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Babbler
2013
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June 29 – July 3
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This Babbler, Camp Ma-He-Tu’s own newspaper, is a collection of things to reflect upon and
enjoy. It serves as a gateway to our camp’s rich history and remembrance of our present
summer, “2013 at Ma-He-Tu – no other year the same…”
Thank you to all who’ve contributed ideas and articles!
A Piece to Remember from our Evening Program Show - Sunday,
6/30/2013
Open Mic Night Song
Lyrics written and performed by 3 generations of the Bowen/Symmes/Goilas family
To the tune of “Puff the Magic Dragon”
Chorus:
Magic Camp Ma-He-Tu, a lovely sight to see, nestled right along the shore of Lake Kanawauke
Little Suzie Caper loved that peaceful spot, and dreamed all year of summers there and
everything they taught.
Each summer she would travel to camp beside the lake, swim tests given and arts & crafts to
make (Chorus)
Camping lives forever but not so little girls, college days and married ways, make way for
other worlds.
One grey day it happened, Suzie Caper came no more like so many other girls who came
before. (Chorus)
One great day it happened, a new idea was born and wiwers of all nations no longer were
forlorn.Women of all ages now gather on the shore and magic Camp Ma-He-Tu is stronger
than before. (Chorus)
Things We Smiled About and Things that Made Us Frown
Orchids & Onions
An orchid to the 1st Anniversary of the “New Waterfront”!
An orchid to Open Mic Night!
An onion to the years we are kept away from WIW.
An orchid to the beautiful mealtime harmonies at WIW!
An orchid to the salad bar!
An orchid to the hymn sing group!
An onion to hard, squeaky cots.
An onion to the rain on sip-and-dip day.
An orchid to all the fabulous models in the fashion show!
An orchid to the sun for coming back out!
An orchid to Nicole for her knockout Ma-He-Tu wardrobe!
An orchid to all the generations of campers at WIW!
An onion to the campfire rain out.
An orchid to Ma-He-Tu’s 75 plus years!
Orchids to thinking of fun times with Jean Pidgeon…RIP Jean.
Remembering our Rich Past
Nostalgia…
I remember when…
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There was actually a rowboat hike.
Campers wore green & white to chapel on Sunday & staff wore all white.
We had a kiln to make ceramics.
The path to the waterfront had sand and logs for steps.
Singing at meals was as natural as breathing.
Prank playing was essential to the camp Ma-He-Tu experience.
Rosie ruled the kitchen.
We had cookouts, with our units, at the fire circles.
We had a bat flying around the cave.
I came to Ma-He-Tu for the very first time.
We waited for the mail to come every Saturday.
We had socials with Camp Trexler.
There WAS a Camp Trexler.
We slept in the Rec Hall during a hurricane.
We were afraid of “Captain Peanut Butter”.
Nursie inspected our cabins with a “White Glove”.
We crossed Peanut Butter Hill backwards while holding our noses.
I had my first regatta experience!
The 1975 regatta was held in a storm.
We had sleep-outs on the A-Field.
We had picnics with Sloppy Joes and Sunshine Salad on the Meadow.
There was no salad bar and we had to eat a “no thank you” serving at
each meal and PBJ was the only alternative to lunch and dinner.
- Lightning hit the basketball post while we were in the rec hall.
- The nature tent was across from the flagpole.
- There was a lantern Caper and your hands would turn black.
Nostalgia Continued
I remember when…
- Emma wouldn’t let Kathy go to the water fountain without hanging on
her leg.
- We had a Tom Thumb Wedding.
- Rosie would serve all the left-overs from the encampment and call it
“International Night”.
- We had American Chop Suey.
- We had change day meatloaf.
- We had CN Day.
- We had no doors on the john stalls.
- We had bathing in the lake with Prell and Ivory Soap.
- We made our own ice cream sandwiches for Sunday lunch.
- The johns were smelly.
How Much Do You Remember?
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? ? ? ? ? Trivia!
1.) What did Rosie always make with grilled cheese sandwiches?
2.) When camp had kitchen girls on staff, how many did we have each year?
3.) What colors were the camp jerseys in 1976?
4.) Where was closing campfire held when it was raining too hard to have it
at the upper camp campfire circle?
5.) What hike did most campers who didn’t like hiking choose on hike day?
6.) Which cabin was the cave moved from before coming to its present
place?
7.) What athletics class was once held across Seven Lakes Drive?
8.) What did campers fear Chief Peanut Butter would do to them?
9.) What did we do when we crossed Peanut Butter Hill?
10.)
What was the myth about Ma-He-Tu’s regatta training work-outs?
(Answers on last page)
Just For Fun
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Jokes & Riddles
Riddles:
When fish are in school what do they do?
What happens when the smog lifts in Los Angeles?
What did the dentist and the manicurist do after they were married?
What is a will?
What do you get when a piano falls down a mine shaft?
What is the Local Area Network in Australia called?
What happens when you take a laptop computer for a run?
Why can a bicycle not stand alone?
What does a clock do when it’s hungry?
What is writing with a broken pencil called?
(Answers on last page)
A Joke:
A duck walked into a deli and asked the owner if he had any grapes. The owner replied, “We don’t
sell grapes here. You’ll have to go to the market”. The duck left. The next day the duck came back
to the same deli and said, “Do you have any grapes?” The owner said, “I told you yesterday that we
do not sell grapes here”. The duck left once again, only to return the next day asking again for
grapes. This went on for 2 weeks. The deli owner was beside himself. He couldn’t take it anymore!
So, he finally told the duck, “If you come back again, asking for grapes, I will have to muzzle you”!
The duck left. He returned the next day and approached the deli owner saying, “Do you have any
muzzles?” The deli owner said, “Why would I sell muzzles, this is a deli?” The duck replied, “In that
case…DO YOU HAVE ANY GRAPES?!
Wrapping Things Up
Poetry
The kindling of hearts and the spark that’s in our eyes
Are the things that light the campfire as we wait for it to rise!
When we add the memories of time spent here, and newness every day
The fire begins to rise and glow and take another phase.
Women of all generations sharing a special place
A place that knows not time, a place that’s kept its face.
Each summer brings new experience, new things to reminisce,
So the ever burning campfire is our little piece of bliss!
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Tomato soup
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Red, White & Blue for our nation’s bi-centennial
In the Rec Hall around the fireplace
St. John’s Chapel
The first cabin in Upper Camp
Archery
Smear them with Peanut Butter while they were asleep
Hold our noses, walk backwards and repeat the phrase,“peanut butter”
Bench-pressing cabins
Answers to Riddles:
1- Take debate
2- UCLA
3- Fought tooth & nail
4- A dead give-away
5- A flat miner
6- LAN Down Under
7- You jog its memory
8- It’s two-tired
9- It goes back 4 seconds
10- Pointless