Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-03
BOY SCOUTS CAMP
At BATTERY PARK
Half a Hundred of Them on
Automobile Trip, Which Start.
ing at Akron, Ohio, Includes
Pennsylvania, New York and
All New England States

together with their leaders, camped on
the side of the park next to the lake,
and cooked and ate their noon day
meal. This party, which travels in
Goodyear trucks, is on 17-day trip
through the eastern section of the
United States.
! Leaving Akron last week wednesday,
they have travelled on an average of $50
miles a day, coming by the way of
Erie, Buffalo, Syracuse. Utica, Albany,
Glens Falls, Lake George. Plattsburgh
and Chazy Landing. They left here
about 2:2O o'clock Tuesday afternoon
for st. Johnsbury. and their trip will
continue through the White Noun
tains to Poland Springs and Portland.
Me-, Portsmouth, Marblehead, Boston,
Taunton, Narragansett Pier. New Lon
don, New Haven and back through
Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira, James
town, N. Y, through Pennsylvania to
Youngstown and Akron.
! A telephone message Monday night
advised the Rev. C. c. Adams. in
charge Of local scout work, that the
Akron scouts were nearly here, and
probably would arrive in Burlington
between 900 and $3.50 o'clock Tues
day morning. Accordingly. Mr.. Adams
and James p. Taylor, representing the
Boy Scouts and the Chamber of Com
merce of Burlington, respectively,
started out Tuesday morning to meet
and greet the party.
There evidently had been a delay
somewhere along the line, however.
for the party did not reach Burling-
ton until nearly noon. and before this
hour, the committee of welcome had
decided that the party must have gone
by them somewhere, and returned to
the city. A hearty welcome was given
the visitors. however, by Mr.. Adams.
who talked to them a few minutes
just after their dinner hour.
This is the second annual trip of this
kind which the Boy Scouts of Akron
have taken. Last year the president
Of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber COM
pany of that city, who is also an en-
thusiast over Boy Scout work, gave
the trip personally. This year the COM
pany itself is providing for the trip,
which is made with Goodyear trucks
on Goodyear pneumatic tires. making
the riding as easy as in the finest
touring car. There are four trucks
and one touring car in the party, the
} trucks being Of seven-ton and nine
ton capacity. The touring car is a
Packard twin-six, and Is used as the
pilot car.
This trip Is carried on with the idea
Oh giving tHe OOyS summer outing Oh
the finest variety and a first-hand ac-
quaintance with some of the beauty
spots of the East. The party carries
it's own kitchen in an especially equip
ped truck and cooks meals by the road
side. Every night that the weather is
good camp Is made out-of-doors. Heavy
: rains were encountered early in the
trip and three nights had to be spent
in barns But the boys are in the open
almost continually throughout the trip.
IS tents being carried and pitched at
night in a hollow square formation.
Boys are chosen to take the trip
through competitive measures. In the
first place. a boy must be at least
second class with hrst-c class cooking.
signalling and frst-aid work before
. he is eligible to take the trip. Then
the basis of competition rests on the
, number Of other scouts recruited dur
ing a certain length of time. the boys
doing the best work along this line
being rewarded with the privilege of
making the trip.
, On this basis of eligibility. the boys on
, this trip were chosen. They include six
, Eagle Scouts, q first-class scouts. II Sec
, ond-cass scouts. and the scout masters.
, There are eight buglers and two drummers
, in the outfit. The bugle corps is under
the leadership of one of the Eagle Scouts
Harold Travers who has a life-saving
merit badge. The scout in charge of the
. commssary is an Eagle Scout with 3:
merit badges. Joseph w. Taylor of Ak
ron is in charge Of the scouts on the trip
F.. f. Helm of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company has general charge OF
the trip.
There are two physicians with the out
At, but their services had not been needed
up to the time they arrived in Burling-
ton. There had been absolutely no sick
ness, nor any accidents, barring a couple
Of times when boys lost their hats.
With the party. also, was moving
picture outfit, in charge of "A camera mar
I and director. Pictures are being taker
all along the route for the Goodyea!
Q Tire-and Rubber company. which arrang
ed, before the party started. for the writ
ing of a scenario, and these pictures vii
o be put into permanent form and USED
0 with the scenario number of views
along the Lake front went on to the films
I yesterday, together with information
about their historic interest. Thus Bur
a lingto finds its way into film-land.
When asked about the roads along thu
X route. the leader of the party said tina
the roads had been very good thus far
They found, however, he said. that tn,
q bridges had to he carefully inspected he
v fore the heavy trucks were put ovel
them. for most of those in Vermont
!. which they had struck were not bull
to carry such heavy trucks as theirs
h In some cases they had found 1t neces
!. sary to reinforce the bridges with extri
V planks before going over them In on
:, case, the top of bridge had to be lifte'
in order to get the trucks underneath
1t was stated also that some work hat
n to be done on the ferries at Chazy Land
ing before the trucks could be takel
n across.
+, The pamphlet which is carried by tn
:, party outlining their trips contains shor
= descriptions of the important cities pass
10 ed through. with the points of interes
70 about them. The pamphlet has the fol
lowing to say about Burlington:
"Burlngton-This is the largest city 4
'. Vermont, and also IL the center Of a hi
lumber trade. General Ethan Allen O
" Tlconderoga fame. buried here in Green
I mount cemetery. and n Government cav
IA airy post bears his name. Vermont Uni
versity's home, its corner stone havin
IA been laid by Lafayette In 1926"
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