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Little Switzerland, normally inhabited by lizards, birds, insects and other wildlife, was teeming with
girls last week. Medford district of the Rogue Valley Girl Scout council opened the annual day camp
program Monday in the newly acquired area in the mountains east of the city known as Little Switz
erland. Ths girls of Mrs. William Brawn's unit chose the name of Helvetia (Little Switzerland), marked
their home area with the sign shown at right and made themselves little white Swiss caps. The
girls are shown here playing a rhythm game.
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Scouts of Helvetia unit are delighted when Barbara lewis (center) a unior aide, tells them stories. With one Scout on her lap and the others crowd
ing around, Barbara is shown telling the "peanut butter" story. Other activities for the more than 200 girls include archery, cookouts, hikes, nature
walks, songs, crafts and "wide" games. The units contain from 13 to 20 girls of the same age with a leader, assistant leader and a junior aide.
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Day camp activities make Girl Scouts hungry and Tina Carorra (at left), Mary Bunch and Patricia
Evan helped hurry the noon meal along Tuesday by arranging raw vegetable slicks on serving
plate Mrs A- Cararra is leader of this unit. After lunch each day there is a quiet hour and Mrs. R.
W. Gray, president of the Rogue Valley council, presides as chief story teller.
To kepp lunches safe and cool, members of Mrs. Herman R. Hutchinson s unit of fourth grade girls
hang the socks in the "lunch tree." Barbara Hutchinson (at left) holds one of the mats which the
glrU make from newspapers to sit on. while Linda Snow makes sure that the clothes pins on her
lack are firmly fastened. Another unit hangs the lunch sacks on a line strung in the shade.
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Toll Pines unit at Medtord Girl Scout day camp earned attention by rigging up a camp weather station. Mrs. Adrian Norris, unit lead
er, and members use wet and dry bulb instruments to indicate the temperature and relotive humidity, and fashioned a wind Indicator
from paper cups and wire. They even devised a barometer using a glass ar, small balloon and a paper straw the inflation and de
flalion of the balloon from air pressure causing the straw to move up and down. Cheryl Payton (at left) and Karen Kilhngsworth, unit
members, are shown "checking" the instruments.