Kittatinny Camp Picture Request
Packed away in my boxes of memorabilia,paperwork and other “stuff” are more pictures taken at the greatest summer camp in the history of camps, Kittatinny. I’ll dig them out soon. Please, those of you who haven’t, send me yours, and I’ll post them on this blog.
rtyko@pc4dc.org
Here’s a picture of Phil Niss, my beloved grandfather, on a visiting day in 1956. [Pre-addressed postcards to Mr. and Mrs P. Niss would always get laughs in the bunk.]
Kittatinny’s Barbara Burton Stewart Is A New Granny
Barbara and her son:
Here is a picture of the proud papa and Victoria Ann Stewart.
“Laughter Is The Best Medicine…
…” was the title of a very funny book written in the ’50s by the late, not but never tardy, Sam Levenson. The mostly forgotten author espoused that, “a “laugh a day” may, indeed, extend one’s life. At the very least, laughing improves the quality of life.
This from fellow Kittatinny Camp alum, Barbara Burton Stewart . She forwarded me an email from her uncle:
Remember Sam Levenson?
Not enough people do. He was such a clever man but time has diminished the memory of his wit. I thought I’d resurrect him, as his words today are as pithy as they were when he wrote them.
“Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don’t compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.”
“The first screw to get loose in your head is the one that holds your tongue in place.”
“A goat also has a beard, but that doesn’t make him a rabbi.”
“You’re only young once. After that it takes some other excuse for behaving like an idiot.”
“Even if the majority agrees on an idiotic idea, it is still an idiotic idea.”
“The greatness of this or any country may still be measured by the number of people trying to get IN vs. the number trying to get OUT.”
“The best defense of our country is to keep it at all times WORTH defending.”
“War doesn’t prove who is right; only who is left.”
“War is better at abolishing nations than nations are at abolishing wars.”
“You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“The U.N. has been as effective against war as foghorns have been against Fog.”
“Behind every successful Jew stands a bigot who could not stop him.”
[Editor's note: Speaking of bigots, there have been more than a few in my life. The most blatantly anti-semitic one is the poster boy for white trash, my one time fellow New York Life Insurance agent in Santa Rosa California, Tom Holmes. Tom doesn't limit his racism to Jews. In addition to "kike," "porch monkey" and "sand nigger" are words that flow freely from his pie hole.
So, here's to ya' Tommy Boy...
... You're special. BTW, condolences on the death of your pet... the one you gleefully named "Adolph, The Killer Cat." That says it all, Bubbeleh. It's because of schmucks like you, that the word lives on.]
Here’s an image of Windsor, California’s Louis Thomas [Tom] Holmes:
All that said, I’m far less repulsed by Tom’s overt prejudice, than I am with the enablers in his life. Those folks who, mostly for monetary gain, allow the stench of his mindset to permeate their lives.]
“There are more important things in life than money. The trouble is they all cost money.”
Re: sex education in schools: “Let them teach it! If the schools teach sex the way they teach everything else, the kids will lose interest anyway.”
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Here’s something that made me laugh today:
Gary K Pictures From KLC
Top Row: Uncle Morris K, ?,?, Camp Mother, Bob Smith, ?, ?, ?, Dave Weinstein
Bottom Row Camp Doctor, Stan and Billie Schiffers [who recruited me to KLC], ?, ?, Nathan K [Gary's dad], Uncle A [Arnold Fink], ?, Chuck and Bev Smerin, Aunt Tillie
Kittatinny Camp Mystery Bunk 1955
If you attended KLC n 1955 and you were 12 at the time, you may have been in this bunk. I found this picture on the internet. I suspect one of the campers was Richard Braunstein.
Kittatinny Camp Quiz
Did any of your children or grandchildren ever get into camping? My son Phillip, who recently turned 18, would have “none of it” when the opportunity was presented.
Any stories to tell?
Kittatinny’s Babara Burton, Expectant Grandma
I received this email from KLC alum Barbara Burton. It made me think of my own late, Yideshe mother and grandmother. Mazel Tov, Barbara!!
“For those who don’t know, the usual image of the Jewish mother is a little gray haired old lady whose love of her children has no bounds. There is no sacrifice too great for her to help her beloved kids.
Last week I turned on the radio and heard an old song, written in the 20’s, “My Yiddishe Mama,” that
literally brought tears to my eyes. It celebrates that very same little old Jewish mother.My Yiddishe Mama,
I tried to reach her twice today.
She’s out on the golf course,
that’s where she loves to go and play.
Then she meets the girls for lunch.
That, to her, is such a treat.
But she doesn’t eat a thing cause
she gained an ounce last week.
Her pleasures are many;
she cares for fashion and for styles.
And if there is a bargain,
she finds the strength to walk for miles.
She loves opera and ballet,
plays Bridge and Mahjong g too..
Takes disco lessons and sings every song.
She’s a wonderful yiddishe Mama….
Yiddishe Mom of today.
She loves all her grandchildren,
thinks they’re brilliant and oh so good.
For Friday night dinner,
she takes them out for Chinese food.
When she’s asked to baby-sit
and just never has the time.
She’ll say, you look after yours,
just as I looked after mine.
With so many face-lifts,
she’s never had a wrinkled brow.
Her figure is slender;
I wish you could see her now.
Yet I know that I owe what I am today,
To that wonderful lady whose hair is blonde-not grey
To my wonderful Yiddishe Mama of mine.Did I forget to mention. The lyrics were slightly altered to reflect the changing times.
And by the way -
I’m going to be a yiddishe grandma!!!!”
Ilana Dunner Plans Kittatinny Reunion… Site Undetermined
From Ilene Dunner:
“I am planning a Kittatinny Camp Reunion for everyone and anyone whoever went to Kittatinny Camp. The reunion is planned for Saturday July 4th 2009 at 1pm–rain or shine(one year from this July (SAVE THAT DATE) and will be held at Layton Bar (right near the camp)–The bar is still there and many of us went there or wanted to go there.
“Since most of us would love to have a reunion but no one really had the time to put in all the effort we can do this very easily. Everyone who reads this should locate as many people as they can and tell them about this plan and this site. Anyone planning to attend should put their name and e-mail address on this site–so we can know how many people will actually be there. When the time gets closer I will let Layton Bar know how many people to expect. So that is really it—
“Everyone who reads this should try to be very creative in terms of locating people who went to the camp, no matter what year. There were so many from Clifton New Jersey. Maybe someone from there would want to put an ad in the local paper. It will be amazing for everyone to show up at Layton Bar on Saturday July 4th 2009 1pm–and we can then all drive to the camp site.
“Layton Bar, Layton New Joisey ( I think it is in Layton—or Dingman’s Ferry—I am sure you can find it and get directions–also the Bar is now called Layton Bar and Hotel—or something like that—you can find it on the web.
People should come back to this site–off and on to see if there are any changes to this plan. On that day…”
I suggested a reunion site in Alameda California. Here are some pictures I took last week on a bike ride on Alameda Point [home of the SS Hornet Museum], site of the old Navy Base, overlooking San Francisco.
Also, Bob Berk sent me this. Not since Morris’ Chinese cooks has KLC had this much of an Asian flavor.
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Ilana [Lanni or Lana] Dunner, Kittatinny Camp
Kittatinny Camp’s Victor [Froggy] Gross
My former bunkmate at KLC, Dave Kristol, sent me a link to an interactive Viet Nam Memorial website. He looked up Victor Gross.
May he rest in peace.
One Victor’s cousins, Craig Pearson, has been very ill of late. I’m sure he’d enjoy hearing from his old KLC chums. I spoke with him last week and he is really struggling. Let me know if you’d like his mailing address and/or phone number.
