Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-22
TROOP IS

about six o'clock. Saturday. August
16. with nine Scouts including my
self, struck out Brookwood street,
| and met two more fellows at 2Srd
and Brookwood. We went north
through what is known as "Rudy's
woods" and l separated the boys into
| two groups, one of which went east
toward Prospect Hin cemetery and
the other with me went north to Mar
ket street and then east. then struck
out for Raysor's Church where we
met the other group. We then pro-
Ceeded on what is known as the old
| Telegraph Road. Oh the way to Oak
dale school house We saw a large
! aeroplane overhead. On leaving Oak
dale we went south along the Bea-
YER creek Tor about half mile,
crossed the creek INTO the meadow
and n fire was started. For supper
we each had tEr~e roasting ears
which We prepared ~ tying the ends
! of the ears securely and sticking
the whole into the fire until the husk
! was burnt, then they were taken
from the fire. the husk stripped back.
and the corn toasted bit. Eaten
! with a little salt they were great.
| We were sadly out of luck because
someone forgot to bring a two quart
/ kettle in which 20 make Java" or
coffee. The boys borrowed my little
! r:nt stew kettle after l had cup of
coffee, bat it was slow ork as the
: kettle had to be held over the fre
! with Il pronGad stick. There was a
variety of eats. Roasted "doEgies"
| proved the most popular.
1t had been cloudy wheE W e started,
| although few stars had appeared
! but gradually they were chased
away by n rainy wind blowing north
! through the meadow. After a lot of
argument we packed up about 10 p.
| VI. and struck north to the school
house where we spent the night. Two
of us slept in coal shed. and the
others on the porch of the school
house which had cement floor but
/ we fixed that by placing boards on
! the floor and covering them with
! ponchos. raincOats and blankets.
/ l took watch from 1890 until 11.30
and then crawled in the coal shed
and into my sleeping bag. l heard
some mumbling but in a few min
utes was asleep. Nunemacher on the
| last watch Weakened me to tell me II
| was raining. 1t was 8 \. NJ. l got
up and the rest followed suit At six
| a fire had been made with some dry
wood we found under a pile as every
| thirg exposed was wet from the
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o'clock. We slowly got breakfast
one by one as it was still raining
! bit and the fire was near the porch.
/ Breakfast also was a varied meal.
| Sc me had baked beans; others toma-
| to soup: and there were even more
! roasting ears. As for me, l had fried
potatoes and bacon, three "doRgie"
| sandwiches, and piece of cheese.
, While the other fellows cooked their
| breakfasts, Nunemacher and | sneak
! cd over to n farm house where we
| got a quart OF milk for ten cents.
When we returned "Skeethim" Smith
was monopolizing the fire with two
| huge "doggics" It was still drizzIlng
Slowly We packed up. put out the
fire. and cleaned up the place. Then
singing on our packs and putting
on ra.ncoGts and ponchos Chose who
were lucky enough to have them)
| we started south through the meadow
along the creek to Beaver Station
like a file of ducks. The rain had
stopped by the time we reached Bea-
Ysr Station and we waited there for
the car. We were sad looking mess
to get on the car on sunday morn
ing, but after having had such a good
time we did not care. Blottenberger
was forgetful enough to leave his
frying pan behind on the car, and
Red Harvord had to make it just
as good by leaving n package there
also, but both articles were returned.
Amos Eye, Asst Scoutmaster,
TROOP IA
Monday morning in the mad scram-
BILE each member of Troop IA managed
to get himself and his belongings
aboard the truck and, although the
truck produced its best bucks and
bumps, managed to stay there on the
long journey to Camp, on arriving
at Camp our Troop was assigned to
tent three and had the rules and
regulations of Camp eXpounded TO
US, this included the way points were
. given and taken from tents. The
rest of that day passed uneventfully,
teXcept for swimming call that after-
noon. The first night in Camp is al
ways a sleepless night and night
: of much roise, but tent three, fol-
some reason, only had one point taken
: off and the next day when we got
roints OH tent inspection there was
rejoicing, but not for long, for thai
, night and many nights to come III
: tie boy by the name o.
: oueered it and in the end tent thre!
failed to get double ice cream or
, sunday. The days passed quickly
with land marks in the shape of mes!
and swimming call, and believe ms
= those meals would have been lant
.. mark in anybody's life, for we hae
an appetite 100 per cent. above nor
!. NAL. with Mr.. Danner cooking, anc
Mr.. Virgin providing we sure hat
some fine meals. There were few
: accidents, chiefly being the heroic
: rescue when Russ Lowery fshet
Yingst out of the drink, and mex
when a piece of Dumm's head wa'
!, removed by sinker. There was
: great deal more fishing than fish, bui
anyway we got some fish. I say we
as A cons olation to myself, as l wa'
one of the unlucky fishermen. J
, Earnest passed his first-class test
: Groh Hostler. and H. Kline passed
: second-class tests and Martin ane
= Dumm passed their tenderfoot tests
A few of our fellows only stayed fol
a week but the majority stayed the
fun ten days, and after meeting many
ena fellows we bounced home in the
/ truck, broke but happy.
| Joel Earnest,
| TROOP
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