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HOUSE TOHOUSE, CANVASS
FRIDAY EVENING._ ---
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Boy Scouts from around the world posed forthis shot Bruce Hildebrand brought home as a
reminder of his trip to Japan and the World Boy Scout .Jamboree held there this,summer. In all
there were 22,000 scouts representing a great number of the countries of the world. - photo by
Bruce Hildebrand
:Boy Scout Bruce Hildebrand
Jamboree
attended Japan's
It is the reputation of the
'Boy Scouts that boys taking part
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can enjoy activities of widely
varying types, and this was never
more . true than for one local
ter ,,, u4 e�.4iiltlebxand•µv, who.-
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-travelled.'... hallrway." around the
world this, surrimer to attend the
.Boy Scouts World Jamboree in
Japan.
On July 25 Bruce left home
and- did not return until August
14 and in that space of time saw,
not only Japan, but other 'parts
of Canada.
Bruce and 389 - other
Canadian Boy Scouts met at
Vancouver on July 27 at the
University of British Columbia
for a Pre'Jamb'oree conference.
Bruce had flown..from Toronto
and made the stop -over with the
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National Park located at the foot
of Mount Fuji but before
„ravelling to the camp the,boys
spent their first night in Japan as
guests at the Olympic Memorial
youth .Centex iri Tokyo;
'I'l7e totlowin -rnorning
. . it was
o to the camp site by bus. "We
aived - August •2," Bruce
explained, "and set up camp and
got straightened.away the first
day." The campsite was
occupied during the j'amporee by
22,000 Boy Scouts "°and% Scout
Leaders living under canvas.
•"The week-long camp had
hardly begun to get moving
when events were rained out by
a 'typhoon , that struck and
brought in rain steadily for three
days. On the fourth day the
'campsite was turned into a sea
others in Vancouver. Here the . of mud and water and the scouts
scouts broke themselves down ^'ere evacuated to nearby public
into sub troops 10 per troop, buildings. "We were taken'to a
and then patrols, 10 per patrol. school where we stayed for. the
The object being to form next two days," Bruce said.
worl'abl'e organized,,. groups. "Other scouts, ,went ,to
( auditoriums and buildings like
Bruen explained that most of the that," he added.
'boys in his patrol were Ontario By. the time the camp was
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Scouts. traightened '; Up after • the\
From Vancouver the Scots five-day storm, Bruce said it was
and their leaders ' boarded' two time to pack up and goghome,..
charter flights and Clew non stop; "I met scouts from Japan, the
to Tokyo: The Jamboree site • Philippines, Korea and the
was at the .Asagiri Heights -United States at the Jamboree"
Grade 13 students ,tell
Rotary Club about sthool •
Tuesday, October 12, the
Rotary Club was privileged to
recbgnrze Youth Week by having
Kevin Cox. and Mike Tafeit,
Grade 13 students from
G.D.C.I., address ' the Rotary
'Club on' the functions and
activities of the Student Council
within the school program.
Mr. Cox reported that
Student. Council handled
approximately $20,000.00 per
annum while supporting ' the,
various areas of activities such as
Drama Club, • Camera 'Club,.
Newspaper, Annual Year Book
and Athletic events.
Mr. Tafeit's area of
,resbnsibility is Social Convener
'handling complete arrangements
BUMPER
TO
BUMPER
Bill Wark, teacher and staff
advisor, accompanied the
students and received favourable
mention. for his service. •
Rotary was advised that
Student Council.,. followed
parliament -procedure in their
meetings,' which served as a basis
for training•in'future, life.
It was pointed out that all
awards :other than "scholarships
are financed by the Student
Council and with victbrious
teams and accomplishments by
other clubs, the financial burden
is a growing factor. -
John Cochrane expressed the
R� otary Club's appreciation.-
Bruce recalls. There wer`e 9,000
scouts' attending the event from
Japan alone. •
After , the jamboree was
officially closed off the
Canadian ...:scoitt:s.»..„.xe ttmd,„ ,
J'okyo where 'they? stayed .tar:...
another two and a hatf days at
the Di`a-ichi Hotel. During this
time tours or the city were
conducted and the boys took in
many of the local' points of
interest. "The Japanese
countryside is rocky," Bruce
noted, "at least , it Is a lot
rougher than the area around
Goderich."
From Tokyo it was back to
Vancouver_by non stop jet and
then ' Vancouver to Toronto.
Before leaving the British
Columbia ca5ital however Bruce
and the other Scouts took in a
prof&siohal Canadian Football
League game when the
Saskatchewan Roughriders were
on hand in Vancouver to meet
the British Columbia. Lions.
"I was a little disappointed
because the camp was rained
out," Bruce admits., "but It was
an exciting trip all the same."
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Apple Day.
The Goderich Boy'Scouts will
be conducting their major fund
raising drive this Friday and
Saturday as they solicit
donations .offering an apple in
return for the generosity of local
citizens:...
-Proceeds from the fund drive
are used to -operate the scouting
movement locally for the whole,
year and everyone is asked to
donate when asked by the
scouts.
Canvassing will get underway.
on Friday evening, and continue
through Saturday.
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