New Britain herald., 1928-11-17

psrteA sf stay was two weeks.
 You are all no doubt familiar with the excellent location of thia camp at Burlington and with the equipment of the camp. which is in line with the best modern practical This year . large mess hall wa built. It is structure 20 feet \ 50 feet built in sections, bolted together Q 1t can be readily moved if it be- comes necessary. This provides. not only . nless hall but alec . gather ing place for rainy days where the boys can read. play games or listen to the radio. AS in the case of all our previous construction. the entire hall was built by willing Legion naires.
 William A. Hamm was again the director and Everett Turner the chef.
 The season. we believe has been | successful Ane. The boys have been benefited physically and the environment and direction have been conducive to . healthy frame of intnd. and favorable to the develop ment of the right sort Of character. It was necessary to exclude many deserving boys on account of our inadequate accommodation.
 The selection Of boys was made with greater care than last year. The first group was selected from our Junior Achievement club, the second from our Boy Scout troop, care being taken to exclude any boys who could go to the regular Scout camp. The third group was selected for us by Miss Cara Beal. and the fourth was composed mostly of boys recommended by Lesionnaires. P1atnvillc News Y
 T wish to take this occa sion to thank the men Of the post and women of the auxiliary for the many hours contributed in working Tor the camp and in visiting 1t. Money is necessary for the operation of the emp. but no less necessary is the time and interest of our mem bers.
 The camp Is closed and made snug for the winter. Our 50 blankets were used last year by the Chil. dren's Home and will be again this winter. A welfare service worthy of mention.
 The present site can probably bs used next summer, and during the years to follow it is possible that sufficient water will low into tho stream below the point of diversion by the City of New Britain 50 that the swimming pool can be kept filled. In this case it will not be nec- essary to abandon this camp site.
 We have the following recom- mendations to make for the coming year:
 list. That the size of the caHp be increased by one bunk house.
 "2nd. That the camp be opened by an advance guard one or more days before the arrival of the first regular group. Tho advance guard to consist of the director. tho chef and three or four boys who have attended previous camps
 ''3rd. That provision be made to keep surface water out of the spring.
 "4th. That . hy-tisht lantern be provided.
 "sth. That | covered slop pool be provided.
 "rhs secretary-treasurer will re- port to you relative to the finances of the camp and relative to the con- tributions other than money
 Mir. Ensworth's report was n fol- lows:
 "As secretary since the orsaniza- ton of our Boys camp, l sincerely hope that the post membership ap- preciates the services Of Lestonnaires Whitman. Powers and Bullock who planned. laid out and supervised the construction of your camp during the past two years; and also the services of the various groups of men. too numerous to mention individually, who % willingly went to tho camp night after night and aided in the construction of the various build. ings. from digging post holes. saving hundreds of two by fours, four by fours, etc. to driving nails and even getting covered with tar. Your camp has been constructed without one dollar expended for labor. All ma terials were purchased at very low est prices and many times extra dis counts were granted becau use of the program.
 Food and supplies were also pur- chased in most cases through local wholesale firms. It might be of in- terest to know that among other things. over eleven hundred quarts of milk were consumed.
 Complete and thorough examina- tions were given each boy before go- ing to camp and we are very grateful to Doctors Grant, Zwick and Aaronson for giving their services. to the committee gratis.
 We were fortunate in not hav- ing any sickness or any serious acci- dents throughout the two seasons, which. we believe is of great credit to director Hern and Legionnaire Turner. through their close supervi- sion of the boys at all times.
 Your personnel committee worked consistently throughout the season and endeavored to select the most worthy and underprivileEed boys from our city. We have received ! number of gifts this season and our appreciation is expressed to Le- sionnaire Zink for donating the Ford truck used at the camp: to Legion