South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-31
CAMP FIRE GIRL AT
THE TELEPHONE
(After hike TO Scout Reservation
Tuesday,

Tuesday,
"Hello!"
"Margery?"
Yes, came in Just as the phone
rang. Why didn't you go?"
"Oh. you poor thingi"
Yes. we had an awful good time.
There were 90 or more OF US. Il
was so nice out there. The day was
just made for us-the kind OF a day
that Mrs. Bullock quotes that Brown
ing stuff at Camp, you know
And every morning seems to say,
There's something happy on the way
What's the rest?"
"Oh yes-'And God sends love TO
you Wen, we girls get there first,
began TO explore the heights and
the depths while waiting for the
other TO come. and by the time the
last car unloaded two girls had TO
be packed into it and returned TO
their respective homes"
"Oh no-they hadn't done any
thing-just had little catastrophies
incidental to exploring. We explor-
ed the heights by climbing the rustic
dissertation tower. and we all came
through that allright-but when VIC
explored the depths, you know
there's a beautiful creek running
through a lovely ravine; we might
have crossed it by the bridge but it,
more fun to go over fallen trees and
do something brave. you know. Well,
most OF us showed of pretty well
getting over slippery perilous places,
but Eloise Metz, from the Grace NJ.
+. group, let one foot slip off and
was soaked in nice icy water to the
knee. Two new girls Of the Wlcaka
group let both feet slip off and
goloshes, shoes and stockings were
dripping their icy contents as the
girls were hustled TO the fire IN the
cottage. We hung Eloise up by the
fire and dried her, but we had 10
bare feet of the other girls and
pack them in the car with their wet
belongings beside them"
Yes, you missed the chance CT
your life TO push me over. Well by
that time Mr.. Bunch was there and
we started off to learn the trees
You'll be astounded at our wisdom
when the bunch get together again.
AS we came near the ravine we wece
studying a beech tree, and Mr.. Bunch
pointed across the ravlne and said,
DO you see that big beech over on
that hill? After we all didn't see
n - hn
Wen go across and take that hill
now We crossed the creek by the
little wobbly bridge Mrs. Moomaw
was little scared. Do you know
Mrs, Moomaw, she's guardian of tho
Tapawinga group"
Yes. She's the best sport ever.
Well Mrs. Holem went before her
and Mrs. Bullock went behind TO
steady her IL she got dizzy as she
predicted
Well. then came the time when we
all distinguished ourselves. DO you
remember that picture in our old his.
tory Scaling the Heights of Abra-
ham?' Well. our pictures would go
down in history too IL anyone had
sense enough 10 carry a camera anG
got US climbing that hill. Why real
~ II didn't look more than three de-
grees from perpendicular, and
muddy and slippery--oh boy! Mr..
- mean General Bunch held out
a little pole for US when W. reached
the absolute perpendicular near the
top. Some of the girls tried way
that looked a little better, and Dos
othy Daicey slipped back TO the start
when she was a third Of the way up;
Virginia Turner lost her footing
after she got hold the stick but she
held her weight by her arm until she
got It again I'll say it was excit-
ing. Shall I tell you what trees we
learned ?"
THE hard maple. that's the sugar
maple. you know-or rather YOU
DON'T know-and the beech. the
sassafras. and hickory and dog-woOd
Its got the prettieSt bark kind 4
spotted like a miniature leopard skin
and iron wood. Wild cherry-that's
about all I remember. We had been
wondering how we would ever get
down the hill but General Bunch
found a milder slope but slippery
enough. you know. 10 make it fun"
NO. we decided it was too late 10
make the camp fire for supper Two
groups ate at the cabin-the First Nj.
f. and Miss Gillespie's. and these
who had weinnies roasted them or
the stove but the rest wanted 10 eat
on the benches and stay outside to
the last. so they ate theirs cold
Then after one more climb OF the
tower we started back"
Yes. we did. Some Of the girls
took the interurban, bU. We wanted
10 hike Some hiked TO the -
Mary's car line and rode in from
there"
not a bit. I feel just-Tve been
singing all the time since I came
back. You see I had such a lark It
makes me feel like a lark. You
must surely 20 next time"