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Highland Park Press, 29 Aug 1929, p. 30

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, 28 tents west of ighlandâ€"Park on Friâ€" day, Sept. 6tÂ¥ The camp is being planned .and wvill be directed by boy leaders of the troop. § Outdozr/t./esupassing will undoubtâ€" edly receive a great deal of attention and it is expected that many memâ€" bers who were not at Camp Makajaâ€" wan will receive instructions from those who attended camp in the many activities which engage one‘s time while following the pioneer‘s life of camp. ~â€" Food will be handled on the indiâ€" vidual plan for some meals and on the patrol plan for others. It is exâ€" pected that one of the members of the staff from Camp Makajawan will be able to be at the camp and instruct in cooking. s ‘ Troop 33, which has.been meeting every Wednhesday evening during the summer, is not_helding weekly meetâ€" ings at present, having completed summer program. The two day hike proposed for next week end will open the late summer and fall program of the troop. ‘¥3> x § Camp Is Over The summer session of Camp Maâ€" kajawan is over. The third period closed last Saturday, August 17th, the last group of campers left for home, the camp was dismantled and all equipment stored@inâ€" the waréâ€" house. â€" Already man;fi inquiries® are being made as to the holding of a session of winter camp for a week during the holiday vacation. It is quite probable such a camp will be held. Last year (1928) the north shore scouts. had no camp, of their own but had to use the Chi@g? Scout camp. They attended this camp to the amount of 150 to two week sesâ€" sions. This year with their own camp they attended to the extent of 325 to two week sessions, an increase of over 100 per cent. § Plan Two Days in Camp s ) Members of Troop 33 will experiâ€" nce two da and nights of real amping life yémen they pitch "meir â€" â€"Many of the leaders and scouts atâ€" tending camp this year had been in other camps in former years. It was indeed gratifying to hear them say that in. their estimation camp Makaâ€" jawan excelled in location, equipment, program ard leadership. Many parâ€" ents visited the camp while it was in session and they repeatedly exâ€" pressed their wonder that the camp could be so far developed in so short a time. (One set of parents ‘had ‘this to say. "We sent our boy to a camp last year costing â€"over five times what it costs for him to attend kere for an equal period of time. We now feel thit even though the costs were the same for both camps, we would want him to attend Camp Makajawan." Other parent?s and visitors commented upon the splendid morale and spirit ofâ€" democracy. pervading the> whole camp. P f C As to the scouts themsetves â€"they regular feature prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press Club had this to say. "The eats were swell." Some were so kind as to say they were the best they had ever exâ€"â€" perienced in a camp. That takes in lots of territory but Harry Ritchie, the chief, certainly knew how to put up appétizing meals and "plenty of it." Harry is chef of the Nr;t.h/Shore Country Day school in Wihnetka for the school year. He says he liked it so well in camp that he is coming | back next year and build a cabin to live in. We don‘t think Harry will mind our: telling this story on him so here goes: â€" One day.,right after the noon mess he went out on the "Whipporwill Trail" which ~leads through the timber to Highway 55 two miles east. The raspberries were ripe and he hoped to gather some. Like many others who tried this trail he became confused at the place where the old logging trail intersects with the "Whipporwil ITrail." After winding up three different times at a small cabin in a clearing, Harry made inquiries and was directed to Highway 55. : Making his way back to County Trunk A and then to camp, he arrived there about 7:30 in the evening.. Meanwhile in camp, t%ings‘ had been happening. â€" Supper® time came and no supper.. George Bursch the ever present mess sergeant opened the emergency rations. that ‘always stands ready on the shelves.. Immedâ€" iately fo]lowingogsupp’er search parâ€" ties composed . camp_ leaders * set forth to locate the missing chef. The campers made their way to the high hill just east of camp and piled up an immense brush pile to be lighted as soon as dark came. Just as they finished the pile the bugles sounded "recall" the signal agréed upon in case the missing one was located. Harry says ft was quite an experiâ€" ence but he would not want to go through it again. The signal fire remains unlighted, but ready to use in the future should . any camper ever fail to return. There was not a single water acciâ€" dent in camp or anything: that apâ€" proached to an accident of that naâ€" ture. â€"Many. comments were heard about the safety precautions everyâ€" where, evident. The "Check" system, the "Buddy" system, restricted areas for the four grades of swimmers and abundant use of Réd Cross Life Guards and Scout Life Guards /gll\ contributed to the safety of the waâ€" terfront. Many. scouts qualified for Junior Red Cross, Scout Life Guard, and the Merit Badges of swimming, life saving, and canoeing. Many were interested in fishing and qualiâ€" fied for the angling merit badge. The lake is well stocked with walleyed pike. There are also pickeral, perch and occasionaly other varities. â€"Some one has said there ‘are only three seasons for a scout, before camp, camp, and after camp. Well here‘s looking forward to when the camp season rolls around again and the T BE P RESS â€" north shore scouts assemhLe,' once more at Makajawan. s Breaking Down of Camp & Perhaps the campers that left Camp_ Makajawan the end_ of their period‘ could notice before they left that things had already begun to happen in the breaking. down of camp. All equipmentâ€"had to be taken across the lake and stored away in the ‘storehouse on the west side of the lake. Among other things too numerous to mention were 64â€" double deck cots, 36 tents, all office equipâ€" ment and all kitchen equipment. The waterfront had to be dismantled, the tents had to be taken down before going across the lake, the tent floors had to come up and be stored on the mess hall porch, the mess hall tables had to be taken apart and stacked, the tools, of which there were four. pages of inventory had to be greased and packed, then removed to the: â€"storehouse, the kitchen equipment, of which there was six pages of invenâ€" tory, had to Eo through the same procedure as the tools, the plumbing had to be drained and the motors had to be storedâ€"away. This is a pretty good summing up of ‘what was done by the few officers that stayed until Tuesday evening after the campers$s left Saturday morning: ‘Those who were. among those presâ€" ent were: John Fowler, Cameron Brown, Oscar Goepner, Hérbert Stevâ€" ens, Bruce Kenyon, Harold Spinney, John Betak, Harry Ritchie, the chef, Dr. G. Kempf, the camp physician, Carl McManus, and Myron C.. Ryâ€" bolt. \.Patrol Leaders, Attention \â€"Here is just the thing you have been looking for patrol leaders: A handbook printed especially for paâ€" trol leaders. It is the newest publicaâ€" ‘tion just out by the national head quarters and its a wow. There are 399 ages ‘of the best material in the world on the organizatfon and. operaâ€" tion of a patrol. Every conceivable life or patrol activity is presented in complete detail in this wonderful new volum that is obtainable to the the Highland Park headquarters . for a nominal cliarge per copy. 12 s Order of the Arrow ‘For those who* have â€"not learned what the . "Orderâ€"of the Arrow" is this account has been written. The: . Order of the Arrow is a brotherhood of scouts who have been in camp and have devoted their time in camp .in the service of others. The North Shore Area council has not had up to this time a chapter of the Arrow inâ€" asmuch: as it had no camp of â€"its own.. With the formation of Camp Makajawan the council acquired â€"a charter for a local lodge of the Winâ€" iaktendienk W. W. (Order of the Arâ€" row). Heretofore scouts hadâ€"been | taken into the order at the Owaiâ€" sippiâ€" camps. Therefore at the reâ€" ceiving of the charter we had about 25 or 30 charter members.â€" At Camp HIl 14 Makajawan 29 active members and four mgorary members were taken into the order in the three sessions of camp. .On the last Wednesday of each camp period the candidates were "called out" in a beautiful . Indian ceremony. > Each prospective member then had to goâ€"apon a strenuous or. deal sleeping away from camp and returning in the morning. Initiation ceremonies were held Thursday night followed by a feed which tasted mighty good to the new members after having lived on sceant rations and having worked hard all day. <â€"__â€".<, Vacations Mr. and Mrs. Carl McManus are ‘taking their vacationâ€" this week in Wisconsin. â€" They have headquarters at the campsite. . Mrs. Wells, the Secâ€" retary of the council headquarters, is also on her vacation in WisCQnsin. Mr. and Mrs. Myronâ€"C. Rybolt are on a three day trip in Michigan visit. ing the Chicago and other . scout camps.. .:. ... § § The Winiaktiendienk W. W. was formed 14 years ago: by. E. Urner Goodman, scout executive of Chicago, who installed . our lodge, to recognize those scouts who have done their best in ~living up to the ideals of seoutâ€" hood and who ‘have put the service of others in a place of primary imâ€" portance. â€" Three mieetingsâ€" ate to be held during the year, the â€"first of which will come within a week or two. 4 â€" f fels Admit. 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