Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
field of educational television.

field of educational television.
Mr.. DUPONT is a flying enthusi-
asst and holds a pilots license and
membership in various aviation
clubs in the area During World
War III he served in the South West
Pacific Area of Operations and is
a retired army air force officer,
and is a member of many civic and
social organizations. He and his
family attend the Christ Episco-
pal Church, Wilmington.
Commenting further, Mr.. DUPONT
said, Each of us will have an
opportunity to work and support
this worthy program for the ad-
vancement of our youth. 1t is
an opportunity for an investment
in the future we cannot ignore.
The future belongs to our boys
and through Scouting we can help
to prepare them for it.
To-day, there are over 5000 vol
unteer Scout leaders dedicated to
our program of Scouting. These
men and women provide leadership
for nearly 1900 cubs, scouts and
explorers in the Del-Mar-Va COun-
Gil. These adults who devote much
of their lives years in and year
out to the Scouting Program now
need our help.
"The Del-Mar-Va Council has
projected it's anticipated increase
for the number of boys participat-
ing in Scouting for the next dec
ade It shows that membership
will nearly double by 1870.
For the past three years, the
Councils long range planning
committee has been actively en-
gagged in determining the facilities
this growth requires. This COM
mittee, headed by William Poole,
Wilmington attorney is to be COM
mended for bringing these needs
to the attention of the public"
They are:
% Renovations of existing OBJ
solescent and outworn facilities
in Rodney Reservation, the Coun-
ellis 1000 acre tract on Chesa-
peake Bay, given in 1927 by the
late T. Coleman dupont, and per-
iodically developed since that time
to provide facilities in its three
camps for a total of 1000 boys
during the summer camping sea-
son. These include adequate food
preparation and distribution facil-
tiles, a new health lodge, a cen"
trail storage building, waste dis
posal system, building repair and
conversion, adequate picnic and
parking areas, patrol tables and
tarps, and program equipment,
such as boats, canoes, archery,
axes and other outdoor items.
(2) New camp development at
Rodney designed to increase its
total capacity to provide for an
additional 1900 to 1,500 campers
during the summer camping sea-
son, including ten new troop
camping sites and their necessary
facilities as we'll as central pro-
gram and administrative facilities,
swimming pool and shower house,
a cOmmissary and program equip
ment building, an administration
building, roads, electric power and
water distribution, parking area,
and rifle range, as we'll as ten
winterized troop shelters needed
to accommodate the growing de-
mand throughout the council for
year-arOund camping.
90 Acquisition of additional camp
ing reservation centrally located
to more conveniently serve the in
easing scout membership
throughout the Peninsula In
creased camping is expected to
require partial development of this
reservation with ten troop camp
ing sites similar, to those at Rod
ney within the next three years.
The Del-Mar-Va Council recently
optioned TAO acres of wooded land
in Dorchester County, Maryland,
for this purpose.
(4) A scout service center ade-
quate to serve the council men,
bership and provide sufficient ad-
ministrative facility for the next
decade. The Council is presently
housed at 1912 Jefferson Street,
Wilmington, in it's own converted
residential building acquired thir-
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