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A regional " Boy . -Scout
Campgree, held on the weekend
sc't•Point' -Farna's Provincial Park,
enjoye4sunny, warm, summer
.like « :Ther helping it turn out
- to be one of themost successfui
eve•ntsr'otthe year.
•' Boy. Scouts and- Sea -Seoul
400 of them, moved onto the
park site Friday A evening . and
camped there until Sunday.
Although only 250 had been
expected scouts from
throughout the whole area
• turned out including a troop of
40 from - northern, Michigan.
Troops represented the region as
far north as Wiarton,, Owen
Sound, and CoYlingwood,
Shelburne and Stratford in the
east and the United States in the
• south.
In addition to the boys, 'a
large number of leaders and their
families were on hand and
"organizers report the event to .
,have been highly successful.
Those taking part in ' the
activities enjoyed such sports as
log rolling, building and crossing
a monkey bridge, trying out the
obstacle course, rope bridges,
swimming, campfire programs,
• cookouts and many other
activities.
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For tho•se from other areas a
g>'v ,;.- EYAix..p. 9derOaXas.at 0 -on.. -the ...
„Salted.* -andel. boys - .toured .. the:
harbour area, the -Huron County"
museum and shopped in the
y local business section.
The Scout leaders, who
organized&,the event, wish to
extend their thanks to the
•• Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests who made a
complete section of the Point
Farms--. Provincial ' Park area
available to the troops for the
weekend campout..
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burgers • for dinner
With more than -400 Boy Scouts and their leaders to feed, hungry after an active day. at a
camporee, it takes two men a whole day just preparing the special campfire meal. Scoutmasters
Jim' Coyne, left, of Wiarton and Dan 'Lawlor of 'Port EIg'in were kept busy cooking these four
porkers in a true camping tradition over the open pit during a regional eamporee held for the Boy
Scouts at Point Farms Provincial Fark on the weekend. The result ,of all the cooking. were
Oink -Burgers, slabs of pork on a bun.
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photo.
Biff ...Jarvis tries the - bridge
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Scoutmaster Rev. Wilfred Jarvis (Biff) of Cromarty (near Exeter)crosses a rope bridge assembled
by a number of Boy Scouts as 'one of the projects undertaken during a camporee held at Point
Farms Provincial Park on the weekend. Scrouter Jarvis received his 10 year long service award
during ceromonies, at the'camp out:—Staff photo:
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Crossing a ravine using only 'a single' rope can sometimes -be hard the crossing. The tests were alt part
enough without a „crowd of other scouts Iopking on but a few camporee,a> Porn/ Farms-Provintial
jibes from the crowd didn't stop this scout trom.making his try at
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of activities during a weekend
Park.--Staff�photo.
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SINAL 8
THURSDAY, OCTOBER -7, 1971
THIRD •51(71ON
erich Brownies gat
strong for revel
Over '100 enthusiastic
Brownies from Goderich and
Bayfield gathered together on
Saturday at Camp Klahane to
take part in .the 1971 Olympic
Revel. Ther weatherman was
most co-operative and presented
a beautiful sunny day which was
certainly appreciated by
everyone.
It was an. exciting moment
when all the athletes began the
long march around the area to
the ceremonial stand—just the
way Bey do at the real
Olympics.
Each of t' +' five Brownie
Packs was led ,by two -flag
bearers carrying their own
identifying flag in one of the five.
Olympic colours. After all had
gathered in front of the stand,
Mrs. Hazel, McCreath, Division
Commissioner, welcomed
everyone to the Revel and then
introduced a special guest—Miss
Mary McMillan, who is the
Cornmissioner::for_the, area.: ,.•
-k4seI noments-laterv.young-
runner was seen heading towards
The stand bearing a ,small
feathered owl. She handed the'
owl to Miss McMillan who
placed it on the toadstool,
,declaring the Olympic Revel to
be open.
After 'this excitement
everyone was ready to have
.lunch and so each Pack.
established its own "corner",
planted itS..flag- and Made quick
Work of all the lunches. With
tummies filled, all were eager' to'
begin an afternoon of skipping,
jumping, and running.
This was an opportunity for a
Brownie to try to earn her
Athlete. badge if she wished,,: or
perhaps to enter the relays
instead. It was a very warm day
for all this activity but,sdon the
field was covered with little girls
trying their hardest to pass each
test while beads of perspiration
gatheritd on ,each little nose.
After a couple oLhourseveryone
was quite willing to sit quietly in
a big circle t� do some singing.
We had hoped that each girl
who earned her , badge could
have it presented to her right on
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the spot that day. However, the
Brownies surprised their, Leaders
and so many of them excelled
that there were not enough
badges to give out and so 'they
will receive them very soon, at
their own Brownie meeting.
If -a Brownie missed passing
an event or two, she will be
given another chance soon in her
own 'Pack to try these items
again and perhaps will be able to
get her badge then. No one -went
home empty handed though as'a
cute little felt crest was given to
each girl.,so she would have a
souvenir to put on her camp hat
or perhaps on a shirt or jacket.
The big day, came to a close
as each head bowed for taps.
Mrs. McCreath then declared the
ending of our 1971 OLYmpic
Revel.
Sincere thanks go to the
Mothers, Rangers and, Guides
who stuck it out through the
heat of the day to help, the
Bayfield L.A. fit* their good
cookies; the Goderich. L.A. for
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uide leaders meet to
iscuss Guide camp
Tuesday evening, September
• 28th, a.meeting was held in St.
Joseph's 'School, Kingsbridge to
3set�ss .:bra -lira •.tousle•, . Camn
•I{iahane.:,•',,,1, ,.. .
Joe Courtney chaired
the meeting and Mrs: Joe.'
O'Keefe recorded the minutes.
Captain Rita. Tigert, 1st.
Corn pa;ny Kingsbridge Girl
Guides, opened the meeting with
a prayer on perseverance taken
from the Guide Prayers.
• Mrs. Walter Clare, Girl Guide
Convener, told .the meeting that
Camp Klahane, situated . on
Black Point Road, services all
the Guide Companies in this part
of Huron from Kingsbridge and
District to Exeter and Dist,Kict.
"Klahane" is an Indian word
meaning the great outdoors.
'Ewl I surance Com an
Each ' community . has been Macans
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assessed so n-ruch per Guide or
Brownie to 'help with the
....building and • maintenance of
Carni) Ialiane. • - . . .
Tordate there is a." pan -abode
building costrttg $2,000.00; a
store -room; kitchen—fridge
stove, cupboards, hot water tank
and quarter masters room. There'
are washrooms consisting of a
cement block -building costing
$1800.00 with four toilets and
four basins. The plumbing cost
$2,000.00.
The hydro -was donated by
Clinton Electric League. The
telephone has been installed:
Twenty loads ' of gravel' have
been brought. in and the grounds
have been seeded down.
Insurance ,has been donated by
t,
Swimming popular even in October
What would a camp out be without swimming? Even though it was early October, Boy Scouts from,
the region enjoyed sunny weather with temperatures in,, the 80's for their camporee on the
weekend at Point Farms Provincial Park. The water proved very popular to cool down -campers
who were involved in various activities connected with the camp out.—Staff photo. -
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Immediate plans are the
building of a shelter • for
Brownies. This will be used by
. ulties :..ucef -when .necess:ary.
Money. is .-needed' ' for •
maintenance. Kingsbridge "has
been assessed" $22.00 per Guide
on enrolment of 31. The aim is
to raise .between $600.00 and
$700.00.'
Captain Rita Tigert, 1st.-
,
Company- Kingsbridge Girl .•
guides, explained that" there are
683 Guides in this District. The
target for the whole District is
$15,000.00. The assessment . f
•'-$22-,00-,.pe. Guide was made' in
'1969 when work on Camp
Klahane -began and is based on .
census figures then available.
• Captain Prgert said' there are
22 Guides registered at
Kingsbridge this year. Their aim
is to assist girls between 7 and
18 in character development and
to teach them among other
things , how - to ' be goods
homemakers and the joy of ".
giving to others and assisting,
when needed.'
The services of Camp Klahane
are, available at any tune to all in
this district. Lieut. Elliott of
Goderich is in charge.
Mrs. Joe Courtney stated that
on Oct. 13th, 1970 the C.W.L.
of Kingsbridge;. donated $9800
towards camp funds.' Suggestions
were ask9,0 for ways of raising
the $600.00 to. $700.00 that our
community is assessed for this
project. P • ,
Mark Dalton pointed out that
a similar amount will be needed
for the Boy Scouts and Cubs_.of
this community for ,their 'camp
situated near. Camp Klahane. It
was decided to work together to
raise this money and to call
ourselves Ashfield Community
'in Support of Guides and
Scouts. The proceeds, raised will
be' split according • to the
percentage received.
John Austin, chairman of the
Ashfield Recreation Committee, -
spoke briefly and will' further
investigate the possibility of
obtaining a grant for the Guides
and -Scouts of this district.
The first project of the ,
Ashfi ld Community in support"
of Guides and Scouts is a dance
to be held the Hall
Saturday,. atNove nber'a 27:
Dancing will be from 9 to.1
Carruthers Orchestra in
attendance. Refreshments and
lunch- will be served. The charge
will be $8.00 per couple and
tickets',are available.
Named to' be on . the
committee in charge are Mark
'Dalton,' Bill Van Osch and
Antone Van Osch.
The meeting closed with a
prayer read , by. Captain Rita
Tigert.
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BY HEATHER BRANDER
.Wednesday, night at Guides,
we were all hard at work,
including Captain. She was
making and giving out test cards
while the Guides were in their` '
patrols goiog over their laws and
promise with their patrol., leader.
When the patrols' finished
working on this, they went into
campfire. A few Guides then -
volunteered to do a couple of
skits, which were ve'ly good.
When they were finished they
joined the campfire and we sang
a few songs,the Guides that went
to camp had taught .the
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9 Its either hang on and keep moving or get wet and muddy for this Boy Scout as lie crosses a stream
at Point Farms Provincial Park during camporee activities held on the weekend. The single rope
bridge proved'one of the most difficult Stream crossing methods for the boys trying out various
tests. Staff photo. Y> t"
--made - mite --announcettil,eii4s.
When she was finished we
discussed sdme guide items. The
company then closed with the
Promise.
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