Kids find loads of fun By ELLEN ALLARDYCE Times Herald Reporter Days to laze. Oh, to be about nine again and on my summer camp. least twice a day. Songs around the campfire. PLENTY of food.
Kick the 40-acre hide and I have long since become ineligible for anything about summer camp except camp counseling. And those are the people you're supposed to razz, not the ones who are supposed to have a leisurely but action-packed venture away from home. Some 60 youngsters at Camp Playfair north of Lexington are having a whale of a time this week. "We swing on the tires and swing on the vine over the canyon," says Anne Tallmadge, McKinley Elementary School fifth grader. The canyon's not really a canyon, she says.
It's not that deep. But imagination is part of what makes a stay in camp exciting. Remember the snipe hunts? All we ever caught were mosquito bites. They don't have mosquito bites at Camp Playfair. "It's a real nice camp," Thomas N.
Freeman, teacher for 10 Woodlands School students spend-. ing three days at the Girl Scout camp. "There are no mosquitos here, even at night. They spray regularly." The handicapped youngsters are sharing the camp with 50 Girl Scouts. Or vice versa, depending on your frame of reference.
Anne is one of those Girl Scouts, and she bubbles with enthusiasm. 1 "We had pizza for lunch," she relates. "The cooks made them. We used reflector ovens." The cooks are fellow campers. Everybody gets into the ball game at Playfair.
Duties are divided, and each day brings a different task. One scout was paring cucumbers in the kitchen while her comrades took their rest period in four-man tents across the gorge and down the path and in the woods. The food is described with relish. Appetities always seem to increase out charred raw hamburger and black potatoes are appealing. "We had dessert pudding cups for lunch," the scouts relate.
"It's vanilla pudding with chocolate chips." Their description makes it sound like baked Alaska. The Woodlands students too assist in preparing their own meals. "They take care of themselves and their clothes and help with the meals," Freeman says. "They're old enough to run quite a few errands." Woodlands campers range in age Woodlands' campers head for lake For the record Births IN PORT HURON HOSPITAL Born to: Mr. and Badley, Richard 6063 East Wood Drive, a daughter, June 30.
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Barrons, on a crossbill, custody of two children given to the mother with $54 weekly support. William Greco from Kathleen V. Greco, custody of one child given to the mother with $40 weekly support. NOTICE TO BIDDERS ST. CLAIR COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION PORT HURON, MICHIGAN Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of St.
Clair, 3415. 28th Street, Port Huron, Michigan, 48060 until 10:30 a.m. E.S.T., July 16, 1975 at which time the proposals will be publicly opened and read for the following bridge projects: Dove Road Bridge over Pine River, Kimball Township, the proposed work is repairs to the existing structure which consists of removal of existing deck, strengthening floor beams, corrugated plate flooring, repairing existing abutments, raising existing structure and painting of the structure. The existing structure is a four panel Pratt Truss, approach spans at both ends with an overall length of 83 feet. Norman Road Bridge over Mill Creek, Section 26 and 35, Brockway Township, the proposed work is repairs to the existing structure which consists of removal of existing deck, strengthening floor beams, corrugated plate flooring and painting of the structure.
The existing structure is a four panel Warren Truss approximately 60 feet in length. BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF ST. CLAIR Publ. and U. Grant Burch, Chairman fun at campground from 14 to 20.
For many i it is a repeat performance of previous visits to camp. One of the real pluses is the opportunity the two-and-a-half-day "You're with them nonstop," he explains. 3A THE TIMES HERALD PORT HURON, MICH. Friday, July 4,1975 The Girl Scouts from assorted Blue Water troops are staying a It may be all too short. With that kind of enthusiasm, little longer.
Their four-day visit "Today we got up at 7:30 a.m., camp could probably last a month, stay affords for getting to know one ended at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, they and we went for a run around and the scouts would still be going another better, Freeman says. relate. camp," Anne says. strong.
Times Herald photos by Larry Peplinski Girl Scout counselor Debbie Tomchuck, center, at campfire Modelers Club needs pictures Members of the Huron Modelers Club, currently constructing a 16-foot replica of the old Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot area, have reported good response from the public in providing pictures of the area. However, indicates spokesman Daniel Torrey, there are still some pictures the group needs in order to successfully complete what will be a Bicentennial project. Torrey says photos from the Railroad Street side of the now-demolished depot are needed, since most the pictures they've already received were taken from the track side. Also needed, he adds, are pictures of the old immigration building, baggage and rail express building. The group hopes to have the project completed sometime next fall, and will have it available for local displays and various competitions.
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