| Show GROUP ENJOYS NIGHT AT FIVE MILE CAMP by john page roll up your bedding assemble the menu make it all light as the tha heart of a june bride on oil her wedding day for this Js the hie day of 0 the great trek ot of the west ward genealogical ea society and friends which occurred on august 2nd and think of t it 11 parent members or et the giacal committee and children from the biggest even don to the til ln tants rants sixty five dve in all organized into little companies fl 2 or 3 tarn rain lies to a wagon trekked up to the I five mile forest camp in III parowan canyon not for just a few hours but tor for all night did we enjoy it childrens cyp i sparkled led with fond anticipation dads and mothers brains thought nimbly over every necessity for or this venture in III the wilds wild se and as lilloren lill dren and parents cooperated in preparation for the unique outing background back ground memories flirted flitted with rapid intermission through the their it minds of 0 the faithful laith ful ancestors condensing all their earthly goods in the small space of 0 a hand cart to cross the barren wastes in a 1500 milo mile trek on toot foot almost before we knew it all necessities and some luxuries had been assembled on trusty wagons and we were viere at the camp on the afternoon ot of that perfect day horses fed luggage lugged into the park amid jokes and bunns atres made mada tables stretched yards long and covered with ambrosia tor for alfs surrounded by smiling faces aces and empty stomachs words tall fall tor for the next 15 minutes then tall all desert thai tables and stream for the baseball diamond onu swings teeters etc and tile the revelry Is on thrills came to it old and young alike in that sequestered spot of sylvan beauty age vied with youth in the popular american sport and all too soon the glorious sun still was gone and the hush ot of darkness stole over forest arost pinnacle and crag and diamonds sparkled in the sky did we sneak oft off to bed for beds were apparently dotted everywhere like mushrooms after rain not yet the bonfire at the ampi theatre all hands snatched a wisp of wood and presently the flickering flames lashed the sky with their crescent tongues all seated before the fire tire lit open stage miss violet stevens became the program ampro cibor gleaners cleaners Glea ners girls scouts primary children singing mothers and singing fathers maybe you dont believe it every member or group must act it was worth it some did themselves vei proud dismissal was finally inevitable infants were sleepy as well a as dad mother and all into bed asleep no A motley hetro genious group from a rival bonfire party all lit up dont say what with came racing tandem form with savage ell and monotonous thud zig zagging among the beds they when they should have so hapless toes and angles said savages to carry oft off the kids mothers grabbed children fathers aimed guns and the ghost like disturbers disturb ers vanished as they came never knowing how close a call they had all were soon asleep and aher daylight dawned on this com company pally 0 of pilgrims as they oft off the slumbers of a perfect night it seemed the of the rc ur lection coul iiii nothing on oil this the basi ball cla motia ele ec waiting all night and was ready for us before breakfast cooked entirely by tho nien men d did I 1 r fc ti i ri wet vi fi doured voil red and then how low the novice pitchers spilled curves all over the ball groudis was not slower than the speed of the jie batting fathers CIK and mothers recreation over and teams hooked booked up every reveler obeyed the call of time by lining up tor for the tare fare well picture soon all were rolling merrily down the scenic canyon to the melody of chuckling wagons without a single accident and the perfect trip was over except tor for the host ot of happy memories we trust will endure through out all time 1 I 1 |
