Milford chronicle., 1961-03-03
Camping With Girl
Scout Troop No. rs


We left the Kiwanis Youth Cen
ter at $3.50 pm. on February 10th
ii intermediate Scouts-2 Senior
Scouts-Mr. and Mrs. GLAND Evans
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Hitch-and
our out-of-doors chairman, Mrs.
Lorenzo Clark.
Upon arriving at the home of Mr.
Bailey. State Forest Ranger. we
found the road to the lodge was
muddy. soft and wet. Therefore we
walked the ninetenths of a mile
back through the woods to the
lodge, while Mr.. Evans and Mr.
Hitch took the equipment in a
pickup truck, which had been loan
ed to us by Mr.. Carl Morgan of
Milford.
The Lodge
The lodge is set way back in
the woods. A road encircles the
| lodge. 1t has a big living room
with two fireplaces. There is din
| ing room with a round table,
which seated the IA intermediate
scouts. 'rhe others sat at two
! smaller tables. The kitchen had a
wood stove. a sink. table. an ice
box, and some closets, There are 5
| bedrooms where three or four girls
slept. There are 2 bedrooms and
dormatories. There were porch
es. One at the front door with two
benches on it. One at the kitchen
with wood for the kitchen stove.
One by the side door with our
boots and wood for the large fire
places, on it. There was also an
attic which many of us said was
haunted.
After looking the lodge over we
had a nose-bag supper (meal in a
paper bag). The cots were then
set up in the rooms, beds made
and clothes neatly arranged. for
the weekend. Mrs. Evans and Mrs.
Hitch checked our rooms and First
aid kits. Each girl that goes on a
camping trip must have her own
pocket-sized first-aid kit 1t must
contain tiny bottle of antiseptic,
needle. matches, some bandaids,
and small tube of petroleum
ointment. We all passed both of
these requirements. which is a
small part of either the Adventure
Camp Craft, or the Outdoor Safe
ty Badge.
Our camper patrol planned and
organized a fire drill with the help
of Mr.. Evans. Then it was explain
| ed to the adventurer patrol. The
Campers (scouts who have been
camping more than oncel were ::
Kristen Pearce, Susan Reichhold,
Patsy Farlow, Beveraly Donovan,
Geri Clark, Susan Mayhem, Fran
ces Crawford. The Adventures,
(scouts who have never been
camping) Linda wilkins. Donna
May Donovan. Regina Marnychak,
Virginia Marvel. Nancy Johnson.
Louzens Legates. and Mary Beth
Holleger.
Crafts
At camp we had two crafts,
which will both be used at the Hos
pital Fair booths.
One was the making of an 0ctupus
out of yarn. They were made from
an assortment of colors-yellow.
brown. black. and pink. The faces
were put on with felt and it vas
here that we could put our imag-
ination to work Some turned out
to look like boys, girls, cats or
even a donkey
The other craft was the painting
of plaster molds. We used water
colors to paint figurines of cats,
monkeys, and skunks. The canteen,
steers. and thunderbirds were tie
slides which are used very much
by cub and boy scouts. We are
also working on the Needlecraft
Badge and there was time allotted
for us to ask questions or get help
on cur various stitches. Senior
Scout Barbara Hitch helped us
with the outline stitch. cross stitch
lazy-dazy, and french knots on the
aprons which we are embroider-
ing.
Food
At every meal three girls would
cook and set the table. We had
a very good & we'll balanced menu.
At one of our scout meetings we
voted on the menu. then each girl
was given d specific meal. She
had to make the recipe and shop
ping list to serve twenty-four per-
sons. Some of. the food we had was,
scrambled eggs, tuna fish salad
spaghetti, french toast, oven-fried
chicken. baked potatoes. and in
stant pudding. Mrs. Clara Carter
| Mrs. Hitchs' Mohter) made us a
very good Black Walnut Cake
which we had for lunch.
Three girls were assigned TO
clean up, which means washing
and drying the dishes and cleaning
the dining room.
We also learned that there is
a right and wrong way to dispose
of trash on a camping trip. All
paper is burned. all garbage is
buried and all tin cans are flatten-
ed before burying.
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