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Pace Tea
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, March 2, 1956
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Pace Eleven
Friday, March 2, 1956
by DOROTHY BARCLAY
The youngsters have been at
camp just over a week. Mother
tnd dad have been out to dinner
three times, visited friends twice
and purchased four sets of theatre
tickets for use in the next six
weeks. This evening the quiet
that pervades the half-empty
house, though long awaited, is
suddenly no longer blissful.
Spur-of-the-moment like, mo
ther turns to dad. ‘‘Let’s go see
the boys this weekend," she says
brightly.
At many a camp, no sooner has
the tirst wave of postcards home
fanned out than the first wave
of visiting parents surges in.
Sometimes camp directors wish
this was not so.
“Youngsters and camp differ,
of course,” one director remarked
Summer Camp Guide—For Parents
Reprint from New York Times Magazine
to us recently, “but most boys
and girl’s I’ve observed settle
down to camp life best if they
have the first three weeks with
us on their own. After all, one
of the reasons youngsters go to
camp is to stretch the apron
strings a little. During the first
weeks, when parents feel like
visiting or calling up they might
better write a letter.”
But as seasoned parents of
campers know, writing letters has
its complications, too. Letters
that dwell on how much a child
is missed may bring on or ag
gravate an attack of homesick
ness. On the other hand, those
that report in detail how happily
occupied the parents are may
give an already self-pitying child
a push toward feeling even more
lonely and downcast.
Certainly the smudged com
muniques most young campers
dispatch provide little basis for
a lively meeting of minds. (There
was a hike. A girl sat on my
sandwiches.”) It may be a real
challenge to maintain a pleasantly
chatty stream at letters, focused
as much as possible on the
youngster’s interests, but it can
be done. Brothers’ and sisters’
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Art* and Crafts
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Dancing
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Trips Out
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MRS. BEA KOMISAR
Owner and Director
Over 26 years of camping ex
perience. For Brochure and
information — 215 Third Ave
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ATLANTA REPRESENTATIVE
BOB CLEIN
821 Argonne Ave., N. E.
VErnon 1050
antics; news of neighbor children,
family pets, the local ball club
—all are grist for parental let
ters.
If parents have doubts about
a youngster’s ability to adjust to
camp life, let these be taken up
with the camp director. In corres
ponding with the child himself,
it’s best to maintain a steady tone
of confidence. Boys and girls of
camping age may appear won
derfully composed about leaving
home. Let written proofs of love
stop coming, however, and the
grave front may prove perilously
thin.
Once'the children are well set
tled, most camps are ready with
arrangements for visiting days.
Parents would do well to make
their plans early, especially if
week-end accomodations in re
sort country are required. Once
a trip is planned it’s important
for parents to let their young
sters know as accurately as pos
sible when they will arrive. A
youngster who expects to see his
parents by morning swim time
(“Look! I can dive now!”) and
does not spot them until after
noon rest may have spent some
anxious hours of waiting. One
mother and dad we know arrived
on the Sunday designated in camp
literature as Parents’ Day to find
that the big event had actually
started the afternoon before. To
them “arriving early” meant
■Sunday by 9 a. m. They never
guessed that “early” to many
other parents—and therefore to
the children—meant the previous
afternoon.
Some gift is in order on oc
casions like these. Eatables are
generally frowned upon by camp
directors, but parents might well
be prepared with a few favorite
candy bars in case all the other
youngsters are found to be
munching on contraband. Inex
pensive nature books (paste-in
stamp ones are good for quiet
hour), adventure stories, simple
games with a minimum of pieces,
a Chinese puzzle for a rainy af
ternoon, are easily carried and
usually well received. (If no
camp rules apply, the comics
question is each family’s own.)
Parents had best have minds
and bodies well rested before the
big day. Visiting at some camps
can be a rugged experience.
Youngsters — even more than
adults sometimes — expect their
relatives to “show up well.” If
parents are expected to take part
in special events let them do so
enthusiastically. If they are
honestly not up to this kind of
shelve n tu re
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Hendersonville
North Carolina
^ • Jewish American Cuisine.
7^ • Delicious food and pastry prepared on the premises.
• An outstanding summer camp for children 5-17.
• Our own private lake and 100 ft. Olympic size swimming pool.
• Accommodations for 150 children and 45 counselors.
• All athletic, aesthetic and cultural activities in a breathtaking setting.
• All inclusive fee includes horseback riding.
^ • 2500 ft. high in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Directors
Dr. Donald Michelson
Eli Meltzer
S3S W. 90th St
Miami Beach, Fla.
“Midgie Village”
a specialized setting and program
for children 5-7. One counselor
cares for two children.
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exertion, let refusals be firm, but
good-humored.
Taking a child off by himself
for a dinner or movie in town
might be indicated in rare in
stances. Usually, though, it is
more satisfactory for parents to
concentrate their attention on
the child’s new interests, activi
ties and friends, praise his pro
gress at hobbie or sports and
show appreciation of his friends.
(However the child’s new pals
appear to adults at first glance,
they are, after all, his choice.)
Parents occasionally may feel
that some situation they observe
provides honest cause for criti
cism or concern. Again, such
negative matters are best taken
up
rectoi.
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Arrangements that seem
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youngsters as the epitome
ged outdoor experience,
principle purpose of visit-
ungsters at camp is to ob-
them in their new environ-
and learn first hand about
activities. Parents who let
youngster take the lead in
ing and telling,” who listen
inderstanding and apprecia-
> his camp experiences, re
nt his triumphs and avoid
alarm over any signs of
ckness, will help make a
i^ful summer for their child
emselves as well.
The waterfront setting at Camp Pinewu
addition to a beautiful landscaped private
an Olympic size 100-foot concrete sw
water. This area is the focal point of the
cabins, large ypen air gym, stables and
nature, photography, and little theatre
id is unusual in that in
lake, the children swim in
ing pool filled with city
camp, surrounded by the
rjding ring, arts and crafts,
ilding.
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♦ Horseback Riding
• Water Sports
♦ Private Lake
♦ Golf—Tennis
♦ Overnight Trips
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Doctor and Nurse on Premises
For Free Brochure Write:
Mr8. Jean Arnold, Owner
850 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, Fla.
Mr8. Anne Grossman
3500 S. W. 6th St., Miami, Fla.
Waterskiing Proving Popular
Activity at Sky Lake Camps
Waterskiing, a sport introduced
to Sky Lake Camps last summer,
will be a major activity in 1956,
it was announced by Rabbi and
Mrs. Richard E. Singer, owners-
directors.
National Trick-Skiing Champ
ion Johnny De Miller will again
instruct Sky Lake Campers in
the art of skimming over the
water. After three or four les
sons even a nine-year-old child
can ski, and during one season
of skiing many campers learn to
ski with the rope-bar held be
tween their legs, to ski on one
ski, or to ski in formation with
several other skiers. De Miller
promises to prove this in another
colorful Waterski Show to be put
on by campers during one of the
three Visitors’ Days this season.
Sky Lake Camps are located
about two hours’ drive out ol
Atlanta at an altitude of- 2000
feet in the Blue Ridge Mountain
Section of North Georgia. The
Camps cover an area of 800 acres,
centering around a private lake
3/4ths of a mile long. Boys and
girls each have their own camp
on opposite sides of the lake.
Each camp is limited to 75
campers, maintaining the inti
macy of a small group, but en
joying the advantages of a large
camp when the boys and girls
join for certain activities.
Horseback riding is another
popular pastime on fine saddle
horses owned by Sky Lake Camps
and remaining in the Camps’ own
stables the year v ‘round. Mrs.
Nat F. Klausman, Director of
Riding for the past six years,
explains that there is a small
riding ring next to the stables
where beginning riders may gain
their confidence and get the feel
of the horse. Advanced instruc
tion is given in the Regulation
Show Ring, and mountain trails
provide adventure for the ex
perienced rider.
Full information concerning
the coming season, as well as
camp literature may be obtained
from Mrs. Klausman, who is Sky
Lake Camps’ Atlanta representa
tive. She resides at 1397 Briar-
cliff Road, N. E., phone CRescent
9777.
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Physician, Nurses, Mature Counselor Staff.
Eight Weeks, June 27—August 21 .
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1397 Briarcliff Road, N. E.
CRescent 9777
OWNER S-DIRECTORS
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829 Green Bay Road
Highland Park, III.
Horseback
Riding is an-
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other of tbe
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Summer Tour Abroad
For Details Write:
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680 West Peachtree St.
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