Crippled Children Enjoy T wo Weeks of Camp Near Swansboro
By LARRY McCOMB
Hammock Beach 4-H camp, near Swansboro, is the
scene each summer of a two-week summer camp for
handicapped Negro children. Attending the camp are
40 handicapped Negro children from all over the state.
The two-week period, ending Aug. 13, is sponsored
annually by the State Easter Seal society, the North
Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.,
Chapel Hill.
HilUboro Central high school instructor, Tarleton
Davis, is the camp's director. Assisting Davis is a staff
of 12 councilors, most of whom are college students ex
perienced in camp life.
Although the camping program has to move a little
slower than normal because of the children's handicaps,
the directors of the program have, nonetheless, sched
uled a busy and fun-filled two weeks.
The camp it located about three miles southwest of
Swansboro on a high butte overlooking the White Oak
river. The camp has housing and dining facilities for
144 campers, the only Negro 4-H camp in the state.
Councilors for the handicapped children include
water safety instructors Vincent Spaulding and Walter
Johnson; crafts instructors Edith Crowder and Dorothy
Kand; recreation director, Margaret W.vnn and guides
and councilors, Ralph Heeds, Theodore Henry and Ruth
Cozar.
Thurston Gainer is the camp's maintenance super
visor and the cooking staff consists of Emma Wilson,
Johnny Bryant and I'olly Smith.
News-Time* Photos by McComb
Dotting the campsite are eight cabins like this one which serve as
housing quarters for the campers. In each cabin are 16 campers and
two councilors.
Two members of the cooking staff, Johnny Bryant and Emma
Wilson, take a short break before serving the children's lunch.
Two proud children are Sharon Hunt, 7, and WUIiam Spruill, 8.
They show crafts instructor Dorothy Rand their finished lamps.
Water safety instructors Vincent Spaulding and Walter Johnson instruct campers in the proper techniques of breathing in water. Swim
ming and water gaiety classes top the list ol favorite camp activities of moat of the children.
The ramp's newnt building ii this modern recreation center completed last year. Many ?f Ike camp'a
acUvUki an held here.
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A favorite with the girls during recreation period is the game, Redlight. Later in the day there will be
other activities such as swimming, boating and handicraft. Margaret W'ynn is the camp's recrea
tion director.
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Camp director Tarleton Davis of Hillsboro outlines some of the day's activities with six of the 40 handi
capped Negro children attending the two-week session.
In the handicraft! class, boys work M pin-up lamps under the guidance of crafts instructor Doro
thy Rand.
This is the camp'* jpiclooi diiinf kail which will accommodate 1M campers. A stall o I three cooks
prepare all the meals for campers.