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Mora than 150 person* fr 

 many of fhe 37 Southern Ifli* 

 noli counfles served by tt»» 

 camp participate In dedication 

 ceremonjr In front of dining 

 hall. 



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Establishment of 

 the Southern Illi- 

 nois 4-H Club 

 Camp Was a Truly- 

 Cooperative Project 

 With City and Ru- 

 ral Groups Work- 

 ing Together as a 

 Well-Matched 

 Team 



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SOITIIK.IJN III.INOIS folks have 

 i:i»p(l rca.-oii to riaiiii that llu-ir 

 IK wly •Ittlicalrtl 1 II club camp on 

 \\ c>l rianktort city lake in Frank- 

 lin cdiintv is tli<" most beautiful in 

 tlu' state. Tlicy naturally will receive 

 cliaileTifies from otiier areas \\ liere three 

 oilier Illinois III camps are located, 

 Imt siicli counter claini< are to be ex- 

 pected. 



I he Southern Illinois cainj) wliicli 

 will scr\e 2m counties in the area i> 

 located on a lOO-acre site overlooking; 

 a line lake, and it has many natural 

 features which can be dcNclopcd in a 

 lon-i-term program, lor example, jut- 

 ting into the lake op|n>site the camp 

 site is a bodv of land of from 10 to 

 ]rt acres called Inspiration Point. I'lans 

 call for building a bridge from the 

 eamji site over to this point. Of course, 

 such improvements tamiot be under- 

 taken until the main essentials of a 

 pood camp have been attained. 



Modern Dining Hall 



A modern diniiii; hail and kitchen 

 J^i 1- feet long and >l hrt wide «as com- 

 pleted in time for the lirsl cam|)ing 

 period in Julv. Built on the highest 

 point of the camp site, wide windows ol 

 the dining hall permit full \ iew of the 

 lake beh>\\. When fully equipped, the 

 biiihlint; will repre-ent an investment 

 of more than .«.;().( KID. 



On either side ol the dining hall, 

 ample >pace has been cleared for sep- 

 arate boys and girls cam|)ing area~. 

 It is conteniplati-d that at some time 

 in the future, sleeping cabins will be 

 built in these areas to replace tent.* 

 used at the pre.sent time. 



l^ome 2(t(l farm bo\s and girls <'n- 

 rolled in the first of the four camping 

 periods in July. The camping periods 

 are of four davs each. 



A Cooperative Project 



F.stablishment of the Southern Illi- 

 nois l-ll camp was Irulv a cooperative 

 jproject with citv and rural groups 

 working together as a well-matched 

 team. riie Kiwaiiis. l.ions. X'eterans 

 Club. l{otar\. and Klks clubs of West 

 Irankfort and the (!liamber of ('om- 

 merce ;;a\e 2ri acres of the land for the 

 camp site, and supplied funds for a 

 well, power line, and roads into the 

 camp. \t the dedication ceremony late 

 in .Inne the ('hamber of Commerce 

 -ecretarv. Lewis Honer. pledged the 

 support of his group and the service 

 ( liibs to raise 82.000 more in funds to 

 eomplet<- the equipment of the dining 

 hall so iJKii it can lie used the year 

 around. 



The counties to be served bv the 

 cam]> lia\e lieen acli\e in fund raising 

 ilri\es with .lackson coiinlv leading in 

 till' lir-t of .liilv with approximately 

 *.^.0(I0. Saline coiintv was another 

 luL'h conlributi>r with i?2.200. \pproxi- 

 matcK $7,712 was received from coun- 

 ties at the dediiation ceren)onies on 

 Jinie 2.'i. 



One ol the main ideas behind the 

 camp is to make it one of the best rural 

 area recreation spots in the state. It is 

 contemplated that some dav the camp 



By CRESTON FOSTER 



Editor, lAA RECORD 



may even be used for agricultural 

 leaders' conferences or any other simi- 

 lar event. 



(A)unties to be served by the camp 

 are: Handolph. .Saline. Johnson. Union, 

 Jackson. Pope. Hardin. (Clinton. Perry, 

 Wavne. White. Franklin. Williamson, 

 Jefferson, Hamilton. Gallatin. Massac, 

 Pulaski. .Mexander. -St. (^lair. Wash- 

 ington. Monroe. Iiond. Marion. Clay, 

 Kichland. Wabash, and Fdvvards. 



The Southern Illinois camp is one 

 of the four in the Ml camping program 

 of Illinois. This j)rogram got started 

 in 10 If) when Robert Allerton donated 

 2.S0 acres of land in Piatt county along 

 the Sangamon river. This camp is 

 known as Memorial camp. \^ ith this 

 one as a starter, the state was divided 

 into four districts to complete the pic- 

 ture for Illinois. 



Trips For AH 



Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see. a 7,S-acre 

 tract along Hock ("reek in Kankakee 

 coiintv is the site of the northern district 

 111 camp. This land was donated by 

 the power and light companies serving 

 northern Illinois, (^amj)ing operations 

 have been under way here since the 

 summer of 1916, 



For the western district camp, a 70- 

 acre site has been leased on the shores 

 of Lake Jacksonville in Morgan county. 



C.oal of the Illinois 1-H camping 

 program is to give everv 'V-H boy and 

 girl in the slate an opportunitv to at- 

 tend summer camp. When that goal 

 is reached more than 50,000 Illinois 

 rural young people will have a place 

 to camp each year. 



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