Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-08-01
BI-C0UNTY 4-H CLUB
CAMPS AT PUBLIC LANDING
Worcester And Wicomico Clubs
Spend Five Days On Bay.-En-
thusiasm Rife For Next Year

the worcester lcOmlcO All GlflS
Camp at Public Landing, was handed
in by Miss Lucy Walter, Home Dem
onstration Agent:
"The annual All club camp with 81
members from Worcester and Wi
ccmico counties at Public Landing on
July 20th-25th was the best outing
these club folk have enjoyed.
"The camp was directed by Miss
Lucy Walter and Miss Florence Ma
son, Home Demonstration Agents of
Worcester and Wicomico counties, as
sisted by Miss Dorothy Emerson,
State Girls Club Agent, and the adult
local leaders, Miss Lottie Holston and
Miss Catherine Hancock, who assum-
ed many Of the camp responsibilities.
Interesting classes were planned in
nature study, tie dyeing, furniture
remodeling, picture framing and water
coloring, and keen interest was taken
in them by all the girls.
'"The camp has assumed such large
proportions that club members all
look forward to the day when we will
have permanent camp established.
Already are they proud of their camp
to be hereafter known as Camp EN-
mawa, which ever brings to mind the
name of the faithful leaders Emmer-
son, Mason and Walter.
"The camp work and spirit seemed
to be so much better than ever before
and We like to attribute this to the bet
ter rest we had on our little cots which
start a permanent camp equipment
and for which we express our deep ap-
probation to the First National Bank.
Our comfort was also added to by the
camp chairs and stools, a gift from
the County Woman's Club. A further
story is told Of the growth of our All
camps in the history, part of our
Camp Logue as written by one of our
club girls.
Camp History.
GLOW times do change" insisted the
elder Of two negroes who had stopped
beside the tree, for a MONDAY chat,
"you know faint been long since folks
done laid aside their corn fore Fourth
of July, and here Massa Tom just got
thru plantin.' When I first come to
lib here he rode in wagon and us
niggers steer cart. Now he done
went and got a brand new car-Sudan
of some kind-anyway, he's always
having new ideas, changing, buying
all this new tangled equipment for
the farm till sometimes I most forget
a spade is spade, and pillow pillow
but I guess it's all right. What do
We think of it Bill?"
"Well all l got to say is, your right.
Times change and time do fly"
Like the old negro times do change.
Scarcely can I believe this is our fifth
camp, but when l look back to the
days of our first camp, when we be-
gan to make the best better as applied
to camps, it is but short time, but
oh! the changes that have taken place.
A few of us remember that our first
camp was held at Ocean City, in cot
tage the use of which was given free
by the owner, o. D. Collins.
We were new at the business. Shall
l say young and green, and not quite
as familiar with camp proceedings, as
we would be after experience had
taught her lesson.
Club work in the county was in its
infancy, and the camps were through
out the State, wherever they were at
tempted, bare experiments. The club
folk were young girls, having done on
ly one year of club work, and had not
caught the spirit, nor had we yet
found out what real club work was.
But might say, here we learned some
valuable lessons, and began to play
the real game of CLUB WORK. There
were no girls over fifteen who attend
ed, so our work and play were both
confined to types suitable to girls of
less mature age.
We did our own cooking and had
lots of real work after sudden smok-
ing up of the kitchen by the rented,
miniature smoke stack of our oil
stove, but we all lived thru it. Bath
ing did you say? Yes-real ocean
dips-and still I hear the screams as
we'd be half taken off our feet by the
incoming waves.
Our work hours were conducted by
Miss Cowsill, Home Demonstration
Agent of Montgomery county, and
Miss Lucy Walter, Home Demonstra-
ton Agent of Worcester county, and
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