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| CREATIVE ARTS, such as music, folk dance, arts
. and crafts, ceramics, and dramatics, am feaured at
! Blue Star Camps, Hendersonville, N, C. Shown
1 above is o, group of beys and girls participating in
a camp song fast Accompaning the singers on the
accordion is Joe Colodner of New York City who
is returning to direct Blue Star’s 1959 Living Juda
ism and Hebrew instruction programs for the 1959
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Answer Some Typical Questions
Parents who are intelligent sad thoughtful will ask
many questions before selecting a summer camp for their
children. Children who are old enough to be aware of
what is necessary to provUe an atmoaphera in which they
wili be comfortable and happy will have some questions
to ask, also, Here are seme of the questions most frequent
ly put to camp directors and Sky Lake Camps' answers.
Q: Wham are the Gaums twutedt
A: Sky Lake Camp* are just 80 miles northeast of At
lanta two hours &iring time over excellent roads.
Q: Mew many campers am them?
A: There are 75 boys aged 6-14, 85 girls aged 6-15, and
this year a new Work Camp for 16 and 16 year old boys.
Tim camps am small and every camper knows everyone
elm. The camp directors and staff are able to develop a
real with each camper.
Q: Where do meet et the
A All over the Rasters half of the United States with
heaviest representation from the Chicago area, Atlanta,
and the Miami and Pklm Beach areas, but from many
smaller cities ai well
Q: Is the camp aU*Jewtah7
A: Recreation ami group living are the goals at Sky
Lake, goals in which children of all fafths oan participate.
While the greeter proportion of Sky Lake campers come
from Jewish families, children of all religions am wel
comed. Staff members are selected solely on the basis of
their experience, training and ability to work with chil
dren, regardless of personal religious
Q: Wha are the directors and what are their l
A: Rabbi mad Mrs. Richard X. Singer, 2580 Sheridan
Road. Kghlond Pert HL
Rabbi Singer, spiritual laaflar of Lakaside Congregation
for Reform Judaism in Highland Park is well-known far
his leedenftip with youth. He supeevises a religious school
of about 500 children staffed by a group of teschars whom
he has personally trained. He is completing graduate work
at Northwestern University ftp Which be wili receive a
Ph. D. degree in Educational Rgyritotagy tide June. His
recent book, “If the Prophets Were Alive Today," is cur
rently being used in many religious
Mrs. Singer has been doing graduate work at North
western in the fields of Counseling and Guidance and will
receive a degree of MA this June. She has completed
several studies In connection with eemping an such sub
jects as: Counselor training, Campers' food preferences
and eating habits, and Camping as a prtftiwlim
The Singers have owned and operated the camps for
the past nine years.
Q What about the Staff of Sky Lake OmpT
A: Head counselors Mr. and Mrs. Jack Altman am public
school teachers in Miami Program Director Mrs. C. A
Reusch is Choir Director and Religious School Adminis
trator.at Temple level in West Palm Beach, Fla.
of Riding Mrs. Nat F. Klauaman is well-known in
as an outstanding equestrienne and also serves
representative, John De Miller, National T
: Champion heads Sky Lake's Waterskl program,
ney Goldstein of Birmingham heads 1 the
ment John W. Kearney, member of
porary Arts Workshop; brings the ]
program to Sky Lake each summer.
Younger counselors, mostly college
uates come from Northwestern Uni’
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BLUM STAR CAMPS, Hendersonville, N. C,
water skiing as one of its water sporU andjnetured tors are able to interview and secure
above » a camper receiving instruction. When boys all applicants, and from several otheT
and girls have passed required swimming teste
are token to near-by Cascade Lake, where Blue
has a special cottage, for additional instruction and
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adventure. Shown
ington,
There is an over-all ratio of one i
Q: My child needs tutoring
devote full time and remedial reading
* ~ “ per hour.
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