The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Winnataska Camp ProUing More Pleasant and Popluar
 As Summer Time Goes on
Bathing Study Lectures Instruction and Many Other ln- teresting Things Feature Outdoor Life Provided by the Birmingham Sunday School Association
 for the Younger People
By CAROLYN

Come out girls--the waters finei" Already more than 250 of your friends have registered for the girls camps at Winnataska that will be carried on dur ing July and August under the aus pices of the Birmingham Sunday School Association.
 Find your bathing suit, and your mid dles, and bloomers, your easy walkers, raincoat and kodak; make arrangements with Miss Batchelder about the trip at Sunday school headquarters, and then come on. That Is If you belong to any Sunday school in Birmingham and if you are over F years of age. Miss Batchelder says that those who come first will be served first. regardless of Sunday school affiliations but that eN- cry applicant must be approved by Sunday school official When three- fourths of the limit is reached the list ing will be confined to two members from each Sunday school, but others may place their names on the waiting list. { and after one week will be registered ! in the order in which they are enrolled | The July camps are full. but registra- | tion at headquarters in the Title build I ing Is still on for August. with few vacancies awaiting the fortunate ones | who come first.
 l The camps win be under the direction | of Miss Rosa Strickland, who is super | intendent of Powell School and leader 1! in the Sunday school work of the city | The first camp in July will be for | women teachers of girls and for girls | and young women over IS years Of age Following this week Camp No $, for I girls from F to l5 years which will l open July 20 The older girls camp Tor | those from 15 to IS will begin August g. | the college girls camp on August lS and second camp for older girls on | August 23. Each group of campers is lscheduled to leave Birmingham from the 1 Terminal Station at S:30 o'clock in the 1 afternoon on the dates given. | No more attractive site could have been selected by the Sunday School :, Association than the eighty acres in- 1 cluAed in Camp Winnataska, just
 twenty-six miles from Birmingham, in
 ihe \hiils of St. Clair county.
 The daily programme of the young people IS unique in nat the camp 's not merely orc for recreation. but the menta.. social and religious training fare also cmrhaslzeG. The religious instruction includes courses in Bible study, Sunday schcol work, and in
 talks on leadership. The instructors
 for the Bible period and school Of l methods period will be Mrs. James D.
 billiard. Mrs. S. r. Moore, Mrs. F.. T.
 Glass. Miss Freda bose Miss Rosa StricklanI, Miss Myra I}a atchelder tal | Mrs w |. Price. ,uUrse in the prin
 ciples of story telling will be given
 by Mrs. w. M. Hughes. The nature
 study hours will be in charge of Mrs.
 Elwyn Ballard. assisted by Charles c,
 Handley of West Virginia.
 No camp is complete without water
 sports. and Winnataska ranks among
 the first in offering various forrcs oi aquatic recreation. An upper and low
 CT pool provide shallow and deep watei : for girls who are taking their frs ,. swimming lessons and those more ex perienced in the art while instructors Hare always at hand during the hour for such sport Al various times dur
 ing the camps Mrs. Robert Fulford Miss I.llie Mac Wolfrom. Miss Ruti Huff Mss Mary Malone and Mrs A Gibson will lirect the swimming les ] sons
 The play fe9tures of Winnataska arr of hggh order The physical side of th
 four-fold life. both individual and il groups Is given careful attention un
 der trained physical directors. II
 charge of the emergency hospital vii he Mrs Charles Woodruff Miss Alie
 Painter and Mrs Fred Denson. thre'
 experienced trained nurses who wil
 take every prccaution to conserve th health cf the girls, and to care fol
 any who may become ill.
 Resides tie physical directors. in l, structors aad trained nurses T raml , mother VII assist Miss Stricklan
 during eaon of the camps and ';omei will serve as roun ,eaders t6S every rraur of ten girls. Some of the from , men wenon If the city " w'l {" sist ai
 I, a6ets and camp mothers during tn
 seae.r src Mrs E. N Bell. N s. J. W Tain Mrs r. l.. Walker M's4 Lenor lJones. Mrs w. c. B2nham. Mrs. Nar1
 Tiussnn Mrs John Guthrie. M''. E. F
 cwen. Mrs. Oscar Reinhar.. Mrs. F.
 IT,. IT.itv. ,drs. A. D. Stura' var', Mis-
 Fthel Flush. Mrs. L. r. Falter. Mis-
 Iaiho,.ne Jones. Miss Capitot Moody , Miss MIl.ie Florence, Mrs w, J [ vs.ldng, Miss Margaret . amberi , and Q. he-