Camp Nawakwa - Yearbook (Biglerville, PA)

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6 Sunday at camp was very different from the other days. There was no dip and no exercises. After breakfast there was a very impressive Hag raising ceremony which was followed immediately by Sun- day School. Sunday School classes held outdoors made it interesting. Rev. Carl had a very line sermon in church. All afternoon girls were taking pictures. They stopped long enough for Nature Boy to take them on a hike. It seemed like miles and miles but those girls would go any- where with Nature Boy. The final Hill- side was at Upper Temple with Rev. Berkheimer as the speaker. He gave the girls a real challenge which, I am sure, they will remember for a long time. After that the girls went to the final Council Circle. They had to wear their headbands in order to get in. I got in without one and nobody knew that I was there. From my secure position in the pocket, I could see the girls receiving their awards. Monday morning some of the girls and counselors got up very early and walked up to the hilltop to see the sunrise. After breakfast, campers left for home and I was sorry. In the Intermediate girl's hurry, she let me fall from her pocket and so I fell to the ground. Now I was no longer safe. I was afraid I'd be stepped on. There I was- Lying on the cold, cold ground, Everybody steps on me, That is why I'm cracked you see. Intermediate Boys Camp By 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of :Tune 28, there were 245 Intermecfiate buys in camp and they were ready for action. Most of them had already triee out the poolg inquired as to the location of the mess hall, the post office and tie store: climbed a few trees, put pennies i11 the fountain and caught a few eraylish. There was no difhculty at all i11 getting them to come to the mess hall wiere their put away a large amount of food i11 a small amount of time. There was equal enthusiasm shown i11 the pool, o11 tl1e ath- letic Held and even in the ClZlSSl'0Olll. l'iYl'Il the drenehing rain which oeeu1'1'e1I o11 Tuesday about supper time, did11't keep them from getting to tl1e mess hall XVlll'l'l' they waited about fifteen lllllllllt'S lim' the faculty to appear. One of the IIIUSI interesliiig people in vamp that week was I':1sIo1' 'l'i1g:1 I-lthlll India. l,JlSl0l' Tigzl. Will? works in KHIIIII1 , l ' 7 - 1 'x Ill India, was lIllt'l't'Sll'tl Ill k11o1v111p ,,,,,,,. about our Villllll. The lmyg In-,,W.,1 11, IN. very helplul and 1 1 e11d 111 the 111111. 11 1 who lllitl ll'2tl'Il1'fl 111 1 111 eanip had eJ11111 l ll 1 experieiiee. lllfllit 1 1 country l't'1H'tfrt'Ill4fl 1 1 1 ada's I'L'IJI'L'5t'lllItll1. who was on tl11 1 tf ull lr taught Zl t'UllI'FK' 111 I 111111 boys learned 11121111 u llll 1 1' 1 things. I Q lhe Ilillside Slit tl 1 1 were Rev. liL'I'lillL'lllliI lx 1 I 11 It Yeagy, R1-11 l.i1tl1 I1 1 l l Utz, Zilltl Kev. .Xllll 11 111 UI lllg tJlJ5CI'Yt'l'N l' I' C ' Charge oi the Clllllt h 1111 S A I-lifflilifflits Ztllll Il 1 ll 1 PH 37 were stunts, ealiin 111 1 lllllll. .Xhnost all 1 1 th I 11 1 agreed that this 11 1 111 1 all ol the llllj'-111 1 1 1 1 to leave. 1

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1, Q, ' Y' I: . 4 - as 'f-as I' ir' -vw Q5 Q' . ' rv' 1 If. -N ,...,,,.-vag- QYWFHI spfm wa tg- Q I ,ri at PM 41 W ..v Q.: ,.. at .1 . ,Y 'Q ,... 4, 'Q A , arf' .0 1 lye-11' .4 . 4 .-it ,nf 7 P 5. 1nt4'rrm'diafc' Girls Camp l'm ll little acorn brown Lying on the cold, cold ground. l'.verybody steps on me . . . That is, everybody except one nice little Intermediate girl who arrived on July 19, 1048. lt was raining a little around noon and here I was safe and dry in an Inter- mediate girl's pocket. How lucky for mel There were 26.2 girls in camp and what a time they had finding beds for every- one. Each cabin had ten girls and a counselor. There was one girl in each cabin who had a private room. This was in the new extension and was better known as the Caboose After everybody got in their cabins and made their beds, they went for a swim and I went along. My counselor was very nice and so were the others. The first evening the girls went to Hill- side and they walked up the hill while I rode. Miss Hoover, the associate director, gave us our thought for the week-the ABCs. After this the girls went to the assembly to get some headbands which they called brains I didn't get any. Then taps sounded and thus ended my first day at the camp in the woods. The bugle woke us every morning with a serenade for five minutes and then reveille. I didn't need it the first morning because the girls were up early-of course, that was only the first morning. Quite a few girls went down bravely for the dip in the cold water. After breakfast every- one had classes-even I enjoyed them very much. The inspectors had an auction to tell us how many points we earned by cleaning up our cabins. That evening a photographer from The Gettysburg Times came out to take our picture at Hillside with Rev. Robert Reiter speaking. This picture appeared in the Twentieth Anni- versary edition in The Gettysburg Times and also in the Lutheran. That evening we had a Sadie Hawkinsv party and oh-what fun! The costumes were so funny and we played games. Oh, how happy I was-nobody had stepped on me yet! On Wedliesday, I went along to see the games that the girls played on the athletic field. I looked up and found a counselor standing right in the middle of the New- comb ball court. I Hnally found out that the net had dropped and she was acting as a substitute. The girls had to throw the ball over her head. I was afraid that she would be hit but she came through it safe and sound. That evening there were f-abin parties in the woods and did those a'4!l'f'U4lL' 5 A quacade orchestra girls eat! Another very special thing hap- pened that night-a moonlight dip. Mrs. Hamme spoke to us at Upper Temple un- der a beautiful star-lit sky. Thursday evening found us indoors for Hillside and Ruth Keech gave us a candle- talk. It was interesting to hear her com- pare candles with people's lives. Later on we had a talent show in the assembly. I can't remember when I laughed so hard as I did then. Friday seemed to come so soon that the girls could hardly realize their week was almost finished. The Hillside that evening was again at Upper Temple. Mrs. Reaser gave us a very different and very inspir- ing message. Never have I seen girls run up and down hills as they did that evening. They were in search of a treasure and how they did hurry. The Delawares finally captured the prize. On Saturday afternoon, the girls had an aquatic meet complete with an orches- tra for accompaniment in the various numbers. That evening I was really glad to be in a pocket of one of the girls. The whole camp turned out for a Twentieth Anniversary Celebration Dinner. The tables were beautifully decorated. Mary Laird cut the cake because she was the only twentieth year person present. We went to Fischer Chapel for Hillside and Mary told us of the pioneer days at Na- wakwa. Ted I-Ioerner told us some ghost stories at Council Circle and some of the girls said that their hair stood on end.

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X Wm Q , -Q .M lg is fffx. in . ,K Hn., 'Ms hu. 'wi ,,, in-I U mu. E 9 '-Q LN, UU, 'lm pq sr- l i'ur'Iwolc 7 Disc Data-Nawakwa Style Un your mark, get set, and we're off- whirling around the world of discs to see just what was at First Senior Girls Camp. . . . First stop on our whirl is at the ollice to hear the typewriter's musical statistics-9.200 Girls or As if I Didn't llave Iinough on My Mind. Also popular with the oiliee set is Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair. A hop, skip, and a jump and we are at the Doghouse where Reinberger is waxing SZIIIIIIICVS retrieved fountain pen with Shaheen's red shirt and Moyer is trying to Get Used to It All. An- other popular tune at the Doghouse was The South IVas Never Like This. Now down to the kitchen where the K.P. girls and boys are eating lunch to the tune of the Dishwater Blues while the boys are still singing, I'll Walk Alone -even though it is Senior Girls Camp. Speaking of the camp in general, the hrst on the Hit Parade was Little Red Caboose with Ira's rendition of Star- dust running a close second. The swing and slam of Spike Jones and his company of inspectors also drew quite a number of votes. Our newspaper editor, Rooty Toot Rischer kept us in tune to some other disc data 3 that counselors sang their cabins to sleep, that VVally's nomination at the mock presidential convention pleased so many of the group, that everyone wel- comed the extra long study hour, that Berkheimer played softball on the faculty team while campers sat on the sidelines under umbrellas, that August 4 was the coldest in many yearsg that Mrs. Alex- ander's brains popped up so prettily at each side of her headg that Mrs. Fischer's class in Young People's Relationships was a big favorite. A one-night stand of great popularity was the mysterious ditty, Bringing Home the Bacon. Also in the spotlight was Ted Horner and his golden arm, Ruthie and her ping-pong game, Mimi and her Scotch elephants, and Bertie and the aquacade. Still farther on our journey we hear a quiet voice saying a few lines from John Oxenham's poem, Kneel Always Wheii You Light a Fire, and we are at Coun- cil Circle. An impressive Fellowship Cere- mony, and the final council with the awards all leave memories of a too short camp period. Finally a hill-top violin calls us to Up- per Temple where our journey ends and begins. Camp is over, but the challenge of Christian leadership forever echoes on our disc. , .1 V Nazi ,Q l The farmhouse A Junior Boy Writes Home Dear Mom, You were right. This is a wonderful place. Now that it's almost time to come home I wish I could stay. I've learned to know so many swell fellows, and every- body is so friendly. We do lots of things here in one day. Every morning we go out under the trees with our counselor and have morning watch. After breakfast we clean up. You will be surprised to see how I can make a bed. We have four inspectors. They take off points if our cabin isn't clean. VVe have classes here, too. It sounds like school but it isn't like school. One of our classes is Working for Jesus. We learn about things to do at home and Sunday School and how we can be better boys. We have Nature Study too. We learn about how God made all things and how we can find God in nature. In crafts we make things. I made something for you but I won't tell you what it is. The meals here are. wonderful. We get all we want to eat and that's a lot be- cause we really get hungry around here. Every afternoon we play games and go swimming. I'm going to pass my Be- ginners' test and I didn't even know how to swim when I came. One of the things I like is Hillside in the evenings. We go up the hill to Upper Temple for a service, and one of the leaders talks to us. They always talk so that we can understand it. In the evenings we have more fun. I wish you could have seen our funny stunts. I hope I can come back next year, and I'll want to bring Joe along, too. I'll see you on Monday. Your loving son, Jimmy