New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
GIRL SCOUT CAMP
 OPENS TOMORROW
Everything Is in Readiness
 95 in First Detail

The Girl Scouts will open camp | tomorrow. Everything Is ready, in- cluding the first detachment Of campers. Jobs pond has taken on it's scene of summer activity, tents are up, supplies are on hand, and the bugle blows tomorrow morning. Four groups of tents have been
 erected in four different spots. all in the immediate vicinity of each other. Each group stands thorough 1 ly screened behind a dense wall of spruce, pine and bayberry. Camp 1 Sprague, so named by unanimous i vote of the Girl Scouts of New
 Britain, Is ready and will open to- morrow tor its annual sojourn on 1 the shores Of Jobs pond. Portland
 Between 35 and 40 girls will en. , ter camp tomorrow. All Is in readi- i ness 10 receive them. Mrs. Leon A. i Sprague, Girl Scout commissioner, Miss Lois E. Shaw, scout executive, and nine other officials have been working amidst the evergreens on the shores of the pond for more than q week, getting things in readiness.
 Boys from the state trade school 1 have spent several days there erecting units, platforms, tent floors
 and other structures for the girls. One innovation is bathAouse, con-
 sistiug of an enclosed structure
 containing portable bath tub,
 where the girls may carry hot wa ter and take hot baths when they desire.
 The camp is reached in two
 ways. The most feasible and de-
 sireabe is to drive 10 the Boy Scouts camp on the other side of
 the pond and row across in boats.
 The other way. and not so com fortable or so good for cars, is to turn left at the foot of the long hill after passing Portland center.
 and follow long, narrow, rough, rugged and winding path, errone-
 ously called a road" for several miles, This road is not graded, is too narrow for one car 10 pass au-
 other, goes through three fences
 where heavy gates must be opened,
 climbs stiff grades over deep gull lies, and in fact is one of those
 kind where one must drive through at owners risk only" At one place sign frankly states that 'Persons entering here do so at their own risk"
 But once having braved the per ills Of the journey, one feels we'll repaid for the beautiful sight which greuts the visitor to the camp. The view over the water to the boys camp in the distance, the sloping green shores, the steep green GOV cred hills in the background. and the shady canyon" or rayine which winds around and opens onto the roadway, all combine to make
 an assortment Of natural beauty | spots seldom seen in one vicinity. Mountain, shore. meadow, valley, Country road and forest all are found in d 4O acre space, now leased by the Girl Scouts and upon
 which they hold an option for the purpose or purchasing eventually.
 The camp this year is divided into
 three separate groups, each group
 having different are radius, thus
 permitting the girls to enjoy them-
 selves among those of their own age
 and not throwing them together in
 groups where there may be a wide
 variance of interests. Handcraft and Woodcraft will be taught In each
 group, which is under a separate
 leader.
 Although the main dining cottage
 erected last fall by the Rotary
 club members and named the Ro-
 tary cottage, will be used for general assembly and noon meals, one unit
 at least, the Pioneer group, which
 is the oldest group, has field
 kitchen and tables of its own and
 breakfasts and suppers will be pre-
 pared and served here.
 The camp is under the general
 direction of Mrs. Sprague, assisted by Miss Shaw. Others who are aid ing are Miss Ella Garvey of New London, house matron, Mrs. Mae Helmer of New Britain, cook, train. ed nurse Miss Helen Siembrzuch Of New Britain; councillors Miss Flor ence Holden, charge of the Pioneer group, Mrs. Fred Gross. charge Of the senior group, Miss Mae Graf, Miss Irene Koerber, the latter Of Northampton, Mass, and Misses