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22 WILMETTE LIFE August 9, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the NORTH SHORE .TROOPS A regular feature page prepared each weelt bg membeta of tht Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council Dedicate Scouting Summer Camp Amid Speeches, Awards Camp ~ta - Ka-Ja-\\'an, the new sumnlt~r camp of the \:orth Shore Are:t council n<·ar Elcho, \Vi s .. was formally dcdicatNI to the use of north shorr boys last ~aturday morning when the se<.·ond pl·rind campers were about :o lean' and the third period campers had just arri\'ed. ~fany parents and friend . of tht orl{anization \Tre also present for thL· c<.·n·mnnits held in front of the n1c ss hall. Charles II. :\very of :\ntigo, an attorney for the camp, outlim·<l hridly the hi storv uf the nn1ntn· in which the camp .i:- locatl'd and t<;ld of m;un· interesting inridl'nts in the pr,lgn<s of Langladt· county . I le spoke nf the part played hy early st:ttlt-rs in the form;ltion <·f our nation and the building of many of t IH· pre~<.'llt da.\· rnad~ and landmarks . ~I r. :\ \'l'ry. llimsL·Ii a likeahlt· mall of t ht out doors. hrought honlL' to the rantpn~ and "rit·nds tlltll'h nf thl' traditit11l oi wh::t he tcrmt:d their IH'\\ "ramp lwmt·." <..'harks :\ . ~tt· t k of ( ~lellrnt. chair man of tht· ramping· Clll11111itlt't· uf thl' North ~hort· :\rt·a l'llttllril. abo spoh· to tht· as~L·mhlagL· and told of the sc'lection of the ~itc alld the ll('Cessan· work in making thl' camp snrr<.·ssfui. "To \\'altt·r ~lrl\Tk. om f1H'111 : r .Scout · t':\LTlltirt', i:- dnl' the credit 11f Jlnding t hi~ n ·markahk r ;tmp :-ite which. a fll'r illn·:-t ig;tt i ng. \\' l' all agreed had \\'Onrkrful Jlll~~ihilit it·s." said !\lr. ~tn·k . "\\'e ~l't t1l \\'Prk to acquire thl' Jll't\)ll'rty and in thi~ n·spect w<· \\Trt· mo~t i~trtunatt· ill h<~,·ing a ]1 t'1'SP11al frit·rHl to a:-si~t tt:->. Henr.\· " · L'rioll ni the Fure:->t Cllttll!\' Lumhn rt·rnpan\', whose hnmt· is i:1 \Vinnt'lka . )la~ gi,·rn his heany sttp port at all times an<; " ·hell \\'t' ap !)roachul ,he nwnl'r in rrgard tP pu··chasing thi~ prupnty. hl' \\· a~ \ ' l'f)' helpful in :-l'curing tlrt· ..;ite ·tt ·t n'ry · ' ' I·ominal :-lllll. · "~ow this all kad~ ttl tl~t· tlltlSt important party in tht· ,,.J,nll' dval." c11ntinues ~1r. ~ttele. "and I hardh· il··:l r.ap.ahk u.f. dnir_1g J'u:-;tire witl1 my abrltty ot e:-;prL·ssinn to what lrm1ted , (,(.'orgl' l\nh~n11 ha~ d1liH' fpr m. Fr1llll the nr~· beginning- hl' has ht'L'Il the chid cnun:-l'lllr in all uur c\elihrratinns. Ever\' or~t· "i tire matl\' clin:rult 1 ,r , .;,_ Iems that ha\'l' COtlll' up ht· h:ts ltl'IJlL'rl us soln: a11d tn arrin· at tht· CIHTv·.:t deci~ion. ThL·rdnre. I want to make 1r pu > tc expn·:-sion pf the sil1ccn' apvreciatinn l·i all thL· Ptlirers and parents o f t\llr (\rganizatio·n for the \\'nnderful work ~lr . l\ ohson has dorH'. Tt would h:t\'t' htTil a mn~t difficult undel"taking and almn:-t impnssiblc without Troop 5 Enjoys a Hike Parents Eloquent in Praising Camp . Life in N orthwoods t IlC sp Il'IH IH 1 hL·Ip from \1 r. 1\11bson." 1fr. ~tt·cl rontinul'd and rncntioned ]~d\\in (')ark Pi \\'innL·tka. ,,.lh) heltH.'d plan tlH· nH·~-. hall and Jluglt \'111 Du~en .:111d hi-. hr11thn \\btl h:t\'1' gin· 11 nf tht·rr ]'ral·tlr:tl t"\]H ·ri1·nrt· in the con..,tructi(ln t·l thl' lHtilrlit1~ . ~1 r. Skidmurt·. "h"" lH ·llll' \\:t-. J,~ ~· .ttl · rl till the J;rupl'rt.'. ha-.. dttnt· 111111'11 t'~ . 1tl·1p putt H· Jl r t. ·J1 tlt\ tl.l .'1 t:qlt·. \lr . :--~t , k al~tl IIH'lllHIIIt·d "'I 'll It 1\l lltt'l'!-.. \\ h·\ ~un· cyL·d tlr.\' J·r·:Jt t'rt\. a 11.! r·tl l'i lll rt·: JJ~ \~r·rd ~·. "l J·r;" ' ' '· ' li l:ll,ll tL: 1 111\\ t1 hr~ .~.~".' ' 1 ' : Itt · -' "~. III' c:t: li', .t_' tlll lll llttt·, for 1 fdl lk \ . \\ tl .. ·I ( ·1 \I llllh't 1l'. a nd \\ ' Jf \\ ' ]]' · . .. 1 "10 1 .. . t _ro~m-. "I 1 '.t til 1 \\tlrt.1 lkl~trH}I1(.:d {\t·lt~tll·"'·l g l'llntH ·rtt·cl wtth th· I c 1e11 <PH ' . Tier . c tPtng rtH illl ·-- 1\·t\' man o f lJJghland Park. "lw ~L· k ted c . \\. e hayc just returned from a trip to the Scout camp to visit our boy who is in Troop 5. \\'e were delighted with our trip and rec<.nnmcnd that c\'Cry parent should make at least one yisit there. \\'e cannot imagine a better playground for the !wy~. . It is awa\· from all traffic. 1 here 1s n· Jt C\'CI~ a road leading to it. Instead, rou arc ferried across tht: lakt by the inost obliging- ancl polite nt)y Scouts. \\'her you get across. it seems as if the woods arc full of khaki-clad boys, all a~ busy as bees. Earh group is ,,·orking at a different LKcnpation and ha,·ing a line time doing it as the boys arc n:ry keen on pa:-sing the diff crent Sc(111t tests. To cat dinnvr ,,·ith the h11ys and listen to their SPilgs and hearty laughter is a treat and plates ar<.· "licked clean" as thev seldom arc a1 honlL'. \\ 'e "sa\\' manY L'Yic!Lnccs ni careful management a;HI fnresi~ht fm the ,,Jl\· ~ical \\-clfarc of tht h<n·~. hut what lint· is a happy gnHtp t~i ~Ctlllts at Camp }.Lt -1'-a-.la-\\'an. :\11 these imi,re~~ed u:-; more than a-nything else lHl~ :- ;1rl' ir11111 Troop 5. \\'ti ~ JH: til' . '1\n·nty-one ~couts iro)ll onr truop went wa~ the boys' good heha,·inr an<l th;? ~~) Car~lp }.!a- l,a-Ja-\\'an thi~ summtr, and they h('lnng tu Troop 5, \\'ilmettc: fine ~pirit nf e\·rrynne. irom the Scotttl he prrturL' taken ahoH :-;hen\·:- tl11· troop ,,·hile taking a fourteen mile hike ma:->ter ~ down t o the smallest youn~tu l.akl' l~tdlillgstone innn ~pring l.akl'. the site of .\ fa-1-.::a-Ja-\\'an. The ster~. ht1ys had a grt·at time nn this hik". in fact tl1t·y had such a ~ood time at . The trip. particularly thrnugh the ca111p that thirtt·t·n b(l_r:- irtllll tl1i:- tr<Hljl remailltd (ln·r durirw tlw prt~ent Indian rt' ~L·rYation, i:-; ckligh1 ful and ::\f r . ~t· rond peri1l<l. ~PlllL' of tilL· ~rout ~ arc staying four pcriud~ . Tilt.· IJ,)\'S ha\·e can casih· he made in a da ·. TurrH·\· ;{t YL' ())de \lu..;kic 1;111 IS .t a:- thvir kaders in ramp. L. l'. Tnrrt ~· . Trt\liJl CPlllmittl't'lllan: Fra:1k 1\~·\'tll\ld -.. , i'tlll' a.nrl attL·nti,.,, ho:-;t. and the trip ~rnutma:-tt· r. and .\h·in l:art1wllllllL'\\', a:-.:-i ... tallt ~cnutma~tn . · <1\Tr tn camp fn11n Flcht) take~ about t " t·nt ,. minttteo.;.- ~iegmund 1-.::a tl:. ·~ L~ the r :tllt\t'" :tlld ro\\· hnats . \fr. ~ttd t· Camp No. 2 Makes Fine \\·a..,ltirlgtnn a\'l'llm', \\' ilml'tte. rH·:-:t ~pokl' pf 1 knry F1\\dn ni \\ ' iJ _ nlt't tt·. \\'h11 has untiring!\· ,,.,1rkl'd ()I] Progress in Advancement Several Scouts Achieve the tin;tlll't'S pf tlw carnp: and 1-.:ar! IJ . T ht' ~ r o 11 ts , ·i l' a 111 p T" n, an i 11 King. pn::-icknt of the L'OlttH'il. \rho di,·idual l·amp <1i thl· ~nrth ~hore Honor Rating at Camp \\·ork<.'d \\'ith all thL· otltl'r 111L'Il. .\n·a rou 11 ri1 ~r n ut ~.:amp. ).!a - Ka.. \t the la~t camplire of :--L't:Lm<l periodl "Likl'\rist.·. ~lyron C. J~,· holt. nu:· tltl· illll< '"ing ~coub \\'l'fl' announce< ~cuut t.:Xt'l'Utin: . ha:- had ttl l;c ir1 lt1l1Ch Ja - \\ ' att, han· been prugrl' . ~ing a~ Jlnnur Campers : F.d . ]Jicrks, with <.'n·ry pha~l' nf tht· upnati 111 ~> awl :-tcadily in the lim· 11i ~r11ut a ch·ancc - } I. \\'ilkins, Rohnt 11ur11~. \\'illiam has had a most diflirult ta:-k 111 h:tlldlr l1ll'llt. Thl' tlltirt· ramp \\Tilt 011 an ChirlH·:-tn. \\' arner Turiff. II. lirr1111 d l'f H' :· \' I n · i 11 g C011 d j t i l 11 l :- . l . I tl t' :' ~ . . . , m a n . f . \: n i ,, s . I f. K l' at n r. 1'. ~tern e :·. you haH' · aL·tt;ally had tht n·:-JHlll.·.i- :·>crn,~ht llikt· t:> l\1dhng ~tune Lakt. P. \\·ilitL', C. Cutkr. lin1 'l'ibctts. hilit.'· ci ;1n urHkrtaking 11 ( this kind hL· h1k<.: was L 'llJ<·yed by all and L ' \'l'l"yTilt· t\\'cllt\' ~rout:->. ,,.h1l recci\'cd ~t i.:- dit'tir.ult _t.' 1 ;~p·p·rL.·ri :.ttt· ·".·I.1at a. l".;,td l,>.lHiy l.1ad a .g~~~~d tillll' ."'hik there. ~atisiartnry ,:ating \\'l'fl': \\ ' illiam Anstt lit h.t:- p ·.tlkL<I tt ltk1.. tlH tt .ll' 1 ht·n· ts on<.: ~ruut ,,.Ill) \\'riii>L'CIIn~t· an pach. l·:d . Bax. Lee 1:1a~· lock. Erl. ... t ll<lr·r 1\lcitr. l~nhcrt 1\urth, hhrard Cazl'l, . t tl ,,,· t '1 · L' I:- arH I \\'t' .. ·,.,. , prt~tH I l·:a~rle in thL· lll"tr itttttrL· ()tl · · · .. ~ar< · 1 ·. \1 r .. ~Jn· · 1 ' r . ~lt'1..· · k I :t\' anlt-d ,.., · hadcrL· ·thi . . J>err·n~l. t ".t'> \\ 'illiam Chichc~ter. Urich DcrnL·hl. PI· 1lllll, .t'. .d his l·:a . r rk 'I ;tt~us. ' T\\·n t1f thl' camt·er:,.., M · Clifford Franklin. 1\ohL·rt Fulton. Pet-:r l'1111.r ItH I1'1 1.. nll'lltH·rtrllg 1 ~ar 1 'I ·' r ., hl'rame munhL't'S '-' rou t t' :\LTtl t tn· ;ttlC I. a-..st~t- ill thl' Ordn ui thl' .\rr11\\' this j)criocl. ( ~ilhert. \I art in 1 krherlwlz, James ;ts:-t~ t an t .. I t nr. ,,. I1n~e \\t·r' 1 b grt';t! - 'l'hl' (_' ·11111 , lr·t h<.'l'll 1j. (ri·L·' 1t . .. · 1. - Ilir~ch, ;111 t ·c ;tmp (tree 1 Iiran Kl·r1n icnt t. ~tan ley 1 · 1· atH 1 thv scr.llllr · · ~ lH·IJl and < .... ' .t~st~ .tnce Knight . .'hopt.· Kriete, \\'ill>L'rt Kttm, ,Y l.lll< 1n~·:-..ttmatc~ and in thL· ' line 11i handicraft 1<'J un H 1r <111 1r l' r s n t. tl ~ e r a Ill\ 1 " · Ill 1 1:l "<' " ; u· d t h c \\ h u k c a 1111 > i 11 ric a 11 i rw tt 1) lJan· La llut·. 1\atl's Littk. Jan ).lc~ ,·til PIH'rs ())]. ])irk Pett, Frank \\.illiams, :1II ,.n I\Ill t t·en·c I t 1H'tr snnrt·s . undnhru~h . ( )tl Frida_, .. .\ Ut'U~t l. M :. I r. ~ lt' l' IL'. Ill)\\' . ..\'l'f. did IH \ t lllt'll- t h l' ~ l' nt_l t ' \\ () r k l' <1 () n tIll' c a Ill p famrs Cctt\', lames (~ n dz. Ed\\'arcl tiPrt thL· ta~k he him~t·li had ,·,, 111·I 1 I . . grt \lliH s tor tIL' < tdiration un .\ugu..;t \ndrcw:-. c,~rcl1;n Cutler. l':1ul Sterner, ~a111z111g <.'\'L·ry1\ne inr till' largt· rnn- 3. . \~ thi:- Jll'riiHl i~ abnnt t11 l'll(l \\'l' and Peter \\.hitl'. tract ht· wa~ calkd liJH111 tn iult'dl. IIi:"\ lliiJIL' that th11~t' c1i the third period --- - has . been a tr<.'llll'tl<l'~tt~ .· t,··. -..1-· .·trt<l 1 ,, ,·11 (I 1 ·t 1111 ·1 · tl 1· · 1 WINNETKA TROOPS BUSY 1" ' · , 'l · :- ' L 1 Ill ll' lil t ot achas at ;dl tim<.'s ht'L'll a\'ailahk !11 ht·lp ,.~tnrt·mt· rl1. a 11 d L'amp a~ those ni preTroops 15 and li ni \\.inndka have tilt· other llll'lllhers t)l tht· br~t· :-ta l·( \'IIIllS JlCl"ll·<h lta\'L'. .~cr 1'j)l' IJ· .. 111.,. memhns in Camp \Lt-1-.::a-Ja-\Van. ' ' I' hey haYC ach·anced a gnml deal. One ~. chL· :-kk . .Jr .. TrtHIJI JH. llighland Pari~. \\'hich he organi,cd t11 ht·lp l1im . .-\itt·r tlw <kdicatiu 11 spt't'Cltt·-.. ~t·\'n:d hoy ha~; pas~cd scn·11teen tcsh in the a\\ards ,,.L · re n1ade tn ~C\lttt:' and tli--·---- - la~t t\\' t> ,,·eek!'. :\11 l>ut U11t...' arc going tirns. \lark 1.. :\ndre\r s and J 11 ~cpll . INITIA!ION AT CAMP to ~ay the third period. \\"e arc going '!'. .\ndrt'\\':-> ni 'l'rPnp ~.!. \lalll,)n ~t'CPIHI pn11·d at Camp }.fa-K.t- to han' 1111e ~cction to ottrsch· s next :-=.harp 11i Trt\tiJl 1~. and ])a,·id La llllt' j.!a - \\'an_iPtiiHI It' ll kllo,,·s entL·ring the period: Thne arc g11ing t<) he twelve ,1i Tro 1' p 31 rt'l't'in·d tltt·ir ~lar :\\\'ard . I Ort_Jn 1lt tilL· .\rrtl\\'. :-ecn·t camp horlllr ho~·s lrnm Troop 15. four boys from l~nh.nt ~h· ,· vrt-.. 1li 'J'rnpp 3.! I"L"L'ein·d 1 ' -..octl'ly. Tltt· -..urcc:--..iul c.tnt) i,da~~~ ~'l~roop li. iuur h:'.~·s from Troop. 18, 1 11-. l·. agll' a\\·ard. .\ hr 1111 zl' palm \\,1. . , \\t'ft' : )il·h l~mn-.. \\"arncr 1 urrtt, L'tght boys from I rnop J<), and e1ght ;1,,; 1rdvd t 11 Carnct\ 11 1 l~rn,,. 11 t\1 'J'r 1 ,.,P llarry !'\l':t ttn·. _l1d1n Iluhn, Johr1 nla\'- l>u~~ fn1m Troop 20. \\'e han· gone I .!l. c,\]d p;tlllls \\'t' l't' :l\\:trlkd It) hml'~ I IA ICk. 1·.. .. ' li~,.· tl '·. l'harll"> ~ll'tk. "~'11 I Ill] lllH'. hike. The uthl'r \\'as stopped p l llv-....; \\ tiiH1r l,tllli' . . \h·in 1\arthtlL)- !>;,. ra111.:.- S~:Hlt \forri~ ~\\·abackcr, I l:akn. :tnd !Ia ·t.ld ~pi 1111 l ..' . 11 i ;l'ru, 1 .!. l'hudt· ILunilt,III 11t TrPliJl 13 and llll'\\. __ , Lrc 111 Jl };, \\nlllL'tka. _1,.]111 l~t· Lt.k 11i Tr,Hljl _!_ ,lamt·:-> l~aktT -- - - --·-- -- -- - - - ;d .. t' rn't:l\ ·d lli... t '1 . ' .· . . ·· I .. . · 1 r' NEWEST SCOUTS L \l _ \ t.tt \tttl.tll , \,lltlltt::-o)IJ,l~L·s. 1hcrr\\Trt· nwretlnn ::\t·\\· ~ rani. 1)r. lluh l'rt Carkhltl <li \\' il - thr('l' hundrl'd ·n· ,]v lrt'-l' ll J · · couts wl"1 han· hel'n added td r_nt·ttl' pnllll·llrlrl'd tll\' ht·rJcdirtiun and ll't·n ·nllHlie · \\lliclh l~L·g·u~ \\:ithtaa!)rl.tlll.c the council are as folltl\Y~: Ctorge F. 1 1]], 1 wi I1g tl 1b ·. tl 1l'l.t' \\ ' l't"l' St' \Tr :tl ant fl'\' H'\\. · ' · 'lt 8 ··(){) . I(~rccn. Troop 3. \\'ilml'ttl': \Villia:11 t <II· the ~COttt ·t (1 dt'llllllbtratillllS of scouting in its 'l th . 1 · t .· .· . . . "I,. ,· Jlb )rrsch, Trnop 4, \\'ilmettc: Toll!1 C. · '~ t .t:- 'r~ltur .... trrt\'L'C trom town. J\emus, 'l'roop 31. Highland Park. · ... I' 1 '>