Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
CAMPS WILL OPEN
FOR D. c. CHILDREN
Provision for Mothers Also
Made Under Supervision
of Associated Charities.

The two Summer camps under the
superyision Of the Associated Charities
Camp Good Will and Camp Pleas
ant-will reopen for the season this
week with Z larger attendance than
ever expected and with added faclli-
ties for caring for the children and
their mothers.
Camp Pleasant opens Tuesday. and
Good Will on the following day.
Precisely at . o'clock Wednesday
morning, at the Curtis School, 1929 o
street. children and mothers from the
Georgetown district of the Associated
Charities will assemble to be taken to
Camp Good Will for a two-week Naca-
ton. Mrs. Dorothy NJ. w, Bean. the
visitor for the district, has been allot-
ted 50 places in this first party to go
out TO camp.
At the same hour another party of
children and mothers is to assemble at
the Thomson School at Twelfth and l.
streets, under the personal guidance
OF Miss Rebeka r. Morse. the visitor
for the central district of the Asso-
Ciated Charities, to whom the same
number of allotments has been made.
Medical Inspection.
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy. chief med
assisted by a corps of school doctors
and nurses. will give the children
physical examination u see that they
are free from any sort OF contagious
Sickness at the same time noting any
physical defects for correction either
during the stay at camp or after the
return home. Both Of the camp par
ties are to be transported to camp in
private automobiles furnished by vol
unteers, many of whom will drive
their own cars. The campers are TO
arrive in time for the midday meal.
Additional tents for Camp Good
Will have been provided, -Four tents
named Cleveland Park were made
possible by lawn fete held in Cleve-
land Park at the home of Miss Agnes
Miller, netting $l40, which was sent
in by Mrs. Philip :. Smith. The
Business Womens Council is NAMING
tent for that group. st. MarGaret's
Sunday School. through Commander
G.. T. Jewell, has sent S35 and will
have a tent named for the school.
The Chestnut Farms Dairy names a
tent for the late George NJ. oyster,
If. Ralph W. Payne names the Amy
+. Lang Tent The Philadelphia
Market Company names one tent for
Camp Good viii, and the president OF
the company. II. V. Hayden, names
two tents, one for Camp Good Will
and the other for Camp Pleasant.
Another tent is named for Mrs.
Helen e.. Nletcalf and one for the
Hicks Photo Finishers. Aaron Bry-
lawSki has asked to have a tent
named for his youngest TWO grand
children, Edward and Mark.
AT O'Clock on Tuesday morning
the Georgetown district Will join with
the southwest district in sending tno
parties for Il two weeks oLtiaS at
Camp Pleasant, Blue Plains, 60 invi-
tatiOnS having been aiiOtted TO each
of the two visitors for these districts,
Mrs. Bean for Georgetown and Miss
Rosa Brown for the southwest. The
Georgetown group WI assemble at
the Phillips Schoo.. y street. between
Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth
streets, and thos.e from the SuutllWes
at the Ambush Schoo.. l. AMI seventh
streets southwest. The Rotary Club
bus and other private automobiles
have been donated to carry the par
ties to Camp Pleasant.
DIR. Charles \. TiSnor. assisted by
a group of school physicians and
nurses, will conduct the examinations
of the children and will note remedi-
able defects that may be given atten-
ton before the opening of the schools
next Fall.
Yesterday the teachers OF the tenth
and eleventh divisions of the public
schools, comprising IS buildings,
turned in at Social Service House
through Supervising Principal J. c.
Male and Miss II. Fl. Beason. "A
teacher. S12625 in cash collected from
their number. This entities them to
name three tents at Camp Pleasant
as follows: Tenth DIVISION fourth
division" and y. c. Male" Another
tent at Camp Pleasant has been
named by the Lincoln Temple Mis-
sionary Society.
So far there have been 81 tents
named in both camps. The funds for
maintaining these camps are still far
short of the amount required. and all
willing TO help are requested to send
contributions to Harry G.. Meem
treasurer. at 1922 Eleventh street
Each will be perSOnallv acknowledged