Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-03
OostanalIa Girls Camp

The Camp Fire Girls enjoyed
their first outing on July %
since they reorganized June 1st.
The Girls knowing but very little
about the preparations for a
camp the Boy Scouts were so
anxious to show the girls how
much they really knew about
camp life-went to clear the
camp on Saturday afternoon be-
fore the arrival of the girls Mon
day.
Eight O'Clock was the hour
agreed upon for all the girls to
meet at the Guardians home, but
something unusual happened, the
girls arrived before the hour set,
some as early as seven-twenty.
We arrived at camp about eleven
O'Clock and had the pot boiling
in very short time. Everything
was going along nicely when one
of those frequent showers came
up which interferred with the
cooks but not the eaters. The
rest of the afternoon was
spent in arranging the camp.
Night came and it continued
to rain. The Manager Of the
Panacea Hotel came over and in
vited US to stay at one of the
cottages, but the girls were too
anxious to sleep in their well
prepared camp. We gladly ac-
cepted his kind invitation to
spend a few hours at the hotel
after supper. Mr.. Harrison turn
ed the pavilion, with a good
piano, over to the girls and they
sang their Camp Fire songs and
romped to their hearts content
The next morning we arose at
five O'Clock, which was not a
very hard task, this being the
first night for some of the girls
to sleep in the open and most of
the night was spent looking for
bugs and reptiles we did
not find. With a good hike, the
remainder of the day was spent
reading and eating. We stayed
around the camp fire this night
and sang our camp songs. Camp
was somewhat quiet as the girls
were tired or had over-eaten, |
am unable to tell which.
Wednesday Morning The girls
were set upon finding a place to
wade. By searching, such as
Camp Fire Girls can do, we found
a place to wade and a good pad
die in the water was enjoyed be-
fore breakfast. This morning Mr..
Harrison, sent US just seventy
five hot biscuits for our break
fast. The girls kept an eagle
eye on the pathway leading from
the hotel to camp and when the
said biscuits arrived, the guard
ians needed armed Militiamen,
for the girls set upon them like a
pack of hungry wolves. The girls
receiving four biscuits and the
guardians two. The guardians
spent the rest of the morning
looking at a page in Good House
keeping about good things to eat.
After breakfast half the girls
went to a nearby store, a distance
of one and a half miles, to buy
cakes and candy while the other
half started hon a desperate chick
en- hunt. You may know we were
hungry for chicken fried over
the camp fire when the girls
walked two miles to get then
and then chased them down. We
had three good fried chickens
for dinner with grits and We
thought it somewhat better thar
cabbage ana pone.
The owner of the nearby store
brought over a horse for the girls
to ride and with eighteen girls,
one horse did not seem to mee'
the requirements, so he returned
with a mule and two bicycles
Every girl proved her sportsman
ship as a horse-woman and cy
clist.
This being the last night, thu
girls begged the guardians t.
let them play a few jokes. AfteI
most of the girls had gone t.
dreamland, the jokers started
and the menu carried out thusly