Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
Camp Fire Notes

New York, April 4.-News of the
Camp Fire Girls patriotic activities
all over the United States and in
foreign countries is pouring in from
Camp Fire Guardians to national
headquarters, at 461 Fourth avenue.
Some of my girls have been dong
voluntary war work." writes Miss S.
Dorothy Housden from London, Eng
land. Two of them did really hard
work carting potatoes-work that was
really a mans work; and l propose
giving patriotism honors for real war
work like this"
I'VE took part in the wonderful
Red Cross parade in Atlanta, and the
girls made quite a good impression" &"
writes Mrs. Elsie b. Goswell. of
Decatur, Ga. MY girls have taken
charge of a poor family-a mother
and two girls, thirteen and eleven,
and boy nine. They have given
clothes and supplies all during the
winter and enabled the mother to be
operated on at the public hospital in
Atlanta very serious operation"
I'VE celebrated the Camp Fire
Girls Birthday by making hospital
bags for the Red Cross Society and
filing them with comforts for the
soldiers" writes Miss Lillian NJ,
Philpot, of Corinna. Me.
I'm December we gave an auction
of cakes, bread, etc." writes Miss
Marion e. Hartness, from Korea.
Japan. I'VE took in about twelve yen
which we shall use toward decorating
our ROOM
Il have been much pleased with the
Camp Fire spirit of some of my girls"
writes Mrs. Anna r. Calderwood, of
pnFtlnnh xrrnYN Tod
their ceremonial dresses very much
indeed, and their parents were abund-
antly able and very willing to pur-
chase same for them, yet they have
chosen to wait until those less able to
get their dresses have saved and
worked in order that all might enjoy
them together"
The Camp Fire was divided up
into two sides with five girls on each
side and captain at the head" writes
Mrs. Florence 3. Atwell, of Richford,
Vt. THE town was divided into two
parts and each side assigned a part
The side collecting the most news
papers to sell would be entertained
in some way by the losing side. The
newspapers were brought to the home
of the Guardian, sorted, and from
there taken by a committee of girls
TO furniture manufacturing plant
where they were sold for sixty cents
a hundred pounds. We realized two
dollars and eighty-four cents from the
sale"
The Tawasentha Camp Fire of Grip
pied girls at the Van Leuven Browne
Hospital School in Detroit, Mich, is
much agitated by the claim of another
Camp Fire for Crippled Girls that it
was the first The matter is being
investigated.
Our girls camp on the shores of
Lake Huron three months every year."
writes Blanche Van L. Browne the
Guardian, and even my paralyzed
girls can swim. They can do every
thing other girls can do except walk"
We had the rare opportunity of
welcoming as our guest a returned
missionary from india" writes Mrs.
Margaret l.. Jones, of Pelham n. Y.
"He told the girls stories of their sis
ters far across the seas"
I'VE are all taking a course in First
Aid and bandaging under the direc-
ton of one of our fathers, a physi-
cian," writes Miss Alice Johnston, of
Pikeville, Ky. I'VE are now planning
to publish a cook book of our own
with our mothers recipes to earn our
summers camping money"
Great joy has come into the
Beaver Lodge Camp Fire Group!"
writes Mrs. B. B. Knapp \of Old
Forge, n. Y. my assistants two
months darling baby has been en-
trusted to our camp. At our cere-
monial last Friday, this baby was
adopted-such genuine Joy is written
on the faces of girls of Thirteen years
only few times in their lives. This
baby will do much to develop beauty
of spirit in a way L could not develop
in a long time"