European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes and strip t s Mary Neth editor a tree makes a Fine open air Art gallery for proud Crayon drawer at scout Camp. Chirping girl scouts enjoy Grunewald camping Outing name of the game is make me laugh and  Wright staff writer i wish i could stay Here four weeks instead of two mourned a Brownie at the girl scout Day Camp. Me too echoed along the line where girls wanted to draw supplies for their noon meal. This despite the fact that the weather had shifted from medium Good to just Plain Lousy. Birds in the heavily wooded five acre Camp Grunewald on the fringe of Germany s ram Stein air bae housing area were upstaged by the scouts who Sang lustily and sometimes tune fully while they worked or played. Sparrows could not compete in the chatter category with More than 200 girls Bent on handcrafting cooking hiking badge earning or just sitting upon their sit upon that were dangling from their belts. A favorite Camp interlude was the game make me laugh which proved the gals hams Par excellence. Stars and stripes photographer Vic Damon captured some of the girls antics with his telephoto lense. The air Force medic and two nurses in at Tendance had a poor run of business with nothing More serious than the usual Cut fingers skinned shins Mosquito bites and a few Stom Ach upsets that occurred when some daring scouts experimented with a heavy diet of in Ripe huckleberries. Camp Grunewald Drew its life in the open campers from we Bruecken Lan Stuhl kaisers Mautern and ran Stein. Cadets slept More or less according to one chaperone at the Camp for three night and Junior scouts had one night out. Brownies numbering 100, went Home to bed every night. For the first time since Camp Grunewald was established the american scouts had German and Canadian girl guides As guests for one Day. They initiated their visitors to the Joys of eating Sloppy Joes and climaxed the Day with a campfire. / the big question each Day was which of the 12 units would get the Flag award. The Flag went to the unit with the cleanest Camp. A single Day s food consumption at the Camp read like a grocery store s inventory five boxes of foil for cooking four ibs. Parafin for starting fires three bags onions 30 ibs. Potatoes eight loaves bread 120 hamburger buns 30 ibs. Hamburger six ibs. Carrots five stalks celery 12 bags mar Mallow three boxes Pancake mix 10 ibs. Chicken 25 gals milk seven ibs. Bananas 10 bags charcoal five boxes Wax paper. Each unit made up its own menu Drew sup plies from a Central office and cooked its own food. A freshly filled 400-gallon water Wagon arrived each morning and left at Day s end practically empty. Mrs. Ruby icon was the girl scout Camp director at Ramsten mrs. Betty Bartlett was the Day Camp chairman s. Sgt. Homer Bartlett was the business manager and mrs. Barbara god Frey and mrs. Bunny Lowe were Supply buyers. The stars and stripes Page 17 is photos by Vic Damon. If you be got a Good poker face chances Are u j1yog can go without smiling forever Well Golly sometimes you just have to crack up. Nothing s More Yummy than hot dogs out under the Trees