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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 5 Jun 1926, p. 38

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; i ! WINNETKA TALK 37 June 5, 1926 |. 4 is to develop in the boys a sense of ADVENTURE ISLANDERS value, two of the boys have been PREPARING FOR CAMP |: Coin ofr "On this tract they wil | keep a Sock of chickens, which the . y | camp wi uy as required, at current Charles A. Kinney's Camp for |, arket rates, subject to such premiums Boys Opens Early This {as fancy stock or day-old eggs would Month; Get Boats Ready bring. The boys will keep cost records -- and all profits will belong to them. As the islana 1s especially suitable for a game refuge and already abounds | with wild duck, blue heron, red foxes, | and numerous other small game, it is probable, if the present experiment succeeds, that many of the boys will The camp season on Adventure Is-| land near Fish Creek, Wis., is starting a month earlier than usual to accom- modate a group of boys from schools in the south which close the last of May, according to Charles A. Kinney of Winnetka, director of the camp. Mr. Kinney has just returned from the island, where a group of older boys in charge of one of the councilors are enthusiastically swabbing the decks and scraping and painting the camp fleet, preparatory to the formal launch- | ing which takes place when the main | This year Mr. Kinney will have the body of boys arrives. At the end of | jajority of the boys with him from the camp last summer the boys built a| jose of school in June until the open- capstan and hauled all of the boats in- | jhe of the schools in September to winter quarters on the island in- : . : stead © 4 , - . . Send of making the return trip to Ch Alumni Reception Set for Tuesday, June 15 New Trier High school will hold its | tates. At the present time there are | more than thirty pairs of blue heron nesting on the island, it being the only place in that section of Wisconsin where these birds nest. Two of the boys have started work on a motor sea-sled, the plans of which were made by Dave Delay. The craft [annual alumni reception Tuesday eve- | will be entered in the Ephraim regatta |ning, June 15, following the anniver- in August. With the completion of the |sary pageant. The affair will be held new camp shop, with power driven |in the teachers' balcony of the mess band and circular saws, and a complete | hall. All members of the 1926 graduat- range of bench tools boat building will [ing class are urged to be present as be one of the major shop activities at |it is upon this occasion that they are the camp, from the tiny model sail [formally invited into the Alumni as- boats of the eight vear old boys to the |sociation. Miss Maud McBroom and center board boats of the fifteen and | Bennett McAllaster, the first two sixteen year olds. graduates of the school, as well as C. Plan Experiment Russell Small, who wrote the book of An interesting educational experi-|the pageant, will be guests of honor. ment is being tried out this summer, Mr. Kinney explains, which, if it Mrs. William J. Schlacks of 808 proves practicable, will be extended to | Center street and her daughter, Vir- a wide range of the activities of the |ginia, leave Friday, June 11, to travel boys. to many points of interest in the West. As one of the chief aims of the camp | They will be away two months. undertake in the future the rearing of | wild birds and animals for sale to | game preserves and large private es- | | | FISHING LICENSE For the convenience of our customers, we have arranged to issue Fishing Licenses for Illinois and Wisconsin. FISHERMEN You will find a very at- tractive line of acces- sories in our athletic de- partment on the second floor. 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