Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-09-24
BIG HIKE BY
BOY SCOUTS
S. F. Patterson Makes Large Do
nation for Uniforms. Efforts
Of L. S. Mosher Crowned
With Success

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day the Boy Scouts, 23 strong
started away from the Presby
terian Church On their first Hike
and what was later discovered t
be the first time any of the boys
had ever slept out of doors.
As the boys marched through
town, led by Scout Maste1
Mosher, several automobiles
joined in behind the boys, form
a small parade and lending dig
nifty to the whole affair. At tht
corner of Roanoke Avenue ant
First Street, the boys were pick
ed up by the various automobiles
and carried to a point within two
miles of the camp, from which
point the boys marched to camp
arriving there at2:30P. M. Activ
ity began at once. The boys
were divided into four squads,
one squad for tent erectors, one
squad to bring spring water, one
squad for cleaning the camp
grounds, and one squad to gather
fire wood. At the end of ar
hour the tents were erected, the
camp clean, the drinking water
was on hand, the fire wood had
been secured and the kitchen and
stove had been erected.
1t would not take more than
three guesses to determine what
was next on the program; good
swim, of course, and as Roanoke
river was low and clear, the
day warm and the water cool,
the boys dirty after the hike,
and there being plenty of soap
and towels, you can we'll imagine
it was a clean and hungry set OF
boys that appeared in camp at
about $50 P. NJ. for supper.
All laws, rules and formulae
must be laid aside when it comes
to figuring on the capacity of q
boys stomach, and when twenty
three are to be fed. it seems al
most necessary to cook every
thing in sight. For supper,
about one bushel of Irish potatoes
were fried, one large ham sliced
and fried, several pounds OF
sausage cooked, several pounds
Iof beef prepared, several pounds
of bacon consumed, and about
36 loaves of bread. and a large
cooking pot of coffee. Every
boy had all he wanted, and was
helped anywhere from two u
eight times to a heaping plate
full. Boys can certainly eat. II
there is any doubt in your mind
as to this, ask the ladies' who
prepared this enormous supper.
After supper each boy washed
his own dishes, the cooking dish.
es, and cleaned up the camp
again. Next on the program
was the securing Of live bait from
the nearby Green's Creek foi
the lines that were later to be
placed in the river. Never was
there more fun. Everything
from whales down to sharks
were caught according to the
reportsechoing through the woods
from the boys, the whale being
the big catch of a pike three
inches long, a ashark being a craw-
fish. About an hour and a half
of this secured bait enough to
bait the lines. The larger boys
set the lines in TIE river, while
the smaller ones made a tub OF
ice cold lemonade in camp.
An average boy can ask at
least one question per minute, or
sixty per hour, therefore, twenty
three boys can ask l38Oquestions
per hour. All of these boys
being above the average, the re-
cord per hour easily ran near the
1000 questions per hour mark.
AS far as can be determined,
every question asked was answer
ed.
Sad to relate, when the fishing
lines were drawn in, not a fish
was caught; so no fish were fried
but MIR. Mosher had anticipated
this alarming state of affairs, anc
had provided plenty of provisions
for the next day,
AT about Ills P. M. beds were