Information Sheet

 

 

R         Camp Fire Girls Council of the Ozarks.  Camp Shawio.

867                  Booklet, 1956.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is an informational booklet for the 1956 season at Camp Shawio, a resident and day camping facility near Linden in Christian County, Missouri.  The camp was owned and operated by the Camp Fire Girls Council of the Ozarks.

 

Camp Shawio (the name was derived from its slogan, “Share With Others”) was located on Finley River near Linden in Christian County, Missouri.  Camp Fire Girls Council of the Ozarks, which operated the camp, was based in neighboring Greene County, in Springfield.  Today (2003) the facility appears to be maintained by Christ Episcopal Church of Springfield.

 

Camp Shawio offered the usual activities (swimming, canoeing, archery, crafts, etc.) to Resident campers, who stayed at the facility for one-week sessions, and day campers, who were bused from Springfield, about twenty miles away.  Camp Fire Girls, Blue Birds, and Horizon Club Girls had first preference for registration, but otherwise the camp was open to all girls.  High-school age girls camped in “an Indian Village with real Indian teepees and a program to match.”

 

This booklet was furnished by Heer’s department store of Springfield.  Heer’s was the “of­ficial Camp Fire outfitter” for the area.

 

 

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