Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
RODNEY SCOUT
CAMPS TO OPEN
NEXT SUNDAY
Scout Troops OF Lower
Delaware Are Planning
To Attend.

You'd better sign up for camp
right away ii you want a place at
Rodney this summer" is the word
being passed around among the Boy
Scouts of Delaware as they meet in
small groups after schOOl-and in
school too, to talk about what they
are going to do this summer when
they get to the Rodney Scout Camps.
Official figures just released at Scout
Headquarters in Wilmington con-
firm the impression that You'd bet
ter hurry" for already 20 scouts of
80 troops are enrolled for the camp
season which begins next Sunday,
June %. This Is by no means ca
pacity, but Headquarters urges boys
who are planning to attend the first
camp period, starting June %, to
make application for place at
Rodney without delay. Many Scout
Maryland are planning to attend
Camp Rodney during the first camp
period. included among the scouts
from Dover who have signed up for
camp are three scout brothers of
Troop 3, the youngest Of whom has
just Joined the troop. Fifteen scouts
of Troop 3 have made application
for camp.
Camp Director Stanley NJ. Wood
head has been busily engaged for
several months In arranging the
multitudinous details requisite to a
successful camp. Assembling the
stan Of leaders, ordering supplies, !
supervision repairs to equipment, |
and planning new program features, |
constitute a Herculean task for =
which Mr.. WOOdhead's shoulders are /,
well braced.
A final polishing" will be given
to camp preparations during the
next ten days, when the corps of
camp leaders will gather at Rodney
to complete program arrangements
and prepare camp for the official
opening a week from Sunday. One
Of the preliminary jobs to be done
by the camp leaders is to lay heavy
timbers across the gully from the
Rodney to the Ranger Camp. to
serve as a framework for the bridge
to be constructed during the sum-
mer by the scouts.
Many improvements to the camp
equipment and facilities have been
during the past few
months. The camp entrance road
has been graded, and culveTts in
stalled to prevent washing OF the
road. The mess hall and sleeping
cabins have been painted, and all
boats put in prime condition. The
plant and kitchen fa-
cilities have been renovated. Over
night camping equipment has been
secured, with which the CheechakOO
and SOurdough campers can make
trips away from the main camp.
Associate Executive Clarence F.
Jrffer, in speaking of the last min
Jte rush of Scouts to get in under
he Camp Rodney wire, stated, I'VE
are concerned as usual about the
many parents and scOutmasters who
y III wish to get just one more boy
n for a certain period. In past years.
empers have been tried, homes al
most wrecked, the scout Office and
telephone equipment almost ruined,
,ut to no avail. The particular camp
,eriOd in question was filled, and
Johnny missed his stay at camp. One
Iure way to fOregO all this trouble
s to register now. There is still
'Oom in the first period. which be-
,ins next Sunday"
Camp Program
Scouting to most boys means (
amping, and camping to the Boy |
scouts of Delaware and the Eastern !
ihore means just one thing-the
rodney Scout Camps on the Chesa- I
cake. which open for the 18th sue /
essive season on June %. Cheecha-
100, sourdOugh, ranger, and pioneer /
nay have little meaning to the man
n the street, but to the boy scout, 4
hese terms denote the successive
tages from tenderfoot to veteran I
amper. /
The ranger camp is the graduate I
chool OF Rodney, and Is made up Of
he Oldest and most experienced s
couts. With a minimum Of super q
ision the rangers develop their 4
wn program, and live in the best +
radition Of Daniel Boone and other
amous frontiersmen. In line with q
he service ideals Of scouting the b
angers are alert to initiate im- {