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Page 16—Locknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 5, 1987
Lucknow boys 'back to nature' at Camporee
Three boys and their adult leader, all
from Lucknow, recently joined more than
1,000 other campers and 200 camp staff
members in a "back to nature" camp ex-
perience on Ontario's Credit River. The
four included: Spike Bakker (Counsellor) ,
Jeffrey Bakker, and Mark Bakker, all of
RR 5; and Jurgen Guichelaar of RR 3.
The campers, who participated in the
week-long "Cadet International Cam-
poree," lived in hand -made shelters,
studied wilderness survival, and prepared
ost all their meals over open fires.
he camp ran from July 22 to 29. It was
lay cold ne Schlossor
Mr. and Mrs Allan Finlay from White
Rock B.C. attended'their granddaughter's
wedding in Toronto on Saturday and where
driven to Lucknow on Wednesday by their
son Anson and his wife Julia from Toronto.
Their time here was limited so a number of
relatives met at Mrs. Olive Blake's apart-
ment for a visit over a cup of tea.
Those who were present at the gathering
included Mrs. Jessie Kirland with her
daughter, Mrs. Gordon Folkhard, Mrs.
Anne Anderson, Mrs. Beryl Hunter and
her brother, Harold Gardner, Alec and
Catherine Andrew, Harvey Alton as well
as :Mrs. Mary Black and Miss Cindy White.
On Friday, another pleasant surprise
was a visit from Mrs. Mary Bere of
Goderich along with her daughter Ruth
and little grandson Kurt Austin from New
Guinea.
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Pritchard -Stephen and Racelle Pritchard,
of Lachine, Quebec are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of a son, Thomas Jeffrey,
on July 28, 1987. Thomas is a grandson for
Fernand and Armande Vachon of Hun-
tington, Quebec and for Tom Pritchard of
Goderich and Anne Pritchard of Lucknow.
He is a great grandson For Gordon and
Noreen Montgomery of Lucknow.
located on isolated land about seven miles
south of Orangeville.
The thousand campers came from
throughout Ontario, from Saskatchewan
and British Columbia, and from as far
away as California, Arizona, and Florida.
The camp was organized by volunteer
Cadet club leaders in Ontario whose clubs
.are sponsored by Christian Reformed,
Reformed; and Presbyterian churches.
Highlights of the week-long event inlcud-
ed rafting on the Credit River (more than
150 rubber rafts were involved), riflery,
canoe safety lessons, maintaining sections
of the - Bruce Hiking Trail, and excursions
to historic sites on Georgian Bay.
More than a thousand members of the
campers' families drove'to the camp site
Sunday afternoon for a camp -style dinner
serving more than 2200.
Cadet International Camporees are held
once every three years in various locations
throughout North America. They are coor-
dinated by the Calvinist Cadet Corps, a
religious youth organization based in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The camps em-
phasize remote wilderness sites, conserva-
tion skills, camperaft skills, spiritual
growth„ and complete restoration of a
campsite to its natural state when the ex-
perience is over.
Previous Cadet International Cam-
porees have been held in Colorado, Ken-
tucky, Michigan, Washington, South
Dakota, and California. This year's camp
was the largest ever, for the organization,
and one of the largest events of its kind
held by any youth organization in North
America.
During this year's campout, hundreds of
"cadres" ( groups of about eight boys and
two. counsellors) lashed together shelters
made of fresh -cut poles and sheets of
plastic. A central commissary supplies
each cadre with food, which was prepared
over a .log fire. Tens of thousands of
gallons of bottled water were trucked'to p
the camp from nearby towns.
During the week of .camping, the
campers consumed 7,000 litres of milk,
6,000 hamburger and frankfurter buns,
2,000 loaves of bread, and several tons of
vegetables and fresh meat. Some of the
food, as well as other supplies, was
donated by merchants in the Toronto -
Guelph -Barrie area.
"This was the first time in 20 years that
the Cadet organization has held a Cam-
poree in Canada," noted Richard Broene,
the Executive Director of the Michigan-
based organization. "The logistics of
transporting equipment and hundreds of
men and boys across the border have
always been a problem."
"This year, however, a group of highly
motivated volunteers in the Toronto area
made it happen." Broene continued.
"They donated hundreds of hours to
organizing the Camporee, and they also
raised tens of thousands of dollars worth of
contributions, food, and services. The Pro-
vincial Government, especially the Credit
Valley Conservation Authority, also con-
tributed to the success of the Camporee."
Approximately 250 of the campers came
from Canada — mainly Ontario, but also
from Saskatoon and the Vancouver area.
The rest came from throughout the United
States.
"Over the years the Cadet organization .
has developed systems for • staging this
kind of giant camp," Broene noted. "There
are many youth organizations that put
boys in barracks -like housing and feed
them in central facilities. But as far as we
know, this is the largest camp that has
boys sleeping in handmade shelters and
cooking over open fires."
The Cadet organization lists about 14,000
members in 650 clubs scattered across
North America. About 3,600 volunteers
serve as Cadet Counsellors.
One purpose of the camp experience is to
teach boys to appreciate the values of their
Counsellors. All Counsellors are members
of the churches that sponsor individual
clubs.
A sign of days gone by. While the product still sells, the advertising sure has changed
over the years as is shown by this old Coke sign we found in the alley off Campbell
Street. (Rob Bundy photo)
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