21.699-04:00The principal Mr. Sleeper would not be happy to kn...The principal Mr. Sleeper would not be happy to know you called him a principle. (I note the previous commenter was more subtle in the correction). Wonder why his dad picked Sleeper to change his name to? Sounds like maybe a story there, too?<br /><br />nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3536508088170061362010-07-23T13:07:15.984-04:002010-07-23T13:07:15.984-04:00This is a treasure. There's a movie in this, I...This is a treasure. There's a movie in this, I think!<br /><br />As wonderful as this is, it's even better to see and hear Marty Sleeper telling a story. A great principal and a great man.M doyle spencernoreply@blogger.com