Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-15
Notes From Camp
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Another big bunch, 65 Scouts and
five officials.
BY unanimous vote, the best thing
In camp at A. Ma few extra
blankets.
Selig and Criswell are building
bridges across the creek for pioneer
ing merit badges. Tuesday evening
A. S. NJ. Lowry of Troop Il. went
on an all-night hike, with Scouts
Botdorf. Aucker. Keiser, H. Keene.
4. keene' E. Botdorf. Bogar and
hawthorne. The most exciting
event on the hike was when the
gang went out after a pair of
screech owls. armed with nothing
but their hatchets-Note: the owls
escaped.
The camp menagerie is still safe
ly at large, as follows: Sparrow e..
CD; poor Ape (Boak); Guinea (Mc-
! Gary; Vulture (John Steiner) /;
Vampire (Joel Ernest).
Friday night, last, Prof. Reese
provided huge corn roast, 10 dog
en- ears disappeared in record time
MY out they were good, baked
in the hot ashes!
For breakfast, Thursday morning,
the COOK reports the following con-
sumed: 20 quarts of milk, II boxes
corn-nakes. 2 boxes pancake -four,
pounds cornmeal, Z pounds of
sugar l qt. molasses, 2 qts. maple
syrup OF. peanut butter, 16 loaves
OF oFeao. All this besides butter,
coffee, etc.
Howard Yeager and Paul Ward
ot Troop IL nearly lost their break.
fast yesterday morning-thev miss
ed the first call and the whole camn
went TO wake them up. We had TO
dispatch our fieetest runners to ston
tnem eerore they got to Gettysburg.
Ed Heckert Of 10 found chestnut
ourrs in his bed last night He
swears vengence.
Guinea" McGary of 16 is a
champion fisherman. On wednes-
day he nearly broke a new steel
ROD landing a u in. pike.
Albert Wynn loves marshmallows
so do all the other fellows in tent
Martin OF II has been living in
tent g.. The gang swears that he
ought TO sleep on the dam - not
that ne snores, but he won't let any.
body else snore.
ihe old canoe "Duck-um" is now
enjoying its seventh owner. II has
oeen promised to local headouar.
ters for a permanent exhibit.
Examinations have been nonuIa r
IN camp. So far this week five can
didates passed the Tenderfoot Test
IAey were Wood. Dunn. Martin,
Young and Kennedy. Ten Scouts
nave passed the Second Class,
Blackway. H. Keene, r. Keene,
Randall. Hosler. Aucker. r. Bot.
dorf' and S. Botdorf and Alleman.
Joel Ernest. OF Troop II passed a
very good First Class Examination,
Inc pins were presented with due
ceremony just before supper on
Wednesday evening.
wednesday night was the biggest
night in camp so far this season,
IL was the occasion of a monster
minstrel show in which all the
scouts took part. 1t opened with
scout Executive Virgin acting as
Interlocutor and Messrs. Joel Err
nest and Alleman as Endmen. A
Jazz orchestra, under the direction
! OF Hosler and Heckert furnished
music. Every Scout in carnn out-
did himself in dressing up for the
occasion. Every tent Contributed
10 the occasion and many and vari-
ed were the stunts offered. The
crowd was critical for it an act
dld not please the cries of get the
nook We're not long in Forthcoming.
The headliners of the bill were
Jimmie Atchley in athletic and ac,
rooatlc stunts: the two Botdorfs as
singers; and "Boobits" Hickman as
the cannibal from Zululand. Allie
man as Mr.. Bones" and Ernest as
Vampire" as we'll as Foose garp-