New Britain herald., 1928-07-16
GIRL SCOUTS CAMP RENDEZVOUS 0F FUN
First Two Weeks Marked by
 Profitable Schedule

period at Camp Spragre, the New
 Britain Girl Scout camp. found 2l
 of the girls remaining for longer periods of one to six weeks. Fiv.
 girls left camp on Saturday and 1:
 entered for periods of variou,
 lengths, which brings the number o1
 campers up to s4 for the present
 week.
 The present encampment shows
 the following girls registered for two
 weeks: Barbara Jewett. Marguerite
 Hubert. Lois Howard, Louise Teich
 Ruth Kallberg. Mildred Johnson, Lillian Zetterman Margaret Cubles
 Dorothy Jounson, Elizabeth Dem-
 ming, Lucy Gore. Frances Shepherd.
 Jean Showalter. Betty Holstein,
 Betty Curtiss Harriett srague,
 The following four girls are regis
 tered for a three week period: Charlette Burns, Shirley Shjerden, Louise Brastow and Dorothy Mo- knerney. Three girls are registered for four weeks including Barbara zehrer. Florence Coons and Diana Church.
 Twelve girls are registered from six to eight weeks. These girls are Frances and Lila Russell, Mary and Frances Robertson, Dorothy Tredennick. Henrietta Peyser, Miriam Hammerman, Dorothea Horhkohl Post, Josephine Wraske. Mabel Spring and Irene Winger.
 At the Friday night camp fire three girls were invested with the Tenderfoot pins. namely Florence Coons, Josephine Wraske and Lucy Gore. Frances Robertson received her green tie. one of the two camp awards for camp spirit and accom- plishments.
 Agnes Lazicki and Barbara Zehrer passed second class signal ling. Those who passed in second class First Aid were Agnes Lazicki, Betty Nightingale. Mary Robertson, Lucy Gore and Charlotte Burns.
 A large group is working on sec- ond class nature requirements. an- other group is collecting material for nature merit badges. Smoke prints and blue prints are popular for the nature memory books. The care of an aquarium and a. pair of rabbits are holding the attention of some of the girls as we'll as the op- portunities afforded for the study of wild life.
 As much interest has been shown in the rock finder badge a visit is planned to the neighboring fedlspar mine this week. At the nature claim campfire on Thursday night Mir. W. Flood, of the state highway depart ment will tell the girls about the construction and materials that go into real building.
 Mrs. Leon Sprague. whose hobby Is geology, will be in camp for sev- eral days this week and will assist the girls with their study of rocks and minerals, of which the camp has small collection 0 interest. Miss Marion Baucus, the nature counsellor is spending her second year at Camp Sprague.
 The pioneer group Of nine girls and two counsellors took an over night hike to Hurd park on Thurs day night. This is one of the scenic places of Connecticut and is a favor- Ite camping site for the overnight mixers. The Junior Division is having an overnight hike on the grounds 'f the camp tonight to get the first experience of sleeping out under the stars with pouches and blankets near to camp headquarters.
 Water carnivals are planned for every Wednesday afternoon at which lime tryouts are given for various held throughout the sum- ner. A pajama dressing race and . handed race were featured last week. Red Cross pins are awarded l o the swimmers who can swim the l ength of the crib four times and 'loat on their backs. This award 1 permits the girls to swim out to the | lew raft and tower
 The method used by Miss Sullivan. lie saver, teaches the girls to learn rom the very beginning the surface lives and strokes used in life sav- ng. Special periods are devoted 'ach day to life saving classes for ldvanced swimmers. The five boats owned by the camp are in great de- nand before and after supper for he girls who are passing the boat ests.
 The handicrafs period in the aft- 'rnoon hobby hour is filled to apacity with girls making baskets, voven bags. pocketbooks. art port ollos This week the girls will be- in working on laniards and belts of 'arious colors to match thetr resses. Miss Irene Koreber is in