Evening star., 1923-04-22
PREPARED TO START
CAMP ADDITIONS
| WITH K|WAN|S AID
Two More Buildings Planned
on Good Will Site in Rock
Creek Park.

Work on the buildings at the new
site of Camp Good VIII on Daniel
road. north of Military road in Rock
Creek Park. will be begun shortly. so
that everything will be in readiness
for the children this summer.
This was decided at a meeting of the
summer outings committee of the AS
sociated Charities, which has charge
of the camp, held Friday at the Social
Service House, 923 II street north
west.
The buildings committee is to stake
out the location of the new buildings
early this week. and contracts for the
required work will be let as soon as
possible. The site of the old camp
was needed by the department. of pub
the new public golf course.
To he Well Equipped.
Owing to the cooperation of the
kfwanis Club in undertaking to
finance the erection of two of the new
buildings required, the baby quarters
and the dining, room and kitchen. and
with the anticipated similar co-opera-
tlon of other civic organizations of
the city, in addition to the liberal atti-
tude of the public authorities. there is
good assurance that the new. Camp
Good VIII is to be better equipped
than ever before for its important
work.
Members of the summer outing COM
mittee present at the meeting were:
John Joy Edison, chairman; Harry G..
Meem, treasurer: William S. Corby,
Professor George W. Cook. Judge viii
liam II. DeLacy, Morris Hacker. Mrs.
Adolph kann, Mrs. Laura B. Glenn,
DR.. George NJ. kober. Dr. Joseph A
Murphy, Arthur B. Heaton, Miss Louise
.. Beall and Walter 5. Ufford, secre-
tary Col. Sheriff. of the depa rtment
of public buildings and grounds was
present by special invitation.
of h.c
forward with the work on the new
camp site and buildings was stressed
by the chairman and others. after
whloh 1t was voted unanimously that
1he officers and the building commit
tee be authorized to proceed with
the erection of the camp buildings
at the earliest possible moment and
to provide the water, light and sewer
connections necessary. The plans
Tor the new camp had been set fort h
IN an illustrated folder, now ready
for general distribution. 1t contains
- map of the park, showing the loca-
tion OF the new site, a plan of the
camp itself and the estimated cost
OF the various buildings and improve
nents amounting to s16,704.
Ready to Proceed.
Through John @ Wineman. as
chairman of its public affairs COM
'nfttee, the kiwanis Club had re-
ported that it was ready to proceed
ings for the baby quarters and the
dining room and kitchen at a total
estimated cost of about SIS 900
1t was the sense Of the meeting
that every POSSIBLE effort should be
made to interest the other civic or
ganlzations in contributing toward
the equipment required. Confidence
was expressed that the Washington
public would respond with generous
contributions. as in previous years. so
as to provide funds not only for this
construction work but for the main
renance of the camp
Col. Sheriff. spoke warmly of the
value of the camp and it's work and
expressed his desire to help it in
every way possible. As an evidence
of what might be expected he told
would see to the moving of the
furniture and fixtures from the old
camp site to the new one. He said
a way had been found by which the
new recreation building to replace
the old one would be provided for.
Chairman Edison announced the ap-
pointment Of the following commit
tees: Finance, John ii. CIapp, chair
man; w. S; Corby, John c. Wineman.
Thomas Bones. chairman: Arthur B.
Heaton- John II. Small. Sd; publicity.
Newbold Noyes, chairman; Avery
Marks, Ira E. Bennett, Coleman Jen-
nings; water supply, John s. Gar
land. chairman; DIR. W. c. Fowler:
electric equipment. l. Fl. Windsor,
chairman; Judge William II. De Lacy
Morris Hacker. George s. Wilson, DR..
Joseph A. Murphy; personnel Miss
Louise O. Beall. chairman; Miss Ida
NJ. BroWnrtgg, Mrs. Laura Z Glenn