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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. He was a
direct descendant of William Ball of
England, who was the great grand
father of George Washington.
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