The uplift [serial] . boy attended a class a day ineach of the above activities. Twoclass periods were held in the morn-ings and two each afternoon. An important part of each daywas the hour from 11:00 until 12:00Noon and from 4:00 until 5:00 P. these hours the entire group ofcampers met at the lake to enjoyan hour of boating and swimmingbefore lunch and supper respective-ly. After the evening meal morewaterfront activities were enjoyed. Recreational activities of manytypes were enjoyed by the boys intheir leisure time, such as tetherball, softball, and croquet. Much of the super
The uplift [serial] . boy attended a class a day ineach of the above activities. Twoclass periods were held in the morn-ings and two each afternoon. An important part of each daywas the hour from 11:00 until 12:00Noon and from 4:00 until 5:00 P. these hours the entire group ofcampers met at the lake to enjoyan hour of boating and swimmingbefore lunch and supper respective-ly. After the evening meal morewaterfront activities were enjoyed. Recreational activities of manytypes were enjoyed by the boys intheir leisure time, such as tetherball, softball, and croquet. Much of the supervision of theboys were carried on by the boysthemselves. A group of six boysfrom the school were selected to re-main at the camp the entire twoweeks and act as junior boys were: Monroe Korn, Les-ter Handy, Alvin Brown, FrankPetty, Wayne Bennett, and CharlesWiseman. Culinary arts were under thesupervision of Mrs. James Hender-son, her staff of boys, and the cook,Odessa Dawkins. The boys helping THE UPLIFT. THE UPLIFT with the cooking and serving ofmepls were: Virgil Roberts, BillySetzer, Billy Thornton, Charles Col-son, and Larry Silva. All who en-joyed a meal there will attest to theirability in the kitchen. Fresh vege-tables such as corn, squash, toma-toes, okra, beans, beets, cucumbers,and potatoes, in addition to meatsincluding ham and chicken, made adelicious answer to hardy appetites. The handicraft classes were underthe direction of Mrs. Frank boys came back from campwearing bracelets and lanyards madefrom plastic strips which they weretaught to make. Also many madebilliolds, keycases, and coin pursesfrom the leather kits available. Per-haps the most popular article of all,however, was the leather moccasinkit which enabled the boys to makethemselves a pair of very handsomeshoes. The Crafts, which teach boysto work with their hands, are val-uable to them in unlimited ways. Itwas evident from the intent faces,nimble fingers, and understandablepride
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