New Britain herald., 1915-07-17

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in charge of the boys. Mr. Yergin wa
assisted In looking after the camper
by the following leaders: Ralph Y
Farrell. Kenneth Walthers, Emor
Corbin, Edward Bassett, John Der
tina, Harry Ginsburg and Charles E
Pratt.
II Respec to Flag.
Respect to the stars and stripes wa.
shown ia the flag raising and lowering
exercises held each day at dawn and
sunset, At these occasions the camp
ers would form in a. circle about the
flag pole. At the sound of cannon
cracker the boys would all remove
their caps and would salute 'Old
! Glory ais she was raised or lowered
Henry Ramm, who acceptably acted
as official bugler for the camp las,
| year again filed the same capacity
| this year in an admirable manner.
Never Sweats Win.
Soon after the first day at the camp
/ a baseball league was formed as fol-
! lows: f
Never-Sweats. Harry Ginsburg. Cap
| tain: Sons Of Rest, Kenneth Walthers,
captain; knights of Labor, Emory
| Ccrbin, captain and bomb throwers,
John Bertini, captain. The champion
ship OF the league was captured by
| the Neversweats.
Trim Boys from East Hartford.
On July IS, a bunch of twenty boys
from East Hartford who were also
camping out at the lake were invited
to visit the local campers. In an
athletic meet the local boys demon
strated their superiority by trimming
the East Hartfordites in a game of
indoor baseball by the score of Is to
1. In game Of outdoor baseball the
local campers again predominated by
trouncing their visitors 10 to 4.
Athletic and Aquatic Meets.
Athletic games were INDUCED by
the campers every day In the ath-
ietic and aquatic meets which were
held last Monday the boys who re-
ceived fifteen points or over were
presented with an old English letter
wv" Those who won monograms
are ~ follows:
Roger Castle-21 " points.
Roger Holmes-17 Is points.
Raymond Bradbury-17h points.
Harold L.atham-16 points. sa
Loving Cup For Thure Bengston.
Thure Bengston was voted by the
campers by ballot to be the best all
around camper. With peculiar cere-
monies which are known only to
those who had occasion to be pres
emit at X. NJ. c. A. outing silver
cup was presented to Bengston.
Much friendly rivalry took place
when the following honorary degrees
were voted to be conferred on the
respective members Of the camp.
Camp Grouch-Roger Holmes.
Camp Crab-Sturman Dyson.
Most Ambitious-Emory Corbin.
Quietest-Merritt Taylor.
Most Popular--Harry Ginsburg.
Noisest--John James Reynolds.
Camp. Fool-Charles B. Pratt.
Best Looking-Kenneth Walthers.
Laziest-Sturrnan Dyson.
The degrees were announced and
conferred on Tuesday night when the
closing Festivities were held around a
roaring big fire.
Camp Monograns to Swimmers.
Escorted by hrowboats fifteen boys
swan across the lake a distance Of
three-quarters of a mile and were
presented with a camp monogram.
n The following boys performed the
feat:
Conrad Hoglund, Henry Ranm,
James REYNOLDS, Francis Hazetini,
Robert Tracy. r. Roger Castle. Ray
mond Bradbury, Roger Holmes,
Thomas Meskill, Michael Meskill,
James Skinner.
The tennis court at the lake was
put In good shape and many exciting
games Of tennis were played i
motor boat which had the capacity
of seating ten passengers was includ-
ed In the camp equipment as well as
Ave row-boats. These were constant
ly used by the boys.
To Prepare Camp Log.
camp log will he prepared and
bound by Director Yergin at once.
This log will contain in detail the
diary Of each days events and
large number Of photographs and
short letters from each individual
camper giving his account of what i'm
pressed him most at the camp.
Plans For Next Year.
Considering the lack of perma-
nent site and sufficient equipment,
the leaders believe the camp this year
to be a decided success. It Is hoped
shat similar to- other associations.
New Britain some time NAV be the