Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-18

undoubtedly derived Tpch good
from the benefits Offered, tie, report
, Of S. j.. McCrory, Boy Scout exccu-
tive. expresses regret that more
scouts did not attend the camp at
some period while it was in opera
tiou.
Instead Of having at least 80 per
cent of the valley scouts enrolled
in The camp, the mark set by the
scoutmastcrs last May, only IL per
cent were in actual attendance,
showing that the. majority of the
scouts were compelled to forego the
greatest pleasure in boy life. the
opportunity to "camp out - with
other boys. under the direction and
pdidance Of The Boy Scout or9aniza-
tiou.
Following is McCrory's s report on
tic camp activities:
Camp opened June % and closed
August .. During the first two
weeks period we had a total of 43
scouts. During the second two
weeks period we had It total of 81
scouts and thc last period, V kich
NNN 0UlN pllt htths we IIi
scouts, or q total of 30 scouts during
the whole camp period--an average
of So each period. Each boy aver.
aged Il little over two weeks. The
80 boys averaged over fourteen and
half days each in camp.
our adult leadership was suffi-
cicnt and Of an unusually high type
Tue first period we had Arthur f..
Schultz aud j. G.. Spencer the whole
two weeks and r. J. Tucker, scout
'GIster of troop 10, the first week
and Floyd g. DILLON, scoutmastcr of
troop 2l, the second week The sce-
opd period we had Mr.. Spencer, y.
". Stewart. scoutmaster Of troop 20,
and f.. j. Obert scoutmastcr Of troop
9, the whole period. The third pc
riad Of one week we had Mr. Spcn-
Ger auy +. NJ. IiuWlrs. formerly
sroutmaster Of troop I, now assist.
amt district commissioner of II Cen
tro district We had formerly an
nomccd ~ leaders Elbert Mead,
scoutmastcr Of troop1 and Dr Irwin
j. Wells. scoutmastcr Of troop 6. but
at the last moment matters arose
Wlich prohibited them from being
present.
so Per Cent Was Coal
NJ Ia" May meeting Of the scout
1oas'ors' they adopted as their
slogan $50 per ecUt of all register
cd scouts in Imperial Valley in sum
past- camp at least one week. Our
report ON the last day Of May show
cl 500 scouts to aelicye our goal
Instead we had IS per cent. An
examination of our financial s. ate
meat discloscs that We are gong 10
Just about break even.
II ia hazardous TO undertake TO
conduct camp and maintain tho
standard We maiHtained this year
With less than aa average ~ 20
scouts. We do not desire nor eX-
pCct any money ont Of the summer
camp, but the more economically wc
can conduct it and maintain proper
standards, the less we can charge
the boys. From our own observa
tion. and from reports from adult
leaders and others, ibis summers
camp was decided success from the
teys standpoint; and that is the
standpoint FROM which 70 Judge.
Got Moneys Worth 81
What these go bows gottcht OF
the camp was vel worth ~ the
effort pllt forth. The same effort,
however. would have taken care Of
90 othors during the same period of
time, and il was their misfortune
no. 10 have had the privilege and
one worth while 70 IN yboy of scout
age 60 spend week or two with 30
other hovs i'm boy scout camp. Dur
ing the camp here was n least 100
visitors and doubtless many more
than that number There were
good many parents, hut We regret
that there were not many more; for
5yc know that if every every parent
OF every scout IN Imperial County
had visited our camp this summer
for sufficient length Of time to
observe its operation we. would have
no trouble next year in reaching our
goal of 80 per cert of MI registered
scouts in camp. We have NOT had
time to tabuate the tests passed this
wear III camp but we know that con
sidcring the number Of boys involv'
ed aud the length of time, Nll pre-
Vious records were broken.
Had Many rests
We had test-passlng contests dur;
inp the whole camp. The first pc
rjoG the winning troop was treated
10 lee cream by the losing team.
The second period thee Southern
Trust aud Commerce Bank of FL
Cotro offered SIX month subserip-
tion 70 boys Life, the offisial Boy
Scout magazine, to caclT boy in the
troop passing the highest number Of
tests. The boys were divided into
troops one. two and three for the
camp period. Troop ; won. 1t
was composed Of the follaWingA boys:
Roy Sweeney, Billie Douthitt, Rob
ert Douthitt, John l.. Stewart, Fred
jenkins, Tom Anderson, Robert And'
orson, Frank lIeimy, Everett Moline.
Alex Stewart, Sclwin Bowles, Sam
Eastman. Harold Stewart, Hennie
Nogel, Dcllis Cox and Victor lietzcl.
The third period Pacific-Southwest
Trust & Savings Bank Of FL Cen
tro offered six months subscription
to Boys life to the winning troop.
There were troops one and two
Troop two won. II was composed
OF the following boys: Sammy East
nan, Albert Blunt Charles Thomp
SON, Ellwood Ncliquettc, George
Connor Mathew La Bruncherie.