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August 2018
THE BEACON
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Bright Parade Grand Marshals
Ray and Ruth Ann Schlemmer
Girl Scouts start the day at camp by having a flag raising
ceremony.
The victors of the shaving cream fight during one of the
camp days are hard to pick out.
Girl Scout Camp offers
Tradition, Challenges, Fun
For over twenty-one years,
June has meant camping and
fun for area girl scouts. The
camp was started by Sally
Bertram and a group of volun-
teers through the Girl Scouts
of Western Ohio.
The theme of the camp is
different every year. Each year
campers think up ideas for
the themes and then vote on
their favorite for next year’s
camp. This year’s theme was,
“Around the World.”
This year’s camp was
organized by volunteers Sally
Bertram, Fawn Williamson,
and Rollie Hollowell. They
have worked together for
years. The camp involved two
hundred thirty-eight camp-
ers, forty-two of whom were
adults. It is girl-led, meaning
that the Girl Scouts are the
leaders throughout the camp.
Their jobs are to help younger
campers with activities. Most
of this year’s leaders have
attended camp many times in
the past and looked forward
to the day that they would be
camp leaders. Some of the
adult volunteers had even
been campers as girls.
Each day began with a flag
ceremony and reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance. Activi-
ties throughout the day includ-
ed games, kayaking, swim-
ming, arts and crafts, rock
wall climbing, archery, and
outdoor cooking. A large Slip
“N Slide and a ball launcher
Organizers Amanda Mar-
shall, Sally Bertram, Abby
Bertram holding Kinsleigh
Marshall, and Ryder Ber-
tram in front.  
Twenty-seven years after
their participation in the first
parade, longtime residents
Ray and Ruth Ann continue
to express their community
support as Grand Marshals of
the 2018 Bright Parade. At the
first parade, they were dressed
in vintage clothing and rode a
tandem bicycle that was built
by Ray.
Ray and Ruth Ann have
been blessed to live in Bright
nearly all of their lives. Ruth
Ann, daughter of Clyde and
Leora Siefferman of Bright,
graduated from Bright High
School. As one of the origi-
nal “old timers,” Ruth Ann
remembers winter time sled
rides down Jamison Road
where a car seldom inter-
rupted their fun. Ray grew
up in Rockdal e, Indiana,
near Harrison, son of Ralph
and Clarice Schlemmer. He
graduated from Whitewa-
ter High School located in
rural Franklin County. They
married in 1953. Ray served
four years in the Air Force
followed by a 37-year career
as a tool and die maker at
General Motors Fisher Body
plant in Fairfield, Ohio and
raised their family
The couple built a house on
the Siefferman family farm at
State Line Road where they
could sit on the front porch
and recognize most everyone
who passed by. Here, along
with their friends, they en-
joyed many gatherings under
the huge oak tree in their
backyard as well as ice skat-
ing, bonfires, Easter sunrise
services, and an occasional
baptism at their nearby pond.
Scouts practice archery
skills learned during camp.
provided hours of fun.
Younger brothers and sib-
lings attended camp if their
mothers were volunteering for
the week. A rivalry between
the boys and girls ensued
when the boys, armed with
squirt guns, ambushed the
girls during camp.
At the end of the day, all
campers were tuckered out. A
flag ceremony and the singing
of taps were a welcome sign
for the weary campers. Rest
assured that everyone was rar-
ing to go the next day, bright
and early!
Later, part of the Siefferman
family farm was developed
into Picnic Woods.
Ray and Ruth Ann have
enjoyed travel throughout all
of the United States (except
Alaska) and abroad both for
pleasure and mission trips.
As members of the Methodist
Church, Ray was involved in
committees during the merger
of the Dearborn Hills United
Methodist Church. Ruth Ann
served as President of the
United Methodist Women,
Ray and Ruth Ann
Schlemmer
conference lay delegate, and
speaker at missions. The
couple spent seventeen years
working with the events of
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