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Button Bay State Park, Vt, orated with symbols represent!-July 19 Borne wasn’t built tn a live of the girl’s areas• Iday—and neither was tht» 1962*Girl Scout Senior Roundup Hmever,* *construction” had aiAmi toready tegun when the two BucksCounty patrols arrived at theButton Bay State Park. Vt . enIcampment The day of arrivalthe south are moretents and behind them is the colorful Avenue of Flags, This contains flags from every state and country from which the came High above them all. flies the American Flag,Pnyesterday, the time—10 W a mThe excitement, already at aheight with no sleep achieved durtug the all-night bus ride, steadilymounted A wild cheer was* heard when we crossed the VermontSkate Line.In among the scenic beauty are the girls, as the Houndup humswith activity Hammering can be heard as the late-arriving patrols finish m.As we traveled 011. we passed'’Welcome Curl Scouts” signs inmany towns, and the so-calledVoid” New Englanders wavedwarmly as we went by. Finally, we saw the sign we had been looking for, ‘ Girl Scout Houndup— six miles ” From that moment on. every 1 me strained to get a glimpse of a dream ultimately coming true.• • *Above this all is a beautifully clear, blue sky. touched here and there by the fleecy brilliance ofclouds resembling the cotton ballsbeing swapped by the AlabamagirlsEliH0bput!FsstlSVlawn.John David KaploniSNotes BirthdayJohn David Kaplan, son of Mr and Mrs, Hyman Kaplan, M Peachtree Lane. Pmewood. Levit*Then it was there! The 1962 town, w»U *** hi* first birthdayGirl Scout Houndup on Lake j *'H,KMrovl He celebrated the ev*ntChamplain, The sight at first was disappointing, but we were *me of Uie first patrols there- ami it waswith a family buffet party yesterday,*raining!Among the guests present were gramiparenls, Mr and Mrs, PaulNJ.; MrToday, though. 8,500 girls andjG°^hey, Bridgeton1.500 adults from around the free ( la *stahl ami daugh-world have pitched a camp of ,er}* I’cnny ami Susan, Levit7,000 tents—making it the sixth u™n Mr anlt;* Jamt*s Dunlargest city in Vermontcan. Conshobocken, Mr ami Mrs beautiful weather and Attantmi. Philadelphia,%Xi10,000 people the view is dramatically different We can stand on our site and look west across the blue waters of Uik,* Champlainami Mr and Mrs James Rose ami their five children, who recently returned from GermanyMr and Mrs Kaplan have anand get a hazy glimpse of the her f’aoi. two-ami a halfNew Vork Adirondack'Pater na and MrsTo the north are the rolling, green hills of the Green Mountains (delphia of Vermont. To the east are tentsL grandparents are Mr Abraham Kaplan. Phi la*and tarps—blue-green tents, army green tents, tan tents, square ones, round ones, ami teepees—ail dec-
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Bristol Daily Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jul 23, 1962
Page 10
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