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Shumsky Memorial Softball Game: Saturday, July 10

Saturday, July 10, 2010
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Location:
Tamaques Park Field #5 (Field behind tennis courts and playground)
1101 Lamberts Mill Road
Westfield, NJ
Here’s the Facebook note from the Echo Lark crowd:
To all Echo Larkers:
We would like to get together to honor the memory of Ed Shumsky, a great man who was a mentor to so many of us. What [...]

Just found the Twin Lake camp website. For those who recall, this was Ed Shumsky’s group that joined Ma-Ho-Ge in 1973 and forever changed how so many of us learned to play softball!

2010 Updates Here

A mini reunion — or maybe something bigger — is scheduled for October 2, 2010 in New York City. Stay tuned for details.

Milt Sirota Recalls Camp Ma-Ho-Ge in 2009 Video Interview

Here’s the new video interview with Milt Sirota from August 15, 2009 in Forestburgh, NY (about 15 miles from camp) and also featuring Carol Sirota and former camper Stuart Salenger. Sirota, a longtime assistant principal at Forest Hills High School in Queens, NY, was head counselor at Camp Ma-Ho-Ge in Bethel, NY from 1956 through [...]

New Photo Gallery of Ma-Ho-Ge photos on SmugMug.com

Here’s a new photo gallery of Camp Ma-Ho-Ge photos. With SmugMug, you can see photos in various sizes and with great clarity. You can also share them easily and comment on them. Let me know what you think.

Interview with Milt Sirota: Camp Ma-Ho-Ge vs Camp Anawana

Milt Sirota, boys head counselor at Camp Ma-Ho-Ge from the mid 1950’s through 1977 (when the camp was sold) talks about Ma-Ho-Ge’s good relationship — and healthy rivalry — with Kutsher’s Camp Anawana in this video from August 15, 2009.
Stay tuned for more video from my interview with Milt and Carol Sirota and former camper [...]

Woodstock Anniversary and Camp Ma-Ho-Ge

Many of us Mahogeans were about one mile away at camp or at Yasgur’s Farm during August 15-17 in 1969. Some snuck out of camp to attend the Woodstock Nation, some made sandwiches for the hungry kids, some counselors had to guard the camp entrance on Laymon Road, and others stayed in camp and [...]

Ma-Ho-Ge Smoke Signal – 2009

Hope everyone had a great holiday and here’s to an early Happy New Year!
Here’s some news:
1–Gary Winick (1974 to 1977) is the director of the movie, Bride Wars, that opens on January 9, 2009.
2–We are re-designing the www.mahoge.com website and will be adding pages each week. 
3–The Camp Ma-Ho-Ge Group on Facebook has become a great “canteen”. [...]

MAHOGEANS IN THE NEWS (2008)

Warren Bell in story from The New York Times (July 20, 2008)
(Excerpt below)
Double Edge to Brooklyn’s Success
 Many of the survivors are makers of specialty foods, like Amy’s Cookies in Red Hook, which sells tea cookies to Dean & DeLuca markets, and Bagels by Bell in Canarsie, one of the biggest bakers of bialys in the [...]

Website Updates

We are working to rebuild the website so bear with us. For the moment, this blog will function as the guestbook until we can get better security for the original book. Don’t worry, all your earlier postings have been saved for eternity and will be back up soon. To add comment to any of these [...]

Upcoming Events

This is where you can post comments on upcoming gatherings. 

Reunion Memories

Add your comments here to discuss your Ma-Ho-Ge reunion experiences.

Condolences

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Marty Litt and his family on the loss of his wife Stacey on November 28th. You can leave a message for Marty here.

SPORTS HISTORY OF MAHOGEANS

 This is a gem about Milt from The New York Times archive..NY Times won’t let me paste the full story but it appears Milt was a legend exactly 30 years before camp closed:)
 BROOKLYN COLLEGE TO UTILIZE PUNTING; Sirota’s Long Kicks Expected to Provide Advantage Over C.C.N.Y. Saturday Night

 
 
By LINCOLN A. WERDEN
October 30, 1947, Thursday
Section: SPORTS, Page 35, [...]

Westchester/Rockland

Those Mahogeans who grew up in Westchester or Rockland Counties, or who live there now, this is your room.Known from Westchester/Rockland:Craig Schmell and Doug Schmell (Spring Valley)Roz Harris and sons Ian and Les  (Rye/Port Chester)Barry Weintraub (Yonkers)