Posted by Alan Rhodes on September 9, 2010 at 7:45pm
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 with him and the subjects that he chose to talk about were always bizarre. Just trying to jog your memories because they seem to shot- must have been too much dope smoking over the years...
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Lew Bader started this site. He was at Balfour before and during my stay there. He was there for quite a few years. I was there for five summers, but I think that Lew started going there in '66 or '67?
Long wonderful conversation with Hirshel Jaffe. We will meet in NY City.
One can easily close ones eyes and revisit those spectacular days on Balfour Lake. A wonderful refuge for us city kids. We learned not only sports not available in the city , but we learned a way of life that included nature, theater, sportsmanship, camaraderie, respect. Thank you Alan for starting the web site - a chance to go back in time.
Great time w alan and chris..mentioned you..alan didnt know about the website..call me anytime at 914.272.5682 to catch up and i'll give you alan's contact info
OMG ( sorry Rabbi) Alan Fine was such a good friend of mine. We met at Balfour and also at Columbia. Alan’s parents were in the jewelry business on canal street and Chris was Chris Dombrow, Oscar and Nettie Dombrow’s daughter and sister of Tony Dombrow. I directed Tony in Peter Pan when I was Dramatics counselor. Please give my love to Alan and Chris and tell them I would love to reconnect.
I am having dinner tonite with Dr. Alan ("Ditty")Fine and Chris and will greet them by singing the Balfour Alma Mater. My brother is Bob Jaffe and we broke Color War as opposing generals. Proud to say it came down to the song competition and we won due to myy magnificent song choice and lyrics
With 14 bunks ( not counting 15-16 - were they used for waiters or CIT’S?) that doesn’t make for many kids in a bunk. And even with only 4 Olympic teams with 100 kids that would be tough to have meaningful competitions. We always got destroyed against other camps as well.
How much was a summer? May dad paid no more than 600$. My grand children pay $ 14,000 for Brant Lake and Point O Pines.
Loved the bit about the murdered nurse. Did the camp rebound in the 70’s? During the 50’s when Baco opened Balfour took a big hit. Bunks that were usually 8 kids were done to 5 - we had trouble fielding teams against other camps and olympics was a joke because of the limited number of campers. Did color war return? It was eliminated in favor of Olympics because it was considered too competitive. Does anyone remember great banners in the dining hall ? Most were done by David Rosand who became one of Columbia’s great art historians. He recently passed away. Nice guy and great teacher. That’s it from me. Fred Feiner
There were approximately 100 campers each summer from 1970-1974. (Lew, correct me if I'm wrong) We pretty much always got destroyed when competing against other camps in athletics (softball and basketball). We had Olympics and Color War. Though towards the end of the Viet Nam war, the name was changed to Color Competition. (The beginnings of Political Correctness?) There were plaques hanging in the dining hall that were made by the individual cabins. I helped make a couple of them.
Loved the bit about the murdered nurse. Did the camp rebound in the 70’s? During the 50’s when Baco opened Balfour took a big hit. Bunks that were usually 8 kids were done to 5 - we had trouble fielding teams against other camps and olympics was a joke because of the limited number of campers. Did color war return? It was eliminated in favor of Olympics because it was considered too competitive.
Does anyone remember great banners in the dining hall ? Most were done by David Rosand who became one of Columbia’s great art historians. He recently passed away. Nice guy and great teacher.
That’s it from me.
Fred Feiner
I remember the guy. But not his name. I think he appears in the 1971 group photo. What's weirder is that the nurse they hired in 1973 or 74 was murdered during a weekend break. The murder took place in NYC and was on the front page of the NY Post.
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Lew Bader started this site. He was at Balfour before and during my stay there. He was there for quite a few years. I was there for five summers, but I think that Lew started going there in '66 or '67?
One can easily close ones eyes and revisit those spectacular days on Balfour Lake. A wonderful refuge for us city kids. We learned not only sports not available in the city , but we learned a way of life that included nature, theater, sportsmanship, camaraderie, respect. Thank you Alan for starting the web site - a chance to go back in time.
I don't remember the cost. But in retrospect, it seems like it was a bargain.
How much was a summer? May dad paid no more than 600$. My grand children pay $ 14,000 for Brant Lake and Point O Pines.
Fred Feiner said:
Does anyone remember great banners in the dining hall ? Most were done by David Rosand who became one of Columbia’s great art historians. He recently passed away. Nice guy and great teacher.
That’s it from me.
Fred Feiner
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