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GOSLINGS HELPS
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hcipal Part of Ration.
mportant item in the care of
broslings is to keep them warm
jet for the first few days and
ally important item in their
is to start them out on green
referably tender grass.
pout two days after hatching
show little inclination to do
hg but keep warm and quiet.
way come from under the hen
ble at whatever they may see
edible. They are most partial
s and tender plants, but will
little mash if it is offered and
bble their bills in the water.
that the gosling begins to take
terest in affairs and will feed
iously for short periods, always
¢ short, tender grass and
for its diet, with mash and
ubstantial feed that may be
in small amounts. A common
h is to feed green food as an
bry to grain feed when it should
he principal part of the ration
ash and grain as an accessory
een stuff. :
WIT 'Redcoats on
\ | the RunThat
ngs may be brooded with hens
mall colony brooders or with
In the latter case they will
ng very well if left to the old
he keeper supplying a soft feed
n once or twice a day as the
es of the goslings may dictate.
true only when the range is
and furnishes good grazing.
Bose which are mated with one
will usually raise their broods
yroup, the gander being watch-
r his whole family.
the goslings are brooded by
r brooders they require close
n while small. They should be
d for the first few days in pens
/ill keep them near the hen or
These pens can be made of
wire netting or boards and
on sod. When the goslings
bff the grass they should be
ating Habit Among
Hens Hard to Control
gg-eating habit is usually
by the hens getting hold of a
billed egg that happens to be
H on the ground somewhere in
ight. They get to rolling it
finally breaking it, and the
has started. The next thing
ot it stopped. Sometimes it
stopped by making a slight
the side of an egg, running a
the white and then inserting a
pse of cayenne pepper, closing
e with adhesive tape or court-
Drop this out among the
bnes and see what they do with
bow it affects them. Another
to heat an egg to the boiling
lcrack slightly and place out
m.
hse neither of these work, a
at will be effective is to put a
ottom of burlap in your nest
Lt a few inches from the real
tacking it around the sides,
bt a cross in the center of the
large enough for the eggs to
rough. They will go down out
and trouble. It may be that
start of this dirty work you
able to locate one leader, and
her out to herself the trouble
flock will be ended.
so ————
FHF RET RRTEFHTTTTXREXE
Poultry Facts
FRE HEEFT RERRREXTREEX
hens ridded of worms.
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air in a chicken house should
inually moving at a fairly slow
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srst three weeks of the life of
is recognized as one of essen-
portance.
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chicks will digest a crop full
h in from two to two and a
urs and are then ready for an-
eed.
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breeding turkey should receive
laying mash along with scratch
- * *
turkeys should not be fed
alfalfa meal or alfalfa steam
ecause it is too bulky to be
i by their digestive systems.
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generally recognized by poul-
case specialists that chickens
emarkable resistance against
seases, and the class of trou-
amonly spoken of as colds and
no exception to this statement.
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fst symptoms of colds among
are sneezing and loss of ap-
nd activity by those infected.
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troubles in hens are difficult
, as they are seldom discov-
til the bird becomes sick and
ddenly.
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Lb don’t need and can’t eat such
s corncobs and shucks. Save
n-and-cob meal for the cows.
e hens whole corm, OT prefer-
ncked corn. They'll lay more
of the War of the Revolution, and to
April Morn
One of the most venerated shrines
in the United States lies at the re-
mote end of a cul-de-sac leading from
Monument street and perhaps a trifle
more than a mile from the center of
the town of Concord, Mass.
Time was when this was not a
cul-de-sac, but a highway that ex-
tended from what then—that is in
1775—was called Great Meadows road,
across the Concord river, where it
branched, one fork connecting with
the highway near the Buttrick home,
and the other intersecting the Lowell
road near Colonel Barrett’s place.
The connecting link between the two
shores of the sluggish stream was
known as the North bridge, and so it
is today. This road-without-an-exit
is not more than 400 feet in length
and shaded from end to end by trees
of dignity, size and age.
The first object that strikes one’s
vision is a simple shaft of white
marble, insignificant in these days of
massive things. Beyond is a bridge
of concrete fashioned as though made
by some primitive builder who sought
strength, rather than beauty, a pal-
pable effort to suggest the possible
appearance of its remote predecessor,
and on the yon side of the bridge
stands a monument in bronze, heroic
in size, of a Minute Man answering
the call of his fellow patriots.
* * *
Here was “fired the shot heard
‘round the world,” and despite the
fact that the first encounter of Lieut.-
Col. Francis Smith’s men with the re-
bellious Colonists was at Lexington,
the Battle of the North Bridge is re-
garded generally as the inauguration
this sacred spot come thousands of
pilgrims each year.
Oddly enough, this was not aiways
a Mecca. There was a time when it
was a neglected bit of terrain. The
highway had been changed, the old
North bridge removed and the thor-
oughfare from Great Meadows road
jes from many places. Laurie im-
liately withdrew his men across
bridge, and some of them began
ring up the planks to prevent the
iots from crossing. Buttrick
ited to them to stop. The British
d.a few shots at random; one,
ever, fired at Buttrick, missed him,
wounded two men behind him.
is, the Acton company com-
yder, stepped aside so as not to
in line of fire of his own soldiers
prepared to give the necessary
mand, when the British fired a
ey. Davis and one of his men fell
nded. Buttrick then gave the
nand and the provincial fire raked
British. They retreated, leaving
dead upon the field.
__ moment for these two soldiers.
At the right of the shaft, as one
walks toward the bridge, is the hum-
ble tomb of these unkhown warriors.
They have slept unmolested in this
shaded spot where they were buried
154 years ago by Zachariah Brown
and Thomas Davis.
At Concord the British burned the
courthouse, chopped down the liberty
pole and did some other damage, but
the arms and ammunition they could
not find, with the exception of a few
cannon. And the Minute Men were
gathering all around them, at first
from the fields and villages nearby,
then from those a little farther off,
then from still greater distances. For
a time they stood on the hill and
watched the troops in the town, while
every minute their number grew.
When there were about 400 of them,
they suddenly charged down on the
North bridge. There were 200 Brit-
ish regulars there. Firing and fired
upon, the Americans rushed the
pridge and drove them into the town.
Still the Minute Men were coming.
All morning, while the troops were
busy in the town, the militia tramped
along the roads and trickled from
every farm.
* *
Realizing his danger at last, Colonel
Smith started back to Boston. But
there were militia on both sides of
them, militia behind them, militia
stationed at places which they must
pass on the road, riflemen behind
every bush and stone, sharpshooters
in ewery tree. The British literally
could do nothing but run, and run
they did, until they met Lord Percy,
with 1,200 men and two cannon, just
beyond Lexington, and fell exhausted
in ¢he hollow square which he drew
up to protect them.
An hour's rest, and the whole force
was on the way again, but the whole
country was DROW swarming with
militia, and Percy, too, had to fight
his way. Seven miles from Boston, a
fresh force of militia nearly stopped
him altogether and at sunset he
reached Chatiestown and the shelter
of the British fleet, on the dead run,
while 700 more militia were marching
to intercept him.
The British lost 273, the Americans
903. An@ the British had discovered
they had stirred up a hornets’ nest.
That was 154 years ago. The mili-
tia continued to pour out until, two
days later, General Gage in Boston
found himself besieged by 16,000
men. The Revolution had begun.
abandoned, to again become part of
the Old Manse estate. Its then occu-
pant, Rev. Dr. Ripley, took pride in
pasturing his cow “in the battlefield”
as he called it. When the town of
Concord determined to erect a monu-
ment at the site of the North bridge,
By the rud: bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We raise today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem
When, like our sires, our sons are gome.
Spirit, that bade those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
— Emerson.
ity upon the occasion of the dedica-
tion of the shaft in 1836. In the
spring of 1875, upon the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the Battle of
North Bridge, Daniel Chester French’s
monument of the Minute Man was
dedicated, and upon its base is chis-
eled one verse of Emerson's stirring
hymn.
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To recount a bit of history may be
like carrying coals to Newcastle.
However, here goes:
Gage, who was in British command
in Boston, learned that in Concord
were a considerable quantity of pa-
triot stores, and he determined to take
or destroy them. He sent a detach-
ment of troops to carry out his or-
ders. The grenadiers met their first
resistance at Lexington early on the
morning of April 19, 1775. Troops
under Colonel Smith and Major Pit-
cairn pushed on to Concord. Pitcairn
took up his headquarters at the
Wright tavern, and a detachment was
sent to North bridge. Captain Laurie,
in command, stationed his men advan-
tageously, as he thought. The pa-
triots were massed on Punkatasset
hill, and, when reinforcements ar-
rived, Col. James Barrett ordered
them down to the neighborhood of
Major Buttrick’s home.
Captain Laurie, alarmed at this,
sent to Smith for reinforcements. At
9 a. m. Colonel Barrett ordered Butt-
rick to lead his men to the bridge,
but cautioned them not to fire first.
The company from Acton, under the
command of a Captain Davis, was first
and this was followed by other com-
PATRIOTIC SHRINE
bso
Front entrance of the Royall house, Medford,
Mast., through which passed Gen. Charles Lee
om many an occasion while ne made the house
his headquarters during the American Revolu-
tion. He was on the staff of General Wash-
"ingtom.
New Baltimore Celebrates
Centennial of Founding
We are inviting all our relatives
and friends, everybody to come and
celebrate with us this July 4. The
fact that New Baltimore is celebrat-
ing its 100th anniversary should be
of great interest to all of us. Chick-
en dinner will be served beginning
at eleven o'clock Eastern Standard
Time and chicken supper at 5:30
on the Picnic Grounds, one mile
west of town.
There will be all kinds of enter-
tainment and amusements, unheard
of in New Baltimore these hundred
years; also a splendid display of
fireworks at 9:00 P. M.
Don’t miss this, for you will nev-
er see another centennial in New
Baltimore.
Berlin Boys Graduate
From Penn State
James C. Fritz and Harvey B.
Walker recently completed courses
at Penn State College.
Mr. Fritz is a graduate in agri-
cultural biochemistry. He was a
member of the varsity rifle club for
three years and was a member of
the Phi Lambda Upsilon fraternity.
He was awarded second honors.
Mr. Walker graduated in arts
and letters. Both boys have made
good in their courses, and the mem-
bers of their families and their
friends are justly proud of them.
A famous woman explorer returns
from Africa and tells in interesting
fashion of a hunting party which went
out and killed an elephant. The
methods employed in this successful
elephant hunt ought to be of special
he returned the land to the municipal-
a foolish fly,” said the fly.
temas COPYRIGHT BY WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION
EATING CAKE
«] was what you might have called
The flies buzzed around and said:
“Buzz, buzz, why?”
The flies were wandering about, up-
side down, on the ceiling.
“I thought I would not move away,’
said the fly. “from where I had been
during the warm weather.
“My family had told me that it
would grow very cold and that I
could not stand it.
“I must leave with them for a
warmer climate.
“But I didn’t think that I would
feel the cold. I thought that I had
had such marvelous escapes all sum-
mer from fly paper and such things
that I could stand the cold.
“Of course I didn’t really know
what the cold was like.”
“You poor fly,” said the others.
“And how I did suffer with the
cold. I drooped and thought I could
never stand it.
“But I found one spot where it was
pice and warm. It was in a sunny
window near a thing they called a ra-
diator.
“When night came and the sun had
gone down and the radiator didn’t
seem to be so warm it felt very cold
to me.
“How cold it can get!” and the fly
shivered.
“The next day, after my first very
cold night,” continued the fly, “I went
to another sunny window, and from
The Radiator Didn't Seem to Be So
Warm.
there I hopped down into a suitcase
which was lying down on the floor,
open.
«I saw in it a piece of cake which
was later packed in a box, It was a
special kind of cake that was being
taken away in the suitcase.
“But, do you know, I got caught in
the suitcase? There weren't many
things in it, and somehow or other I
escaped being crushed.
«what marvelous escapes you do
have!” said the other flies.
“1 am lucky,” said the fly, “but oh,
how foolish I was to have tried to
stay in a cold place.”
“you were a foolish fly,” they all
agreed, “and still you were very
lucky, too.”
Then the fly began to buzz some
more, and this was what he hummed,
in his buzzing fly voice:
“I was a foolish fly,
A foolish fly was IL.
I thought I'd be so bold,
And stay where it was cold.
Alas, I almost froze,
But then I took a doze,
And in a suitcase came,
That's how I've won some fame.”
“You certainly have,” said the other
flies, “and you will be famous for
ever after because you traveled in a
suitcase and came to a warmer cli-
mate after the rest of us.
“A fly's life is none too long. We
might as well be warm and well fed
while we may.”
“we'll be warm and well fed while
we may,” repeated the fly.
“Many people,” the fly continued,
“don’t like flies. They say we're not
healthy.”
“Who cares for people?” said the
other flies.
But the first fly was so proud of
his adventures, and most especially
he was proud of the cake he had eat-
en when he had traveled in the suit-
case.
“Eating, eating, eating cake,
Quite a little I did take,
So I didn’t come to harm
But traveled where it was quite warm.”
And the fly continued to buzz and
to chatter about the joys of eating
cake on a most unusual trip.
RIDDLES
What age has a house?—Passage.
* *
What does a hen do when she stands
upon one root? Lifts up the other.
* * *
Why are balloons in the air like va-
grants? Because they have no visible
means of support.
* -
Why is a banker's clerk necessarily
well informed? Because he is continu-
ally taking notes.
* *
Why is a bald head like heaven?
Because it is a bright and shining
spot, and there's no parting there.
* * *
How many soft-boiled eggs could the
giant Goliath eat upon an empty stom-
ach? One, after which his stomach
OLD GOLD RUSH
‘See Conquest for Yellow Metal
in Hills,
Dahlonega, Ga.—They are digging
for gold again in the hills around
Dahlonega, scene of a famous rush
early in the-Nineteenth century.
Men are swinging picks and shovels,
searching for the metal that lured
5,000 fortune seekers, frenzied miners,
over rugged mountain paths to this
town, sixteen miles from a railroad,
when news of the big strike in 1829
went around the world. :
Gold mining around Dahlonega has
been lagging since the World war,
when increased wages and operating
costs cut into the profits.
The Civil war resulted in the shut-
ting down here of a branch of the
United States mint in 1861, after it
had coined 1,381,784 pieces, valued at
$6,115,569, in its twenty-four years of
operation. D. S. W. McCallie, state
geologist, says while the coinage of
the mint was only slightly above $6,-
000.000, that the mountains around
Dahlonega have produced at least $10.-
000,000 in gold. The mint was not
established here until 1838, about ten
years after the first gold was found.
Two companies, operating ten or
more mines, have started operations
here on a modest scale. There is
nothing of a frenzy about Dahlonega’s
gold digging this time. Doctor Me-
Callie says he believes the mines can
be made to pay if the work is carried
on by trained geologists and mining
engineers. He calls attention to the
fact that the profits from the Dah-
lonega gold mines had greatly dwin-
dled when the first gold was found
in California in 1848.
Dahlonega residents do not antici-
pate a new gold rush. William Ben-
jamin Franklin Townsend, quaint old
editor of the town’s weekly newspaper,
The Nugget, says he believes there is
gold in the mountains “if you know
where and how to find it.”
When the government abandoned
the Dahlonega mint the puildings and
grounds were given to the state for
the North Georgia Agricultural col-
lege. A number of buildings, reminis-
cent of gold-mining boom days, still
stand. .
Table Salt Substitute
for Ailing Is Discovered
Atlantic City, N. J.—Dr, John C.
Krantz, Jr., chemist and lecturer at
Johns Hopkins hospital, announced at
a joint meeting of the state boards of
pharmacy and delegates from the fac-
ulties of colleges of pharmacy of the
East, the discovery of Eka salt, a sub-
stitute for table salt for the use of
those afflicted with high blood pres-
sure, Bright's disease and dropsy.
Eka salt is a sodium salt of malic
acid. Malic acid is obtained from ap-
ples. It satisfies the craving for salt,
according to Doctor Krantz, and its
reaction in the body is quite different
from that of common salt.
«The ordinary table salt,” he said,
“tends to create water in the body.
The new sodium salt of the acid is
purned up or metabolized in the body
and serves as an alkali-producing food
and tends to counteract acidosis. Be-
cause it is burned up or metabolized,
it does not tax the kidneys.”
Old Yankee Clipper
Anchors in Thames
London.—Ancient galleons and Amer-
ican clippers vie for honors in an ex-
hibition of old ships models now draw-
ing crowds of children—and grown-
ups, too—to the Friend Ship, a beauti-
ful old three-masted vessel which, un-
der American auspices, has been an-
chored in the Thames as a clubhouse.
Among the most interesting exhibits
is a model, made in 1730, of an Ameri-
can clipper of the 16-gun corvette type.
An Elizabethan galleon nearby makes
a striking contrast. Other favorite
models are an Italian felucca such as
used to fight the Moorish pirates, a
two-decker fighting ship of the Nelson
type and a fine model of a Norwegian
fruit carrier.
itn
Folding Cello
New York.—Livingston Welch, lit-
terateur and musician, has invented a
folding cello that can be put in a suit-
case.
Indian Factions in
Row Over Necklace
Poncha City, Okla.—Charles
H. Burke, Indian commissioner,
has been asked to referee the
controversy between two promi-
nent Otoe Indian families over
the ownership of a bear claw
necklace. -
The necklace has been an
adornment of the head chief
for several generations. It was
originally the property of Chief
Two Strike in Nebraska and
later adorned Two Killer, Medi-
cine Horse and others.
After the tribe had been
moved to its reservation near
here the necklace came nto the
possession of Medicine Horse.
the tribal chief but not a lineal
descendant of Chief Two Strike
Members of the Green family
Chief Two Strike’s descendunts.
contend the necklace belongs to
them. The Medicine Horse fac:
tion insist the necklace is the
property of the chief and serves
in lieu of a crown.
interest to Mr. Raskob.
was not empty.
F. W. WoMER, Pres.
B. BLAINE Bareroor, Vice Pres.
G. A. HorrmaN, Treasurer
CHas. H. Eavy, Nat'l. Rep.
Boy Scouts of America
Somerset County Council
FIRST ANNUAL CAMP
PAUL W. SCHOEN, Scout Executive and Camp Director
CAMP COMMITTEE
PHIL. A. SHAFFER, Chairman Cuas. EsTeEP J. W. Rox
Epwarp LAver Frank Browx
Is there anything real Scouts like more than a trip to camp? We doubt
it,—for last year there were over 32500 Scouts spent a week or more in
summer camp; living in the Great Out Doors,—Swimming, hiking, playing
games, passing Scoutcraft tests, watching the big campfires and through
it all becoming better Scouts. Somerset County Council Camp is main-
tained for this purpose.
TO THE PARENTS >
The camp is a safety camp. Capable men are on duty at all places of
activity to look after the welfare of the boy. Your boy is safe day and
night under careful guidance of responsible men. He will grow at camp.
We realize our responsibilities and ask you to trust us with the care of
your boy. With a corps of efficient leaders we feel we lack nothing to
insure a successful and enjoyable camp. We ask you to kindly co-operate:
with us by encouraging the boy to adapt himself to the camp spirit. In
order to safeguard the welfare of the boy and others, strict discipline must
be observed. We will do our best to protect your boy but do not hold
ourselves responsible for unavoidable accidents. The camp will be visited
daily by a physician for sick call. If your boy is under the weather we
will notify you at once.
You are invited to camp at all times.
to come and see what is being done in camp.
at their own Scout mess tables.
When you know that less than ten per cent of the Scouts receive goodies
from home, you can appreciate the disappointment of the ninety per cent
who do not have the extras. So if you send things to camp, send enough
for the whole gang and we will see that everyone has a bite.
Every person visiting camp is invited to join the boys. Be a Scout while
in camp. Join in their games and eat with them. If you want to stay
for a few days all the better. If you want to know how to live, spend a
vacation with your boy. The charges will be the same as for the Scouts.
REGISTRATION AND COST
We want all parents and friends
Come and eat with the boys
Registrations to be entered in order received and must be accompanied
by $1.00 registration fee which will apply on camp fee. The balance of
the camp fee may be paid at Scout Headquarters before entering camp,
or may be paid upon arrival at camp. No refunds allowed on registration
or camp fee if Scout fails to come or leaves before camp period is ended,
except in case of sickness. The usual period of camp is two weeks, how-
ever, boys can be registered for one or more weeks at $6.50 per week.
The first period of camp opens Monday morning, July 8th.
LOCATION
Camp is located on Laurel Hill Creek on good dirt road about 17/, miles
south of Bakersville, which is about 7 miles west of Somerset om route 31.
Adequate signs will be placed on road to guide motorists to camp. Each
troop must arrange for its own transportation to and from camp.
RULES
The Scout Laws form the code of conduct at camp.
WHAT TO BRING
Happy Smile and Good Nature .
Scout uniform (shirt, breeches (shorts preferable), stockings, belt,
neckerchief and slide), strong leather shoes or rubber soled sneaks, under-
clothing (2 suits, extra shirt and trousers, heavy pajamas, bathing suit,
extra stockings, rain coat or poncho, heavy coat or sweater, at least 2 |
heavy blankets (3 or 4 will be better), soap (floating), towels, comb,
toothbrush and paste, handkerchiefs, mirror, Scout Handbook, note book
and pencil. . *
Desirable but not necessary: knife, axe, haversack, cooking kit, canteen,
compass, watch, field glasses, flashlight, guardrope, signal flags, musical
instruments, camera, fountain pen, athletic equipment, costumes, stunt
equipment, etc.
All personal equipment must be plainly marked. Roll blankets, pack
Ofer articles in duffle bag, traveling bag or suit case. Do not bring a
trunk!
ADMINISTRATION
The camp will be under the personal direction of Scout Executive
Schoen, assisted by Prof. Bernard Hostetler and a capable staff of older
boys. This staff will at all times be active in helping the Scouts and di-
rec ng all parts of the program.
SUNDAY
Sunday will be observed as a day of rest but at mo time will it become
a lonesome place or nothing to-do-day.
PARENTS PLEASE NOTE
Scouts will be allowed to spend ten cents a day for a reasonable amount
of supplies. A canteen will be conducted in camp, therefore: :
We respectfully request parents and friends to refrain from sending
eatables to individuals at camp. By following out this request the camp
management will be able to avoid much sickness from this source. Food
stuffs will not be permitted in the tents. Such donations should be given
to the camp mess so that it may be controlled.
ACTIVITIES
The activities of the camp will include Scoutcraft, Handicraft, Swim-
ming, and plenty of fun. The Scouts are advised to bring baseball equip-
ment as there is a suitable athletic field for that game and other field
sports.
OBJECT OF THIS CAMP
To build character, to establish firmly an abiding belief in honor and
sportsmanship: to encourage truthfulness, to ground the boys in the funda-
mentals of right living: to build them up physically, mentally, mor-
ally, and spiritually: to train them to be leaders, that this generation of
boys may be better citizens in every respect than the ones preceding them.
CAMP PROGRAM
Revielle
Morning dip if desired
Colors
Breakfast
Policing of grounds
Personal and divisional inspection
Instruction in Scoutcraft
Division Lore
Morning swim
First call to mess
Mess
Quiet hour, letters home, reading, etc.
Games. (See below).
Swimming
Divisional activities under leaders
Parade colors, inspection uniforms
6:30
6:35
6:55
7:15
7:45
8:15
8:40
10:40
11:40
12:15
12:30
Campfire
Call to quarters
Taps
A camp fire or special evening program will be conducted each evening.
Scout officials, parents, and friends are especially invited to attend these
campfire programs. i
Over-night hikes will be planned at camp and will be under direction
of competent leader.
Church service will be -held each Sunday at camp.
QAMES
Subject to change to allow for water meets and other activities.
CAMP CAPACITY
The capacity of the camp is 50 boys per week. Only the first 50 appli-
cations can be accepted. and their places filled by others in the order of
applications.
COURT OF HONOR
A Court of Honor will be held each week giving the Scouts opportun-
ity to advance in their Scout rank.