The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-12
GREEN MOUNTAIN
CAMP FOR GIRLS
Sixteen Girls Present at Camp on East
Bank of West River in West Dunn
merston-Daily Program.

Sixteen girls from neart by places, in
Guiding West DummerstoH. Dummerston
Center, West Brattleboro, ,ISouth Vernon
and Gulford Center, ares enjoying the
opening weeks of the Gfeen Mountain
Girls camp near West Dlmmerston on
the east bank of West river, where eight
tents have been pitched and where the
river affords excellent opportunity for
bathing. The camp is under the manage
ment of Miss Grace Warel Efolbrook and
Miss Sarah Bradley of Boston. 1t is
planned to conduct the camp, which
opened Monday, for month, accommo-
dating two groups of girls two weeks
each. Applications were received from
more girls than the camp Ewould accom-
modate.
Spring water has been gpiped to the
kitchen tent and adequateE provision has
been made for a cooler fdr food stuffs.
Besides the mess tent and kitchen tent
adjoining. which are on thezlat above the
river bank, the camp includes six sleep
ing tents, where beautiful view of the
valley and mountain Opposite are OBJ
tanned
The class period in the morning is
given over to child welfare first aid. or
| hygiene under the instruction of Miss
| Mary T. Wakefield and Miss Horton,
nurses. Miss Sarah Bradley has charge
of current events, especially concerned
with the great war. its causes, Germany S
aims and methods and progress of the
| last four years, data on which has been
carefully prepared. The girls are taking
notes on this work and with the use of
maps are becoming very well informed
ON the current horror, and are realizing
as never before why every one must bend
every effort toward victory. Miss
Greeley, tent mother and resident nurse
instructs the girls in first aid Practical
household arts instruction is given by
Miss Francis Bacarach. graduate of the
Framingham normal school, who is the
camp dietitian. Each of the girls deyotes
two days to work as cook. waitress anC
dish washer Miss Elizabeth Goodhut
has charge of the recreation periods anC
leads the camp singing, which is notable
feature. as the girls are learning a mum
Der of songs and cheers, which are suns
at frequent intervals and with much en-
thusiasm.
The following girls are now in camp
Gladys Brown, Dora Clark, Bernie,
Dodge, Irene Fairman, Julia Fairman
Clara Fisher, Hazel Fox, Virgie Goode
nough, Helen Hughes, Gertrude johnson
Grace Johnson, Marian Laughton. Wini
fred Mead. Florence Merrill and Mildre'
Taft, all of whom are proving themselve
excellent campers and seem to enjo,
greatly every part of the days program
Camp guests so far include Miss Kat
Logan and Miss Clarinda Richards, bot
of New York city, and both are secreta
ries for town and country department c
: the National Young Women's Christia
association. These women were particu
larly impressed to find so ideal an oppol
tunity for country girls as the Gree
Mountain camp offers and hope that
r time many more girls may be included
this and other camps which afford tn
excellent training in team work and pla,
Y and general preparation for citizenshi
i Following is the days program: 6.3
1, reveille tair blankets, weather permi
f tingl; $40, calisthenics; 6.55, dress; IL
i personal inspection and flag raising; 7.3
II breakfast; 9 to 1890, classes; 1913
!; swimming; 1890, dinner; l.30 to 2.3
.e rest hour; $50 to ). recreation; 53
W dress; 5.45, retreat; 6, supper; I, can
fire tsinging and story telling; SO
D. bed; 8, taps.