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EditorialThc literary contributions in our nev/spc,pc r, "The Ripple", arc written mote in the spirit of recordings suitable for a diary than for a polisted foru of editing, the experiences of body, heart and raind are included in this, our cnjup paper/ When our eyas drink in the magnificent scenery about us, our sense of beauty is deeply jiovod. Wo nay be inspired to write e.ri ode to nature The experience of an over-night hikciiitiy pronpt us to relate its thrills and pleasures to our friends back at canp, through our Sunday ni;;ht readings of the Rij-ipJLe_» Vvliori the ^lory and beau'oy of Gk>d call out to us through our roundad happy camp life, wo ;<c,y be led on to v;rito a pro.yor to Kri 3 "frei. whon all blessings flc-.v l! ., And so nay our di:.,ry bo :-. r\P .^y--1>*^p. ^ n v<-:r
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And so may our diary be a form of expressing our beauties, experiences and glories of God, revealed to us through our life hero. \nd in later years, on reding it over, may our hearts go back and recapture all this which is Merrie-Woode,
Another suionar at Merrie-Woode is drawing to a close, but when we leave camp we shall take with us nany happy memories. There will be nencries of that day we nearly fell off the horse, or the day we walked around the lake in the rain. Most of us shall remember the rainy spell, AND above all else the exciteipent of gala week c There was the swimming meet and pageant with all the water folk, the grand;. glee club concert, "Follow the Gleanr on Sunday night. Monday brought fine -',Tea-tterr~EnTd""a' wonderful horse show. GG Thweat returned to camp victorious with the "horse-shoe" wreath, During the afternoon we had a chance to see what lovely work we had tone in crafts and to see and taste what grand cooking we have learned to do. In the evening there was the dance recital. Tuesday, the events continued with tennis and archery finals,. The weather continued to remain fine. Tuesday night the Tajars, a new group this year, complete with their own house, put on the dramatic performance of the season, Each and every actress deserves a great deal of praise. Wednesday dawned and with it carae the carnival and the square c!".ro?f>« As we go to print the carnival is p-ciri:; on, however wo are hoping that
Troubles Rain has dulled my al-• ready dull brain into insensibility, I can't think and I can't write. What shall I do? . My conscience, (arid-Jackie) are haunting raet First I ait down despairingly on my bed. I gaze out of the window,, Nothing there but the rain. Nothing I can write about.. Brookle- just came in and she and Cakie are talking VERZ loudly, all of which helps me not to write I'm ruining my pen by chewing;-on. it., I just finished wrapping Christ presents. Nothing to write about there unless I tell about my troubles,making the paper and .string stay together. I've got an ideal'At least! I snatch pencil and paper, scrib ble frantically for a few minutes and --here it is; "Coco"
c The Calamity Ann of MerrieWoode (to-day)' Tado's personality and voice Jane Bell's face Fanny Woodruff's hair Mary Bingham1s hair Jo Ross' figure Johnny Mack s feet Jane Blackwell's appetite Wally's ability to .'swim Beg Smith's ability to ride. Bald Viewers
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Ride to Glenville
One bright morning twelve eager-eyed campers started on horseback for Cienville. The road was good most of the way so we were able to canter a good deal. We got some excellent views of Cow Mountain andthe valley when we stopped to breathe the horses, When we arrived at the little lake near Glenville,-where we re rested, we unpacked our horses and v/ent exploring up the creek that fed the lake. -We hadn't got ten far when it started to rain. We rushed back to the horses and grabbed the saddles and bridles . We dashed into the little shelter house near by just as . the first-big drops began to fall. 3y the time'" we had finished eating and reat hour , the rain ceased. Some of the brave ones went in for a.dip in the icy-water, When they got out there was a. roaring fire 'waiting for-them. After everyone had finished debasing, we resaddled the horses and set out for camp.-We arrived back at the best old place of all, tired, a little stiff, but immensely happy in the memory of our horseback trip to Glenville, "Coco" Camp crafts up on the hill, Is the best skill that I ever hafl We do such things as baking wings And sprinkling .them with jelly beans.. One time we had so much fun Jean let us bake a bun We got all bur materials out for some fun, When along came the sun and ' spoiled all our fun... Beverly Favrot
Ambit: Oh, Creator of earth and man, Lead me by Thy hand, Let my footsteps leave their print. On the road of fame. Content Not till I have reached the height Of fame,, by working day and night, Many a serpent I muat slay Many a mountain climb each day. It may be months, it may be yearsFilled with heartaches and with" tears But I shall ne'er give up the Until I do it and do it right. Until I stand upon the top Secure and sure I .shajl not drop. 'Til I can with words full true "I've climbed my mountains, Slain serpents, too, I've conquered every hlnderteg foe That seemed to hold me and would not let go. I, what I started out to bei Musician and. poet'. Will this
ever be? B. Fite
i\/'>••••/ i 1 -v~Food'j I found that camp:: te,d changed a great deal. There "/ere now campers, new councelors •ind new ^.buildings. During the ..first 1'ew days I had a feeling of loss and regret? forfoepeople wlio had not returned. I felt that camp could notobe as good and as much fun as in former years.I found it hard to accept the new campers in my heart as new friends. I have been here just one ;week, but I am experiencing a 'elmftgs of L.eartttu-;b amounts almost to rejuvenation. Instead of comparing the new things unfavorably to the old, I am com» mencing to find the better points of the newer acquaintances and to build them upon the good points of the campers of former years just as a mason builds his brick house:. I realize now. that camp will mean more to me because of my friends of last year and I am looking forward greatly to the time wfeen I can add the good paints of this year's friends to my house of character. Coco Saal Grades
The advertisement Party Last night we had an advertisement party at the castle. "3ee" announced it at supper, but we alleady knew It, We allwent to the eastle dressed a's an advertisement. We had a grand march first. Then we went to the center and acted out our ad. The first prize w.ent to Eleanor Yager and Ellen Reed for "Watch the Fords go By". The "Flit" and "Evaryready Batteries" got prizes, too. There were many other cute and original costumes, We had. lots of fun and went to bed after a swell time. Betty Well New Faces This year v/hen I returned to
We are all getting graded in this world of ours. Our looks, our personalities, our abilities^ all of these are put down with a certain rating, in the minds> of people whom we meet and impress ourselves upon. True, many of these percentages may be mistaken, many may be of changing value but all are marks which determine our wofcth as seen by others^ In school work it gives us great pleasure to see a 99 or a lOO^ on our papers. In camp we feel very proud to see a 5 on the swimming chart. At home we are given rating in a less scientific v;ay—but a smile of approval from our mother or a grugf compliment from our brother is often meant" as the grade the family gives us on something we 'hr-ve done.
Last of all, have you ev thought how yea stood with yourself? Are you -satisfied v,ijcl: the work you ar<~ dolri&V uVhs u you go -to "bed at .nia.li'j.oiE lo feel at peace with the, world and content that, you have dene your "best through^' tnc day? Then is the time when the real grading is donet The most important .marks in our lives are given. to us by ourselves. How would you grade yourself? Anne Lav/1 er I love to. paddle as I go, Through the streams as they flow With 11151 paddle at my side, I paddli with the mighty tide Ard with the water lilies white" It makes you always see a light As the wind softly blows You wonder where it ever goes. Beverly Favrct and Marlon Legendre 'Shacks Du Kum Inn and Linger Longer its So-Ko-Zein a Nut Shell on a Mushroom in a Sunny Shack . near Pooh Corner under the Sign of a Hemlock tree, "Piggy11 Weil Why isn't Mary a Runner instead of a Walker Why isn't Jean a Beam instead of a Ray ¥»hy isn't G-rettle a Bang instead of a Popp Why isn't Archer a Mohammedan inatead of a Christian Why isn't Jane £ Gong instead <f a Bell Why isn't Turissa a Wrong instead of a Wright Why isn't Mary Alice a Black Instead of a White Why isn't Margie an East instead of a West Why isn't Peggy a Baker in-. stead of a Miller Why isn't Nell a rSig instead of a' Little Why isn't Anne a,, beaver instead of an Otter???????????
83 nee it's first on the line .All J.Ke campers think it's fine Ilush^oorn ie- next on the line /.round it twines a mighty isine Al though . it ' s lovely, as it£ name , Its occupants are all inaane-, Sunny Shack is hear the lake, And before dawn it's awake So the Linger Longers wissh It «yould be quiet -for their Linger Longer 's counselor, Is not a he but is a her She tries to keep her shack eo clean You'd think she was a college dean,. Pooh Corner is a nice shack too At least the inspectors think , it ' s true . It surely must have the inspectors' affection For it makes "Honor" shack most every inspection. In Nutshell dwell the nuts Who are a noisy crew They make so much more noise Than any others do, Sign of a Hemlock under a tree Oh, how it does aggravate me Although it has much glee As you all can see, This is the end Of a mfc&hty task Which went very slow But not ' ver-y-sfast./
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It-Ss A Funny Feeling We stated out very bravely and Vvhen I satdown to write fo r the Rip.ple I began to think gaily marched the first-fewof what I did yesterday. I de miles through Mr. Jenning's farm. 'aided to try to write how I .At last we came to the beginning -felt in the various staged ofi of the climb. The first three #irst dive. Have yoy ever hundred yards were so steep that stopped to think how you felt? we began'puffing as much as I'm not supposed to dive, though we were climbing the face but I just wanted to know a of Old Bald..... little about it. So I begah Finally a halt was called and yesterday. I ,felt very selfmost of us dropped in our tracks confident when I announced that and just sat down. Soon we start H would attempt to, dive. It's ed off wondering if the rest of iauch harder to do than it looks. the trail was as steep as the When I carefully placed my toes first... To our re lief we over the -edge of the board, and found that either'we~ had gotten ducked ray head- arid looked at our second wind or it was easmer trie water into which I was going, going.than thefirst part. I 'had- a queer feeling.. My heart The view from the summit was sank but I just went ahead. magnificent. Coming across the I probably rocked the dock with mountains, in the distance was vaav'es when I went in, but that the strident rain beating a path didn't bother me. The thing that .across the trees. As we, watched held my attention was the dark it came closer and closer until green water. I gassed through finally it craned around us. 'miles of itbefore I finally came After a minute the rain had pass to light and air most of all, ed arid we could again see the fior by that time my supply was mountainei around us. The sun was ahort, and I cherished a freah shining on Old Bald and the water breath. Then aftee swimming in was ruffled with the wind. V.'e and being criticized, for I watched a few more minutes, then had done everything wrong, I it started to drizzle again. iaas; further instructed and began After lunch and rest hour tahe difficult task again. we slipped and slithered -down Jackie Fowlkes the mountain. It really was' surprising to see how much faser we went down than coming up,.. vVe arrived back at camp, a little while later, tired scratched but very happy,.... Coco I never was apoe't I know I'll never be one But I've tried to make some words rhyme To see -if'it-was fun. It really is enjoyable If the right words cafflebfeofmmndBut sometimes it is awful Vvhen the right word you can't find. A Hike Up Chimney Tops One nice morning, Jean and
So now I've told my trouble And I know by;now you see That the job of being noet
Moon Rising After Taps - quiet unfolded like a blanket over the lake. A block »f quivery light foil or, the floor, and looking up throug.1 the window, ,1* saw the thin edge of the moon glanc ing cautiously down from its perch on the mountains. Then,, it bravely ste pod out into the perilous, cold waters of the sky. It was round like a gold coin, worn thin with handling. Still uncertain, rii tossed for a moment in and out tho lay stars. At last, gaining confidence, it swung sorons and beautiful, up into the highest dome of th.3 sky. Ann H. Preston Hidde n Waters Monday morning wa found out about the- hike that tho Teener., were going to on. It was a surprise to all of us. Wo started with mores than halfl of camp on our backs. Wo thought that we were go.ing on an all-day hike. Just past Fairfie d Inn the rain cane down on us. However, we were nearly there, so w o didn't bo her with our.ponchos. We ate our lunch, had resthour, then some of the hikers went for a swim in their clothes. When wo finally got back to camp, we muit- have looked rather bodraggled for wo-.wo re tired but happy.
ing on watch for the motoots. There were three one hour watches from one tofour arranged and we, were excited just thinking about them. I awakened just before the second watch was due to go on. To my dismay I saw that the clouds were cover ing the sky and there were very few stars visible. I wandered down to camp fire cliff. To my surprise a cheery fire was burning and the first watch with Kelly, Gene, and Johnny Mac were cuddling around it in blankets. I joined them and after a few minutes, my comrades joined us and the first watch went to bed. We had delicious cake and cocoa and although I didn't see any meteors I had a wonderful time. After our hour og watching was over we all tumbled back infolr our wel come .packs to sleep till morning. Wo arose early, (See Johnny Mac for the reference to that). Af&fer eat ing a breakfast that equalled our supper in goodness, and making our packs, we all dashod down thehill. for a dip .in Parrydise's COLD lake. If anyone was sleepy when they woke they certainly awoke when.they went in that water. It was truly icy. At last wo climbed into the truck for the homeward journey. Thanks to everyone for a lovely trip. Goco Saal
A Star-Gazing Trip To Pasrydiso Puff, Raff, wo were all sayding as we climbed the mountain tofpaajrydise'. But when wo roo.chod tho top of the towcrwe wer all enjoying £he view of thcfour atates too much to|puff. Mrs. farry and her son gr^et»;d us very cordially and gave us th-j. run ~*f the camp. Wo cooked ouraelvjs a.delicious supper in tlie Dutch Oven in tho Sky Kitchen, a littlo kitchen on the edge of a c l i f f . After supper we arranged our packs on th-..; archery field and wont out to caiipfiro cliff on the opposite side of the mountain from the sky kitchen. Wo sii around the beautiful fire and sang cconp songs and watched the moon and the otars. The wind was b lowing so hard that we thought we shouldbo careful not to bo blown over the cliff, but Mrs Parry assured us that the wind was almost always like that. We told- each other Good-Nig t rather early as we wanted to get as much sloop as possible before go
One Gole Day a racewastp be held. But this race was different. The competitors were WALKERS instead of runners. Orwof them was aRQBERTSON ( R o b b e r ' s son). But although his father was bad he was a CHRISTIAN. Well, anyhow,-the ROBERTSON won the prize. Ke was the winner even though he had stepped on a THORN. The prize was a BLACK and WHITE mat. He put t e MATTON his horse and galloped WRIGHT back to the HAMBLST. in which he lived. He called to his v/ifo and said, "PHILLIP my glass with wine. I have won the prize,a beautiful RICD mat. "His wife wan happy and the
The Ye oneh : s Pa. r by Oh, the yeonon had the' loveliest party the other night. As you know, it started right after Taps. W o . h a d the grandest food, han burgers, cake, arid coca colas. We sat around and talked f for afeh'ile then we cane down'to our a shacks and went to bed. Everyone was soorry to leave, the castle for wo had such fun and we want to thank Dannie for a grand party. Margaret Cole News of the week The past week has been the nost excit ing so far. (EFirst the canoe trip went away, and. everyond in canp was as excited as those who went. On top of that the Squires went to Whitesides, It rained as they got there, but they decided to stay and ,it ended up by having pretty weather. With the canoe rs and the squires out of canp, things seemed deserted. The next day they cano .back, tired and happylhen the aenior knights left for a neteor trip t o Parrydise. They saw no neteors, but had fun eating cake with their cocoa in the niddle of the night. When everyone was together Friday night, we had the International Track . Meet. The Anericana won. Saturday we had the counselors' pid'y. To-day brought the greatest surprise of all. We stayed in bed late.... Breakfast din bed,...at, CAMP.... Elizabeth Munce
I wish I. had Virgie Ferguson's legs and figgrre and disposition Ann 3u rno 11's e ye s Wilbur Fite's personality Peggy Shafer's nouth Jordon Phillip's hair Barbara Rodes' complexion Charlotte Sprunt's eyelashes Vivian Mitchell's nose Mary Binghan's teeth AND KYLE Mary Beverly Fite The Beauty., Of Night As I laid in ny bed one night, Juct gazing at the sky. ' Thoughts ran swiftly t h r o u - h - n y nind How people could stay inside.
'For it was really a lovely night And th3 sky was radiant with stars And you could hoar a whip-poorw i l l ' s call . Fron.a swaying tree afar. The lake lay as peaceful as it could be, And the noon played peek-a-boo through the trees, The frogs they croaked a lullaby But even their soothing nelody Did not bring sleep to Hired ne. For who could sleep on a night like this? Whyi It was e veil as thrilling as love's first kiss. Ananda Hanblett Where Is Anbrosia? This norning Anbrosia 'was prrching peacefully on her pen behind Kyle's shack. Sone of the goatish counselors were going to White Water. They didn't have ant noat. You'll never guess what " they did. They took Anbrosia, and they FRIED her. Oakie took the breast, Gene took a wing, Johnny Mac took the other, Bee and Squirrel grabbed the drumsticks, Paul got the tail and the necic was brought hone for Kyle. They insist that they couldn't eat her for she was too tough,. Just the sane, our Anbrosia, beloved raascot of the Canoe Trip and food for the Gods, is dead and down the stonachs of Infidels... The Mourners,. Taps for to-nig t is dedicated to Ar.brosia.. Rest Hour Rets hour is a terrible.thing, Far I want to stay awake and sing There's planty of things I'd rather do Than lie a-bed and nildew. Turissa 'Wright What Nell Goes Through Every Day She stands up in the norning assembly and calls out a series of nanes nine anong then, who are to go on the 1 loon. I suddenly renenber that I signed $rp for a rug anfl that I an neant to go riding. I try to telegraph that thought to Nell by signs and every other neans I think- will fixthe situation, but in vain. After assenbly I ^aurit.JT down to the craft shop to
find; that Noll haj been looking all over canp for no. ?ut I protest that I was trying to think what color rug I wanted to nake. It is for Mother, and she has blue curtains, naplo furniture white bedspreads, red picture frane, and green vases. Dlue will go with every thing except the vases. I look around to find that Nell has been Called away avid I was talking to thin air. «Lice cones and gotc the blue wool for . '•» A shuttle and so:it- foluo wool are put i". ny hands with sono directions as hriwMbp put the wool on. This I do. Nel 1 cinc3 over to te 11 ne how to weave. .You put yout foot on the fight hand phdfiiio and push tho wool through fron the right hand side , ..pull it tight leave enoughfor the odgo.,.,. pull the shod back several tiues to get'it tight.. String is woven., the explanation is that this is for tha cd;-ind of the nig. I start.. Alice tells no they are uneven Rows are ta ken out. At last Nearly done., where is the tape measure,, lYhv'- there are thirty no re inches to do A"/ r i;.>t yearly dine, t . no re selvage a-10 -j.ere it is DOME Mow to see if I £cr. aay riail to-day. -Next tir:.o I shaft 1 think tv/ieo before no.kin,r a rug. afery 3ingiicx,
ive you evor been a 1 riding A'riding in the rain? I' j-o' only boon just once, 3ub I ' J love to go again. Douglas Morton
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Counselors At Canteen Oh, 3A3Y RUTH and MR. OOOD3AR sat on a MOUNDS overlooking the KEATH. Said he, "EOlfeOUNGH? you're uy DliENE girl.Let's have a few UJX at the MILKY WAY.. Ee.ivas EVSREADY to Necco t. 7INE ART? «82 M& 2KUSS A fEK but she cured that with a few ATHLETE'S SOX.OF her 3UTTSRFINGSR. So ho throw a LIFESAVER into a 3PORTCRAFT and said,"Cone ny little, TiDD.lITJ let's nibble a NA3 for a NICKEL. Judt then PHILIP MORRIS and CHESTER FIELD cane riding up on a CAMEL,and. said, "Aw, lot's go PUNTERS PEANUTS." So with a few hard STAMPS fchey were off in a cloud of duet.,...,.. The : Yeoaen'B Hike
Riding in the Rain Have you ever been a-riding A' riding in the rain When the rain was raining hard, Down on your horsr's mane? You seen to feel so safe Riding in the saddle You never feol like falling Down fron the horse yoy straddle. The The You But
rain cones falling in your face reins slip in your hands, splash through uany puddles, it really feels quite grand.
The Yeonen started off in the big; blue truck for Canp Parrydiso. The road was so bunpy that we rose a foot in the air and landed with an ouch. We stopped at the gate and walked up to the canp. We were greeted by Mrs. Parry/ We were showed to the playhouse where we dunped our belonging:: Mrs. Parry showed several of us around canp while the others cooked supper. We went up in the tower where we could see South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and our own North Carolina. There was a wonderful view, We went back to help with the supper. We were all so hungry that we like the well-faned GOATS.
After supper, we square danced. Mrs. Parry's son lad the figures. He showed us several new steps.. Then we went to bed. We slept in p j ' s . About one a n. there was a bed making session. Rena Hill woke up and couldn't find thJ taps to her p j ' s , Finally she found the:., on the. other side of the roon where she had thrown then in her sleep. We all went back to sleep,, but Sugar woke sone of us up bgr snoring. Next norning Johnny Mac woke as up with his, "Good-norning Everybody.,1' Sugar discovered that she had a.lept all night with her feet in.the garbage. Then Mary Stuart woko up asking Gene if ahe would snuggle a noccahead copporson if she wake and found one sitting on her. .After wo had all started dressing, Gene looked at her watch raid found it was -six o ' c l o c k instead of seven. 3ut we went on' dressing. When break fast was ready we were ready for it. After, breakfast we went to Dilly . Goat Cliff, and .there was a perfect view. Then we- piled into the truck and sang to Mrs, Parry. Later we went swinning, the water was freezing cold. ',7e wore all nunb when we . got out. Then we piled in once nore to leave. "Maw" .got out to close the gate and "Paw" drove on without her, You should have seen "Maw" running after 'the truck. She junped an and we bunped down the road again. We net the riders at West's and there got ice erean cones. Here we arc back in canp, the best in the world Archer Christian and Mary S. McQuire When I heard that I was to go on the French 3road Canoe Trip I was so excited I could hardly sleep After we left canp we drove along, singing nerrily until wo cane to the bridge in Rosnan. There we put the canoes'in the river, and after tying everything in anct getting settled, we said good-bye to our audience a nd started down the river. My heart wa s in ny mouth for the f first" forty-five ninutes. This tine was filled with rapids/After a whil e I got used to 'it-, but every ninute was a new thrill. Just before lunch, someone spotted a chickc n hung on the bank of the river.
Kyi e being in the last canoe was ''•..eft holding the bag and had to go get - the chick. He foxed all of us by catching it. The chicken's nane is A n b r o s i a , . f o o d for the Gods. Hunch was eaten in insects' paradise. It rained the last two hours of the t trip, but it cleared off beautifully for supper. All of the people fron nilea around cane down to gape at the Merrie-Wdoodo Goats. After Taps we snuggled in our packs to watch the noon cone over the mountains, A perfect ending to a perfect day. The Super Mystery Story I know a land where the 'POWLKESare very MEEK. In a certain little KAM3LSTT where the REIDS grow high a terrible kidnapping took place, near the fork in the RODES tijr. a ?.LAGT«VSLL. The DAY had been ver.y dark, . which I an sur^ id a bad OMAN. Tha ' kurfew DELL was ringing while LITTLE .. EDNA 3&SS who should' have be^n bode LONG ago, approached the Fork in the RODSS. If her eyes had been KEENER, she night have soen the on-coning danger, Suddenly, she.FELTs a hand grab her. She CALDWELL, but no one heard her. She tried to FITE but the C COLE hand kept a firm HOLTON her. Poor LITTLE EDNA was dragged to a shack on the HILLTOP overlooking a WILDWOOD .where the LYONS and OTTERS hung out. The next DAY her father got a RANSOM note. Petrified, he told his SHEPHERD dog to trace the scent of LITTLE EDNA. That sane DAY, young JOHNNY MAC cane out of the WEST riding his WHITE 3URROUGH. At the foot" of the Hill, he found LITTLE EDNA's tiny shoe. At the- sans time, the SHEPHERD dog saw bin with the shoe and pulled him up the HILL. On reaching the HILLTOP? the CHASE began: Finally after nuch CHaSE-ing JOHNNY? MDDSN-ed, catches the kidnapper, and PSARCEs bin. LIT.TLE EDNA also MADDIN, finds.the kidnapper to' bo her father's GARDNER.. After all this, we leave LITTLE EDNA PERKIN happy. Much too enbarassed to sign our nane s. The French 3road Canoe Trip It certainly was a lucky day fo-r rs when Cakie announced th • wore the ones to go down the of French-Droad River. .We got
all bhe Lt getting every'oh ing gether. On Thursday norni'lg wo vrcre all up at the appointed tine and by oeven-thi ' thirty, uc were in the cabin ro:-.-ay to It was a great treat to scr.e of us when Cakie said that we night have coffee. We rod,j in the truck to Ro^'nan where put in our canoes„ Cakie read the list of whore we ver\ te be during the trip, and we were all very excited I know nost of us were a lit bio sa scared of river padlling for it was th c first tine for sone of us. The trip down war, v^ry uneventfulio upsets or catastrophes. We ate lunch on a littl; grassy spot along the bank, I know "three sandwiches never tasted better before, A little while before reaching our aestinaoion, we net ranr.ie. She took n-oving pictures of uc fron a bridge. I'n still ho pin,: : :lh:'xt ny red opotli.i'nt of a~ nose .toe3ii!t show up- too the cow pasture way,ah aliead of scheduL. Ln suite of all tho sain, When we go'o there, Paul v>;as awaiting us and the tarpaulin was up. Che rain stopped coon after we got there '•Ie node the fire and put our pack out for the ni"ht. Of course afteraupper there was the dishwashing to be done. This was done before long, and then we wore fa?cG to do what wo wanted until nine O1click. I never spent a better night, and I woke up fooling "swell". We were on our way hone by nino. Then the best pert of the trip We stopped in Brovard and got fudge sundaes. At eleven we woro back in canp and being wolconed by everyone. It was a wonderful adventure and I ar.; now spotting a scarlet none and back. Lcnore Galdwell 1TUC.Q :j
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afternoon when we had baroly gotten to White Water, Johnny ICac s s i d / " Har, for cupper to-norro«v ni;,ht. "'v't's ' 11 need fire wood for eight hours. '.Ye all gasped with dismay at, ti-e thought of .gottirig wood for oight hour-.; of cooking. 3ut \vhen we pictured & lfir;>"- iian browncing deliciously over rod coa^s,' wo ru.siicd out into the v;;oods, and soon had collectsdc^uite a pile. 'iarly tho r,cxt i;orning, we 'b3ga}i the proparationD, jo}muy IvUic built a spit next to o. lied of. rod hot -ccals, Th<m vre took the ha).: and seasoned it with - lenon juice and brown sugar. Finally, there . it was hanging fro;, the spit, slowly turning."' IV o all had visions of tha string breaking and sending the nan catijjulli.'ig into tho flames, buL everything held. For eight long hours we took turns •watching it bro:.7n andsfc basting it, It really wao work, but it ,vas worth it because that ham was bettor "ohan Arbrosia. Coco Saal Noises of Night Lying in tiy bed at night, I hear tho noises of the night, 1 hear the croaking of the frogs, The distant barking; of tho dogs. I hoar tho sound of all the crickarts Chirping in the near-by thickets. The wind in tho trees is alao heard Like a softly whispered word. A word that makes you fool just right For-it is the word, "Sood-Night" Douglas Morton The Tajars' Hop Last Tuesday, the 17th of August, the Tajars went to a dance, avery boy called for his girl and took her a cprsaso of flowers. The girls all flirted with the tbdiher boys, and went out on tho balcony to talk. ;Ve had a break dance and did not have the chance to dance with one boy three sonstirios J;ou were laft stand-
ing alone. Ths boys would see another pr&jtty girl and run for hor. Later we square danced and for our entcrtainnont Kolly and Snooks put on an act for us . For refreshments, we had punch. After the dance was over, our dates escorted us to our hones. Than later, they sang to us. Pat liuirhesd
:,'e walked eost of the waji back, ate lunch in a wood with a brook running through it. ;.Ve stopped at West's for a coca-cola and ;?ot back to caiap about four-thirty. Just as we were leaving the stables, the heavens opened up and wo got drenfhed. So had a swell tine, and we want to thank Shofty and Joimny for taking us. Charlotte Sprunt
Horses l^T-GONTINUSD) It was tiid-ni,;j;ht. The Snow was falling. Ihg.sirl sav; a Funny Face doming toward hor. The Jrat was turning away. Tho girl's naue was Harriot. The irEit whispered,"I want hor for My Own Little .;it." The 3rats nar.;e was Hilly. An ex pression of Doli.;-;ht was on Lilly's face as h turned and lacked at Harriet, She said that she was So lie that sho Couldn't marry hin but she had to .50 tc the Amazon valley. Turkey Roost.,
/vs each event came the members of the Keetinp; got more and more excited until finally when the diving dononstrations were tuinoucsd, the jester leaped into tho w&ter and joinrd the rest of the divers on the board, And although the people o the dock lau-jhed at his div&ag, all the '.Vajf^r Polk thought it vastly superior to that of the others. At the end of the diving, the jottei tiiok his place anon;; the Water Folk, And ha was vary proud of hirasel41.' too. l'?-iO Over-night Korse-Oack Trip The last event was formation swirav;,ir--v in which tho 3 r. Knights took part Ten o'clock and wo were actually dvcn the Water Folk thought it was very off., ;<Ve went through the woods until beautiful. wo cane to tho highway. \Vc went by best's At the end of the Meet, the Sfater a nd as wo did so o veryone looked Jester catae for lilies Qake and t4ok hopefully at it, but Johnny kept her to tho aeoting. Thero tlie Water Folk right on, We had a sv.-all canter at agreed to parn&ÂŁ tho campers to use the Cashiers, tho we hud to walk on a lake , if in turn, the campers would 3ravel highway and pass sosa-sort-ofrespect their rights, kiss Oake agreed a-mchino. ',','3 certainly got thirsty. and so ths Idoetin.^ was called to an end About one o'clock v.'e had lunch by a We all want to thank Cakio, the nerabers snail water fall. ;,Vc threw our scraps of tho dock staff and everyone who had in the water and watcaod tha fish cat thec, ÂŤ.fter lunch we wore so slacpy that anything to do with it, for the entertfiiruaent ana instruction we got fron wo went to sleeppon racks. Shofty woks us and on wo went. About five wo the Swicsiiinrf; loei and Pageant. Ann Garter Felts reached Horsecovo which is a National Forest. ',"e unsaddled our horses arid tied the;;: to trees with halters, 'Vally fed then. Then we cookod supper and ate it althour-h it v-rasn't so HOT. Jane :;lack well cooked cocoa that got only luko wartii, and Jane got hotter than it did. Vio had watches that ni^ht to watch th e horses. They wore one and one-half hour watches. Funny Face got loose five times, and :3illy did the aarre thin# three tisos. Next HO nine; breakfast ivas ctartod at a-, pOao v;c i: ould leavo on tine,, Vi'h^n Shex'ty and Johnny woke U j it v;a.'3 oaly 7 JL.I... Only a few people ate r;;ach fo,/ tliey had to warn thoir food. After th..;-t vj? nadj our pr-.cku, our horses and lo^..
A Hike to Hidden Waters
no one has any sympathyb with you because yoy are hurt, they just A few days ago, the pages went laugh and iaugh... disgrace .... on a hike to Hidden Waters. Bee Well..., you get bravely on the and thpee other counselors took horse., but how wet your feet are us. When we got there, we put on Oh, dear, you can't hold the stirour bathing suits and went wadrups , you bymp.. bump... bump ing up to the falls. I slipped all the way home... BUT there's once and hurt my foot, but very nothing like a nice agternoon soon I forgot about it because a nice trail and a nice horse, I was having such a good time. Elizabeth Munce ' On the way down the falls, Betsy Nicholson started to fall OUr Breakfast Ride to Hidden down them, but we caught her Waters just in time. After that we ate a good limch, and was it a good Up and away were the green lunch? We-CM^-Ihad aandwiches and Hershev ~£ on on aa breakf^t -u.*„ +w« mn^i,-, rv-p .pages Dre.aoabt rirtP ride... VWe bars.... Right in the middle of - went to H dden Watees,.. When, our fun, down came the rain. E e we got there, we went across the went,to the otherside to find .stream on horseback. We tied our shelter, but still we couldn't horses to. trees ad went to get .hide from the rain. About three' breakfast. We waded a few minutes o'clock into camp came the WET before we ate. For breakfast we pages and took a nice Hot shower. had bacon, rolls, eggs, fried Katharine Legendre potatoes, and cocoa. When we got through eating, we washed the Horse Trouble dishes. Then we, ..got on our horses By one who •knows.-... and rode through the fetream again, Yv'e got back' to camp about the There is nothing like a middle o£ assembly. We all want nice afternoon,; a nice horse to thank Shefty for- giving us and a nice trail to really have suwh a good time. fun. That is just the way things Peggy Miller were one day When you set out for the •When Friends Part* itables-RAIN Well, off you start first .trouble... .highway with When dear friend spart blind curves...a crossing...a And try to conceal jiumpy horse... 'well, after the Their aching hearts f-©ar of almost getting rta ovefc A glance will reveal and thrown from;the horse at the A touch impart same time... off you go pleasantly A heattfelt appeal, Next on theprogram,.. the horse Alice Hume in fron£ of you begins to act uj.... YELLOW JACKETS ....Your Beauty horse gets stung... On a hill, at that.. he's up.. he' s 'down... Take the sight of the sky you're on., you're off.... Wejl Plus the feel of the rain i't' s best to be ogf after all. Take the small of therose 'But you must get to your destin- Plus a lovely refrain. ation and you can't carry the Take life's range .of tastes horse, so on you get Then add them. That's odd Peace, even the sun comes out.. The sum is just one, Oh, look! .What a cute little For the sum is just God. stream... running through the Ann Lawler woods., just darling... Oh. You have to cross the stream... Th e stream doesn't look so cute after all.. A steep bank leading down and another leading -up..."The ; horse slips, you slip... you're on.. yon' re ; of l'... in the middle of the stream... The worst part of all is that , • * £ * * * * » *
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y falls 'the misty rain, Good-bye' G-ood-by^i At last w L.ssly, relentlessly. The pine needles utarted on ,our tripto Horse Ge-vo. The ircop under thewoight too heavy to bear. roads wero pretty smooth and tho The rocks glisten,- dark ana cold. horses fresh an., wo bowled along at Mist descends into the.valley, wreathes a norry rate. We wore -ill very happy in among the trees and buildings, for we wore .starting oiv a prayedmaking wraiths of the familiar. The for trip. green moss is soggy, the -path sinks beWhen we arrived at '.Vest's we neath passing, feet. Sounds are made stopped for drinks and ice cream. remote and unreal, voices are subdued To our surprise, the Yoenon drov- up. faces still. The lilies gather their p on their way hone fror.Parrydiso. . petals close, and sink into the loaves. While -no wero buoy talking to'then, 3 3ut in myheart,' in uy heart, sun3illystretched out his neck and shine sparkles on norry water, tall, alnost at^ ny cane, 3ut not quite. trees stretch strong and'fine'against Wo told th.; Yocmen Good-3yc and gay blue skies, all whito-cloud filled started on our way. On, On, On, past The leaves laugh together,Happy tones High Hampton, past Grinshawo, up ring out. There is dancing, outFountains, past Whitasidos, through flung arms, thrown back head. Happiness a woou,- and at last whon wo ware about shines and ttarobs, to break' in half, wo camo to Horoo Cove, ,_So it is, dear, when I do but think :":c spent the night-in'Mr. Hill's of you. pasture. We untacked tho hofcscs, and Florence Richardson spread cur packs happily. After a swell supper, we sang aongs and The Squires' Hike < made up our oiong, and toasted marsh no Hows. joliovo it or not, we were The Squires went on a hike the other all in our beds ,-.,, nine. Shefty and day. 'They wont to the Haunted House to Johnny had the first watch. We wont spend the nig..t. When we got there, on one and one-half hour watches so gene told us to get fire wiod. We were that the horses would not stray. ',Vhen getting wood when it started to rain. ever one broke loose, Johnny was Gene and Johnny said it wouldn't last routed fron his bed-to chase it. The long si we kept on. 3ee soon came horses went on a spree, and 3-illy with the packs,.but she didn't'give them broke loose about six tines. Old Solly to us. She told Gene that we should ro was found eating grass around our -turn to camp. We packed and within ten ' packs. ninutes we were on our way, We had Anno Garter and I-served thofirst supper at .the Witches' Kitchen. course of breakfast in bed to .the Vvo p anned to sleep there, but finally lazy stiffs at six o'clock. Thoy wore we all slept in the archery field. really surprised to see us bringing cups We had a much better time than we of grapefruit Jte then. thought we were going to. We wore off bynino-thirty, and Mary 3. Madden we started wondering how long it would take to cover t e fifteen miles Whiskers back to canp. '.7e soon found out, for by threp we were back at canp with Once upon a time there were a no other troubles except a little .'fatiily.of mice. There was a papa mouse Fanny-i'tis ...... and a mama mouse and six little mice ' 'Coco Saal ' whoso names were 3impy, Funny,. Fun, Rollie, 3umpy, and Whiskers. Now The Shadow Play this family of mice lived at Merricfloode, in the corner of the kitlcheh. Friday Night Grotel pirt on a Now Whiskers was the oldest of the mice shadow play, HanseJL and Gfetoj^ The and he was always leading the others figures were made of'-cardboardand refi into mischief. Whiskers sas afraid fleeted through the •screen. It was very ef the d rk, but he told 3unpy that pretty and wo all thank Gretel for shak- he wasn't, and 3unpy told the rest ing it to us. oi' the mice. So they decided to see ] i
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Portrait of Light Many beautiful views may be seen around camp., but onÂŽ of the loveliest is the full moon on the lake. Lighting everything, it make a one feel much happier than on a cloudy night, This scene forms a perfect living picture with the mountains '.that overlook the lake forming a frame. Everything is silent except for the croaking frogs and the occasional call of the whip-poor-will. The still lake with its closed lilies reflecting the moon like a1 mirror adds to the quietness of the picture. In the distance may be seen the pine tree that casts "a lengthening shadow " The starlit heavens cover it all. As one stands wondering in the cool night air, the words of the poet, BrownO ing , come to mind. "God1 is in his heaven, all's right with the world." Mary Perkins Traugott Gakie, The Clock Cakie stays out on the dock She acts and sounds just like clock. When it's ten o'clock or any tiiae You near a sound like coo koo Only Cakie does not go coo koo She goes b-b-b-b-r-r-r-r-ing
Appreciation Do wo appreciate our surroundings as we saould? Or do we take them for granted? Appreciation is the greatest.of many good virtues. Its value is limitless. Thrones have been given away as tokens of appreciation and often that much greater gift, love, is bestowed upon the deserving one. There is nothing more pathetic than tho unappreciated parents who slave till they are ready to drop-rather than to allow their children to bear any burden. These parents are not thanked, but rather, chasticed for not providing better for thoir ungrateful children.
Let's learn to appreciate the jboveliness of Merrie-ffoode and to thank God and all the good fairies for our presence here. How about it? / Coco Saal Counselors'' Alphabet Blushing'Betty Stu Commanding Dae. Dimpling Dottie Energetis GeneFerocious Cakio Gracious Dammie High-Falootin' Ijams Industrious Edna Joyous Ottor Kind Little Nell Likoal-le Grotel
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Mischevous Snooks Notorious Tidy OKay Kelly Peppy Lucy Quiet Henry Rollicking Cici .Shifting Shefty Twinkling Squirrel Undorstanding Noll Vivacious Flossy -willing Wilda Exhilarating Archer Youthful Sally Zealous Brookie Sign of the Hemlock
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Tho Knmghts!' Hike Up Old Bald It was a bright sunny da$r and rather warm when tho Knights set out on thoir hike up Old Bald. Everyone was in very high spirits as it had boon rumored that there was a surprise for us on the top. Wo were a hot looking group alonr. about the middle of the trip. Our bloomers wore down at our knees, our stockings wore pullod up, and our bandannas wore tied around our heads. But we finally reached the top and and found signs written hero and there. One said,"Do you have any spirit of adventure?" Everyone answered with a loud "yes"k So from then on we looked ior KÂŽVQ signs. The last one we found "jC'ii of somo food bv the fire tower
There we found steak, carrots, tea, doughnuts arid seconds , on everything.., .Wo1 all ate very greedily and the food was the best yet, Wo! wajtchod the beautiful 'sun set and after packing everything we started down the mountain arriving at the Castle just in time to sing Taps. We went to bod aftarff taking showers and I am sure every knight ioina me in thanking Ge no and Johnny Magk for a perfectly swell tirae. Virgia Ferguson
-.-Jacki.5 Lyons Mo vth Indie 3.-./.in Oo> oljrion Barbara Rodes Fl;-<;:ro Roselyn Reid Ideal Brunette Girl i;3ir.-r-Fa.nnie Woodruff , S|i :s Aim Lcgjndre Hose-— Carter VanDevonter Mouth Mary Bihgham Complexion Katherine Legendre Figure-—Mary Porkind Traugott
Wading. Ideal Counselor The stream ie a&calling A call— cool and clear Your heart answers "yes" 3ut still there's a fear perhaps it looko rocky Perhaps you're afro.id You'll slip and fall down And on the bottom be laid
Hair--—Dottic Smith Eyes Betty Stu Nose drains Mouth Cakie Complexion Mary Walker Figure Shcfty From:
But. fear's laid aside Your shoos come off first Then come your socks And Last comes the worst For you scream and you yell As you dip in your tic 3 at soon you're real happy As wading you go..... Ann Law' lor
Mrs, Chug Froggie 110 North Nutshell Lily Pad Lake Fairfiold
To: Mrs. Wartie Croak C le a r s i do Lane Fairfiold Dam Lake Fairfield
Utopia This last year at school, every student was asked to write a composition on Utopia , Utopia is, as you know, the land of dreams w^ re anything and everything is just as the individual desires it. Of course we all expressed a desire for a machine to write our papers for us., However, since I have come up here this summer, my idea of Utopia has changed. I believe that I have : f ounj|.. my Utopiahere at Marrie-Woodc with all lay friends and activities, No Utopia could make my summer moan more to ao than this one does and anyway I ' d rather write ray own examinations. Ooco Saal Ideal Hondo Girl Hair ----- Ruth 3arnwell Eyes --- Mary' Ann> Cooper
Dear Ma-ma I am coming home to live* It's most alarming hero. You should sec tho queer things I have seen and tho things that I have heard,... fell, the first day I was sunning peacefully on the roof of our house when suddenly there was a terrific noise and millions of those car things came around on the cast shore, and before long there was much screaming. 3illy Blue Jay said it was joy for being here, but Oswald ®wl told me privately that it was the girl s in Bob iV'hitc and Jack-o-Lantern screamiag over the counselors they had gotten, Well, in a few days they all begaia getting in canoes and dumping them over. All this time they had their clothes on. Then they took their clothes o f f ] And I ' l l have you to know that Sunny Sunfish has never been able to got out of ffinc shirt pocket,,,. The minnows ho;vo set up a now school, -named after t," > pants ' it is hold in, The Carter S chop 1 fo r Fish....
Van Deventer i The creatures "are too. They are always ^cllering for someone to pueh or. pull some'oh ing in th/., boats,-" I hope they don't mean us. Horny Toad who lives by the boathouse, can't sleep anymore. He "always has a headache for just after the- moon rises, one creature blows terrliij noises en a horn on the dock- At first I thought we would have peace after the horn' blowing, but no.. Theydo the most shocking things. They jump into the lake all white, without their -rkins and point little 'iU10 .;., at each p"cner. j.ak. • . ^•jll, if tile creature called Kyle/ doesn't remove my legs as liu did cousin lump's, I will starb the, journey to'Clearwater Lan; to-morrow. .Lit bit. Tadpole" sends his .Loves -Your- flustered Chug. Anne Otter Hidden waters Monday morning we found out • about the hike the yornen '\;ere. going on. It was a surprise to us all for I don't think there was a rumor about it. Anyway, we got started, with more than half the camp on. our backs, V7e thought we were- going on an all-day hike that would take us' a long way away from camp. We got just a little way. past Fairfield Inn when suddenly a cloud opened on us. By the "time we got our ponchos on therain. had stopped. Juhriny Iv;ack tcld us t thacr we wore nearly ohere so we typ.t; our ponchos on. After a while• we r ot there and we vraded arouna in the stream and climbed over1 tno rocks until it '.vac time to get feady to eat. We cut sticks to toast our marshraallows on and others for our sahd-.'.'icheG. Johnny Mack fired some cocoa for us but he spilled half ofthe milk. VVQ "'e-r-e supposed to build a ^4"ce^but G-er:.-s did most of it. After we" sup--.-sedl./ had resb hour, some of ones w e n t,. s w 1 aim 1 n g
t least they had and slid down th e ,e vvater until they Vvet, We finally st started horn.:,, "Ice-king very bedraggled. But anyway, we had a grang tlrie,. Charlotte Sprunt Just Imagine Just imagine Edna teaching dancIng Just imagine Ann Otter teachingllnging Just imagine Lucy working on the project Just imagine Dotty Smith doing archery Eflna is so very thin That her bones show through her skin. Henri is so short and fat, She shouldn't eat much food at that. Betty" Stu s* fair abd white Isn't she a pretty sight. Lucy's hair is firej/t red It shows up at night when we're in bed. Johnny Mack, he Is so frail He's always out on the trail. A Visitor From Hollywood It was a cool afternoon when a blach limcusine rode up the dusty road to C mp Merrievvoode. Wheh :,t e'car Game to a stop, a girl"with yellow hair got out of 'the car. She-stumbled up the steps to Hilltop. Little Nell opened the door andthe girl said,"Are you Mrs/ Day? " "Ko," Little Nell said but may I do something for you. "I-am the neu counselor" the girl answered roughly. Later that evening, four children were'sitting on their beds in Linger Longer. One of the children asked .aoii.w_iia± answered the
the counselor haughtily. "Whee", answered Indie as" she eyed the loud lipstick and finger nail, polish .. "'That shall we call you? "asked Eleanor "Miss Tarbot What do £ou think?". The children knew type person she now. counselor. was fixing her face with all kinds of makeup, th e., children »?ere busy with a bucket of water. The first time Indie tried to put the bucket above the doer, it fell and drenched her. Ellen rent for more water' •while Indie changed her clothes/ They suddenly heard the tpod : of feetand dove for the covers. Jut it was only Ellen, They got It ap finally, and they all got Into bed, "Piggy" waited for a half hcur, and then she dosed off. When 'the courseler finally came, , she • opened the door none too softly, and before she knew what- was happening, she was arenched to trie skin. The little group was awakened by loud, sus screams.' The girl's dye was leaving her hair quick] 51 so that she looked terrible. She gathered up her1 clothes and ran and jumped in .her cariksii and drove away, never to be seen again. But this, I am sure will never happen at Merrie-Woode. Ellen Reed and Eleanor Yager The All Day Ride Early on Thursday morning,1 Shefty asked to speak to 10 campers. We were excited. She said vre were going on an all day ride to Glenville. Almost as isnon as aesarnbly was over,w 'we sere fiff . As soon as- we got there it started, to rain. »7he n it stopped, Shefty .went to look for the truck. When she got back -v^e had cur lunch and rest hour. Then- some of us- went swimming. When we got dressed we came home. We stayed all day and had a wonderful time. ; Betty Weil
L ycung girl from &Lerc:\e,-! Did all. the f,ocd that r;he- could She always said please And never did tea&e That p.'lite little girl who was good. There was a young counselor named Grllspy Whom we all admire quite highly She ' s -not very tall Nor yet very rmall •That nice young counselor named. GroJoy. The pine trees and the pretty lake And the waterfall so tall Are all pleasures at MerrieFor old, .young, large, and small. Cakie is so white and smck She look just like a half dead tick. Our ' Cr e at Surpr i s e One of the greatest surprises of our camp season was when Dammie nnnoucea that the Knights and the Yoe.uen would go to a movie in the afternoon. -Were we excitedlWe just couldn't imagine that we were goingnto a movie, 'Me got our green sweaters and. our duxbaks . There were several cars to take us. There were nine of us in the at at ion wagon with Bee driving. Vvhen we got tp the theatre some of us felt dizzy from the curves. The mo-vie was Lord Jeff" with Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooiiie. It was very good. It also had an Our Gang comedy. After the movie we drovw to West's and got some ice cream. After we got back to camp, we felt that y/e had had one of the best surprises ever, Kay' Lindsay
Rest /onderful sun has gone rest, Tucked in a blanket of gold. The mother sheep, their -young have led To their home in theold sheep fold. The wonderful day is over and gone The stars in the heaven shine bright, The dear little birds to their nests have flown. To slumber through the night, Alice S, Hume Toasts to the Foursome 1. Oh, here's to the lifeguard named Kyle, For when he walks up the girls smile, They learn how to swim,' Through instruction from him. Even though they knew hov<f all the while . 2.
Oh, here's to brave Johnny, Mac, Y/ho ' s killed many a snake with . a whack. He takes us on hikes, Which is just what he likes. And we hope that next year he ' 11 be back, ,
•Good-bye, good-bye Whose canoe am I in? 'Remember, ddm'!t let your canoe tmrn Sideways in the river. We're off.. Oh, gosh a rapid Gain some speed.. Stroke and stroke and stroke and Pull too, pull too.... Nice wd>rk.. Are you tired? I'll be glad to paddle some. Floating log.. Go to the right Oh, look at those grapes Get that chicken Lets aat....Gosh I'm thirsty Whee.. The Brevard bridge Where's. Dammie? Paddle up stream. Stroke, arid stroke and stroke Oh, boy here we are Hi, Paul I didn't look formyou so soon.
who'11 cook supper? Gosh I'm hungry.., I'm'gonna s.leep here.... Give rne the skeeter-rit Good-night...Gosh these mosquitoes have an alto and tenor.. Next morning. . .'. . Come on Brown Come on Brown I'll fix breakfast -Betty Steu Bang Clash.... I'm terribly sorry I woke you, Kyle, but I'dropped the pots and pans Get your packs made Good-bjse .ÂŤ..,... Jackie Fowlkes -The : Moon
3. Now let's have a toast to young Wally, Whose picture was taken for Sollie.
His head is awhirl, With a certain young girl. The rest he mu&t think are fooly. 4. It's easy to write. if you're able To the handsomest horse of the stable. Y&u all know his name. If you don't it's a shame For Johnny is better thean Gable.* Nancy Watson.
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The wound silver moon, Through the trees it shines. Through the shimmering needles Of the swaying pine.
It shines down on, The still of the night. And to all night life, It gives radiant light. It's bigger and brighter, Than any star* That beautiful moon, Up in heaven ao far. Douglas Morton
Christmas Christinas iiere tomorrow, All of the old campers are looking forward to the pleasure tn.vt tha^ will en JOT, while th;.-; new ones •• are llroll of expectancy,. But we are
The pri^s went to Betty Weil. The party ended when packages of animal crackers -veresi distri buted to everyone. Therefore the animal party was a- success and everyone enjoyed it very mach. Indie Brin Lindsay Delight
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''Are you all happy?" Yes, we were alj happy. There was Johnny. f|ack looking like a gypsy and Pat was looming like she vas .going to camp out for a week. She had on her rain ha.t and sweater, her lunch, her camera cnl her poncho. V7e started up 01?- Bald and when we, were half way/-up Jean called out, "Apd voa all-Happy?" Johnny Mac": said,"l want w>j all felt very scrry for him for wj had tc go on. We had lunch and rest hour on Old Bald and is was rot till late when we readied camp, bat iust the same, we. sy
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xcitlng House Edna g.Tve a npr.: party for ths Pages and the 'Sguires, , who v?ent to the p3.ay house ..." It wan announced, at supper that everyone v.as to triiig an aninal to the party. T/e started off with a parade of the animals which was led by Ann Otter who irade a perfect initatior. o^ a monkey . We played "Squirrel, in a Tree" while the judges were deciding which animal was the cutest . The prize went' to "i darling little monkey owned by Mary B. Thoppson and exhibited by Betsey Nicholson, Then each person was given a typed piece of paper with 20 questions con- ' cerninc animals. The person to answer the most received a orize.
There is a horse named Delight And Delight in o grand sight De.ii£ht r5 s beautiful all righfe. Bub'you car' t hold the reins too tight And you must stick on with all your might And if you can't hold the reins too tigut. How can you stick on.right? And one- day Delight did run away An I Chi What Shefty didn't say And now delicious Delight is very "gay Because he likes to scare Shefty. that way ... Midnight Midnight's a grand horse too He dees exactly what you want him to, He does not Jump when upon him you climb, For if he did he'd spoil his 1 love him a let and I hope he loves me He'B juat.as fast as he can be He trots as fast as the wind blows past And then vou never have to be last very handsome, strong and tall But as for handsome horses, Johnny Horse is the handsoneest of all. Dickey Williamson and. Archer Christian Hiking • Many people havedlfferent tastes, but to me 'hiking is one of the greatest of pleaoures. I love to stretch my limbs out in an -endeavor tp conquer some great peak. It gives me an appreciation of my legs when I be-
hold the beauties of tl below. Hiking las taken.me to • such spots of surpassing beauty that tfaile hiking. I really feel as tnough my address ends "in the mind of God". 2 believe if I wore Aladdin I Would wish fjr a good companion and a oteep lucuntain that was Dogging me climb a;nd explore its beauties. "Coco" Saal . A Snake Story To-day just before lunch Edna walked into her Bhack where- a Bro7;n Creeper had made ito nest,., in a slat that was loose As she entered she a ay; a snake just leaving; the nest. It had a bulge in its side so we supposed it had eaten one o& the binds. But we wondered how ouch a small snake had eaten so much, how he had stretched his uouth to eat the bird. Johnny. Hack told us that snakes can stretch their mouths very wide. All this was vary in teresting, but we 'wer-e very sorry for the birds. Betty well
v/hc is beautiful, dark, and slim '.Vith tiny feot and a flowing mane Who han a grace that id gorgeous to see Y:m needn't go further "'.:he Brat" is his name. ,mo can carry you over the earth lath a ?aio- that is smooth and steady as a cat's None can connete with this, horse' of ay heart He's Pegusus unhinged, he's the wonderful Brat. Ann Lav^ler Peeping Through a Peephole I know a person in this camp v7ho even looks by a lighted lamp At a picture she has of 7/ally Sitting on that dear horse Salie Now this person's name I will not tig 11 But this picture she will not sell I .know oomeone who would readily buy, If she had nerve enough to try. By an E-'sres-dropper
Merrie-Woode Movies 1. Three Comrades Kelly, Mary Walker and Margaret Heeks 2, Holiday Christmas at camp 3, Flirtation , Jane Blickwell 4. True Confession- 12 :30 • at Hilltop.with Danmie 5.Throe Men on a Horse Johnny Yvally and Mose > 6. Boy Meets G-irl Sherry meets the Doctor's daughter 7. Crowd Roars , After Taps When were You Born Sally and Her Phya. Exams Shppwcrn Angel Ruth after Canteen SO. Mad About Music "Flossie" 11. Hunted Men Johnny Horse Kyle, Vrally ' and Johnny Mack 12. One YTild Night The Senior Knights' Party 13. The Joy of Living Being at Merrle-w'oode
To-morrow I looked toward the west and beheld Naught but yesterday's leaden skies My heart was sad, my eyes belied The thoughts of the picture those clouds implied. But in the East a glorious sight The sun had filled"the earth with light. It banished all our worlflly sins And called the Faith to enter in, It cast avmy our earthly sorrow And LaaxlB ur1 think ,~f God's to-
And made ua think of God's to morrow, Catherine Burns
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The Squires' Hike to Hidden Waters I ' Ti"e started out some half asleep others very poppy. We were walk-ing along, mor,t of us keeping-"' to-other,and someone said that tin ore was a big black snake in the Diddle of the road. He was lying as otl.11 as a Stick. In a few minutes he began to wiggle slowly, Johnny Mac-: tried to catch him with Jean's beautiful snake stick, but somehow he slip ped through the end/Then we walked and walked. \7e. had to walk along, the highway a "bit wh;en we came upon a little garter snake which Janie Bell piskecl up to play'with. Soon we got there and had to take off our shoes and socks because the road was flooded. We had to wade across That was lots of fun, but the water was icy. When.we; got to the other side we spread our ponchps out. Jean lead us up the stream a little way and coming back she said the first o bn0 to fall in was a mud puppy. Johnny Mack went first to find the slipperiest places so that vie wouldn't fall in. There was a real slippery place and Johnny Mack thought he would have sone fun and ask us to cross was near, the front with Jean and all of a sudden there was an extra big splash and there was "•Jean just sitting in the stream laughing and if Johnny Mack hadn't been there to catch us from slipping I am afraid we all would have been mad puppies.
yraen we got oack to the pla'Oi-s -37-here our ponchos were we had our dinner, which tasted ' mtbghty good to us „ we had a very nice rest hour, considering many things.' Ttren we put on our bathing duits and went into the icy water. Soon we began splashing Johnny Mack. At last he rab in the water and ducked every"one who had. a;oa,aeaed him. V«e s.'aw two good-sized water ' snakes while we were playing. Soon we got cold, so we got out and dried by a fire. When we got back to camp, . v.%ere we took off our ponchos, bathing suits, cameras, etc. we felt that we had lost something... Betty Preston Midnight It was midnight, andthe dark cloudy sky outside seemed to suggest something mysterious. Ann Legendre rolled over in her bed. "Gosh, I'm thirsty, think I'll get up and -Hey what's this black thing in my bed? It must be EEK Help, a skunk.". She screamed. Springing up from her bed, she ran to her counselor Save me, Lucy, a skunk is in my bed." "A skunk, let me out of here". "My poor bed," sighed.Ann. The skunk, being aroused- from his sleep, got up from the fated bed and started walking across the cabin to Lucy's bed, Anne 'started- to jump out of the window but her pajama seat got caught. Lucy was horrified. She grabbed at the end of her bad to pull the covers over her headd Instead of her fingers, her hand grabbed a flashlight. "Well, " said-Lucy to herself, "I may as well see what the skunk looks like." Turning, the flashlight on the s skunk, she locked for a moment. Then she burst into laughter, Anne who was still stuck in the window, Thought Lucy had hysterics Finally she pulled her pagamas loose from the nail and looked around. There standing In the Ilrht was— Trouble.
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A Toast To Orafhe Here 'a to wood, leather, a. id ill tricky things, Such as 'rugs, pocKctocoKS and cil-er rings „ All of which we endeavir to make, So a to ant, to crafts, lot'-i all Mary Bi To Cici* You But You But
EP.y be lazy and like to shirk, when Cici. conr.;s you start to work may not know ,.., bloomer from a. middy you've get to have ycur lorjndry riddy, (EExClj
So here's to Cici : when clau in green Se. ing food is hot auci ',he kitchon clean, Who, by bo'3e vairaole, we never coi'ld see, S-JOP everything in us it should be, A.i'J ..lire's tiyjici when clad in white On a vJuaoay morning, gay and bright* IV Lthout her ca;up would be a sight, 3ut all goes v;^ll fco bh day and nighb, G l o i , srov are the campers' delight, Jane 3lack,veil To Boats Sailing;, sailing o ' e r our own Fairfield There^s many a canoe snd dingey been launched, Since we f i r s t heard of gunwale, boon , and keel, Paddling and sc. iling t'irough rain and shine, Through rapids and cy.lra in this little boat of mine. Now I raise a toast to this univer*. sal spo?*t, Let's meet next July in this very same . port« Catherine Legendre A Toast To Riding Here's bo riding, a popular-sport, When Jonnny or Wally act ar.j escort Or when Shefty lends a helping hand • Riling is simply bound to be grand, Betty Weil
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i:o-.:d.J.Yt I want to bring -^o your a 'vurrtJ on a grcu^ th^t has added to o ir 'Jhjoyn.int eaih Sunday, Often t.iv-y have given up activities in order to p r f ' C u J c e ^ , so 'ah at we night be en«ter tanner'. a We particularly want to thank each leader of this group, for training them,, e-.accMi'ajing tho-jr, and staying w with them "'hen often,, perhaps, thingsj did not go right, It is about tho illee Club and . Florence tht.t I an; speaking, and let's all join in this toast to theu, Ann Carter Felts.. To Drauotica I drink c. t
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Here's health all the sarre/ To dramatics our hearts are all turn* To Ajjsa and Lucy ve owe all wo ' ve learned,. Those skits and playa, Wore a pleatiuru for days, iV? practiced and worked Aad none of U3 shirked For success wa? ao near. SQ you see, we hold our dramatics cults clear, Lenore Quldwell Infiraary Did you sturr.p your toe? Get a gnr.t :n your eye? Or did a mocquito bite You as ho flew by! Then hunt for Sally-or Doc if he's there They can patch anything Save a feelle-rinded stare So I lift a toast to ny second home, l r ll remember its hoopi;bality Wherever I roat, . Peggy Saith "To tnc Kitchen Girls
It"1 a the kitchen girls- I'm toasting toOnight, And the eport that you're head of is our delight. With---diving our ecstacy abounds 3ut.tiie eport v;o're best at is gining pounds. to show for you ,d
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Water, water everywhere, and all the dock is sunk, Water, water everywhere, a thing we n e ' e r had thank. Water, water everywhere and all the dock d-'d shrink, Water, water everywhere, noise fun than you can think, What joy, what glee Wo all do see In the water of Fairfield lake, For the one best of all Who is strong, dark and tall, Stands guard, by the name of Gakie When nwinning is done, And gone is the sun, "All out" sounds the voice of ~>aby Dock. Then Drookio and "letty And Kyle and Kelly Do diving that's even a shock To all the dock staff. For each stroke and each laurjh Each dive, (and life-savin; also) H e r e ' s a toast fror. our heart to our tool Ronny Reid H e r e ' s to the best of headcounselors She'3 grand as grand can be For she plans all car days Se wo can always !",o happy and full of glee.
If it wasn't for her what would we do? Especially at night, w e ' d be quite blue For the entertainments she plans Are the best in the land And her assemblies are o.k. too. So we give three cheers for f3ee Din— ick, The best hoadcounoolor Dannie could pick. For to love M^rrio-Woode as we really should, And enjoy its pleasures the best wo could, This grand; girl really does the trick Jack Fowlkea Toast to Dar;.::iic It is my pleasure to-night to toast a person to whom i could never pay full justice. There is nothing that I can say that would tell what wo feel iu our hearts toward her. '.Vordn are but useless and perhaps nine would never
u our thought 3hu> has nacL the sunshine of her life light our way and without her canp weull lack that bean of light thatv glows fror.: kiadnose an- thoughtfulness. I an sure that I need not say no re for you know of who I speak ----Dannie. ... Frances Kattori
The Canper "God of those Unoghts of the Holy Grail Thou God of our young hearts, and we too would follow the glean. Sonotines, we see it on a suniuer night scattered with stars, or far off in the dusk, when a sweet songis heard, or when splendors seen to rain and sunset skies quiver and rock with gold and voices call to us, and we hear pur own answering. Wherever our quest of beauty leads us and wherever hunan love and patient understanding abound, there too we see the Glean. They have burned, to Thee nany tapers in nany tenplos, but to-night in this Holy Ter.ple of Thy out of doors, we light for thee the tapirs of our hearts. For we find Thee in the white fire that gloie within. Silt Thou be the fire otfi our deeds, and the white flane of our dreans, for we too, like King Arthur's knights, are enbers of Thee. Little stars ashine with the wonder and love of life. Here beneath the stars this taper glows a symbol of the Glean we have seen here at iiorrie-Woode, where love abounds and the love of our friends has warned our hearts. We want to take with us when we go nuch of this beauty and love that we have known, s j that we nay share it with those at hone, through courtesy, courage, honor and love. These little tapers we light now are tokens of our hearts d dosirajthat forever sonewhere with Thee on the altar of life, shall still burn the white fire of our hearts."
Our heart-fe It appreciation for you. Mary D, Fifco Toaet to Dancing To dancing this toast I make, Its art I attempt to undertake. I lovo to danco and leap into tho air. Free as a bird without a care, Its boauty will live through all tho Also, the music, which everyone hears. Eleanor Yager Toast to Canp Craft and Hiking
To the Canpors I now propose a teast to every camper Who now t-r.-o noon down those hills will scanper, iYii.on we've saicl"sh" and "scran" and been stern, It's only because we've wanted you to loarn Kc.f it can be told, we think you're swell How without restraint to you we toll You're the acorns from which the oaks will grow, You're the nuts— w e ' v e always told you so. You're the sunshine after weeks of rain You're the moon between its wax and wane You're the birthday cake on watermelon day.
On the shores of falling at re an let 3y the side of gurgling waters Lay the kitchen of the witches The moonlit dip, Lay the playground of the Tajars. There the campers cooked their suppers The French 3road Trip And all the other nice things I could There, they did prep all their dinners say. With the ho Ip of Mother Nature You arc, in fact, the reason for our The advise of fore -said Johnnie Largo behind it loonod the shelter o-ing, So here's to you. Here's hoping w e ' l l b e Loomed the naster-pioce of Edna. s jo ing Where to frolic could go Rangers Where Taj a rs could lay down to s lumber. You back again one year from this sane hour: Yet the campers of Oar.p korrie-Woode The worthy fruit of such a splendid Longo-d for far-av./ay, high places flower, Then they climbed thostoepest mounjrookio Allan tains, With sturdy logs they ascended Heavenward, To the Counselors There they stood with arms wide open There they stood with hearts uplifted I raise my glass in a toast to them all Those Lorrie-Woode counselors, short, Allowing boauty to sink inward Until they too, vvere part of nature. slim and tall. (sing) W e ' r e with then in camp, day in and White water running, day out. Rushing o ' e r the falls Whore they help and console us in sorrow And to us Merrie-'.Toodo Hikdesa or doubt, Galls us one and all together A smile or a ciuer they are ready to give, Over the hillside swinging down the lane Whenever some joy it's aour pleasure May we go hiking o ' e r this trail to live, again. Eorrie-Woode counselors, my toast is 7irgie Ferguson now through, Hut my hope cf the future is to bo Archery one of you. Ann Lawler Ohi here's to archery the sport that we adore, Tennis And with Snooks as teacher wo love it all tho no re . Hero's to tennis, the best sport of all Fron Robin's hut v;o get our bow, Then hope to the g u l l ' s eye the arrow The first necessity is to hit tho ball will go. Now don't forget to follow through Sons girls catch on quickly, others are For Lucy will hav.; to frown at you. s low . Mary Ann Ooopcr 3ut all to archery love to go. Mary I". Evans