THE EQUINITAOUTLOOK
July 6, 1969 |
1st Issue |
Camp Equinita, New Milford, Pennsylvania, 18834
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Night of the Indians
To begin, we were told that we would have a Paul Bunyan hike. This is a
race concerning a collection of wood. Our three piles of wood were
judged by quantity and neatness. The race started with a whistle from
the campcraft counselor, Elaine. The race lasted for 30 minutes. Elaine
finished off the race with a blow from her whistle. We were then told to
go to the lodge and wait for the judges to decide (Sue H., Sue F.,
Charlotte, Elaine, etc.) About 7 minutes passed before the counselors
came into the lodge - Cabin 1 won.
We all went to the campfire to watch camper-stew and doughboys cook. We
each cooked our own doughboys. Then we made fruit salad, and walking
salad. When all the food was waiting and ready, we decided to eat in the
lodge to avoid the bugs. The meal was a great success.
Preceding the meal, we gathered our sleeping bags and pillows and headed
towards the woods to the Indian Ceremonial Grounds. We all found a
place to sleep. Kim K. wound up sleeping next to an Indian burial stone.
We noted Indian signs on the trees nearby. We climbed into our sleeping
bags and we were told a story by Kathryn, a counselor. Near the end of
the story, we heard the jingle of bells and the rattle of rattles beat.
We all turned around and saw 2 Indians. One of them yelled SILENCE!
Well, of course silence was soon there. The Indians presented the great
chief. The chief told us that we must pass the test before we became
squaws. Then he named us one by one. "Where are my gifts?" he asked. We
took candy and handed it to him. We were then given the peace pipe for
the first time in all the years. They left and all went quiet. We were
told the end of the story by Kathryn and went to sleep.
In the morning we found new signs on the trees. Lilli and Cynthia told
us they had seen Indians guarding us during the night. One by one, we
gathered our thing and headed for Camp Equinita. It was a night we all
enjoyed.
Kim Feuer and Jane Penziner
Equinita's Bag Dramatics
Sunday night, June 29th, 1969, the girls' camp, Equinita, had paper bag
skits. We were put into three groups. Kim Koelle's group did advertising
of Rice Krispies, living bras, and a Parker Pen. Sherry Hughes' group
advertised deodorant, a pencil sharpener, and jewelry. Cynthia Tabor's
group did a skit on a fisherman marrying a fish. It was really fun to
see all the skits.
Cynthia Tabor
Fourth of July Program
On Friday, Camp Equinita had a fireworks display with Camp Susquehanna.
We set off many fireworks. It was exciting. The counselors set them off.
Lynn Goldstein
Horsemanship and Riding
In Horsemanship classes we succeeded in learning how to saddle and bridle horses. We also learned to mount and dismount.
In riding there are two classes, the beginner class and the intermediate
class. There are fourteen in the beginner class and two in the
intermediate group. In the beginner class you walk around the ring for
an hour. In the intermediate class we walk, trot and canter. Only one
person jumps.
Kim Koelle and Ann Bruch
Canteen
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, we have canteen. In the canteen we
can get candy, free postcards, stamps, hats, envelopes, toothpaste,
shampoo and Kleenex. We have canteen in the lodge after lunch.
Swimming
When most of the girls arrived at camp, we had our swimming tests. The
test consisted of swimming two lengths of any one stroke between the
dock and the lemon lines. It determined into what class each would be
placed. Each of the girls is a swimmer, intermediate or beginner. There
are 3 beginners, 8 intermediates and 5 swimmers.
Boating
Last Friday, some girls took canoeing the teacher was Elaine Ziegel. She
said that in order to go on a canoe trip, we must both pass the test
and take part in every lesson.
During all of last week, starting on Tuesday, most of the girls took the
water skeeter test. The test consisted of paddling the skeeter in forty
feet deep water, and fixing the chain back onto the gears after Elaine
had taken it off. As a result, everyone passed the test.
Virginia Hellman
The Animal Corner
We have a nature den. It has lots of animals. So far we have one wood
frog, three bull frogs, six small frogs and one turtle. We will get two
rabbits soon.
One of our counselors was a fox. Also campers have seen deer, woodchucks, rabbits, and chipmunks in the woods.
A chipmunk was caught in a box trap and the camp's cat stared at it all day.
Hannah Hager
Our Hike
On Sunday we took a hike to a waterfall. It was four and a half miles.
We rested every half mile because it was so tiring. Finally we got there
and Kathryn was there with our dinner. Then we slid down the hill and
got so dirty. We took off our shoes and got our feet wet. They said it
was fun, so we asked Kathryn if we could get wet too. She said "No, only
if you fall," so we fell on purpose. Then we ate. The truck didn't come
so we started to walk back. Then we saw the truck and we all said,
"Wait," but it went into a driveway. Our truck finally came and took us
back to camp.
Margot Owett
Our Cat
We have a furry friend named "Samantha". She is black and white and runs
under cabins. Samantha sleeps with different cabins. If you go to pet
her she runs under cabins or up trees. She is called Sam for short, and
in case she turns out to be a he.
Lynn Goldstein
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