Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24
JOLLY GIRLS At COAST
CAMP FIRE PARTY ENJOYING
OUTING IN OWN WAY.
Dallas Combination Difficult to Beat
When It Comes to Having
Genuine Fun.
(By a Camp Fire Girl)

4 oSesJ""S" lamp, A>Coho"ih, Wv
gon.-To the Editor: Here we are j
a most picturesque spot, our camT
situated among grove Of pines, wit
a river flowing swiftly past. Fror
our camp the ocean is but two min
ute. walk, which is taken numberles
times a day. Surf bathing? Why
everyone in our camp surf bathes
sometimes twice day. After trim
of the ocean a bunch of jolly girl
will be seen swimming and splashinl
in the river. Did we say swimming
We meant trying to swim.
The first night in camp we had \,
grand watermelon feed on the beach
and camp fires are frequent occur
ences. On Wednesday night the girl
with a lot of pep gave an impromptt
carnival, much to the amusement Of
the nearby campers. "Billie," will
a milk pan and lid; "Pat," with {
skillet and a big fork; "Skeet," with
a kettle and a butcher knife, sang
the old familiar songs, such as, "We
Went to the Animal Fair," Ninety
Nine Bottles accompanied with a
harp played by "Shrimp." "Pat, ("
our Dutch comedian, favored the
girls with dutch air in pantomime
"Skeet," the we'll known chorus-girl
Of Dallas high, sang "You Can t Live
Without Girl Later in the even
ing the old Lebanon VS.. Dallas foot
ball game was played over, with the
same old pep and fight the girls had
in the winter. A "yell" was given
in honor of each and every boy in
"our" team. After this bit of hilari-
ty we had taffy-pull, and popped
corn. Our "bunch" has become ac-
quainted with a jolly crowd from Ne
and have one grand time
together in the surf. Our afternoons
are most enjoyably spent reclining on
the sands, swimming, or hiking. Be-
fore leaving the girls laid in supply
of Kodak films, which are being rap
idly run through the cameras Snap
shots are in vogue.
"Eats"? "Yea-bo!" You never
saw a bunch of 1hungrier girls.
Shrimp" the hot-cake eater, never
eats less than a dozen. "Pat," why
she's the first one at the table and
he last one up, and keeps "Pete"
)usy making biscuits. Who's Mike?
Why, she's the one who takes fire.
luent trips down the "Glenn. :"
Jinks," our mascott, is lively lit
lie sport. Believe me we were all
ylad to see some Dallasites drive into
amp Thursday. The party consisted
If Misses Viers and Van Vorhees,
md Messrs. Loughary and Woods.
The weather here is delightful, but
# all the pealed noses and tanned
kins, you should see ours. There has
'een but one day which prevented us
rom surf bathing, due to big storm
It sea. The waves dashed and splash
d against Proposal rock, which made
beautiful sight. That day marked |
he highest tide of the season.
There are a great many sports here.
sunday, the Salmon River Indians
LAY baseball with a picked team
rom Neskowin; other sports are
eating on the river; deep sea fish
ng and all sports in connection with
shing.
We must now draw this letter to a
lose with the hopes that all Dallas
eople are enjoying themselves as
luch as we are. We have acquired
ne following nicknames: Lucille
oughary, "Jinks" (mascott); Nina
farley, "Shrimp;" Gladys Lough-
ry, "Pete;' Marjorie Holman,
Pat;" Marie Griffin, "Mike;" Hell
a Loughary, "Billie;" Muriel Grant,
Skeet;" Mrs. H. A. Woods, "Moth
r;" Mrs. U. S. Loughary, Mater"
[r. H. A. Woods, "Percy;" Mr..
!. S. Loughary, "Dad."