The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-29
INTERCAMP FROLIC.

! Wednesday afternoon, Camp Han
oum of Thetford invited the mem
bers of the Upper Connecticut Val
lev Association of Girls Camps to
meet with them and the village of
Thetford acted as hostess to the
visiting girls.
The Camps represented were
Aloha, Fairlee; Aloha Club, Pike, N.
H.; Aloha Hive, So. Fairlee; Big
Pine, So. Fairlee; Farwell, Wells
River; Hanoum, Thetford; Ken-Jock-
etee, So. STAFFORD; Kia Ora, Fairlee;
Lochearn; Post Mills; Neshobe, So.
Fairlee; Quinibeck, So. Fairlee; Ser
rama, Pike; Tahoma, Pike; Wynona,
Fairlee and Wyoda; Fairlee. And
some two thousand girls made up
their happy households.
All roads led to Thetford any time
after noon on Wednesday. A few
walked part of the way, most Of
them came by truck and automobile
| loads and some came a-liding horse
back. But everywhere boomers and
middies held sway and some were
brown and some were dark blue and
some were brilliant blue and some
were khaki and some were green and
some were sober gray but all The
middies were white, or they were
when they started for the frolic,
and the neckerchieves were bright
and fetching. Altogether it was a
festival of young, healthy and happy
America out in the great woods and
free from school.
Various college associations and
the church held out door fairs and so
there were plenty of good things to
eat, scattered along the way, and
somebody there to eat them most Of
the time.
There were three distinct groups
entertaining themselves and the
toWnspeople from 2.30 to 4:20 when
little rest was given before the
evening meal was served. Aloha Or
chestra furni he'd music for the
plays, which the six Camps gave
down in the grove, and it would do
credit to an older organization.
Aloha Hive presented two Billie
plays in pantomine. Ken-Jecketee
did qvite an ambitious bit Of acting
witt - hes cf Rcses' Neshcbe
care "A Little Girls Dream" in which
the little girls dolls did beautiful
dancing. Wynona did a Filming act
called "Her Great Sacrifice" which
was pure comedy, while Tohoma re-
d oduced "A Penny for Pierrott' and
Aloha Camp put on 1.-THE Winning of
Phoebe" each play being but fifteen
in length, the afternoon was
ore of charming variety.
At the same time i'm another part |
A1Hhn raV,,v, af,I a lob a
Club gave Fire Building demon |
stration and an Overnight Camping |
Stunt. Aloha Hive demonstrated the |
art of Path finding with sketch map |
Of trail. Big Pine showed how to tie |
knots and kia Ora gave an exhibit
ton of model fires. Neshobe cooked |
in a bean hole. Serrana proved that |
cooking could be done without |
utensils and also applied emergency |
first aid Tahcma took care of the |
forestry group.
At one and the same time another |
group was busy on the shore Of the |
Lake with water sports. These |
sports consisted of Canoeing, Swim |
ming, Life Saving; Surface Dive and |
Disrobing in water. They proved |
that they we're as much at home in |
the water as fish and enjoyed these
sports like a duck.
Really worthwhile work has been
done by all the camps in hand
crafts and their exhibits attracted
much attention, each camp being
eager to prove to the other campers
that not all the genius and talent
resided in one Camp.
AnI tho EFrlfa arIaa tr-iFh mod
old fashioned sing in which hundreds |
If young voices blended as the twi- |
light hours came on. Nothing can
be finer than to listen to a sing" |
rut Of doors in mid summer and |
these girls will long remember the |
sound Of the voices as they fingered |
2 bit before starting for the home
Camp.