Camp Nawakwa - Yearbook (Biglerville, PA)

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28 Camp N awalewa Pastor Moyer is a graduate of Roanoke College and Southern Seminary. He listed several of the things that he noticed were outstanding at Nawakwa: l. The spirit of Christian Fellowship. 2. The opportunity afforded for spiritual development through greater knowl- edge and personal devotion. 3. The friendships formed and the ac- companying horseplay which made camp life a source of personal enjoy- ment. Mrs. Henrickson i A second Canadian observer was Mrs. Bertha Henrickson of Winnipeg. In a re- cent letter she says, I do not think I can write words about my impressions of Camp Nawakwa that have not been re- peatedly reiterated b-y my predecessors, i.e., the many observers you have had as your guests. I have for years been a member of the Lutheran VVomen's League of the Ice- landic Lutheran Synod of America, and one of our chief aims and projects has been to establish a camp for the purpose of leadership training as well as a camp for underprivileged children. After years of collecting funds, planning and finding a suitable location, we succeeded infpur- chasing a plot of twelve acres on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg, fifty- seven miles north of the city of Winnipeg. This camp as organized is still in its infancy, as this season now ending is only its third. Many of us who have been in- strumental in organizing this camp have felt we have much to learn as to organ- izing, management and planning. Through the offer from the Parish and Church School Board in Philadelphia, I was asked to come to your camp as an observer of your methods of administra- tion and training in Christian leadership. The time I spent at Nawakwa proved a never-to-be-forgotten experience. This splendid, capably managed and directed camp, in its setting of hills, valleys, woods and gorgeous sunsets, seemed to me to be the acme of a Christian leadership train- ing camp. I found the purpose of this camp to be supremely high, its methods of ad- ministration prohcientg the studied plan of its daily program of instruction and of wholesome recreation, together with an efhcient staff, achieving the ultimate pur- pose of this camp to a high degree. All this sums up to what one would judge to be an ideal camp. Add to that the spirit of friendliness and helpfulness that per- meates the very air of Nawakwa and the picture is complete. Wasn't It Good Though? They bounced in Tuesday morning W'ith a whoop and a bellow, And we looked them all over, Yep, every last fellow. As they filed up the trail, Summer School was alert, The guys looking skeptic, The gals looking pert. Then, as they stood in Assembly, We sighed, My, theylre green. But gladly we welcomed G-burg's big football team. ' But our novice campers On that very first day, Proved they weren't at Nawakwa For the sake of play. The Athletic Field echoed With Hike, two, three, four, They tumbled, punched, tackled, Then tumbled some more. But 'twas in the mess hall, Those lads held their own, The bread was devoured, The meat gnawed to the bone. They liked apple butter, And bug juice-in time- And they made Wally move Like a B-29. - r. And in between mouthfuls, T hey'd yell themselves hoarse, With C1ettysburg,' Gettysburg The best team, of course! tVVith apologies to Heckman and Carlislej Yes, the Tuskies could swim And these Tuskies could yell, And though they ne'er cleaned their cabins, W'e still thought them swell. NVe enjoyed Bruce's letters CThat gal's sure on the beamlj W'e lauded No. 21 For being so clean. VV e teased the whole erew For avoiding the dip, And laughed at the way The meal hell made them rip. We shared with them Hillside And Fellowship Night, And then at liligh Conneil, As the sparks attained height. Our hearts joined in friendship, And we thought, This is right l ,Q ii .li QQ' D as W' I' , ll I J I .. .3 1 .81 on AU! N 101 HI V1 ..,,

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30 Cifllllfl .XVIII-,'fl!CI.'lI Wafe1'gi1'l Hackman Do You Remember? Vtfhen Bobby and the other Junior fry did a rushing business with an up-to-date peewee golf course? When we haunted the haunted house, and the leaders of the project were scared themselves by the sight of a phosphores- cent stump in the dark? VVhen VVillie yelled Fire and Tony echoed the cry and the two dashed down to the kitchen from Faculty Lodge, re- turning in fifteen minutes with sandwiches and satisfied smirks because the ruse had worked? The pageant put on in the pool by Marian Fischer and Sara Martz in which Father Neptune and a group of mer- maids portrayed events which proved dei- initely the origin of the weekly Saturday night bath as an international institution? Aunty Jenkins huddling in her fur coat and airily driving her car through the camp waving at friends as she deftly missed trees to the right and left? The night when a distinguished visitor, Mrs. D. Burt Smith, sat clown on the preeariously covered costume box? The various and sundry romances in higher and lower ecclesiastical circles which not only hnrlded in camp but in due time flowered into nmlrimony? Folk rlaneing on the :Llhlelie field Zllltl in the empty l2ll'IIllIUllS0 kitchen? The famous lens :und hridzll showers given hy the Doghouse folk? The director looks on Hezekiah Green and his Snake Oil Troupe? The take-off on the 194-4 political con- vention complete with speeches and fire- works? Uncle Willie's bedtime stories and the daily News reports? The Whatzit-Wliozit Club in which one named a Vtfhatzit to become a VVhozit? Gur delight in the annual narration of the Tinker of Tonway which we never failed to demand of Dr. Fiedler? The many versions told by Dr. XVentz of the tragic tale of Tomasius Tinkeribus? Ach vy don't it make down on me. mum? a la Mumper? i i ilillr' lzmmfrni fzuzfxu 'E 'T -1. H- ...A e -w 'la for 'fs 1: sg? as ...M -T: 9-. vi '. 4 W, e in :gtg - 1 , 'li Q