Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1988 Page: 13 of 48
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LIVING
:*■: SUNDAY APRIL 10. I«HX
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
-PAGE IB
Camping still developing faith
Life in the Big. Green Forest
Bill Deutsch
! • : “
Today marks the official beginn-
ing of Texas Camp Week, as pro-
claimed by Governor Clements.
.Camping sure has changed. Two
;years ago those in the industry and
'.the in the woods observed the 125th
anniversary of the first Organized
Youth Camp in the United States,
Iflnd the 75th anniversary of Boy
Scouting.
> ‘Way back when, only the kids in
the deepest parts of the big cities
ijvere too far away from the coun-
tryside to go camping on their own.
As a matter of fact, the first organiz-
ed camp experience was mounted by
a New York City boys’ school, which
took its student body on a week-long
trek into the wilderness on the
southern tip of Long Island,
v The Wilderness is a lot farther
away now. A reenactment of the
long walk down Long Island kept
kids and counselors dodging cars
that ran red lights through cross
walks, and the site of the big
Celebration at the end of the island
had to be moved several times
because organizers had real pro-
blems finding a large open space
that wasn’t usually a shopping
center parking lot.
Camping used to mean a bed roll,
can of beans, and maybe a fishing
pole. Before World War I the Boy
Scouts published plans for two-
wheeled scout-powered carts the
boys could make to haul their camp-
ing gear. Now camping can be
understood as a trip in a forty thou-
sand dollar Winnebago “house
trailer,” ora temporary tenement in
a state park filled with high tech
ultfa-light-weight dome tents.
Organized camping has changed
in many ways. Some folks have
always maintained that a camping
experience was good for the mind
and body. Campbell Loughmiller
and the Dallas Sales Club pioneered
therapeutic camping. His book,
Wilderness Road, details some of the
absolutely miraculous changes in
children that an extended residen-
tial camp can produce.
Kids remanded by the Court for
carving teachers with a swit-
chblade, kids with massive reading
disabilities, problems with drugs,
with relationships - with themselves
-- get well, learn to read, become
productive citizens. Incredible! (but
breathtakingly true!)
Camping can definitely be a good
time in the woods for kids, but it has
the potential for so many more
positive life-long benefits. My own
camping program at Cho-Yeh isn’t
the Heavy Duty Salvage type as
developed by Loughmiller. Cho-Yeh
is a church camp, and our goal is for
kids to have a good, safe time at
camp while they leam - by the way
they are treated - that God loves
them.
Even so, we can tell some great
stories about the changes kids find in
themselves in just a week-long ex-
perience. In fact, a national survey
of Presbyterians a few years ago
found that a church camping ex-
perience was reported as the key ex-
perience in personal faith develop-
ment by over 75 percent of all the
clergy in the denomination. At the
very least, a camping experience
truly helps children to grow up, to
leam who they are, and what they
believe.
My own prejudice is church camp-
ing is the oldest form of camping of
them all. The history of the first
church camp is found in your Bible
in the Book of Exodus. The first
Camp Director was a man named
Moses. Just like today, his campers
complained about all the walking,
and griped about the-food, and just
hated it when he insisted on telling
them about The Rules. Talk about
establishing an identity! The
descendants of Moses’ campers a
thousand generations later still
know who and what they are, and
they refuse to abandon that
knowledge in spite of the best efforts
of wars, gas ovens, and prejudicial
treatment to force them into giving
it up.
I’m proud to be a camper. I find it
incredibly exciting to share the Good
News with kids fo every age in ways
that help them grow. It’s habit form-
ing. Much of what I am now (such as
it is!) I owe to a Camp Director and
counselors who shared what was im-
portant to them in their lives with
me, thirty years ago. I think the
many values of camping permeate
everything I do. I’m not just talking
about “what happens every day in
the woods” when I write about LIFE
in the Big Green Forest.
Happy Birthday, Camping. Many
Happy (and life-changing!)
Returns.
WED - Mr. and Mrs. James C. Moore Jr. were wed on March
25 in the First Baptist Church in Providence.
Aldine Independent School District
VFW sponsors
Easter egg hunt
LIVINGSTON — The Veterans of
Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary,
District 19, Department of Texas,
sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt each
year on the Saturday before Easter
Sunday.
Lufkin Post 1836 is in charge and
all the posts in District 19 donote
money for candy Easter eggs that
are hidden for residents of the
Lufkin State School to find.
This year, VFW and Ladies Aux-
iliary members from Livingston
Post 8568 who attended were: E.B
and Sandra Snook, Marvin and Lillie
Liles, Merle and Sybol Chancellor,
Robert and Mickey Dorman, John
and Lucille Upton, J.V. and Lucille
Snook and their grandsons, Tommy
and Billy Snook.
Everyone reported having a good
time.
Church auxiliary
to hold election
LIVINGSTON - The St. Joseph’s
Altar and Rosary Society met April 7
in the St. Joseph’s Family Center.
President Josephine Porrovecchio
presided and the meeting was open-
ed with Father Delphyn Meeks
reading from St. Luke and prayer.
It was reported that ballots will be
mailed to members for election of
new officers.
Lillian Bond gave a report on her
visit to the Blessed Virgin Shrine in
Yugoslavia during Holy Week.
Clothing for the needy has been
collected and will be transferred to
the Oasis at St. Luke Episcopal
Church.
C.H.i.C.K.E.N.Ciub visits Optimists
JUDY TERRION
LIVINGSTON - The Livingston
Optimist Club of Livingston met
Tuesday, April 5 in the Catfish King
Restaurant.
Representatives from the Aldine
Independent School District and
Aldine Optimist Club were their to
offer suggestions and share ex-
periences and program ideas involv-
ing the C.H.I.C.K.E.N. Club in that
area.
Dave Quinn, president of the
Aldine Optimist Club was there
along with Judy Terrion, counselor
of ALSD, Kathy Stade, counselor,
and Sonny Donaldson, superinten-
dent of schools in the AISD.
In Aldine, theC.H.LC.K.E.N. Club
is operated by the school system in
conjunction with the Optimist Club.
A slide program was presented by
the group.
Guests attending were Darryl and
Betty Dennis and Sandra and Jacob
Sherman.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1988, newspaper, April 10, 1988; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth795789/m1/13/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.