€irl Scouts Descend on King's Lake
For Three Weeks of Camping Capers
Girl Scouts from Palmer's
senior and intermediate troops
joined their campmates from the
Anchorage area Monday mominj1,
as they disembarked from the Au
rora at Matanuska.
This vanguard of 64 Girl Scouts
boarded Christiansen school bus
ses at Matanuska and proceeded
to King’s lake for the first of
, three one-week camping pro
grams sponsored by the Susitna
Girl Scout Council. Their bag
gage was trucked to the camp by
Seth Cook of Palmer, whose wife ]
is camp committee representative
for Palmer.
Mrs. Marjorie Kafer, executive
secretary for the Susitna Council,
and nine of the counselors accom
panied the girls from Anchoiage.
Two counselors from Palmer area,
Mrs. Dorothy Hurley and Mrs.
Mildred Buzby, met them at the
camp.
Camping Limited
Girl Scouts were limited to one
week of camping this year be
cause of the shortage of camp fa
cilities. “It’s not that the camp
facilities have decreased”, Mrs.
Kafer explained in making this
limitation. “It’s the tremendous
increase (almost 100 percent) of
gills enrolled in the Girl Scout
program”.
Members of the camp staff in-1
elude the camp director, an as
s'l.-tant camp director, a registered I
nurse, a waterfront director who
is a qualified Red Cross water
safety instructor, and unit coun
sellors. There is one counsellor
for every eight Girl Scouts and
one for every six Brownies.
Camp sessions beginning July
2 and July 9 are for intermediate
and senior scouts. The Brownie
camp begins July 16.
Camp Program
Activities planned for the scouts
vary according to age and indi
vidua] aptitude The overall pr >
gram includes swimming, eainp
craft. projects in clay, charcoal
sketching, rowing a boat, pad
dling a canoe, adventuring in na
ture. campfire comradeship, im
promptu dramatics, singing and
folk dancing, and Scouts Own —
a Sunday inspiration.
The value of the Girl Scout
camp program is based on the
following premise: In tent cabin
living, a Girl Scout experiences I
understanding relationships witn
sister scouts. Camp capers are
fun and develop cooperation. Un
der the guidance of a trained
camp staff. Girl Scouts plan their
fun for outdoors or indoors on a
rainy day; thus by living togeth
er, sharing with others and prac
ticing consideration, girls are aid
ed in becoming accepted members
of their group—accepted as bet
ter citizens tomorrow.
Sundays are visiting days at
the camp. From 2-5 p.m. parents
and friends will be given a chance
to inspect the camp and share
briefly in the girls’ camping ex
periences.
Palmer Campers
Mary Louise Moore, Marilyn
Dragseth, Elizabeth Schaefer, Ju
dy Hurley, Sondra Driggers, Mary
Ann Mears, Margaret J. Cope
and Nancy Shelton are the Pal
mer Girl Scouts participating in
the first week’s program.
Mary Louise Moore of Troop
II almost missed out on her week
at camp when she was hospital
ized last Friday with blood pois
oning resulting from a blistered
heel. With the help of penicillin,
she was discharged Sunday night
and given Dr. Perry’s permission
to join her campmates Monday
night.
Local scouts who will go to
camp Monday include Leanne
Westgate, Jeanne Brunner, Rulh
K
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MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
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Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
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mer for the third week of ramp
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Palmer shares in the Susitna
Girl Scout eouncii's yearly pro
gram through financial support
pledged by the Matanuska Valley
Community Chest, according to
Mrs. Charies Wilson, who repre
sents Palmer on the council.
FUND FOR HOSPITAL
Sourdough Homemakers’ club
members are offering tickets on
a beautiful wool afghan. made
and donated to the club by Mrs.
Ed Johns. Proceeds are intended
for the hospital fund.
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NOTICE TO GIRL SCOUTS
GOING TO CAMP MONDAY
Ctrl Scouts of tht F*lm« r
an a who are signed up for th<*
second week of camp are :n
structed to be at the Palmer
depot by 9.IS a m. Monday
morning. Mrs. Charles Wilson
announced today.
From there they will go to
Matanuska to meet the other
campers arriving front Anchor
age on the Aurora.
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Fishing Flights
LAKE LOUISE
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Boats & Motors Available
Round Trip from
Snow shoe Lake
S23.00. lax incl.
Penninglon-Mile 147
CHITINA LIMOUSINE SERVICE
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a.m. each Monday (Leaves Anchorage al 5:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Tuesday
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10:45 a.m. each Thursday (Leave Anchorage al 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Friday
Leaves Anchorage from 4th Ave. Travel Bureau
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Leaves Palmer from in front of Pest Office
Leaves Valdez from Valdez Hotel
All Through One-Day Service — No Stop-Overs
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Freight Heating Between Valdez and Palmer
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