Thursday, June 9, 2016

Group photo: Girl Scout Day Camp 1964

I remember going to Girl Scout Day Camp at Economy Park in the 1960s:

Getting on a school bus with other Girl Scouts and leaders for the trip to and from the park and singing Girl Scout favorites: "There was a farmer who had a horse and Bingo was his name-o," "We are the pioneers, jolly old pioneers," "Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher's guts."

And at camp: doing crafts; hiking; cooking Girl Scout recipes (I still have the one for no-bake cookies!) for lunch over a fire with wood we'd collected; sleeping overnight in the barn.


Girl Scout Day Campers
Economy Park
Beaver County Times
June 26, 1964

Times caption:
Soup's on -- Rosemary Matzzie of Ambridge, left, a senior aide at the Cheba District Girl Scout Day Camp at Economy Park, demonstrates the art of outdoor cooking to a group of scouts. In foreground with her are Marcia Darno, center, and Susan Musgrave, both Brownie Scouts from Economy.

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