Ken Mont Camp for Boys - Golden Days Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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-- -- KEN-MONT'S RELOCATED MONKEY BRIDGE. H hitches, 15 half hitches, 20 overhand knots, 4 square lashings, 4 Fisher knots, 1 sheer lashing, 1 diagonal lashing, 1 Astmann knot, 1 Pravder knot and 2 Vershel splices. Before work on the bridge could be started a crew of EAGLES and DODOS had to clear an area of thickly wooded ground. Among those who worked on this clearing project were MATTHEW ROSS and RICK SATURN. During the las-t few weeks of camp the bridge provided hours of enjoyment to campers of all ages. A few campers tried their skill at crossing the bridge while being timed. Some managed to cross in less than 20 seconds Cquite a featj. Those who accomplished this were BRYAN EGGERT C16 secondsj, STEVE SABLOSKY C17 seeondsj, MIKE FEDDER C17 secondsj, SCOTT TURKEL C18 secondsj-all of these, Cardinals,-and MIKE MALAMUT C18 secondsj of the Robins. Overall, the rain did not dampen the fun that campers had this summer in Pioneering. 1 NATURAL SCIENCES Under the leadership of a man who has become a Ken-Mont institution, Jack Slim Turek, Ken- Mont's Nature and Science program continued to be a favorite activity for many boys. Jack, a biology teacher for thirty years, offered our campers the most far reaching science program in private camp- ing. In turn, this has developed a great interest and has unquestionably helped our boys in their formal education. . The Nature Building, as always, was stocked with hundreds of interesting specimen, both live and pre- served. Charts, pictures, instruments, a nature library plus Jack's wonderful manner with our boys com- pleted the picture. We had our finest zoo yet, consist- ing of some animals .T ack had kept over the winter back in Ohio, as well as some new specimen, trapped in the Berkshires. Among the inhabitants of Jack's zoo were a red fox, a fawn, a po-rcupine, a fer- ret, a great-horned owl, and amherst phe-asant and a golden pheasant, a de-scented skunk Cnamed '6My Sin J a mother opposum with five babies in her pouch, a groundhog Elmer , the talking crow Che'd call when hungry, Hey you, hey you J, a pair of raccoons, a huge 40 lb. snapping turtle, snakes, lizards, efts and a pet trained five foot black snake. JONNY ALBIN, only a Bluejay, excelled in the study of animals. RICH FEINSTEIN was Jack's right hand man in the care and feeding of the zoo denizens. Ken-Mont has gone a long way in the field of Science since the program was inaugurated many years ago. What used to be Nature Study has been organized into a real Science program includ- ing botany, zoology, ornithology, reptile study, as- tronomy, and genetics. KEITH ROSENFELD was an outstanding student in astronomy. He even took some fine pictures of the moon. Besides. astronomy, the first part of the summer was devoted to Ex- ploring Space . Jack felt that Ken-Mont Science would be remiss if he didn't emphasize 4'Space Travel and 'LEarth in Space . For three weeks the science classes learned about space and its com- plexity. The Sea of Tranquility near Moltke where our astronauts touched down on the moon and walked were studied. The boys were permitted to stay up and witness the greatest feat of man in our generation, The Walk on the Moon . A very interesting study was made to prove Gregor Mendel's law of heredity. I ack mated a male albino mouse with a wild brown deer female -mouse. Six babies were born. With further experimentation we bred a pair of second generation mice and found that W, of the babies were white and Mi, of them brown. This proves Mendel's law of heredity which states that dark is a dominant gene and white is a

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. INDIAN LORE The tom-tom sounded loud and clear over Ken- Mont this summer calling us to the most exciting Indian Lore program we have ever had. Even the rainy spell in mid summer could not dampen our enthusiasm. Once again, Two Bulls-sometimes known as Dwayne Reeves-sat in the Chief's wiki-up. Dwayne has lived with and around Indians all his life. During his childhood, Dwayne was with the Comanche and Kiowa tribes, but his knowledge of tribal culture extends to the Kierea Apache, Wichita, Osage, Pawnee, Caddo and Cheyenne tribes. Two Bulls was greatly aided this year by Fred Carrington, one of our waterfront staff, who is a national champion Indian Dancer. With dazzling, authentic costumes, and a variety of exciting, vigorous dances, Fred was the highlight of all of our campfires. His Fire Dance will never be forgotten! , There were also many skilled dancers among our braves. MATTY ZEPNICK, SCOTT T URKEL and DANNY SABLOSKY were excellent in the most difiicult hoop dance. Each boy performed in a costume of his own making-breechclout, head band and various dancing leg bands. The Robins took over the dancing at an August campfire with a fine version of the fluffy dance. The boys dancing were FRANK LAUREDA, FRED MEYERS, MARK HURST, DAN SABLOSKY and BART SCHNEIDERMAN. A group of SPARROWS performed the Sioux Buffalo dance. They were STEVE SENDAR, J ON BLANC, JON SCHAFFZIN, MIKE STREIT, KEITH GRUMER, SPENCER MERINOFF and MIKE KREITMAN. As usual, craft work was an important part of the Indian Lore program. The boys made articles to be used with Indian costumes such as breechclouts, mocassins, headdresses, and necklaces. Mocassins were a big thing with all. BRUCE LADEN Hnished the first pair. Other oustanding mocassin makers were KENNY LIGHT, ROBERT NORDEN, STEVE SENDAR, JONNY BLANC, JON SCHAFFZIN, and MARK VERSHEL. This year, many boys decorated their mocassins with beadwork. Also many put fringes on their mocas- sins. Beaded necklaces were also popular with both campers and counselors. LARRY POMER was a leader in doing bead work. The best examples of Western belts were designed by MARK SECKLER, RICHARD VERSHEL, KENNY LIGHT, and MIKE WISCHE. ROCKY was the first boy to com- plete a belt this past season and as a reward was given the honor of lighting the next camp fire. ROBERT KRIEGER and ROBERT WEISBEIN finished drums which were used around the camp- fire. ROBERT WEISBEIN played the drums for a number of Indian dances at the campfire programs. ROBERT KRIEGER and MARTY SATURN painted the new teepee that graced the Indian Lore area. They used designs from the Blackfeet Indians and the teepee looked most authentic. All the Bluejays made head bands, belt sets and necklaces-all in all, a successful year in Indian Lore. We learned about the customs, traditions, dances, games and history of American Indians.