STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
I am dressed in my Bluebird outfit. Paula was a cheerleader in Junior High.
Camp Fire Girls and Horizon Club
Mother and Daddy made sure that I was involved in the
community outside of the school setting. They wanted us to be raised with
etiquette and culture and became members of the Community Concerts which was a
cultural show of some kind each month at the auditorium. We would dress in our
Sunday best and attend these monthly concerts.
Mother also placed me in Camp Fire Girls. I started in Blue
Birds, with 10 other hand chosen girls since my mother knew their mothers. We
moved our way up to Camp Fire Girls, staying with the organization until we
graduated high school. The top rank was Horizon Club. These girls became my
core base of friends, forming my closest connections within its boundaries. We
participated in monthly meetings, earning beads with our service to community
and learning to do crafts, etc. We sewed our beads onto a vest in our own
chosen patterns. I attended Day Camp every summer at the beautiful rustic Camp
Fire Property on the outskirts of town. I started as a camper, and eventually
became a camp counselor leading a group of younger kids. I loved the Camp Fire director, Norma Jean
Nowlin, and she obviously respected me, as she eventually made me and another
friend, her main assistant helpers during the summer Day Camp. Being a part of
Camp Fire was definitely important during my formative years.
