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25-JUL-2006

Red House in Channel

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Guest		10-Jul-2016 00:12
Karen Erikson, I do remember you. Your dock was near ours I believe!! I am a twin and my sister and i knew you!

Karen Ericson		24-Jun-2016 03:36
I lived next door to Camp WacipI Pines in a private home. I was about 9 or 10 years old and the Shiffs came over and saw I was the only girl in the family and gave me an open invitation to come and join in the fun. I was delighted. I went over and meet so many girls, we rollerskated and just . This is where I learned to play jacks! I was so blessed and very lucky to have had that invitation. If anyone remembers me, again, I lived next door to the camp.

Susan Latham		03-Mar-2016 15:55
My dad's family camped at Thompson's Lake Thacher park in 1944 and I am wondering if anyone has camping photos to share from Thompson's Lake in 1944, I would love to see them. lathamcircle@gmail.com. Susan

Jayne Wentworth Hall		02-Jan-2015 04:15
I, too, attended Wacipi Pines Camp but was so young at the time that I only knew it was in Maine. I went to Miss Raynes kindergarten in Melrose, MA, when I was 4, started first grade at the Gooch School at 5, and that summer(1946) and the following two summers, went to camp for the ENTIRE summer!! I hated it! Of course, I was too young to appreciate it. I was in the Meddibemps (or something similar) cabin. Was never old enough to move on to another cabin. Since I was so young, I only remember a few things...the dishes of stewed prunes on the long dining tables in the a.m.; having to write home once a week; the requirement to have a swimming buddy; the long, narrow bathroom at the back of the cabin;a watermelon-eating contest; archery; "fish eyes and glue" (tapioca pudding); and an activity in the rec hall where we were blindfolded and had to feel brains (spaghetti). I wonder, if anyone else has the same memories?

Gay (Sherman) Tanklefsky		23-Aug-2011 12:47
The Wacipi Pines that Pattie is speaking about is the Wacipi that we are speaking about as well. Many of us went to camp there for several years with wonderful memories. And...yes...it was next to Wayaka and Agazzi Village was there down the lake to the left. As Lesley said, we are reconnecting after many years to form a reunion. We have been back to visit and have seen the changes. We ate every meal in that dining hall "Moosewa Lodge"'. We rollerskated and danced in the recreation building called Jones Hall and had wonderful shows for the parents on parents weekend. We have pictures of the camp from the time it only had two cabins. Then the others slowly were built. We played tennis on the tennis courts and skiied and canoed on the waterfront there. There had a ball field that you could see looking down from "Moosewa" (the dining hall) that is now overgrown with trees. A wonderful place to spend our summers that we miss tons! Many of us have been back to visit several times. The changes are amazing. A place we will never forget!!!

Lesley Livingston Silberstein		20-Aug-2011 04:18
Hi, If you want to find out more about Camp Wacipi Pines on Thompson Lake, please check out a facebook page called " I went to Wacipi Pines Camp". We have a reunion in the works for September 18th. There are some photos posted and I expected more to be posted over the next month.

Pattie		19-Aug-2011 11:55
Hello.. after reading the msges posted above,I am confused to what Wacipi Pines you all relect back to. I presently own a "camp", at Thompson Lake, Otisfield ME, As I understand it, the Girls Camp was dissolved and a developer turned it into sellalbe lots. Some of the dorms were moved to the lake where they were winterized, and made into livalbe space for family and friends. It has a main dining hall, which still stands and is a home, bunk house and all. It used to have A Rec Hall for skating, plays, fun stuff, rainy days, but was dismantled about 1976-77 due to vandals and upkeep which the Assoc. did not want to deal with. It has tennis courts, many homes in there now, many lots not developed, but a wonderful get a way place. Trying to find more history of Wacipi Pines, but not much out there so far. Pictures of Camp on next road, Wayaka Camp pretty much like Wacipi, sold off in lots, with beach rights for back lots, and of course beaches or dock for those that are on the lake.. Aggazzi Village, a camp for the Inner City Kids of Boston, is across the lake,, as is Poland, Casco, Oxford, and Otisfield. Anyone familar with what I'm asking about... thanks in advance.. pat

Judy Scarpa Leonard		01-Jun-2011 11:33
To Gay....I remember the SattetTield boys.David and Donny.There was a huge bunch of kids of all ages - brothers, sisters, cousins, and friends...maybe we met...small magic, world of Suncook Lake! Some of those kids now retired,call it home...Phoebe Alger Whitney, Clinton Dipper Lank, Susan Brown, Leslie Brown Smith, my brother Bob Scarpa,and many of the family camps are have remained within the same families....familiar faces in boats or on skiis or wakeboards are another generation doing the same things we did = living memories! I will ask about Susan Satterfield and maybe we will keep adding to this! Everyone was in the lake Memorial Day 2011 and I heard Phoebe's voice coming from a boat "Hey,Judy wanna go for a ride?" I was 14 again.

Gay (Sherman) Tanklefsky		25-Dec-2010 04:21
Hi Judy. I am the "guest" of the Feb. 1 entry. Thanks so much for sharing all this info. It appears that the Wacipi Pines you speak of is ours, just years before. SO COOL! I remember Miss Raynes and Mrs. Sawyer vividly! I even remember Miss Raynes mom (an elderly lady by then) rocking in her rocker draped in a shawl looking out at the pine trees enjoying the view of the lake each day. Somewhere in the "recesses of my mind" I vaguely recall Miss Raynes and Mrs. Sawyer mentioning "the Leonards" and the "old camp". I was so young I couldn't comprehend what they were talking about since in my mind there was only one Wacipi. I have a friend whose family vacationed on Suncook Lake in Center Barnstead (the Satterfields from Newton, Ma. They rented there each summer. I went a few times. Little did I know Wacipi had been there years before. This friend's cousin lives in Barnstead. Her name is Susan Satterfield. I believe she does research on the history of the area. I may ask her if she can send a few photos of the camp back then. That would be fun to see. Again, thanks for the fun and interesting info. Enjoy your upcoming "camp days". What a wonderful legacy and experience for your family through the years. Lucky You!!!!

Guest		19-Nov-2010 20:53
Ooops I meant to say Elizabeth Raynes (not Jean -a friend I had just been talking to on the phone) Judy Scarpa Leonard

Guest		19-Nov-2010 20:48
Jean Raynes and Virginia Sawyer were from Melrose MA. too. They were friends of our family. Jean Raynes owned the summer camp called "Wacipi Pines". I believe it was a gift from her father. "Miss Raynes" taught kindergarten and "Miss Sawyer" taught dance in their home on the corner of Upham Street in Melrose. Miss Raynes played the piano for the dance classes. I took dance lessons from Miss Sawyer from age 5 to 23. She originally evaluated me in the living room of "the red camp" in summer of 1949, it is a very clear memory for me. In the summers they ran "Wacipi Pines in Barnstead N.H. on lower Suncook Lake.....which since 1976 has belonged to our family is called "Scarpa Villa". (If you want to know more scroll down to my first entry- November 14th 2006) I believe what happened is that Wacipi Pines at Suncook Lake was sold to a Canadian owner and became "Camp Pine Hill" sometime in the 1950's and Miss Raynes opened "Wacipi Pines" at Lake Thompson in Maine. Coincidently, my mother, Beatrice Shea, had been a camp counselor there when she was about 14 never knowing that one day she would marry Nicky "the boy next door" Scarpa..summer at the "Red Camp" for over 50 years and spend the last 28 summers of her life in the Wacipi Pines Recreation Hall. My mother named it "Prevailing Winds" as a reminder of Miss Raynes. My youngest sister, Christine Scarpa Cavanna Fitzgerald and my youngest brother Danny Scarpa and their families now spend summers in that cabin. The land and other cabins which were part of the "Wacipi Pines" is shared by manybrothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, lots of smiley children of all ages...and dogs! and blessed with a great gift which we cherish and celebrate when we return every Spring to Suncook Lake! Judy Scarpa Leonard :)

Jeannie		19-Oct-2010 21:58
I went to the Wacipi Pines Camp on Lake Thompson in Maine from about 1056 to 1061. I have the most wonderful memories of my time there. As an only chils, I finally had a family of siblings. Miss Raynes owned it when I started and after about 4 years, she sold it to Joan and Mortimer Schiff. I remember Debbie as a little girl. I too took my family back on year to find the cabins had all been moved and each had lake frontage. While I was sad to see the camp was gone, I thought it was wonderful that the cabins now had families. I have always felt that my experience at Wacipi Pines was more important to me than even college. It's where I learned to be independent. Never once was I homesick. In fact my first summer I was only supposed to be there for July, but I BEGGED my parents to let me stay. And for the following 4 summers I went for the whole season. Both of our children attended camp too. Our daughter went to Camp Huckins and our son to Mi-Te-Na, both in NH. I wanted them to gain the independence I found at Wacipi Pines. And it worked. Jeannie Clark Weller-originally from Marblehead MA

Janet		05-Sep-2010 02:04
I also went to Wacipi Pines Camp on Thompson Lake for 7 years. I recently went exploring there with a childhood friend and fellow camper this weekend. Full of memories. I have photos to share. My name when I was a camper was Janet Lovenstein and my friend that I mentioned was Debbie Schiff, the owners daughter. I would love to talk more.

Guest		01-Feb-2010 23:53
i just googled Wacipi Pines and got this site. Very interesting. I went to Wacipi Pines Camp for fifteen years in the early fifties to late sixties. At that time it was in Otisfield (mailing address was Oxford, Maine) on Lake Thompson next to Camp Wayaka. I have incredible memories of the camp, as you do of your "Red Camp". The owners of the Wacipi that I went to was a woman named Elizabeth Raynes. She was from Melrose. She sold it to a couple from Wayland, Ma. in about the late fifties, early 60's. But, I am confused because I never knew there was a Wacipi Pines on Suncook Lake. Could it be that my Wacipi was first on lake Suncook? I do know that a bunch of us have been back to visit what was the Wacipi we knew on Thompson Lake. My sister saw our friends name carved into one of the rafters when she visited. The camp I know was sold in 1967 or 68 and became family cottages. Anyway, very interesting. And, I also have memories of the "The Nissan Man" driving into camp and he let us buy little goodies. Big treat for all! Also, we had a huge bell when it was time to wake up. the Director would blast it every morning outside our cabin. We recently had a "Wacipi Reunion" with a few of us after thirty years of not connecting. Amazing memories were recalled with photos galore. Hmmmm. Still wondering about 'your Wacipi Pines" and the connection if any to mine. Do you think the facts are mixed up in the retelling or were there two. Or maybe, mine was once on Lake Suncook? Can you tell me how you learned about the Wacipi on Suncook. Any literature? Thanks, and I loved reading your recollections. I could so relate to summers in Maine when I read your memories. Always nice to read others who share the "camp" memories.

Michael L. Scarpa		01-Jul-2008 17:48
Michael, So here it is July 1st 2008 and I am about to turn fifty. I have been so bleesed to have 50 of those 70 years that my sister Judy spoke of with a great family and having grown up partly in this big red camp and partly across the channel at Scarpa Villa. There are way to many stories to tell Some happy and some sad but the greatest story that I can tell is the one that happens everytime I go up to "THE CAMP" and that is the story about the love,caring,kindness,giving,and forgiving that we all have grown to know through all our parents and grand parents and hopefully will get passed on by our us and our children. In some ways the Big Red Camp reminds me of the heart that has grown within all of the hundred or so of us and all the cottages that we have built or repaired along the way are like the vains. There is no place like home and no matter where I actually live THE CAMP is where my heart will always call home.

Nicky		14-Nov-2006 17:58
On a quiet summer morning back in the nineteen sixties I lie in bed enjoying the tranquil view of the tall pine trees that overshadowed the red camp. The peaceful morning was shattered when I heard the sound of an outboard motor being started in front of the cottage. What made this sound more irratible to me was that it was my motor on my 8' hydroplane. Recognizing the sound, I quickly sprang to my feet, three on my pants and ran to see what was going on. To my chagrin, my younger brother Michael had gotten up early and snuck out to the dock to take a spin in my boat. I ran, I yelled, I waved my arms, but it was too late....Michael had started the boat and zoomed off into the fog on Suncook Lake. This is just one of the many memories I recall of my adolescence at the Red Camp. There are so many wonderful thoughts of when we were kids. The rides up to the camp were like an adventure. The visits to the camp by the Nissan bakery truck were to die for! We all would here the truck coming and run out to the road to see what kinds of bakery goods he had for us. My favorite were the "whoopie pies". There are not enough words to express how very thankful I am to have grown up in the Red Camp on Suncook Lake. My hope now is that my children will one day have the same memories of their summers on the lake.

Judith Scarpa Leonard		01-Sep-2006 01:13
Hi McD... you probably spoke to one of "the cousins".... A little history for you.....this camp has been in the Scarpa family since 1938. We are on the way to having seven generations of Scarpa's on lower Suncook Lake. My grandfather, Domenic Scarpa bought it right after the hurricane of 1938. The land was covered in downed trees and the camp itself a disaster, but, my grandfather had great vision, no fear, and a lot of strong sons! Domenic and Anna Scarpa had four sons and three daughters and their children (including me since 1944) all shared it's magic every summer. It took about three hours to travel from Melrose Mass on Rte 28 to get there; but, no one wanted to miss a weekend, especially "the cousins"! As the individual families grew up and multiplied a couple of their children moved out of the "big camp" set up their own camps on the family land.... those are the buildings and mobile homes around it that are in the picture. Their daughter Grace Scarpa Hart (age 86) and her three children and their families are still in "the red camp". The wrap around porch was built by hand... by my father and his brothers in the early 1950's and was well used for close to thirty years just as you pictured. Every Sunday there used to be family dinners which lasted from noon to at least three pm. There was a big ships bell they rang when it was time to eat. I can still see my grandmother at the head of the string of long tables that sat 15 to 20 on each side and huge platters of food down the center ( It was not that much fun for my sister Linda and me who had to set it and help with clean up ....so much macaroni and gravy, wine, and endless piles of real dishes and pans to be washed after the water was pumped and then boiled on the stove). There was also the amazing two story boat house that went with the "red camp" in 1938. Once it was repaired, the lower part was big enough for several boats and the greatest fishing and the upper level housed a leather pocket slate pool table, ping pong tables, and couches and gave everyone a place to play at night or when it rained. We all cried when it came down, I still miss it. I spent my summers in the red camp from 1944 to 1977 and then just when it was at maximum capacity some branches of the family began to migrate across the channel. In 1976, three of Domenic and Anna's sons Frank, John, and Nick ( my father) purchased the old "girls camp" on lower Suncook Lake which had fallen into disrepair and had last been used as a public camping ground and then had been vacant for a number of years. It was directly across the channel from "the red camp" and has allowed our family to grow to over one hundred closely knit family members still sharing the beauty and joy of summers at Suncook Lake.....a truly sacred place! "Scarpa Villa" was originally a famous girls camp called "Wacipi Pines" and later known as "Pine Hill" . There are lots of old postcards and photographs showing these camps when they were new and up and running. We have had women that attended as children stop by - some have even found their names still on the cabin walls! I could go on and on; but, I am sure there are plenty of other Suncook Lake "kids" of all ages that have many memories and a lot of stories they hopefully won't tell in detail about summer days and nights at the "red camp" and "Scarpa Villa"! Our family is blessed with a deep love of family, swarms of sweet tempered beautiful children and teenagers, much music, and revered traditions. Our summers truly reflect the best of generational tribal living thanks to the foresight and generousity of my paternal grandparent's legacy and their wish to create a shared place "to keep the family together"! How lucky we all are that they chose Suncook Lake! In 2008 it will be the 70th year on the lake. Judy Scarpa Leonard (fyi.....I had heard the red camp was at one time the "ice house" but, have never researched it- anyone know if that is factual?)

photogallery		26-Jul-2006 00:55
I talked with the gentleman from this house today on my kayak adventure. Nice guy and what a wonderful porch on this house. Perfect for dinner parties with friends and no mosquitos!! I told him about this web site. Hope you see the photo of your place! McD