Short History of the Sokokis Ski Club
The summer of 1957 three boys, Frank Kitchenka, Richard Cain and Robert Bagley put on the first ski show on Lake Sokokis. It was put on at Kitchenka’s cottage, now Driscoll’s, on the lower lake. At that time there were only 36 cottages around the lake. Pickerel Pond had 16 cottages. Both lakes had skiers and the show lasted for one hour and 40 minutes.
1958, 1959 and 1960 the show was run from Kitchenka’s.
1961 at Kennedy’s 1973 at
1962 at Bagley’s 1974 at
1963 at Bagley’s 1975 at
1964 at Clark’s 1976 at
1965 at Clark’s 1977 at Perkin’s
1966 at Kennedy’s 1978 at the Benbow
1967 at Kennedy’s 1979 at the Benbow
1968 at Bagley’s 1980 at the Benbow
1969 at Perkin’s 1981 at the Benbow
1970 at Perkin’s 1982 at the Benbow **
1971 at Kennedy’s 1983 at the Benbow
1972 at Kennedy’s 1984 at the Benbow
1985 through 1992 shows held at the Benbow.
** This was the twenty-fifth show. It had many old timers doing the skiing. (Old timers thirty to thirty-five years old.)
Some of the founders of the ski club and their students:
Frank Kitchenka, Dick Cain, Bob Bagley, Sue Kitchenka, Roy Bagley, Linda Clark, Dennis Hyde, Callie Hyde, Janice Jones, Curt Clark, Dianne Bagley, Evelyn Kennedy, Ted Baltas Jr., Ron Baltas, Donna Perkins, Medi Broughton, Dick Middleton, Donna Perkins, Richard Jones, Steve Jones, Guy Cefalo, Paul DePietro, Sandy, Debbie and Marty Cross, Danny Cole, Mark Bagley, Mike Dulong, Steve Paquette, Mike DiClementi, Lyle Perkins, Laurie Thomas, Cindy Thomas, Ricky Dulong, the Callahan family, Mike dePaulo, Johnny dePaulo and many others.
In the formative years of the Ski Club, the National Ski Association was the leader in the sport of water skiing. The Sokokis Club was a member club. In the years 1968 through 1974, the club went to other lakes by invitation to put on a ski show. In all, the club went to seven other lakes and put on at least a two-hour show.
