Remembering my Friend and Fellow Adventurer, Thelma Dietz
Our 20 year reunion,in the middle row, l to r, me, Marion S. who also helped a lot, and the most wonderful Thelma Dietz. For ten years I was a Blue Bird leader, then as the girls go older, a Camp Fire Girl leader, and went on through high school with them as a Horizon Club. The numbers and the girls changed along the way, but at the end there were nearly 20 girls from three different high schools. I'd never been able to do all the things I did if it hadn't been for one of the mothers, Thelma Dietz. No matter what crazy idea I thought up, Thelma was ready to help me. She wasn't the only mom who helped, I had some great mom, but she volunteered every time. Thelma is at the top left, I'm next with the headband. We'd gone to L.A. to the Observatory, but my car broke down so we went to my dad's who had an observatory on the roof. I think they liked this better. The little boy is my eldest son, Mark, who really wanted to be a Camp Fire Girl. She helped with ...