Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
DAYS WERE MERRY
E'Mavy Yard Week" at Camp
Good Will Ends.
MANY PLEASANT FEATURES
Athletic Competitions Enjoyed by
Boys and Girls.
PRIZES GIVEN THE WINNERS
Representative Rainey Talks to the
Children and Makes Big Hit
With Them.
PRIZES GIVEN THE WINNERS

| When the sun went down into the tree.
| west of Camp Good Will, and the thirty
foot pennant was hauled down, navy
yard week. at the camp was officially a.
an end. When the pennant. bearing the
| words Navy Yard Week. was raised
last Monday morning, 1t started joyous
! week for the little boys and girls an6
their mothers, a time that many of them
will remember as long as they live. Some
special features marked every day, every
evening and almost every moment of the
week
The financing of the camp was in charge
of committee of employees Of the navy
yard, composed of Messrs. Cole, Edelin,
Wyatt, Engle, Reynold, White, Mooney
McAllisters Keil, Johnson, Moody, Chase
Gilmore. Judd, Hunter, Eckhart, Myer
Jones, Hubbard. Schultz, Ruckard, Phoe-
bus and Cogan. F. A. De Groot was
chairman of the committee. Chief Gun
ner Donnelly, although not properly an
employe at the yard, has taken a great
interest in the work and done much to
help 1t along.
Beginning last Monday morning, the
boys and girls had all kinds Of athletic
competitions, prizes Of base balls. bats,
gloves, bathing suits and other articles
being given the boys who won the races,
and parasols and other appropriate ar
ticles being given to the girls. Monday.
after supper, an enormous vat Of lemon
ade was made, and the children enjoyed
this and ginger snaps until bedtime.
Tuesday Ice cream and cake was the
special treat, and the next day peanuts
were distributed Thursday the children
were surprised with lot Of watermelons
The next night the children were allowed
to have q lot of candy, at least as much
as was good for them, and perhaps just
little bit more
Those in Charge Of Camp.
Each day during the week four men
from the yard, different group each day,
helped Mrs. e. X. Bushet, superintendent
Of the camp. Beside the daily committee
Of four, who acted only through the past
week, Mrs. Bushee has several permanent
assistants. Miss Eleanor Keene is In d.
rect charge Of all the little girls. helped
out by three other young women, and Ed
win LIE Fevre, with two assistants. is in
charge of the boys. Mrs. E. K. Hall, a
graduate nurse, is always on hand for
any emergency, but there have been sur
prisingly few accidents and comparatively
little sickness in the camp this year.
Yesterday was planned by the navy
yard committee as a grand finale Of the
big week, and it met their most san
guine hopes. Many visitors went out to
the camp, and enjoyed the fun almost
as much as the children. who were In it
from start to finish. The Presidents
band from the Mayflower volunteered to
amuse the campers during the afternoon
and evening.
Representative Henry T. Rainey talked
to the children and made big hit with
them. He admitted afterward that it
was rather hard to know just what to
say After the band had played some
more. the final athletic events of the
week were held, but were interrupted by
the supper gong.
After supper the races were finished,
and Representative James T. McDermott
awarded the prizes to the lucky boys and
girls. Then all went back to the pavilion,
where the band was playing, and the few