Campers Have Fun 'Amidst The Sloping Hills'

Campers Have Fun ‘Amidst The Sloping Hills’

JUST SUNNING: Some of the 55 girls attending the first period of the Ann Arbor YWCA's Camp Takona at Clear Lake are shown here in a moment of sun-filled idleness. An 18-member staff headed by Kathleen B. Simms, camp director, supervises the activities of the campers, who range in age between nine and 14. Clear Lake is three miles southwest of Chelsea.

GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM: It’s Clear Lake, of course, and not a stream at all, but some of the “merrily, merrily'' moments for girls at the YWCA Camp Takona are brought about by aqua-tours of the placid waters — particularly when someone else is doing the oaring. Legend has it that the name Takona was given to the area by a wandering band of Indians who decided to use the first, middle, and last words of their phrase “ta-wa-si-ko-ka-ta-nah” — meaning “Friends amidst the sloping hills.”

HANDICRAFT HOUSE: New this year is the log cabin lodge pictured here. Camp Takona girls will use it as headquarters for handicraft work. It also will provide additional space for sleeping quarters. Each of the three two-week camping periods will accommodate a total of 55 girls — most of them will doubtless spend their non-swimming time in the comfort of sport and sweat shirts and the ever-present "blue jeans" shown here.

FOR ART’S SAKE: Jeanne Kingery, left, and Pat Bush, both of Ann Arbor and both councilors at the YWCA’s Camp Takona, admire handicraft work done by the campers at Clear Lake. Jeanne is holding a pot-holder in the making and Fat is looking over some crayon drawings.