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Apparently
they logged the site not that long before they gave the
girl scouts the property because there is a May 21, 1959
Bee article talking about tree planting at camp. It says
in fall 1958 the girls planted 300 trees and they were
planting 400 the coming weekend. 115 girls from 12
troops were going up to plant (they brought their own
lunches).
The
May 21, 1959 Bee article also explains the Redwood tree
by the CD cabin (the one I label as Redwood on the
map because the CD <Camp Director> doesn’t
live there any more). Three troops went together to
purchase a 6 foot redwood that was to be the beginning
of a small grove. The first tree was planted in memory
of Carolyn Kaye Ryan a fifth grader at John Muir
Elementary and member of troop 237. She died of a brain
artery rupture while playing at school in March.
July
5, 1959 has an article about how well the camp is doing
their first summer and describes what is on the two
sides of the river.
The
north side had a few tents but girls were mostly under
the stars.
The
south side had Grimmett Hall (which was dedicated July
4) which includes the kitchen and dining area, a shower
unit (I think this is the camper shower), the camp’s
swimming hole, handyman’s quarters and camp
director’s quarters. The swimming hole is a triangle
shape about 125 feet across the base and water is pumped
in from the river.
To
be completed the summer of 1959 are another shower unit
(staff shower I think), a laundry, an infirmary,
cook’s quarters, office quarters, a store and cabins
for the youngest campers who are using tents currently.
On
the north side was to be another shower unit, leantos
for intermediate scouts and meeting houses.
Activities
are pretty much the same as the former site about a mile
upstream. There are horseback riding, hiking, arts &
crafts, swimming, campfire activities, dramatics, taffy
pulls and hay rides.
85
girls were at the first session (prior article says that
was June 24 – July 6) but they can handle 112 and
eventually will accommodate 150.
There
are openings in late July & August and cost $31 or
$36 (does not say what you get for the extra $4 or if
this is for one or two weeks).
Girls
wash their dishes in pots & pails and then the
dishes are sterilized in the modern stainless steel
kitchen (actually the sinks were on the outside of the
kitchen – we still did it that way in 1969 when I
first went to camp). The camp director said for some
girls this is their first experience doing dishes
because their homes have automatic dishwashers.
There
is a Dec 1958 progress report in the folder. It was
probably done by Jo Sullivan. I scanned it and attached
it because it has a lot of great info.
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