Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-08-27

excitement. Boys from all walks
of life, of all races and creeds VIII
live together, exchanging skllls,
swapping hometown products ana
learning about the customs anu
traditions of many sections OF tiie
nation.
| The National Jamboree Will also
have an international flavor. LlV-
ing with American boys through,
out the camp will be Scouts Oh
other lands, invited to represent
their nations Scouting organlza-
tons. There are now fifty otner
nations around the world WIFI
Scouting programs.
There will be pageants and cere-
monies, campfires and music,
demonstrations of all types Oh
campcraft and Scoutcraft, swap
ping and friendship-making and
the opportunity of meeting some
of Americas outstanding citizens
Has Spiritual Impact
And while the tent city will dis
appear almost as suddenly as
it appeared a week or ten days
before, the impressions, friend
ships and memories will long re-
main.
DR.. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief
Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts
of America, who will be Camp
Chief, sees the Jamboree as a top
experience in the life of a boy"
"The spiritual impact on the
lives of $4,000 boys is obvious, "
said DR.. Schuck who feels the
Jamboree will make a great con-
tribution to the character of boys.
"The great conversations and the
boys from all walks of life, repre-
senting every religious faith and
creed, living and sharing together
will be practical demonstration
of our democratic way OF life.
Here is great experiment in cltl-
zenship, with the Scout Oath and
Law and democratic procedures
guiding the operation OF each
Patrol and Troop, and the great
camp itself"
The Jamobree, says DR.. Schuck,
twill dramatic proper camping
skills, Unit organization and oper-
alton through the Patrol Method,
trained functioning Unit leader
ship and Sectional Camp leader
ship, all a living example of the
Scout Method.
Together with thee Jamboree
experience itself will be the I'M
usual opportunity for the Jambor-
ee campers to see the United
States. Circle trips, side tours,
excursions and visits to historic
shrines and points Of interest will
add to the educational values.
Special Railroad Rates
1t is estimated that 90-per cent
of those attending the Jamobree,
about 10000 Scouts and leaders
will so by train. About one hun
dred special trains will be their
rolling camps, enroute and return.
Near the Jamobree site seven rail-
stations on three different rail-
roads will be used to handle ar
irving special trains from all parts
of the country.
Because of the number of JAM
boree participants involved, ar
rivals will be scheduled for four
days before the Jamboree opens
on July 10. Departures will SINH
! iarly require four days after the
Jamboree ends on July 16.
! Scouts and Explorers eligible to
take part in the Jamboree will
: need to have previous Scout
camping experience either at
! short-term camps or summer
camp. Everyone will be on his
own, although working together
by Patrols and Troops. TO be ELI
! gible. Scouts need to be at least
Second Class in rank at the time
, OF the Jamboree and at least II
years Of age by January 1853.
! A self-liquidating enterprise,
each participant at the Jamobree
pays a fee which provides the
food, Use of certain equipment and
Jamboree camp costs.
The Jamboree is a tremendous
undertaking, requiring careful de-
tailed planning. Jomboree head
quarters arc scheduled to lie estab-
llshed at the Irvine Ranch in Sep
ten?beer 1852 under tie leadership
OF the National Engineering Serv-
ice of the Boy Scouts of America,
which had major responsibility
in planning for the first National
Jamboree at Washington, u. c., in
1887 and the second Janhoree at
Valley Forge, Pa, in 1850.