The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-09-01

The Rotary Club was the guest
of the Girl Scout leaders at the
BURNSIDE Camp Wednesday evening
and it is needless to state that a
good time was had by ALL" The
Scouts had arranged themselves as
Lynx, "Owl", aspen" and Hare"
divisions and each section of the
menagerie took charge of num-
Der of the Rotes. Supper had been
prepared by each division over an
open fire and the Rotarians were
given plate, cup and necessary
utensils after which a most appetiZ-
ing supper was served. We, in
company with Tom Miller and AL
bert McMahan were given in charge
of the "Hares" and that bunch GER
tainly were kept on the jump filling
up the plates-and how they could
jump? After the supper the dishes
were put away and all repaired to
a large camp fire where Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, national president of
the Scouts, made very interest
ing talk. Several ballads, in cos
tune, were given by the Scouts
under the direction of Miss Edgar
and to the accompaniment of
violin in the able hands of Miss
Blake. The improvised brush stage
with a natural setting of trees,
rocks and logs for seats for the
audience and foot lights furnished
by flashlights in the hands of the
stage carpenter and his crew, gave
the productions a rather novel set
ting. I he ballads were finely
presented and received merited ap-
plause. The Rotarians sang some
of their favorite selections and the
Scouts also favored their guests
with some very choice music. The
evening was very pleasant one
and surely enjoyed by all who
participated.
The Scouts will break camp the
last of the week afte. a very siren
uous two weeks of training under
efficient instructors. Much wood
craft was given them by Supervisor
Dahlgren, Mr.. Barker and Mr.. Kel.
ly of the Superior National Forest.
Water sports, swimming. cooking
and canoeing also came in for
large share of the time at camp
and Scout routine was followed
m ost assidiously. Mrs. Herbert
Hoover arrived Sunday from Wash
lngton and up to yesterday was
with the girls at camp enjoying
every minute of her stay. Mrs.
Hoover is a very pleasant lady to
meet and was more than pleased
with the camp and the attendance.
She took part in the several phases
of camp life and stayed right with
the party. She spoke very glow
1ngly OF all she had experienced
since arriving in Minnesota and was
particularly profuse in her praise
Of the Scout Council Of Ely and the
Rotary Club and their noble work
in the interests of the young people.
Miss Edgar, Misses Sampson and
Thorsell and Mrs. Juhre also spoke
highly of the camp, the attend
ance and the morale Of those in
attendance. This camp is the only
Scout Officers camp west of Chica-
go and the only state camp in the
U. s. Some thirty-fve leaders
from all parts of the country are
present and all are more than sat
isfied. This was plainly evidenced
at the close when Bruce Strachan
acting for President Trezona, ex-
tended an invitation on behalf of
the Rotary Club for repetition of
their visit to the camp at Burnt
side. This invitation was greeted
with a series of cheers that left no
doubt as to the sincerity of the
wish to return in future years.
And besides all this, they are
fine bunch of girls.