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Camp Life, 1960's 

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Both this picture and and the one ont he left are from the Septemeber/ October 1961 edition of The Millwheel
The 1960 fee schedule for campsite rentals was printed in the Nov/ Dec 1959 edition of The Millwheel, along with an explanation. 
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​                                                                                           Snowball follow up: 
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Girls helping to build the new part of camp
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The Council recruited international counselors for summer resident camp.  
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The September/ October 1962 edition of The Millwheel reports " two highly successful Summer seasons have been rung up at our two resident Girl Scout camps."  Camp Margaret Bates ran at its full capacity of 500 and a total of 875 participated at camp at Julia Crowell over the four session.  Miss Jean Brown, the CJC camp director said that in terms of programming , the Senior Primitive was the most exciting. Other popular units were Waterfront, Paddler, Intermediate Primitive, and Fine Arts. 

"An especially memorable time was had by the twelve Crowell-based girls who went ona canoe trip of 143 miles down the Manistee River in Michigan.  They were under the guidance of Mr. Jack Metcalf of Red Cross Disaster Services and Mrs. Metcalf.  

"Both camps had foreign counselors and in addition, Crowell had about 40 campers from other sections of Ohio and from West Virginia and Kentucky." 
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1963 Millwheel article - not enough campsites
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from The Millwheel Sept/ Oct 1963
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1963
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The Millwheel 1963
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Operation Broomstick was an annual event for several years
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detail from the article above - 1966
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Confession: as you may guess, the headline from this 1966 Millwheel that first caught my eye was the popularity of the camping badge. But I liked that it was next to the unbearably quaint directive on the use of white gloves. Then there are the rest of the articles on making the world a better place- only too bad about that baby Boy Scout!
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The MIllwheel Sept/Oct 1966
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The Millwheel Sept/ Oct 1966
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uh oh. Trouble in paradise. The Millwheel 1967
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The Millwheel May/ June 1968. Peg Hanslik (pictured above) went on to become camp manager. The water wheel on Kirby's Mill was rennovated, and Camp Lejnar in Leroy Township, Lake County was dedictated with it's new name.
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The 1969 annual report was published in the Millwheel, March 1970
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100 Wandle Avenue
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