https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/3a1eb00c809c15d552766c7abbee0845.pdf 4612a97e59001c0262817a2ce8444943 PDF Text Text MEMPHIS PRES·S·SCIMITAR, iMONDAY, JUNE 17, 1963 1 7l l PAGE A·7 Girls! Remember Kiwani? Well, Loo at lt ·Now! .. Forme~ Girl Scout Haven ·fs Changed By DOROTHY Y. WARD Pre88-Scimitar Staff Wri ter For more than 20 years Girl Scouts in the Mid-South had their first taste of camping at Kamp Kiwani on Spring River at Hardy, Ark. And it was primitive - let there be no mistake about that. No lights or running water in the cabins - the food was wholesome but plain-and life was strictly regimented. Then a coupie of years a g o, officials of the TennMrs. Ward Ark-Miss Girl Scout Council decided the place was getting "too civilized." After aJI, didn't a road run right by the front gate? For more than a year the 'Stone and beamed cabins stood 1 · t f empty e or occaswna xcep Girl Scout staff gatherings. Meanwhile up at Jonesboro, Ark., lived a woman, who had sort. once. served_ as. a Scout e~- First she re-named it Stone ecubve at Kiw~m. She .~oul~n t Creek Lodge-the Stone bei~g g~t t?e beautiful rust~c .site, her paternal grandmothers with its read}'.·made butldmgs, maiden name. Mrs. McKie is no stranger to ri:al estati: de· out of her. mmd. _Last sprmg Mrs. J . M. Mc- velopment. She 1s the sister Kie ?f Jonesboro, th~ former of John A. Cooper, chairm~n Bobbie Cooper of Manon, Ark., of the board of Cherokee Vilbought the 91 acres from the lage, Hardy's biggest single Girl Scout Council and set development. about converting it into a re- Then she added a bedroom ., GOOD FISHING- This fisherman is casting in 1Spring River along a portion reserved fo r members of Stone errek Lodge. have been modernized into week-end vacation lodges. -Press-Scimitar stall Photos and bath to each of the stone cottages and put windows in where there had been on!y screens before. The rustic note has been retained. Even the shower stalls have field stone walls. Orange and oyster white have been used with the natural woods and stone to create attractive interiors in the cottages. About 20 of Kiwani's cabins have been converted thus far-the area known to a generation of Girl Scouts as "Pi" and "Chick" Hill-the area nearest the dining hall where the younger Scouts ~ere housed. Spaci~us ,Lo,~nge . . The Watah or dmmg hall is a spacious lounge and dining room where meals are ,served. The Scout staff house has become a private club for adults and the old infirmary is now the real estate office. There is also a teen-aged "Th . 1 ga~her;ng~pot ,,m~wn as C ~ tone re.e est.. Spider~ L~dge is a 0Pr~vate club, with m~mbers rvntmg cottages for vacations o~ week ends. . ~rs. McK1e.' also, owns d1ttonal lots m the area is selling lots to faln'ilifs in- does a little ranching, Ohrlin she is going to run for county terested in a "second home" describes himself as an "Ozark judge of Sharp County in the Flamenco" musician. He uses 1964 Democratic primary. If for week ends. c k st one ree Lodgepiembers the classic instrument and she does, she wiJI be followar~ swimming in Sprjhg River plays both folk tunes and ing a family tradition. Her this summ~r as t~ Scouts Spanish music with taste and father, Claude Cooper, was sheriff of Crittenden County at ?ave done m the pa · Canoe- flair. . one time . d . mg and a stable bf horses A . : ssociate with Mrs. McKie are also available New tennis courts have ·just been. in the. operation of Stone.. There 1.s a !me fror:i an old opened and a swirm;tJ.in"' pool Creek is J. M. Grumbles. · Ka~p K1wam ca'.11pfire song those .strictly a "doer," .Mrs. Mc- which Mrs. McK1e seems to is under construction who like their bathing chlori- '.{1e operates a ~indergart~n have taken for her mot!o: "To nated. The lodge will remain m Jonesboro durmg the wm- the land of adventure, JOY and open next winter during the ter. She has another plan, too, good friends, a place where hunting season said Jv1rs Mc- that may surprise some of the our pleasure never seems to Kie with all 'provision~ for' lo_cal folks. Mrs. McK~e _insists -~!:~·" iiiii!i!!!~~~~~---; iiii!ll"""" guides do s etc handled b ~--~!1111!!!!--Y " the cl~b. g ' : for° ...____ '' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kamp Kiwani Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Girl Scout camp in Hardy, Arkansas, which operated from 1920 to 1960. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MEMPHIS 1PRES·S·SCIMITAR, iMONDAY, JUNE 17, 1963 7 l l Girls! Remember Ki wani? Well, Loo Forme~ Girl Scout Haven · fs Changed By DOROTHY Y. WARD Pre88-Scimitar Staff Wri ter For more than 20 years Girl Scouts in the Mid-South had their first taste of camping at Kamp Kiwani on Spring River at Hardy, Ark. And it was primitive - let there be no mistake about that. No lights or running water in the cabins - the food was wholesome but plain-and life was strictly regimented. PAGE A·7 at lt ·Now! Then a cou- GOOD FISHING- This fisherman is casting in 1Sp rin g River along a po rtion reserve d fo r pie of years members of Stone errek Lodge. a g o, officials of the Tenn- is selling lots to faln'ilifs in- does a little ranching, Ohrlin she is going to run for county Mrs. Ward Ark-Miss Girl terested in a "second home" describes himself as an "Ozark judge of Sharp County in the Scout Council decided the for week ends. Flamenco" musician. He uses 1964 Democratic primary. If place was getting "too civil- st c k ized." After aJI, didn't a road one ree Lodgepiembers the classic instrument and she does, she wiJI be followrun right by the front gate? ar~ swimming in Sprjhg River plays both folk tunes and ing a family tradition. Her For more than a year the this summ~r as t~ Scouts Spanish music with taste and father, Claude Cooper, was 'Stone and beamed cabins stood ?ave done m the pa · Canoe- fla ir. sheriff of Crittenden County at empty e t f · 1 mg and a stable bf horses A . d . . one time xcep or occaswna have been modernized into wee k-end vacation lodges. are also available New ten- ssociate with Mrs. McKie : . Girl Scout staff gatherings. -Press-Scimitar stall Photos nis courts have ·just been. in the. operation of Stone.. There 1.s a !me fror:i an old Meanwhile up at Jonesboro, opened and a swirm;tJ.in"' pool Creek is J. M. Grumbles. · Ka~p K1wam ca'.11pfire song Ark., lived a woman, who had sort. and b ath to each of t he s tone conver ted thus far-the area has become a private club for is under construction for° those .strictly a "doer," .Mrs. Mc- which Mrs. McK1e seems to once. served_ as. a Scout e~- First she re-named it Stone cottages and put windows in know n to a ge neration of Girl adults and the old infirmary who like their bathing chlori- '.{1e operates a ~indergart~n have taken for her mot!o: "To ecubve at Kiw~m. She .~oul~n t Creek Lodge-the Stone bei~g where there had b een on!y Scouts as "Pi" a nd "Chick" is now the real estate office. nated. The lodge will remain m Jonesboro durmg the wm - the land of adventure, JOY and g~t t?e beautiful rust~c .site, her paternal grandmothers screens b efore. The rus tic Hill-the area near est the din- There is also a teen-aged open next winter during the ter. She has another plan, too, good friends, a place where with its read}'.·made butldmgs, maiden name. Mrs . McKie is note h as be en retained. Even ing hall where the younger . 1 "Th hunting season said Jv1rs Mc- tha t may surprise some of the our pleasure never seems to out of her. mmd. · no stranger to ri:al estati: de- the shower stalls have field Scouts ~ere housed. ga~her;ng~pot ,,m~wn as C ~ Kie with all 'provision~ for' lo_cal folks. Mrs. McK~e insists -~!:~·" _Last sprmg Mrs. J . M. Mc- velopment. She 1s the sister s tone walls. Orange and oys- Spider~ est.. tone re.e guides do s etc handled b ~--~!1111!!!!---iiii!ll"""" ... ___ iiiii!i!!!~~~~~---; Kie ?f Jonesboro, th~ former of John A. Cooper, chairm~ n ter wh ite have been used with Spaci~us ,Lo,~nge . . L~dge is a 0Pr~vate club, with the cl~b. g ' " Y Bobbie Cooper of Manon, Ark., of the board of Cherokee Vil- the natural woods and stone The Watah or dmmg hall m~mbers rvntmg cottages for : bought the 91 acres from the lage, Hardy's biggest single to cr eate attractive interiors is a spacious lounge and din- vacations o~ week ends. Girl Scout Council and set development. in the cottages. About 20 of ing room where meals are . ~rs. McK1e.' also, owns about converting it into a re- Then she added a bedroom Ki wani's cabins h ave been ,served. The Scout staff house d1ttonal lots m the area .. ., '' Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Title A name given to the resource 1963 (6/17/1963) Press-Scimitar: Girls! Remember Kiwani, Well, Look at It Now! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Press-Scimitar Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Press Scimitar Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Girl Scouts Hardy John A. Cooper Kamp Kiwani Periodical Stonework Architecture