Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-06-11
Camp for Girls at Willoughby Lake
Nearly SO Buildings as Sleeping
Quarters for 200 Young
Women already Booked

issue of the Barton Monitor, rs being
resident Of the Camp WesCr:ore com
rany, Inc, a new corporation formed
to establish a large camp for girls at
Willoughby Lake, is niece of Dean
He. Tinkham of the University of
Vermont Medical College, Mrs. JUS
tbs, who was formerly Miss Anna Day
was born in New York City, but has
spent much time in Vermont, having
been an enthuiastic camper at Will
loughby lake for many years. She
has also taught physical culture at
the University of Nebraska, where
she has held a professorship in that
line of work. Mrs. Justis is now To-
Gated at Newport, Del.
The account of the proposed est
ablishment of this new camp for girls
at Willoughby Lake this season by
New York parties follows.
"Work has begun at Willoughby
Lake on the greatest single develop
ment ever made on any of the beau
| tiful lakes of Orleans county. The
project is the establishment of large
girls summer camp on the site of the
Peene estate and farms on the west
side of the lake near the north end,
six miles from Barton.
"Ihe entire estate Of Mrs. A. L.
Peene of Yonkers, N. Y, and the
Peene farms in connection, including
the fine summer residence of Mrs.
Peene and the farm buildings, has
been transferred to New York cor
pcration including men from New
York, Pennsylvania and other places.
This corporation has contracted with
A. M. Stone and Son Of Midd.etown,
Conn, for the erection o. "A camp
buildings and work has alrEaCy begun
on the project, EdgaI CorGdo1 being
the executive head of the project for
the contractors.
each of the "A camps will be sleep
ing quarters for five girls and it is
understood over zoo girls have alre&-
dy been booked for. the camp. +.
large pavilion and dining room is al
so to be centrally erected and other
buildings already on the property re-
modelled. The contract calls for the
cottages to be ready .or occupancy
by July | which means thst the con-
tractors will make every da.r count to
| the utmost.
"The contractors will require sew
eral hundred men or the job to COM
plete it by the specified time having
begun operations only recently. The
original plan called for the develop
ment on the east side of the lake be-
tween the schoolhouse and the village
with the Atkins farm included, but
! difficulties arose which made the
change to the west side advisable,
and the Peene property was purchas-
ed
"There are fully 200 acres of land
belonging to the camp with lake
front extending from the outlet near
ly mile south on the west shore.
The Peene property commands a mag
nifcent view of the lake and is an j.
deal location for such development
as the one now under way.
"The camp will be known as" Camp
Westmore for Girls" and it IS to be
operated by the Camp Westmore
Company, Inc. Mrs. Anna D. JUS
tbs is president Of the company and
will be remembered as Miss Anna
Day, for years an enthusiastic camper
at Willoughby. Joseph F .Preson is
secretary of the company and the win
ter address is Hotel Pennsylvania,
New York city. Miss Laura Joll, la
dy principal of Kings Hall school,
Compton, P. O., is to be director of
the camp and Mrs. Helen Mcclure of
Miss Potter's school, Pennington,
Conn, will be assistant director.
Literature of the company adver-
tises the camp as on Willoughby
Lake, "The Lucerne of America, ,"and
advertises to give instruction in boat
ing, canoeing, swimming, horseback
riding, tennis, field hockey, archery,
basket ball and athletics of all kinds.
There will also be instruction in
dancing, photography, drawing,
sketching, fancy work and crochet
ing. 1t is planned to have a camp
chorus, camp paper and camp bank
Summer camps for boys and girls
are of recent origin, being establish
cd for the purpose of taking children
from the cities during the school va
cation months into the country where
they are under supervision of experts
who give them training in boating
swimming, horseback riding and
other sports. The price paid by par
ents for care and training of then
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