Camp Waupaca Notes – nicknames and famous quotes

Nick names: those names that others give us, or names that define some quirk that others see in us.

Who were these citizens of Camp Waupaca whose names are on this list? I admit that I am not sure who was fitted with several of these NICKNAMES.

Counselors

The Great Goniff (uncomplimentary Jewish term)	Baldie or Bald One
Red	Lonesome George
Paster Dan	Furry Murray
Nature Man	Soapy Dial
Bikini	Music Man
Glen and Hardy	Whitey
Piano Man	Jockey
The General	Sargent
Montana	Big Chief
Chief Chicken Legs	Smiling Sam

Campers

Bonus Baby	Turkey
Penguin	Saggy Pants
Chief	Snake Hunter
Fish Sayer	Bird Boy
The Champ or The Champion	The Nerds
Big Boy

Famous and Not so Famous Quotes and Dialogue

“It's a beautiful day in Camp Waupaca!” Wakeup call by Mike Euer or Manny on a rainy day.

“When the pump goes dry, no p p in the TP,” Skipper whenever a water pump for a cabin stopped pumping

“ You never had it so good.” Manny to any camper who was not happy about something.

“Don't sit on the dining room tables. In World War I the flu was spread by solders sitting on Mess Hall tables.” Counselor Meeting on health. - Lorita Kuklin

“Someone has been sneaking into the Craft Shop and stealing exacto knives.” An announcement to the camp at announcements. - Wayne

“ This car runs better than yours, Manny.” - Paul Warshauer showing Manny the car he bought for the Demo Derby. The car died and would not start after the first hit.

“I can use some of these parts so be careful when you take them off.” - Erv when we were taking parts off the demo car so it would be legal for the derby.

“Don't stick your fingers into the ferret cage.” - beginning of camp - “The ferret escaped so I can't let a camper take it home.” - Bob Mowen after he had taken it to a new home at the end of camp.

“You have entered a danger zone, remove yourself immediately.” - Range Officer Hagerty to Lorita Kuklin when she wondered too near the Rifle Range

“Shut you dirty mouths.” Trying to quiet his cabin for the night - Chen

Camper sprays Wayne with a squirt gun while cleaning bathrooms. With hose in hand Wayne soaks camper. Camper – “I'll tell Skipper.” Wayne - “He is in the Mess Hall.”

“I quit – give me my check and don't expect a good by.” After he was told that he had a contract to stay until the end of the season. - Ron Winter

Wally – “We needed steps for the play so we cut up the Ping Pong Table.”

Skipper –“ I spent hours making that Ping Pong Table and it was very expensive material. Don't cut anything else for your play without permission!”

“Sue and I needed a spotter for water skiing so we adopted a camper.” - Bob Kron explaining why a camper missed his class.

“ I Zeus, the great god of the Greeks, have come from my home on Mount Olympus to reign over these games. Let the games begin!” Wally Tomchek at the first Camp Waupaca Olympic Games.

“I am Zeus, King of the Gods. These games are to be played in my honor.” - A ceremony for the beginning of the Olympic Games – Paul Warshauer

“We would have won but we didn't so we lost.” - Chief of the Blue Team after the relay for Blue & White War. - Not remembered Chief.

“I was not hired to chop wood.” Murry Matson when Skipper asked him to help remove a rotten stump

A sign posted on the Camp Waupaca gate before the campers bus arrived for a new season – “Welcome to the Concentration Camp Waupaca” – Work Will Set You Free.

Manny, “Did you post that sign.” Groundsman Hartsworm, “Yeh. A pretty good joke.” Manny, “Get out of here before I lose my temper.” Hartsworm, “Do I get paid for today?” No reply.

Before there was a camp bus there was an old stake truck that was used for everything from taking garbage to the dump and taking CIT's to outdoor movies. Benches replaced the garbage cans and off the campers went. One night on the way back to camp on Highway 22 a convertible with the top down came up to pass. At the same time a camper needed to get rid of the soda he drank at the movie. “I bet that I can hit that conveyable as it passes,” he said. He whipped out his loaded hose and let fly. The spray hit a board in the side of the truck. The convertible passed without ever knowing how close it came to a direct hit. The boys near the board had to put their clothes on a line to dry and take a shower when we got back to camp.

“Burn baby burn. Throw some more sticks on the fire. OH DAM!” - A White Chief losing the war. The last stick tipped over the #10 can and ended the war for his team.

“Money Manny.” Campers on the first and second Early Bird to the Wisconsin Dells

History Repeats: Camper shoots Dean Towne Groundsman with a water pistol while cleaning bathrooms. With hose in hand Dean soaks camper. Camper – “I'll tell Manny.” Wayne - “He is in the Office.”

White Team loses the war at the water boil. White Team Chief, “They gave us wet wood.” The White Team had a 5-minute lead as the started their fire and had the choice of the piles of wood.

“Attention, attention please! The boys going on the overnight camp out to Ghost Valley report to the bus at the Trip Shack. The bus leaves in 10 minutes.” Wayne leaving with campers on an overnight camp out.

“I saw the mailbox when I passed it, but didn't know it was there when I backed up.” Jim Dover explaining how he knocked over a rural mail box backing the bus.

“Dean Becker saves.” Dean Becker announced on an Eagle River camp out when he stuck a cut dead tree into the sand.

“These are tame goats that will not cause any trouble in camp.” Bob Mowen telling Lil that the goats would be good animals for the camp. Remember Manny's nannies?

Brave ceremony: “We would have fire to warm our hearts. Who among us can start a fire,” Chief Skipper. “I the Medicine Man oh mighty Chief will start a fire”. He swoops and dances around the wood prepared for the fire. “ You no good Medicine Man! There must be someone in our tribe that can make fire,” Chief Skipper. “I can,” Little Brave. Tribe laughs. “ Let him try before you laugh,” Chief Skipper. The Little Brave kneels and bows three times saying, “Oh Great Spirit give us fire.” The magic is supposed to start at the pull of a hidden string. Only this time it doesn't. The Little Brave tries again. Still nothing. The string is tangled in the pile of wood. Big Chief Skipper asks, “Does anyone have a match?' A flick of a lighter and ceremony continued.

“I have had worse cuts than that on my eye ball.” Smitty Smithart giving first aid to a camper.

“Honey, you are the sweetest gal I've seen all day.” Jim Dover to each kitchen girls every morning.

“That was a real kick in the ass!” Smitty Smithart after being towed on an inner tube on a ski trip to Pine Lake, Waushara Co.

“Skin your own skunks.” Mike Euer to any counselor who wanted him to intervene to discipline a camper in his charge.

“Don't you'll put chicory in your coffee? Lord this is not fit to drink.” Rosemary Clotiaux after he first cup of camp coffee. “Never heard of putting chicory in coffee.” Ann Towne

“They think they are the first ones to discover sex.” Leroy Clotiaux on a Sylvania Preserve canoe trip about a young couple camping near us.

“Get out of here bear!” followed by a scream. - Smitty Smithart, Vietnam vet chasing a black bear out of the campsite on a Sylvania Preserve camping trip.

“You have pain and that is good. If you were dead you wouldn't feel a anything.” to Camper crying with a minor scrape to Smitty Smithart

“Where is my cooler with my beer?,” a man who could not swim when Smitty saved him after a canoe accident.

“It's a great honor to have a “ship” named after you.” Rosemary when the rafted called the Rosemary was launched.

“What's the chance of getting hit by lightning?” Manny after lightening knocked him to the ground in a storm while checking on the cabins.

Bob Mowen charming a puff adder, a harmless snake that raises up and flattens its head like the snakes used by Indian Snake Charmers. As the snake follows the motion of Bob's hand, “You aren't going to bit me honey.” After his show he took the snake to a safe area an let it go.