The Bluebirds were the younger faction of the Camp Fire girls, a youth organization for young girls. Their mission was to encourage strength, compassion and wisdom, emphasizing the importance of self-respect, service to their community, and openness to diversity while taking pleasure in hard work and love for the outdoors.
This photo from the June 6, 1957 Forest Park Review shows, “A group of Bluebirds and their leader, Mrs. Kenneth Wick, [who] toured the Review plant recently. Showing them an engraving is Harold Hitz, shop superintendent.”
Claude Walker, publisher of the Review, changed the company name from Forest Park Publishing Co. to Forest Printing Co. in 1958. He reported that the bulk of their business was not in publishing newspapers but in “job” printing: business cards, letterheads, envelopes, etc. His son Richard was in charge of operations.
Jill Wagner