Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01
Camp Jog 1924

sHew / love you, how l love you.
Dear Old Camp joy.
I'D give the world to be
Back with the crowd at Camp JOY.
L5val, ever loyal, ever fajthful,
Dear Old Camp JOY.
THE panes and the tents love and
adore
And Sing Of Camp Joy eveumere. "
Nus to the strains of "Swapee"
would sing any or ali of the mem
bers of Camp icy 1921. For If was
cartainly a singing, or rather a must
cal camp. A piano, a new innova-
tlon ins&eed., flute. mandolin, gui-
tsrs. ukuleles and drums were in
evidence both visibly and audibly
from breakfast until long after the
the regulation hour for taps Nor
was such music allowed to waste, for
most distinctive feature Of our camp
was the dance held each night. No
formal affairs could ever hope to
equal in pep our sliding, or perhaps
stuufblmg?, ovek the hard ground
with bodies swaying in unison to
"Corn Liquor Blues. This partic-
Mar brand of Corn Liquor was of
such popularity and % in demand
that we were fortunate in not having
10 recon with the old piano for
overtime work.. Also never to be
forgotten are the moonlight sings in
which all the camp on and off the
key according to individual musical
limttations), joined in singing every
thing from sentimental ballads thru
JAZZ to old negro spirituals.
From Monday morning, June 18th,
until the following Saturday, break
ing up day, was one succession Of
good times. Everything that had
been done on former Camp joys was
tred, and we think, few improve
ments added. Certainly we had
their best feature. Mr. and Mrs. J.
q. Borgess. and Mr.. and Mrs. Loyle
Shannon for chaperones. These not
only entered into everything started,
but kept the rest of the crowd busy
irving to keep up with them. The
camps verdict of "the best ever" fits
them. What else could be said?
Since the first requisites of a good
camp the chaperones, were so salts
factory everything else just followed
suit The water was fine, the boat
didn't sink (unless pushed under)
and three times day we sat down
to table so loaded that even with
put campers appetites", it would
have been hard to stop eating. How
over, equipped with these same APP
petites, we just didn't stop, as long
Is the food lasted, time long
Enough for anybody, even Ellis!
Lige Williams, famous squirrel hunt
ar and cook, didn't fail US either and
his Brounswich is one Of the unfor-
yettables.
Many were the jokes, practical and
otherwise, that added to the general
'un, Friday night witnessed a touch
ng scene, the double wedding of
Miss Sara Evelyn Joyner and Mr.
:. E. Carleton, Jr., and Miss Martha
J. McHenry and Mr.. j. G. Horton,
r.. Both couples were we'll suppirt-
d by sympathetic attendants but
heir emotions could hardly be re- 9
trained when the officiating Minis a
err, Mr.. L. L. Martin, made them
olemnly proclaim that each fully 7
ealized the seriousness Of this hour a
then they were giving up forever i
heir fun and happiness. All bore !
p nobly, however. S
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Horton success S
ully played fairy Godparents to the P
amp. What we'd have done with r
ut Mr.. Horizons electric lights we
sally don't know. They even beat $
he moon, and that's going some.
great many other welcome visitors II
aded to the pleasures Of the Camp.
Members of the camp were Mr. n
nd Mrs. W. L. Shannon, Mr.. and C
[rs. Boggess, Messes. Bess Swami, "
leanor Shannon, Marilu Bryan, e
larry D. Cockrell, Maude Yates,
ellen Carleton, Margaret Crawford, N
Lsrtha Linda McHenry, Sara Evelyn p
,yner of West Point, EN- Yates, m
anelle Yates and Little Misses.
RANGES Ellen Shannon and Beth Y
cggess, Messrs. William E. Dent, Il
ucian Dent, Leonard Martin, Ellis
unter, Allie Swami, Jr., Boyce 81
kim, Warren Martin, William Kirby 9
lmes Horton, Powell Patty, Edwin
urphey, Phelan Hunter, Jr., FINS =
arloton, Jr., and Master J. E. u
pggess, Jr, the camp msscit. 81