anaheim-gazette 1950-08-09

Page 5 Anaheim Gazette, Wednesday, August 9, 1950 Photos Capture Highlight DRAWING CLASS—Don May, Anaheim artist, conducted a popular how to draw session at the Girl Scout Camp. May illustrates a point on stage left. At right is Anaheim Justice John Shea. DRAWING CLASS—Don May, Anaheim artist, conducted a popular how to draw session at the Girl Scout Camp. May illustrates a point on stage left. At right is Anaheim Justice John Shea. AFTER THE LESSON—Girls who heard May's art lecture immediately set out in search of suitable subjects. The mountain area furnished plenty for the budding artists. Caroline Kirven lined up per-spective at left. Barbara May (center), engaged in deep thought while Nancy Dutzi sketched in-lieu. CHOW TIME—Outdoor activities produced appetites unique in their downright enormity. Carefree campers jammed the mess hall to take on coal for next slated activities. POPULAR PEOPLE—Camp cooks Mrs. Rose (Cupcake) Hoban, left, and Mrs. Mildred (Cookie Schmitz were supreme beings at eagerly-awaited meal sessions. Among their specialties were hot dogs measuring a good 12 inches. Highlights Of Anaheim Girl Scout (Ed. Note:—Shirley Schmitz, 13 year old Anaheim girl and editor of the Camp newspaper, recaps below the highlights of a week of Girl Scouting in the San Bernardino mountains. 80 young local ladies returned from the first outing yesterday. Another group from Anaheim is now enjoying outdoor life at the same campsite. Gazette Photographer Myles Bradley spent a day at the camp last weekend photographing the multifold activities which go to make up Girl Scout Camp Life. By Shirley Schmitz Eighty girls enjoyed Anaheim Girl Scout Camp to the utmost last week at Camp San Antonio, about four miles above Camp Baldy. The Camp was divided into four units starting with the Brownie Fly-ups in the Hilltoppers Unit, 5th and 6th graders in Collectors Valley, 6th and 7th graders in Sleepy Hollow and the junior high school girls in Rocky River. Camp San Antonio is equipped with an excellent staff of leaders, many of whom are experts in their fields, such as crafts, music, nature study, handcrafts, and art. The staff is headed by director, Mrs. Frances Baker, who has directed camps for 18 years. The leaders are: Mrs. Don May, Mrs. Gene Metzger, Mrs. Maurice Dugan, Mrs. John Shea, Miss Sallie Inkster, Miss Janet Siebert, Miss Margee Coleman, Miss Dorothy Klammer, Miss Helen Walker, and Miss Nancy Crown. Camp cooks are Mrs. Peter Schmitz, and Mrs. Rose Hoban. Their assistants are Mary Jean Bushman and Carol Dawson and David Siden, the all around handy consist of a ballowed slice of bread edged with bacon slices and flavored with an egg. “Bags of Gold,” another dish, are made of a cake of cheese surrounded in baking dough and cooked in tomato soup. These cookouts are enjoyed by all and something which takes place exclusively at camp. Another diversion from the dining hall is a lunch from a “nose bag,” the Scout term for a sack lunch. This takes place on hikes when streams but not stoves are available. Easter Sunday took a big place at Camp San Antonio this week with eggs and Easter bonnets having their place among denims and rocks. An Easter parade was staged through the heart of camp Sunday morning, and an egg treasure hunt completed the afternoon. Camp fire is the true highlight of every day. It is waited for with anticipation by every camper. Camp songs, group stunts, campers stories, skits and games all have their place at the nightly campfire. The staff is headed by director, Mrs. Frances Baker, who has directed camps for 18 years. The leaders are: Mrs. Don May, Mrs. Gene Metzger, Mrs. Maurice Dugan, Mrs. John Shea, Miss Sallie Inkster, Miss Janet Siebert, Miss Margee Coleman, Miss Dorothy Klammer, Miss Helen Walker, and Miss Nancy Crown. Camp cooks are Mrs. Peter Schmitz, and Mrs. Rose Hoban. Their assistants are Mary Jean Bushman and Carol Dawson and David Siden, the all around handy man (College boy). Miss Beatrice Baumbach, R.N., is camp nurse. This rounds out a very capable staff of fine leadership. Here is a typical day's program: Swimming is enjoyed every morning in the crystal clear mountain Snowcrest pool. Lessons are given to each swimming class and there is much individual help. Hiking is a big event at Camp San Antonio with many trails to follow. One of the most enjoyed places of interest is the San Antonio Falls which is about a mile from camp and a very scenic hike. Crafts this year include articles made of pine and manzanita woods; such as pins, ear rings, belts, baskets, canile holders, book-ends, etc. Raffia is used for mats, baskets, bracelets, etc. Each unit has had at least three cookouts with menus varying from pioneer "drumsticks" or "Kabobs," cooked over open fires, to "birds nests," cooked over tin can stoves and buddy burners and which con- Easter Sunday took a big place at Camp San Antonio this week with eggs and Easter bonnets having their place among denims and rocks. An Easter parade was staged through the heart of camp Sunday morning, and an egg treasure hunt completed the afternoon. Camp fire is the true highlight of every day. It is waited for with anticipation by every camper. Camp songs, group stunts, campers stories, skits and games all have their place at the nightly campfire. A camp daily paper, the "San Antonio Bugle" is published and read at each campfire, and is then posted in the dining room, where all the campers can see and re-read it. The Bugle provides enjoyment for every individual camper. Humorous stories and captions of the daily camp life revolving around the campers and staff make up the daily Bugle. Each unit has two reporters which help bring in the news at the daily press conference. Every one helps to make this paper the highlight of the day's program. On Sunday evening the Girl Scouts have a "Scout's Own." This is an inspirational program, always held on Sunday at a Girl Scout Camp. It is the one time when all Scouts forget the fun and merry-making and pause to appreciate the wonders and beauty of nature, and pay respect to our Creator. CHORES TOO—Scout campers pulled share of good old K. P. Left to right: Bunny Henry, Carol Jaynes, Juny Dagan, Katheen Shoen and Mary Ellen Weaver.* CHORES TOO—Scout campers pulled share of good old K. P. Left to right: Bunny Henry, Carol Jaynes, Juny Dagan, Kathleen Shaw and Mary Ellen Weaver. WATER YA DOIN?—Little Judy Julie Henry, camp visitor found the camp fountain a fascinating thing. And it's a thrist-quencher to boot. Scout Camp Activities CRAFT SESSION—Scouts spend a good deal of time learning crafts from well versed teachers who prepped for the occasion. Grouped around Mrs. Don May, head of table, are Carol Padgett, Kay Michael, June Muraoka, June Gantschy, Barbara Baker, Louise Halston and Janice Reynolds. CRAFT SESSION—Scouts spend a good deal of time learning crafts from well versed teachers who prepped for the occasion. Grouped around Mrs. Don May, head of table, are Carol Padgett, Kay Michael, June Muraoka, Jane Gantschy, Barbara Baker, Louise Halston and Janice Reynolds. KAN KITCHEN—Outdoor culinary efforts include preparation of "Birds Nests" on trusty buddy burners. Craft leader Dorothy Klammer, right, supervises Elizabeth Harberg, left, Diane Simpson and Donna Heitman. LIFESAVING—Swimming and life saving were also part of the camp program. Helen Walker, left, gave instructions to Sally Newbie and Shirley Schmitz, foreground, and Charlotte Pruett and Cornelia Dykstra. SOLEMN PAUSE—Sunday night campers observed the inspirational "Scouts Own" program. Usual merry-making and outdoor fun ceased momentarily to provide opportunity for solemn contemplation of nature's awesome high mountain scene.