The Belding banner-news., 1921-06-29
LOCAL. BOYS
IN MAJORITY At
MORRISON LAKE
VARIOUS APPETITES DISPLAYED
BY BOYS is BIG FEATURE
IN SUMMER CAMP


Clarksville, where he was to act as
one of the officers in the Y. M. c. A.
boys summer camp and after seeing
that things were all right and rolling
alonu in good shape OTTER the open
ing, Henry hunted up cracker box
and using this for desk, penned US
the following account of the camp, it's
occupants and the scheduled daily
routine.
Camp ,MoiSison,
Clarksville, Mich.
June 26, 1927.
Mr. Ed Engemann,
Belding, Mich.
Dear Ed
The boys arrived in camp forty
strong, Monday. The tents looked like
a camp to them alright, there were
the cooks tent, the kitchen tent, a
large dining tent, the headquarters
tent, IL II tents for the boys. The
tent leaders of the camp came Friday
and Saturday and so the boys found
everything ready for camp to start
right off as it really did. Talk about
appetites, the boys ate as if they had
come away without breakfasts in the
morning. The cooks knew what was
expected of them and did nobly.
Tuesday the program Will be car
ried out to the letter: 6:30 reveille,
sitting up exercises and morning dip,
7:15 breakfast, 7:45 camp duties, S:15
inspection of tents. $50 Bible study,
900 camp craft signaling, or native
study, 1000 group games, 11:O0
morning swim, 1890 reading, let
ters, etc, 12:45 leaders meeting, 100
store open, 300 contests and ball, 400
swimming, 500 camp duties and in
spection, 600 supper, $50 games and
fishing, 500 camp fire and program,
9:15 taps.
The camp is wonderfully organized
with general fellowship which is
most helpful, each tent furnishes a
kitchen police each day and the other
camp work is divided by tents.
Fred Hancock is our swimming
teacher and the finest fellow | ever
saw for his job, he seems able to help
everyone at the same time You may
be interested to know that at each
swimming hour he requires two in a
boat beyond which no fellow is allow
ed to swim and there is always one
leader on the shore ready to help in
time of danger. The Belding boys
seem to be in the majority, here is
the roll:
Camp leader, Roy LeValley.
Camp banker and store manager,
Donald Dunning. &
Sport director, Donald Rochester
Rookie"
Swimming, Fred Hancock.
Camp inspector, II. j. Wheater
Cook, Mrs. Lyst.
Cooks assistant, Halle Shrack.
Tent No. /:
Charles Witmar, leader, Lyons
Frederick Hall, Belding.
Gordon Shawley, Belding.
Landon Rogers, Belding.
Maurice Grace, Belding.
Herbert Talcott, Saranac.
Tent No. 2:
A. NJ. Hall, leader, Beldng.
Louis Brown, Belding.
/ Dale Kaufman, Ionia.
Braley Payne, Saranac.
Scott Holloway, Portland.
Tent No. g:
H. j. Wheater, leader, Belding
Douglas Belding, Belding.
Chauncey Waterbury, lonia'
Herman Gander, Ionia.
/ Van Vincen, Bedding.
William Stowin, Portland.
Tent No. 4:
I Donald Rochester, leader, .Ionia.
Frederick Hoyt, Belding
4 Dean Olmstead, Orleans.
Harold Rhodes, Belding.
Harl Adams, Ionia.
! Tent No. 5:
Fred Hancock, leader, Charlotte.
Ivan Dodd, Ionia.
7 Robert Wilson, Belding.
Will Unger, Belding.
John King, Palo.
Paul Wieserma, Belding.
Raymond Smith, Charlotte.
! Tent No g.:
Charles Heinszelman, Lake Odessa
Paul Kimberly, Belding.
Edward Woodruff, Belding.
Frank Riker, Lyons.
Charles Heinszelman, Lake Odtssa
Thomas Wright, Portland.
Donald Demming, Charlotte.
Yours truly,
II. J. Wheater.