The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-03
INCIDENTS OF LIFE II CAMP
HOUIN


forms in tho water To permit various
water sports. Boats and canoes
there arc in plenty which the boys
and their masters enjoy 10 the full
est extent Grounds have been grad
cal for every kind Of an ont door sport
dear To the heart Of lad and up
near the entrance to the estate ten
mis- and ball grounds have been laid
out with much care and skill. The
entrance itself has been made attrac-
tive by The building Ola neat fence
and gateway which is of course left
open since it is a public highway
which leads into Lake George.
One of the cottages has been CON
ycrted into clinic in charge of DR..
Henry A. kontoff, a Tufts College
Medical SCHOOL man and Hiss Pearl
Baruchman. n registered nurse OF
New York Miss Barurhman is a
graduate of Lebanon Hospital Train
ing School for nurses and is the or
ganizer Of Young Judea and llcdassah
Chapter, Memphis, Tenn She is
likewise secretary of the Tennessee
state Zionist Organization. The
official directors are Dr.. Dnshkin and
A. p Schoolman. Among others
on the Camp Directory are Martin NJ.
Kolbrenner. known to the boys as
Uncle Mike: Samuel Arthur p. O..
Strom, Unclc Arte) and Simon
Grcenberg (Unclc SD.
The office headquarters will even
tally be in the old band stand which
is Mt present in the hands of the
carpenters in it's process Of rocons-
truction.
Island Inn. a two story wooden
building built on an island in the
Lake and accessible by means of a
private way from the main road and
over a rustic bridge is now used for
the parents of the boys who wish
to visit them. breakfast and after
noon tea are served at the Inn, other
meals being eaten ut the lodge
Among the present visitors at the Inn
are Attorney and Mrs. Anesbacher
of New York. Attorney Isaac Cohen,
Mr. and Mrs. Cline, Mr.. and Mrs.
Singer and Prof. Julius Drachster.
all of New York. Professor Drach-
ster has been professor of sociology
at Smith College but has now been
transferred TO the New York city
College. He was especially well
known during the was as a member
of the immigration and investigation
comUittee.
1t Is healthy and happy group
of boys ut Camp Modin and an elf
Client and capable directorate. When
the neWspaperman arrived early the
other morning at the Camp, the boys
were being assembled for their var
ious sports Or. Rushkin was the
first to greet the press representative
and most conrteously he told him of
the work of this camp with the jew
ish idea. The boys, although large
" from New York, come from other
localities az well. One lad came
from Indiana. another is from Auburn,
Maine. Various New Jersey towns
are also represented by boys on the
registery and quite a number are from
Boston. one of the features of
camp life is the publication of "A
weekly paper, known as the "Modin
Scroll E" This interesting little pub
LEGATION has for its editorial staff, Nor
man Burnstine editor in chief; My
ron Alderman, news editor; Ephram
Robbins, assistant EDITOR; Oscar
Moierfeld and Jesse,D Fine, assistant
news editors. The staff advisors
include Simon Grcenberg, "A student of
the Jewish Theological Seminary OF
America.
At Camp Modin the boys are adj
10 IA
then eat heartily and rest. They
are supposed to get into the activi-
ties and do them with yigor, rough
1t. while they have the chance as the
men who built America roughed 1t.
ROAD NOT TO BE DISCONTINUED
Sometime ago it appears, the man
agement of Camp MOdin petitioned the
County commissioners for the discon-
tiuuance Of the highway leading IRON
the main road from Skowhegan tt
Canaan into the Lake, representing
that public convenience and necessity
no longer required the maintenance OF
the highway. 1t appears that TINS
was accustomed from the fact tha'
people living at a distance who were
not acquainted with the changed con
ditions at Lake George drove in on
the grounds and annoyed the people
there. A hearing was held by the
County Commissioners at the CAM
and Attorney Harold Weeks of Fair
field explained to the court the at
titude of the Camp Modin manage
ment with regard to the petition
and that after due consideration the
management had wished the petition
dismissed without prejudice. AT
torncy William Folsom Merrill, alsc
present at the hearing, spoke hrlel-
" for interested citizens. 1t APP
pears that some of the people OF Ca
naan and Skowhegan felt that the
Camp Modin authorities were endea-
voring to shut them out of the resort
and bar them from fishing in the, wa
tiers of Lake George after they
had taken pains to restock the wa
ters with fish This was not, now
ever, apparently the intention. OF the
Camp Modin authorities in the last
and it had become their wish to nave
the petition dismissed. In the pres
ence of n goodly gathering OF cttl-
zens the County Commissioners
Court, which is composed OF II. T.
Goodrich, and Henry Crowell of Skow
hogan. and IL, l.. Goodrich oil Pal-