Part 2 After the parade ended, Chatniss retreated to her bunk for a quick change of clothes only to be stopped by fellow campers Pete Mellarkowitz, a shy and semi-athletic boy from Great Neck, and Gale Horowitz, a 16 year-old strapping young man who was the object of affection of female campers, counselors and administration alike.  Pete, whose parents owned the Roslyn Bakery, approached Chatniss with an offer to help.  Chatniss remembered this generous boy who, on visiting day, took…

Chatniss Everstein Saves Sister, becomes 2013 Tribute Huron, Pa (Aug 7) – What started out as a friendly game of Canadian doubles almost a century ago has turned into one of the fiercest, most competitive Color War traditions in North America.  Camp Huron Lake has provided the backdrop for a Color War unlike any seen before. In 1926, brothers Hymie and Sammy Goldenberg challenged fellow campers Jacob Shapiro and bunkmate Harry Lowenstein to a game of tennis doubles.  Lowenstein came…

“Not a Fake Out” swears director; “Screw that cheap bastard” yells junior boy Lake Huron, Pa (Aug 3) – Horowitz Hall was filled to the brim with 400 raucous campers with boys side screaming “WE WANT A BREAKOUT, NOT A FAKE OUT!!” over and over followed by girls side chant “A.C.T.I.O.N, Action, Action, We Want Action!”  Excitement filled the 75 year-old structure to the brim.  One camper said she “felt like the walls were going to explode!” Director Marty Feldstein,…

Merrick, NY (Aug 1, 2013) – After six and a half weeks of lonely, desperate walks from her house to her mailbox and back, Meryl Ginsburg, 41, has finally gotten some form of correspondence from her son, Jake, 10, a camper at Camp Huron Lake.   Postmarked July 25th, the post card provided the great detail about Jake’s summer that Meryl and her husband Jason have longed for over the past month and a half. Upon opening up the mailbox and…

Huron Lake, PA (June 8, 2012) – On an unseasonably cool and damp June afternoon,  rookie campers experienced a slice of what they have to look forward to all summer as their mothers compared and contrasted packing lists and hygienic products.    Young semetic boys and girls played basketball and kickball as well as partook in lanyard making sessions. While the children were reveling in their new summer home, parents were taken on a tour of the sprawling grounds of Camp…