Comments on: I love(d) Fort Scott http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/ Random thoughts from a freelance reporter and photographer living and working in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:19:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Donna dillman http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-33646 Donna dillman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:01:57 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-33646 PS I remember "Miss Skinner". My first, but not last, year at FS was 1955 PS I remember “Miss Skinner”. My first, but not last, year at FS was 1955

]]> By: Donna dillman http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-33645 Donna dillman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:57:08 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-33645 When going to visit a friend , I had to exit on Blue Rock Rd and noticed a sign for " Fort Scott Homes" Being a FS camper in the late fifties and sixties, I was compelled to turn the opposite way and see what this was. To my horror my camp was gone and the area was totally changed. When I arrived home, I Googled Fort Scott Camps and was delighted to find the Bugle Camp news. This is my first time writing however; I will continue to check often. I still have my camp scrapbook with badges and other memories. When going to visit a friend , I had to exit on Blue Rock Rd and noticed a sign for ” Fort Scott Homes” Being a FS camper in the late fifties and sixties, I was compelled to turn the opposite way and see what this was. To my horror my camp was gone and the area was totally changed. When I arrived home, I Googled Fort Scott Camps and was delighted to find the Bugle Camp news. This is my first time writing however; I will continue to check often. I still have my camp scrapbook with badges and other memories.

]]> By: Bob Saurber http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-16351 Bob Saurber Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:56:33 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-16351 Joe, I am creating an archive of everything that I can find of Fort Scott, from camp songs to photos, to copies of canteen cards. I would like to place a link to this page on my blog, and I invite you to post there whenever you would like. Bob Saurber FSC 1977-1987 Joe,
I am creating an archive of everything that I can find of Fort Scott, from camp songs to photos, to copies of canteen cards. I would like to place a link to this page on my blog, and I invite you to post there whenever you would like.

Bob Saurber
FSC 1977-1987

]]> By: Ben Brauer http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-3997 Ben Brauer Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:26:17 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-3997 I was amazed to see the camp so gone! My wife, Shelly Maffey Brauer, and I were reaquainted at that Lodge porch the summer of 1974 when my friend and I came out to play guitar and sing for the campers - and we married in January of 1975. I was amazed to see the camp so gone! My wife, Shelly Maffey Brauer, and I were reaquainted at that Lodge porch the summer of 1974 when my friend and I came out to play guitar and sing for the campers – and we married in January of 1975.

]]> By: Diane Herbort http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-3993 Diane Herbort Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:04:50 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-3993 Our Camp Fire girls group spent a week at F. S. in 1950 & 51. We were all afraid and homesick for about 20 minutes. What wonderful memories! I drive by there often with fond memories. Both of my children who are now 41 and 42 went to camp and loved it as I did. We all taught my grandchildren many of the songs and they loved that we would all sing them together. Their favorite was "Great Green Gops of Greasey Grimmy Gophor's Guts". Makes me smile to even think of it. Thanks for the memories. Our Camp Fire girls group spent a week at F. S. in 1950 & 51. We were all afraid and homesick for about 20 minutes. What wonderful memories! I drive by there often with fond memories. Both of my children who are now 41 and 42 went to camp and loved it as I did. We all taught my grandchildren many of the songs and they loved that we would all sing them together. Their favorite was “Great Green Gops of Greasey Grimmy Gophor’s Guts”. Makes me smile to even think of it. Thanks for the memories.

]]> By: Jennifer Emerson http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Jennifer Emerson Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:50:53 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-760 A sharp cry & a burst of tears are what came out of me when I saw the picture of the lodge burning. Glad to see I'm not the only one. I guess I thought they would try & preserve a piece of the camp in the new develpoment. Some sort of recognition of the meaningful place that it was! I never expected them to burn the whole place to the ground! I laughed & cried as I read your article. My I love Ft.Scott sticker is still stuck on the inside lid of my camp trunk that now resides in the guest bedroom. That trunk has gone with me to Europe, Minneapolis, Orlando, Louisiana & Virginia, where I now live. I will always love Ft.Scott. Pour Some Sugar on Me? It was the theme for the Staff's "backwards" prom that year! And yes, Stretch had a name, it is Craig. I mean where else would they hand you an arm full of water balloons at 3 in the morning, tell you to scream at the top of your lungs, & lob them at the poor unsuspecting boys asleep in their bunks. Ah, those were the days! If I tried that now my future husband would have me committed. Then again it might keep him on his toes! It's hard to articulate the powerful love, many of us feel, for this place to those who were never there. Thank you for such a wonderfully written piece. All I can say is that it was a sacred place of my childhood. I was camper from the ages of 8-15 and a CIT the final summer the camp was open. I knew the trails like the back of my hand & I eagerly awaited those 2 weeks away from home. I learned something every year & the people I met helped shape my life & the person I would later become. I remember that cold rainy day we said good bye to the camp & then went to Flicks to drown our sorrows. A handful of us went back & crawled under the fence after dark to sit at the flag pole on the boy's hill. It was calm, peaceful & eerily quiet. I'm a teacher now & A little bit of the camp lives on every time I teach my students a song I learned there when I was their age. A sharp cry & a burst of tears are what came out of me when I saw the picture of the lodge burning. Glad to see I’m not the only one. I guess I thought they would try & preserve a piece of the camp in the new develpoment. Some sort of recognition of the meaningful place that it was! I never expected them to burn the whole place to the ground!
I laughed & cried as I read your article. My I love Ft.Scott sticker is still stuck on the inside lid of my camp trunk that now resides in the guest bedroom. That trunk has gone with me to Europe, Minneapolis, Orlando, Louisiana & Virginia, where I now live. I will always love Ft.Scott. Pour Some Sugar on Me? It was the theme for the Staff’s “backwards” prom that year! And yes, Stretch had a name, it is Craig.

I mean where else would they hand you an arm full of water balloons at 3 in the morning, tell you to scream at the top of your lungs, & lob them at the poor unsuspecting boys asleep in their bunks. Ah, those were the days! If I tried that now my future husband would have me committed. Then again it might keep him on his toes!
It’s hard to articulate the powerful love, many of us feel, for this place to those who were never there. Thank you for such a wonderfully written piece. All I can say is that it was a sacred place of my childhood.
I was camper from the ages of 8-15 and a CIT the final summer the camp was open. I knew the trails like the back of my hand & I eagerly awaited those 2 weeks away from home. I learned something every year & the people I met helped shape my life & the person I would later become.
I remember that cold rainy day we said good bye to the camp & then went to Flicks to drown our sorrows. A handful of us went back & crawled under the fence after dark to sit at the flag pole on the boy’s hill. It was calm, peaceful & eerily quiet.
I’m a teacher now & A little bit of the camp lives on every time I teach my students a song I learned there when I was their age.

]]> By: Dan Rivers http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Dan Rivers Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:26:59 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-60 "My God", I said to myself as a tear ran down my cheek when I saw the picture of the girls lodge burning. Fond memories of eight years as a camper and two as a counselor ran through my mind. Fort Scott was heaven on earth. A place to learn, grow, discover friends and find love. The cabins, buildings, woods are ashes, and the pool where I taught swimming is gone, but Fort Scott will remain alive in my body, heart and soul forever. “My God”, I said to myself as a tear ran down my cheek when I saw the picture of the girls lodge burning. Fond memories of eight years as a camper and two as a counselor ran through my mind. Fort Scott was heaven on earth. A place to learn, grow, discover friends and find love.
The cabins, buildings, woods are ashes, and the pool where I taught swimming is gone, but Fort Scott will remain alive in my body, heart and soul forever.

]]> By: Bill Duane http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Bill Duane Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:02:00 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-38 Your pictures made me cry. Until now there was still the fantasy of some last minute miracle to save the camp. I knew such a miracle would never be a reality but... one can dream! Your memories of camp mirror mine and the stories are ones I recall too even though I was most likely there a decade or more before you. Thank you for the dignity with which you preserve the memories of a time I will never forget... SUMMERTIME at FORT SCOTT!!!!! Your pictures made me cry. Until now there was still the fantasy of some last minute miracle to save the camp. I knew such a miracle would never be a reality but… one can dream! Your memories of camp mirror mine and the stories are ones I recall too even though I was most likely there a decade or more before you. Thank you for the dignity with which you preserve the memories of a time I will never forget… SUMMERTIME at FORT SCOTT!!!!!

]]> By: Carol Leonard Blankman http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Carol Leonard Blankman Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:04:00 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-37 You did a WONDERFUL job of capturing so many of the wonderful memories that have been shared by Ft. Scotters through the years! I guess I'm glad that if camp has to go, that someone with a F.S. heart would be able to give it a proper send-off. It just makes me so sad! But I guess that means that that it was very important to me. I am thankful for all of the experiences I had there as a camper and a counselor...and I am immensely grateful for all of the lasting friendships that I have made. "Ally ally ike us, nobody like us, we are the counselors of Ft. Scott! Always a-winning, always a-grinning, always a feeling fi-i-ine!Ft. Scott campers go marching along...with their hearts full of laughter and song, we feel that they are unsurpassed, and we'll cheer for the first and last!With spirits so gallant, so gay, we will cheer for our dear old Ft. Scott campers, dear campers we're cheering for YOU...and we will fight with all our might to win your friendship!! Hey!!!" I'll always remember that song! I'll close with part of another song that seems quite appropriate at this time: "the camp of my dreams, has been found it seems, on top of a wooded hill..." I'll miss Ft.Scott! Carol (Leonard) Blankman camper forever, counselor 1976-80 You did a WONDERFUL job of capturing so many of the wonderful memories that have been shared by Ft. Scotters through the years! I guess I’m glad that if camp has to go, that someone with a F.S. heart would be able to give it a proper send-off. It just makes me so sad! But I guess that means that that it was very important to me. I am thankful for all of the experiences I had there as a camper and a counselor…and I am immensely grateful for all of the lasting friendships that I have made. “Ally ally ike us, nobody like us, we are the counselors of Ft. Scott! Always a-winning, always a-grinning, always a feeling fi-i-ine!Ft. Scott campers go marching along…with their hearts full of laughter and song, we feel that they are unsurpassed, and we’ll cheer for the first and last!With spirits so gallant, so gay, we will cheer for our dear old Ft. Scott campers, dear campers we’re cheering for YOU…and we will fight with all our might to win your friendship!! Hey!!!” I’ll always remember that song! I’ll close with part of another song that seems quite appropriate at this time: “the camp of my dreams, has been found it seems, on top of a wooded hill…” I’ll miss Ft.Scott! Carol (Leonard) Blankman camper forever, counselor 1976-80

]]> By: Anonymous http://joewessels.net/2005/12/06/i-loved-fort-scott/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Anonymous Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:49:00 +0000 http://joewessels.net/?p=43#comment-36 The girls lodge was the first building erected on camp property as a boyscout camp. It seems fitting that it should be the first to be returned to the ground. I think the blaze rivals any Indian Pagent fire. TL, FSC 1976-1988 camper, counselor. The girls lodge was the first building erected on camp property as a boyscout camp. It seems fitting that it should be the first to be returned to the ground. I think the blaze rivals any Indian Pagent fire. TL, FSC 1976-1988 camper, counselor.

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