New Britain herald., 1924-08-14
ANNUAL REUNION
 AT SCOUT CAMP
Boys Complete Tor Prizes and
 Present Iableau

The annual reunion held at esmT
 keemesahhee yesterday afternoon
 and evening proved enjoyable to the
 large number Of hoys who partieipat-
 cd m and the crowd of visitors who
 watched the events, Nearly all the
 ays who had been to the local Roy
 Scout camp in Portland retuinvu yes-
 terday and entered the sports which
 took place in the afternoon. while in the evening ear after ear drove over
 the path leading 70 Jobs pond and
 brought parents and friends of the
 campers to view the festivities around the camp fire.
 Howard Clark and Stuart Dube were tied for first honors in the ath- letie meet which took place in the afternoon. Clark capturing first in 10th the dressing race and the so- yard swim nnhe won the underwater swim and was on several victorious relay teams peming Hewitt was but three points behind the leaders, and he was followed hy Charles otte. Bliss Clark, IT., Harry Fsneher and William Baker.
 Indi, idual Events
 The results in the individual events were as follows-Dressins race, first, Howard Clark; second, Howard Joy; third. William Baker. Pacing, first, Henry Rockwell: second, Edward Kfanz: third. Clinton Lawson. Res cue race, Fancher and Wooster. first; E. Clark and w,lks, second: Lock wood and Mcclure. third. 5o-yard swim (for older boys). Howard Clark, first. Burton Griffith, second: Harry Fancher, third. so.yard swim tfor younger boys), first, William BakeiS second, Charles Pagan; third, Charles Otte. Underwater swim, for distance, first, Stuart Dube: second, Denning Hewitt; third, Bliss Clark. There were also three team events. a baton-pass ing relay, centipede race, and standing broad jump relay. ...-...
 A combined practical joke and dem onstration of alertness was provided when, at the crucial moment of the water events, a girl fell out of . boat into the middle of the lake. Scouts rushed to the rescue in boats and by swimming, and the girl was lowed to the raft by Scoutmaster Leon Bradley of Troop f. but when within . few feet of the raft she broke loose from | his grasp and swam the rest of the | way. Cries of "fake!" were raised by | the boys who had remained on shore, and so 1t proved, but the swimmers who participated in the mock rescue were not in on the joke and their readiness was genuine.
 Evening Program
 Tn the evening a six-foot campfire was lighted, Illuminating the sur circle of Boy Scouts and Iirl Scouts and also the many visitors who gathered on the hillside in back of the camp. A pageant was staged with great elaborateness and hilarity. Assistant Camp Director Chuck" played the part of an Orient al potentate. with Ovide Hogaboom as his "sauab." His retinue consisted of he bugle band and several attendants with leaf fans. Before "his lowness" appeared, Leon Bradley, the chieftain If the royal guard: he described in flowing terms the thrilling hunt for he arch marauder, the skunk, which { vas later buried with great ceremony 5 the camp orchestra played the { uneral march.
 Prizes, consisting of scout hatchets, cout knives, mess kits and scout andbooks, were awarded to the win CTS of the afternoons events, ss oys sharing in the distribution. Boys nd girls engaged in a battle of songs, fter which taps was sounded, and ne visitors left camp. The affair was the climax for the ! amping season, which closes Satur. ay.