Smyrna times., 1947-07-31
RODNEY CAMP
OPENS AUG. 3
Fourth Period of Scout Camps
To Be Attended By Lead
ers and Scouts
AND STAFF MEMBERS

The fourth period of the Rodney
Scout Camp will open on August 8
it has been reported by James c
Pyle, Camp Director. There art
still few vacancies for those wht
wish to attend provided they worl
quickly and submit their registra
tion fees to the Council Office. The
The 254 Scouts and leaders now al
Rodney Scout Camps are enjoying
a two-week period of camping &C
tivities and hiking. These Scouts
and leaders represent all areas Of
the Del-Mar-Va Council. The
Troop travelling the farthest dis
tance to reach camp is Troop 304
of Eastville, Virginia, with four
teen Scouts under the Leadership
of Scoutmaster Kenneth Richard.
son. Other Troops from the East
ern Shore are Troops 1928 and 159
Cambridge, Maryland, Troop 167 Of
Hurlock, and Troop 1877 of Vienna
These Troops are under the leader.
ship of Scoutmaster Herbert Kin.
namon and Assistant Scoutmastel
Charles Kinnamon of Cambridge
Md. Troop 13O, of Chestertown
Maryland, is camping in the Pion
eer Camp with eleven Scouts under
Assistant Scoutmasters Reece Cor
ey and Walker Eliason.
Troop 18, of Wilmington, spon
sored by the Roberts Post Amer
lean Legion is camping in th,
Wilderness Camp with nine Scout
under the leadership of Scoutmast
er Francis Russell.
Sunday, July 20, marked tn
halfway period of the 1947 season
with several new staff member
being added to replace those VIII
were available for only half tn
season. Milton M. Holden, Distric
Scout Executive of Easton, Mary
land, replaced G. Emmett c. Kauf1
man, of Newark, as leader of tn
Susquehannock Camp; James Ian
ming, District Executive of Sails
bury, Maryland, replaced G. ROB
ert Buck, of Wilmington, as Camp
master of the Wilderness Camp
Edwin Lee Stein of Claymont, re
placed Nelson Ehinger, of Dover
as Junior Leader of the Sourdoug
Camp; Thomas Sliwinski, of Viii
mington, relieved Robert P. Hukil
of Middletown, as Junior Leader O
the Pioneer Camp; William Nor
gan, of Claymont, relieved G. Dal
Enterline, Jr., of Dover, as JUNO
Leader of the Nanticoke Camp
Dick Terrell, of Wilmington, re
lieved James V. Miller, Whining
ton, as Junior Crafts Counselor
Harold Figgs, of Wilmington re
placed Jack Idlet, of Baltimore, a
Dining Hall Steward; Theodor
Sandstrom, of Wilmington, replac
ed Neil Thomas, of Claymont, a
Camp Bugler; and Bond Truitt, o
Snow Hill, Maryland, relieved AL
bert j. Molitor, of Norwood, Pa
as Camp Storekeeper.
Camp leaders assisting Mr.. Pyl
in the direction of the Camps ar
Wilbur A. Jones, Principal of tn
Snow Hill Md, High School, an
James M. Shorts, Director of Sen
ior Scouting for the Del-Mar-V
Council.
Officers in charge of the variou
camp departments are: H. A. Men
ser, Marshallton, Camp Quarter
master; H. Phelps Potter, vii
mington, Health Officer; Elwoo
Tazewell, of Wilmington, Trans
lportation; Raold w. Bowers, Read
ing, Aquatic Director; Harvey f
Longacre, and William H. Steven
son, Wilmington, Assistant Aqua
tic Directors; Charles Lloyd an
James Kelleher, Wilmington, Jun
ior Waterfront Leaders; Fred G
Livingood, Jr., of Chestertown, Md
Crafts Director; William H. Dun
can, Wilmington, Camp Natural
ist; Robert M. Hukill, Wilmington
Assistant Camp Naturalist; JosepI
P. Elliott, Wilmington, Senio
Scouting Assistant; Robert Sacks
of Silview, Del, Hikemaster; Pat
rick O"Donnell, Delaware City,
Assistant Leader in the WILDERNESS
Camps.
The camps, and their leaders, in
clude: Pioneer, Lowell E. Hend
rick, Bridgeville; Sourdough, AL
fred G. Graves, Lewes; Susquehan
mock, Milton M. Holden, Easton
Md; Cheechakoo, Lawrence E