Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-06-15
SCOUT CAMPS TO
START in JULY
SIXTY BOYS MAY ATTEND
EACH OF THREE
PERIODS

Boy Scouts of Wausau are going
10 enjoy a summer camp this year
such as they have never before had
the opportunity of attending and the
cost for each lad is going to be within
reason. The boy scout council has
made arrangements for three camp
periods, the first beginning on Sat
urday, July Sth, and continuing
through July %; the second start
ing July % and ending August 5, and
the last beginning August and end
ing August 10.
These camps are to be held at Road
Lake where the Wausau council has
procured splendid camp site. Road
lake is located forty-one miles north
or Wausau, on Highway number ten
and is one-half mile north of Gilbert.
The grounds consist of fifty-two acres
Oh which are cool groves of splendid
pine, birth and other timber, broad
green lawns and athletic fields. The
scout may, without leaving the
grounds, find everything that could
be wished for in the way of outdoor
activities.
Close to. Highway
In a booklet just issued describing
the site, George Driesbach, scout ex-
ecutive, writes: ''The camp is known
as Road Lake because of it's close
ness to the highway which is less
than one-fourth of mile; still it is
is impossible to see any part of the
road from the camp site as the white
pine trees surround the camp on four
sides. The camp can be reached by
automobile in one and three-fourths
hours from Wausau by travelling over
No. 10 and turning to the right one
half mile north of Gilbert.
"The main objective of the camp are
character building and citizenship
training. There are certain essen
tial traits of character that camp life
naturally develops. The camp is al
so for the purpose of training scouts
to really appreciate and love Gods
out of doors.
"As a scout training camp, each
scout will receive daily instruction
IN scoutcratt, and VIII be expected
to do his best to advance one step in
scouting. 1t is believed that the par
ents will find that the Road lake camp
site is something better organized and
FAR more purposeful and effective than
they can obtain elsewhere for their
boys. Parents will be -botfr graft
fled and surprised by the results a.
tanned by the attendance of their.
boys at the camp"
Fine Leadership
A high type of leadership has been
obtained and the men are all out-of-
doors men who love boys and will
do their best to make the camp a sue
cess. George G. Driesbach, scout ex-
ecutive, will be director, and Major
Frank l.. Gottschalk of this city will
be assistant director. Kenneth Car
ter, an Eagle scout of Akron, Ohio,
will be athletic and swimming direc-
tor. There will be other young men
in charge of transportation and COM
missary, sanitation and mess and
store and library.
A hill overlooks the lake. 1t is 700
feet long and is covered with white
pine and birch trees. Sleeping tents,
nine by twelve feet will be put on this
rise for sleeping purposes and there
will be one large tent, 24x45 for a
dining room The cooking house is
of wood and is 1Sx18 feet with ten
foot ceiling entirely scvreened against
flies and other insects. The best food
obtainable Is to be served.
Religious services are planned to be
held each Sunday and there will be
a chapel service each morning of a
non-sectarian character There will
be many special features such as
special club days, bird, plant and tree
hikes and a camp library of 200 vol
umes will always be at the disposal of
the boys. Swimming facilities are ex-
cellent and life preserves, life boats,
life guards, lookouts and guard lines
will be in daily use. A physical test
and examination is required of each
boy before he Is accepted for the
camp.
Full Schedule
The daily schedule Is a full one
commencing with reyeille at $3.50 a.
m. Then follow breakfast, sick call,
fatigue duty, clean up, instruction in
scoutcraft, scout games, swimming in
struction, inspection, dinner, quiet
hour, athletics, swimming scout work
assembly, supper, camp fire, call to
quarters and taps at 9:25 p. m. Visi-
tors will be welcome at the camp.
On the camp committee arranging
Tor the Road lake camp are w. T. Cor
man, chairman, G. X. Gooding, w. III.
Thorn, W. A. Taege, DR.. j. Il. Bryant,
Emil Braatz and Geo. G. Driesbach.
The committee addresses this word
to the parents: "The supervised but
free, healthful, outdoor life and group
influence of the boy scout camp means
much to the boy In his teens. He
qeeds such support. Your boy will
be strengthened thereby. 1t will help
him to worthily find himself We
pledge you safe conditions, able and
ample supervision, and fine quality
OF leadership. Leaders pledged to his
welfare. We want TO help him and
you. this and other summers. Fur
ther information can be obtained at
the Boy Scout Headquarters, Wausau,
Wisconsin"
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