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Dedication Ceremonies will be held on
'Friday, August 6 to officially open the new,
Brownie House at Camp Keewaydin to be
named in honour of the late Elizabeth y
, MoKim of Lucknow, who organized the
Lucknow. Brownie Company in, •1923 ,and
served for Over 50 years in local, provincial
and national guide work. °
Serving ; as captain of the Lucknow
Brownies for many years, she was also
District Commissioner and while serving in
this capacity, was awarded the Medal of
Merit in 1945 At the provincial level, shq
was lone Co missloner, Camping Commis.
sioner and. International Commissioner; . She
was instrumental in developing the Doe Like
Camp and locally, Camp Keewaydin on the
shore of Lake` Huron in Ashfield Township.,
In 1958 she was awarded the Beaver award
for her outstanding, service to the Girl Guide
• movement, •
, Guiding has become a McKim family.
tradition. Mrs. McKim's son, Dr. J. C..
McKim currently serves on a'Camp Keeway.
din campsitecommittee and sits 'on the
subcommittee 'which has been' responsible Elizabeth McKim'•
for obtaining a $20;000 Wintario• grant to
Townie House for Elizabeth
fund the new Brownie :douse, Her daughter..
in.law Carroll. McKimis presently Interna.
tional Co..ordinator for Mapieway* Area and •
is secretarryy for Beaver Division, and her
granddaughter's, Kathryn McKim and ,Leri
McKim have also been active In; guiding.
Kathryn received her Canada Cord and
served as a .Brownie:Lleader, : Lo ,a a :er':
. .. it � B14.,h
Canada Cord ' and,. served as a 'Guider,'
``Tile .general :public is invited to attend the
Adel opening and,dedication ceremonies'
° to be held ; friday., August 6 at Camp • Kee.
waydin when junior and senior staff build.
Ings will also be 'dedicated In honour of Mrs.
K. B. Clysdale of St.` Marys, former Area
Cotnntissioner when the site of Calm . Kee-
waydin was ,chosen. and Mrs. Bruce "Taffy"
Connell of Galt, termer area Camp Advisor.
The senior staff building' is to be named
""Clysdale House"and the junior staff
building is to be known as "'Taffy's' Puce".
A. brief history of Camp Keewaydin shows
that the'newly formed Huron* Areae Girl
Guides purchased property ori Like Huron in
Ashfield .Township In_ 1948,12 miles south of
Kincardine and approsltnately^, 20 Mile
of G erich ':y
W�Y• a rr
c,.m onl a. i` w 'area alongthe
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river bank and up to the edge of the hilttop.
It was purchased from a bachelors farmer,.'
Mr. William Johnston, The .upper fields ,
were purchased in 1950 and on the death of,
Mr, ° Johnston in 1963' his farm 'Wag
purchased with part of the latter sold to
neighbouring farmer, '.Mr. Robb. •
The • camp was named , Keewaydin an
Indian name for four winds. It certainly was
appropriate as the camp was situated high+i
on a bluff overlooking Lake Huron with 100
steps down to the beech and not a tree.
. The site for the camp was chosen by Mrs.
K. B. Clysdale of ..St, Marys, the, Area.
;Commissioner, Mrs, McKim of Lucknow
, who was the Provincial Camp Commissi'oner
and a MistyXenia Knechtel of Hanover.
In the spring of 1949 . the first buildings
were erected, Algoma, and . two small
hankies.For several years the campers ate
In Algoma. At first there was only.a hand
pump and water had to be carried . to the
upper sites. Mrs. Clysdale ordered all the
food for the summer and it was stored in
Algoma. Meat was . kept in a locker in
Kincardine and the staff had to go in daily to
get it. Later the ""ice cream"" was added to
the back of Algoma. •
Mrs. Bruce "Taffy" Connell was the Area
Camp 'Adviser and ran back and forth from
her home in Galt looking after any problems
that arose at the ,camp, As the camp grew
she found It necessary to be at the camp full
time, She and her daughter molted up. taking
the family car with them and Mr; Connell
came up to. the camp every weekend by bus.
Taffy.continued in the role of Camp Director
until 1974, the Connell family giving of their
time, talents and money to develop the
'camp.
in 1975'Mrs. Prances Broughton' of
Guelph became the, Camp Director.:She was
f llowed i 1977 byMks Joanne ` in o h
o n a e ivlac i s
fro Kia' enef, then` Miss Christine Galvin
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director IS Miss Maureen. Hollinger from
• Guelph.
Over the years the control of the camp has
changed hands ': several times. In 1961
Huroniia Area was divided into two areas and
Conestoga: Area took over the responsibility
of the' camp. Later Conestoga. Area became
part of ,Silver Birch Area, With the five
• Divisions in the old area retaining the camp.
In 1980.' Mapleway area, the western half of
Silver Birch, was formed and Keewaydin
Dcdlcatton,Ceremonlsst on Friday will officially open the new Brownie
House at Camp Keewaydin wblch Is to he nailed in honour of the late
Elizabeth McKim of Luek now, who organized the Lucknow Brownie
Company 141 1023 and served for over 50 years Ise herd, provincial maid •;
national guide work. Shown on the steps of McKim Brownie Hglrss
are Iocat Brownies who were camping at Camp'Keewaydln last week.
top 'gh Nelson,
�'rcm lits, Mown ,yrs Theresa Slantsy of KI>rflort ,Sarah
Luetcnaw, MIcheIle OWNS At Kinin Township and
Penny Holmes
oolm �rjof
Anthertey (Sentinel $taPhoto(
became the Mapteway Area Camp., ,
The camp has had a ""facelift" in the past
five years, ew kitchens have been put in all
the 'buildings, with new stoves and fridges,
In 1982 twelve new 6tnan tents and . 18
kitchen flies were purchased with the help of
a Wintario Project grant. The latahave been
moved and improved on Chippewa' and
Algoma.
In December 1981 a three bedroom
bungalow was purchased from Ontario
Hydro and moved from the Bruce Nuclear
Power site. to Keewaydin, It is . the present
senior staff building, "Clysdale House"
This building also serves as • the Quarter
Master stores. The old director's building,
was updated . and made the junior . staff
building and• renamed "Taffy's. Place",
In 1981 It became apparent that the old
Brownie House was becoming unsafe to use,
and a committee was setup to draw w up :plans,
for a Crew{building and to raise money for the
project. A subcommittee under Dr. Jack
McKim of. Lucknow applied for and were
successful in obtaining a $20,000.00 mint.
ario grant. Another sub -committee headed
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In the news
Ceiebrity s*eer:
e ` p 7, u 7t 3'�'rk r,
Theplcture of the steer' ,In 'laser' -wen's
Jamboree '83 picture was submitted by.
Charlie McQui11In. According. to Bill John..
sten, who dived across. the road from Charlie •
Stewart of Ashfield Township, the steer was
owned by Mr. Stewart, a former reeve of the
township. .
It weighed 3,600 pounds and was\ purchas.
ed by two Bien, ' Bill Blatt from north of
Kincardine and a Jack Martin from north of
Lucknow. They paid $3,000 for the steer and
gave Mr. Stewart $1,000 up front in cash and
promisary notes for a $1,000 each. Shortly
after the sale,: the steer died and Mr. Stewart
was reluctant, to collect the notes and never
did, . ' , '
Other readers who phoned in to particip.
ate" in the quiz who correctly identified the
steer wore Mrs. John Kuik of Ashfield.
Township, Mrs, John Crowston of Lucknow,
and Carmen Hayden.
According to Mrs. Crowston thesteer
sold td Jack Martin and measured 10 feet
inches around the girth.. Mr, .Hayden
remembers the steer being on exhibition in
Court House .Park, .Goderich during a: cele-
bration in the late 1920s.
Liid.wv: Iawyer
appears in court
Lucknow lawyer Hobert Campbell , has
been remanded until August 9, when he will
appear in Goderich Provincial Court. The
date. of a preliminary hearing will be set at
this time.
Campbell made. his fourth appearance in
court July 28 following charges of. one
count oftheft and one count of uttering a
' forged document in March. .
swer fire call
Lucknow firemenanswered a call to the
farm of Lillian Simpson, Ashfield Township
on ., Sunday evening about • 11.15 when
lightning struck a steel granary and bounced
. g nearby lumber fire
wastendan --eringauThe lumber
Firemen
were able to put out the fire before any
damage was done,