Going out at 9:00 and walking to The Lair. Sitting in that little crowded room with the Baco Boys and Che-Na-Wah Girls (hoping one will look at me). Bringing back BLT's for the campers.
Read more…Thanks to Lew, Peter and Harvey for putting together a great session this past Sunday evening. It was great to hear stories from the older, old men and to see Campers like me that saw the end of the line.
Sad to hear about the losses to our ranks.
Read more…Do you remember the night they had to evacuate the camp because the Lodge across from the Lair caught on fire
Read more…Courtesy of David Cohen...The Adirondack Life Calendar 2019
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Does anyone remember a kind of strange and unusual doctor that we had at Balfour? It was in the early 70's. He was real pale looking with white hair and he always wore dark glasses. He was tattooed, also and was a chain smoker. I remember talking wit
Read more…Believe it, or not, my years at Balfour had a profound impact on my life. I realized that NYC was not the center of the universe, contrary to popular opinion. It also taught me how to live, cooperate and get along with others. My favorite thing to do
Read more…Remember College Days? I remember being on the Oberlin University team. Gary Fader was the leader. I was researching about him and noticed that he was an alumni of Oberlin. Who knew? "Who's gonna win? OBERLIN!" Thanks for being a great counselor and
Read more…I just want to say that I am thrilled that I found this page, and that so many familiar names and people from my past are part of what was truly a big part of my childhood.
It seems like only yesterday, and yet it was 40 plus years.
So many memorie
Read more…I remember being told that the Balfour dietician (Phyllis) used to put Milk of Magnesia into the cole slaw and salt peter into the salt shakers. Believe it, or not...
Read more…At least once during the course of the summer, when the entire camp was away in Lake George for the day, a truck would drive around the entire camp spraying DDT to keep down the bugs. Upon returning, there was an eerie calm at Balfour. There were no
Read more…A chunk just broke loose in my brain and I remembered that we used to watch a movie in the dining hall. I think it was on Saturday nights, or when it was pouring rain. I distinctly remember watching "For a Few Dollars More", "Hang 'em High", and a "F
Read more…Every year I recall there was a giant hide and seek contest using the entire camp to hide in. At the end of it all, John Feil could not be found. I walked up behind the chow hall and saw a small shed no bigger than 3 or 4 feet square. I opened the do
Read more…I just read page 4 of the July 1972 Balfourian newsletter, that is in the photo section on this site. At the end there are two hilarious quotes. The first is by Kenny Wedeen:
"Watch out or you'll get poison ivory."
There is one by Bruce Cohen:
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Do I have your attention? Good. I thought of something to tax your memories: Remember Bill Moose? He was the Camp handyman. He was a Minerva local that maintained all of the buildings and other stuff. I remember every summer, there was a softball gam
Read more…Remember the concerts? They were at Saratoga Springs. My first one was The Who, in 1970. I was 12 years old, and had never seen a "hippy" or a "biker" before that. I guess I was sheltered in my Long Island childhood experience. I still remember the b
Read more…Something that I vividly remember about my Balfour years, was the varied tastes in music. I remember that Harvey Kojan was into Chicago (am I right, Harvey?), Ross Tenzer was into the Kinks and the Average White Band (LOL), I think Jon Feil was into
Read more…Can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure Paul Socolow was responsible for it. Paul went on to a very successful career as a renowned bass player -- just Google his name and you'll see.
Anyway, I'm gonna guess it was relatively early in my Balfour
Remember that speech that Bernie used to give every year about "Potato Pancakes"? That used to really crack me up. It went something like this: In the mess hall, in front of the entire camp, Bernie would call attention to himself. Then, while graspin
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