New Britain herald., 1929-06-06
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 Camp Ksemosahbee. the summer camp of the New Britain Boy Scout councii. will open its 18th season on Saturday. July 6. and preiimin- ary announcements indicate that this, its second season on the ehores of Crystal pond, Woodstock. will b. its most successful. The new camp sits has been further de- vefoped since last summer. several new leaders have been secured. and the camping program has been ex- banded considerably, 90 that Scout Executive Oscar A. Erickson. feels that he has more to offer local campers than ever before.
 The camp is located on the s0uth- eastern short of Crystal pond. near the Woodstock -Eastford town line, and contains T acres of woodland with cleared spaces for tents and athletics. More than 500 feet above sea level. it fronts on . body Of cool, crystal clear water more than . mile long and a mile wide. It is we'll off the beaten track of traf- fife and. aside from two private camps at the other end of the lake and for few farmhouses, there k nothing to distract tho campers from their program of work, play, and enjoyment of nature at its best.
 Competent Camp staff
 Scout Executive Oscar A. Brick son will again be camp director and will once more have James 8. Reach of this city as one assistant. Beach, who will graduate from Brown university this month. is an eagle scout and an associate mem- ber of Troop {. this city. He will be in charge of the junior camp. which will be . separate unit. The other two assistants will be newcomers. Daniel B. Hardenburgh. Jr., . junior at Yale university and . member of the championship var sity swimming team, will have charge of the waterfront activities and afternoon recreation features He is a member of the American Red Cross Life Saving corps, is an eagle scout. and has had four years of experience as life guard at scout camp.
 The camp doctor will be Hollis E. Glow of the Yale School of Medi- cine. He is a Bowdoin graduate and comes highly recommended. Will liam Haswell. Wesleyan student and former New Britain scout, has been added to the staff and will have charge of scoutcraft and of campfire activities. This group will be assisted by junior corps of leaders and by scoutmaster and as- sistants who are attending camp. A competent camp chief has also been secured.
 In addition to the regular camp, which will accommodate more than 50 boys, separate unit of not more than 16 boys between the ages of 10 and F years will be conducted. Cub Scouts will he given the pref. erence in filling up this unit. The regular fee for local scouts will be $s. while that for scouts from other councils and for boys at the junior camp will be t10. Reserva- tions must be in by July l.
 Never . SortOus Mishap
 A complete physical examination must be made of every boy before he goes to camp. Further. the medi- cal student on the staff will attend to all common ailments and watch over the campers health. notifying parents if boy should become very ill.
 Special care will be taken regard Ing water safety. Swimming will be permitted only at certain specified periods when there will be qualified life guards on duty. while no boy will be allowed out on boats or canoes until he has passed rigid re- quirements. Az proof of the care exercised by the camp officials, it is pointed out that there has never been . serious accident in the II years of keemosahbee's existence.
 Equipuaent Increases
 The camp has . large mess hall which will hold 100 diners This is equipped with fine kitchen. hot and cold water. and g storsroon,, also fine fireplace. the gift of the Rotary club, which is used as . gathering place on stormy nights.
 Scouts will sleep in tents with wooden floors and double deck hunks. while two 10x1t sleeping cabins have been erected for the cubs. The water equipment consists of sail boat, five rowboata, three canoes. a raft. two docks, life buoys, and other articles. A. large athletic field has recently been cleared and permits the enjoyment of baseball, volley ball, archery. and other games.
 Program
 The camping season will offer an unequalled opportunity for paMins scouting tests. Instruction win be given by the staff and by visiting