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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Camp Fire Girls Jills Between 7 Fun-Filled Program Aims At Development of Abilities And Rounded Personality By MARY E. PENNOCK "So you’re a Camp Fire execu tive,” people say to me when I an swer their “what do you do” query. “1 'Ct’s see, aren’t, they the little girls rho light fires with only one match and fry eggs on hot rocks?” And I smile indulgently and have to admit that they have been known to do both things, but that those two ex amples hardly typify Camp Fire’s activities. It’s like saying that the Red Cross has “something to do with bandages, doesn’t it?” Camp Fire’s field of activity is broad, seeking to give a girl an op portunity to try many things and so to find herself. The philosophy of the program is that girls “learn by doing,” and if you were to glance through the “Book of the Camp Fire Girls,” you would notice the long list (1,300) of things that girls may do to earn honors—notice Inviting All and 18 Years Old MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SEPT. 15 TO mV. 30 Annual membership drive of the Camp Fire Girls extends from Sept. 15 to Nov. 30. Slogan this year is “There’s Fun for Everyone in Camp Fire.“ A summary of the organization's aims: “Camp Fire Girls ivorK for World Friendship. Their program is based on democratic ideals. It builds for happy home life, community service and bel ter citizenship. Through s' en lively crafts. Camp Fire Girls have fun, make friends, and develop their skills and talents.” the word “do” not “know.” These honors are grouped in seven differ ent fields: home craft, health, camp, nature, business, hand craft and citizenship. Exploration into these fields has meant the discovery of a vocation to many girls. A star study session of her nature group at camp started one Minneapolis girl on a hobby that finally led her to the position of curator at New York’s Hayden Planitorium. We have no promises, take no oaths in Camp Fire, because we know that promises are sometimes broken. A girl expresses her desire to follow the Camp Fire Law, which is: Worship God Seek Beauty Give Service Pursue Knowledge Be Trustworthy Hold on to Health Glorify Work Be Happy The Camp Fire Law is really a philosophy of life, and a beautiful one, I think you will agree. A Camp Fire Girl said to me re cently, “Miss Pennock, the Camp Fire Law is so lovely it is almost like poetry.” They Join for the Fun. Girls, of course, do not join Camp Fire because it is good for them— a “character building” agency. They join because it is fun, because it fills for them a need of belonging to a group. Together with from 6 to 20 other girls, they have an oppor tunity to do tilings which they can not do alone. They make their own plans, run their own meetings. I have seen more than one president of an adult group who could learn something from a Cer i Fire group president about parliamen tary procedure. These days, when we are all thinking so seriously about making democracy work, Camp Fire groups A(lnuta Male-lip* By GABRIELLE Rolling your eyes is excellent to strengthen the eye muscles. Look straight ahead. Now lower and raise the upper lids ten times. Then close the eyes and count ten. Then do it all over again. Ledger Syndicate.—WNTJ Features. "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers—WNTJ Features. By NANCY PEPPER CASBAH CUISINE A Camp Fire Girl (left) is from 10 to 15. Through the seven lively crafts she becomes well equipped to handle varied situations. A Blue Bird is a junior member between 7 and 10 years old. Through a program of games, story-telling, simple hand craft and war service, Blue Birds learn to work and play with other children. They become reliable while having fun Horizon Clubbers (right), are of senior high and junior college age. Personality development,' vocational study and community service pre pare Horizon Clubbers for adult society. are getting a first hand experience in democracy. “Workshops of De mocracy” is a term that has been given to Camp Fire groups. Girls are not dictated to by their leader. They learn to examine suggestions and ideas critically, to think things through sensibly, to make their own decisions. Credit to Volunteer Leaders. We who work professionally in Camp Fire take little credit for its accomplishments. All credit is due to the tireless and loyal devotion of its thousands of volunteer leaders and the men and women in each community who make up its local councils. They serve the girls of their community through the Camp Fire program because they believe in youth and because they, too, have fun. Do not think that all the bene fits revert to the girls. A Minnesota guardian, telling what grand times she was having working with her group of Camp Fire Girls wrote, “My former classmates, now grown heavy and dull, look at me and say, ‘My, but you get younger and nicer looking all the time.’ I never have time to wonder about whether or not it is true that ‘Life Begins at “40”. ’ Sometimes, the old woman that I really am stands aside and looks at me that is guardian of Camp Fire, and I laugh until my sides ache to think how Camp Fire has cheated old age.” It sounds like fun, doesn’t it? It is fun, and there is a place for you in the Camp Fire picture if you love and understand girls. Youth needs you now, and Camp Fire can give you the tools with which to serve. Your opportunity is as close as your telephone—to call your local Camp Fire office — or your paper and pen, to write National Headquarters at 88 Lexington avenue, New York 16, New York. And about thos^ eggs fried on hot rocks—you can be associated with Camp Fire a long time and never learn that trick. I never have. What’s your favorite dish when you’re cutting up at the Casbah— when you’re mak ing talk at the marble slab? What we mean is, what do you order at the cor ner soda foun tain? Do you whittle your waistline with a lemon fizz or do you crave these cataclysmic calories? Triple Threat—Three balls of as sorted ice cream each one dripping with another kind of goo. The com binations are gruesome. Horse’s Neck—That’s what you ask for when you want a coke with ice cream. Ever try root beer with ice cream? Lush Mush! Maiden’s Delight or Epicure Spe cial—You have two names for this concoction, but we call it “Anything Goes.” The idea is for the soda fountain jerker to use his own imagi nation. Dusty Miller—Chocolate marsh mallow sundae with malt sprinkled on the top. Telephone Special — That’s one name for vanilla cream, chocolate syrup, marshmallow and peanuts. Forbidden Fruit — Balls of ice cream with different kinds of fruit syrup. MORNING AFTER When she telephones you early— As soon as it is light— And cannot wait to ask you, “Did you have fun last night?” (SHE DID!) If you try to change the subject With “Oh, it was all right,” • And don’t even want to know If she had fun last night— (YOU DIDN’T!) Common Sense Will Kill the Common Cold “It takes a week to cure a cold, but it cures itself in seven days,” runs an old saw. Though medical re search is finding effective anti-cold drugs, a cold is self-limiting and un less complications set in, the suf ferer gets well anyway. We know that the cause of the common cold is a filtrable virus, and that the virus is highly contagious. Theoretically, the fellow with a cold should isolate himself during the acute two-day incubation period. But most cold carriers consider themselves too “indispensable” to stay home, and consequently the rest of us are doomed to inherit the virus and catch cold. Specialists say that during the first stage of an acute cold local nasal treatment is of no value and may produce uncomfortable sec ondary reaction. The medical profes sion is anxious to help the layman choose proper medication; because of the hundreds available, most do more harm than good. It is unfor tunate that the alkalinity of certain nasal preparations has been so ex tolled over the radio. It is now known that nosedrops should be slightly acid. Of the available liquid nasal preparations, antiseptics and silvers are often more irritating than helpful, while gargles are usually ineffective in killing or even inhibit ing bacteria, according to an article in Coronet magazine. Sulfa Drugs Useless. While the sulfas have little or no effect on the common cold virus, they are effective against many types of bacteria and consequently may — when sprayed or dropped into the nose—serve a useful pur pose in preventing the spread and j shortening the duration of infection after the first acute stage of the cold. But there’s danger as well as 1 miracle in the sulfas and even these preparations should be used by the layman only on the advice of physician. There are also a great many nasal inhalers on sale. Yet, only three of them contain a therapeutic ingredient which actually shrinks the nasal mucous membrane and promotes ventilation and drainage. Those inhalers which are advertised to the public often claim to make the nose feel clear in seconds. Be cause of cooling menthol, they do make the nose feel clearer, but that’s all. Actually, they irritate the nasal membrane and are of no medicinal value whatsoever. The common cold must run its course. But its course can be short ened and its potential dangers can be minimized, and here’s how: Make the first sign of a cold a slow down signal. If you can’t spend a day or so in bed, get extra sleep. Keep warm and dry. Don’t over-indulge. If the air in your house is too dry, a copious jet of steam flowing from the kitchen kettle will help moisten the dry mucous membrane. Only when the later symptoms are in evidence has the time come for medication. Then it is important to get the right medication. It’s easy to telephone your doctor for advice. SPREADING CHEERS As far as we know this is the only newspaper reportage on high school cheers. If we’d known better, we probably wouldn’t have done it ei ther—but it’s too late now. Our soda fountain FBI is sending in cheers like mad, and we’re honor bound to report them to you. Sorry—no sound effects! Nice Spirit I’m a raindrop, I’m a raindrop, I’m a raindrop Till I die— But I’d rather be a raindrop Than a drip from Central High. For Blue Mondays Wash 'em out! Wring ’em out! Hang ’em up to dry! Yeh, Central High! Don’t Get Dizzy Now When you’re up, you’re up, When you’re down, you’re down When you’re up against Central You’re upside down. Stand ’em on their heads. Stand ’em on their feet, Central, Central Can’t be beat. TRIXIE TEEN SAYS— Don’t think you’re the only teen who’s nursing ambitions to be a movie star, a radio actress or a singer with a band. No harm building castles in the air. But, just in case those castles never come down to earth, you’d better be digging the founda tion now for a more practical bungalow. Clicking a typewriter or selling behind the counter may not be your idea of glamour, but they’ll certainly tide you over until the Talent Scout finds you. And—find you, he will—providing, of course, you have the T alent. Redhead Is Much Esteemed by Hunters One of the most widely distributed of American wild ducks is the Redhead. It closely resembles the canvasback, and is distinquished chiefly by its chestnut red head. It is abundant excepting on the north Atlantic coast. At this season, millions of these handsome birds are moving from Canadian breeding grounds to the southlands, where they spend the winter from Virginia to the Bahamas. The Romance of Your Name By RUBY HASKINS EIXIS BALL This name is of Saxon origin and means “swift.” Another authority gives the meaning “bold.” It had many variations in spelling, such as Balle, Bale and Bal. Bal is also a Belgian surname. The first head of the Ball family on record is Vice Comes Ba, who is named in the Doomsday book as a landed proprietor of Exon, England. A noted Puritan divine, John Ball, also a member of the English Ball family, lived in the 14th century. Another descendant, Thomas Ball, was a great warrior and defended the castle of Salonica a year against the Turks, and so well did he defend it, that Mohammed II, Emperor of the Turks, said of him that he had seen many heroes in the country of Peloponnesus, but only one man, Thomas Ball. William BaU of Wiltshire, Eng land, was the father of Francis Ball, who was a settler of Spring- field, Mass., in 1640. He married Abigail Burt, and all of the Balls of Massachusetts are their descend ants. Edward Ball of Stamford, Conn., went to New Jersey with a party of New Englanders and assisted in building the town of Newark. The southern Balls of this coun try are well known. CoL William Ball was the first of them to land in this country, and settled in Lan caster county, Va., 1650. 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