Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 15

A-15 2000 SCOUTS ARE 'CAMPING IN LAKESHORE PARK TODAY Oakland Council In Annual Camporee Two-Day Program of Activities in Full Swing With Record Attendance Participating Registration Is Oakland Tribuae, Sunday, May 28, 1944 Biggest for Oakland Council Membership Now Stands at For All-Time High in History of Council The Oakland Area Council has en- boys between the ages of 9 and 18 and the boys, after a long study of joyed its greatest year since the i can find an interesting program Two thousand boys are encamped In the heart of Oakland today. Carrying full packs, containing tents, food, sleeping bags and cooking utensils the boys marched from check in station to Lakeshore Park at noon yesterfiay, thus inaugurat- Indian lore have prepared authentic costumes. During the Camporee program they have been seen to Indian dances. Today's program begins with reveille at 7 a.m. followed tame- dlatelv hv nrenarin anA r'inff ing xne sixteen ui, ana largest, rii.riin naif nf thi re- Viual Camporee of Oakland Arealriod.

and from time to time there- last Camporee. Reaching a new all- time high in active membership, the council registration stands at 6237 Cubs, Scouts and Senior Scouts today. Judge Frank M. Ogden, coun cil presioent, announcea. An increase of 1057 boys is the i it gain since Camporee time last year with an equal growth in volunteer i leaders.

Since May of 1938 the increase is better than 2300 registered boy members, Judge Ogden said. This unusual growth whicVhas won high acclaim for the Oakland Area Council throughout the Nation is due in a urge measure to the development of the Senior Scout pro gram which includes Air Scouting, Explorer Scouting and Sea Scouting and to the rapid expansion of the Cub program for boys 9 to 12 years of age. With 71 Cub Packs now in opera tion in every neighborhood and ter ritory of the Oakland Area Council, and ith 138 Scout troops and Senior units meeting regularly, all an a Council, Boy Scouts of America. Throughout the past vear Oak- land Scouts at weekly meetings and on week-end campihg trips have been training under volunteer leadership with the objective of today's public demonstration of Scouting at its best While special features, such as band concerts, commando demonstrations and. so forth, have been arranged, the real interest of the Camporee lies in the work of the -Scouts themselves.

Under Scouting standards this is not a competition between troop' and troop or patrol against patrol but is a demonstration- of the ability of, the Scouts to live up to standards of health, safety, physical fitness and elf reliance set by the national council. RULES OF JUDGING Adult leaders present at the' Camp Dimond Will Be Center for after Trie Tribune radio station. KLX will broadcast a colorful de- scription of the events. At 9 o'clock church services will be held. Catholic Scouts will march to Lady of Lourdes Church, across Lakeshore Boulevard from the park where they, will attend a special mass! Union church services will be held at the Camporee area under direction of the Rev.

Alfred Schroeder, of St. Mark's Evangelical Church. Rev. Charles Lindemann, of the Shattuck Avenue Methodist Church and Rev. Byron Eschel- mann, of Pilgrim Congregational Chusch.

Rev. Father John Silva, a member of the committee arranged the Catholic service Craft demonstrations will follow the service and at 10:30 there will be an air safety demonstration staged by Pan American Airways. COAST GUARD BAND PLATS Preparation of dinner begins at 11:30 and after the noon meal the Coast Guard Band from the Ala meda base will be heard in concert. Camp will be struck at 2 o'clock and the first boys will march out of the area at 2:30. Yesterday afternoons program was marked by a commando dem onstration by a group of Seabees from Camp Parks under command of William Cohan, -specialist.

Those participating were Leroy Skinner, Robef i Bernard Hughe and Calvin Boyer. The evening program- was fea hired by music from Aahmes Terrypje Shrine band but the boys had their part In the program. There was a chorus of Cub'Scouts, the boys who are too young to be full-fledged Scouts but jire preparing to join upon reaching the age of 12. 1 Camporee yesterday and today are Stay-at-Home Summer Program Scouting in the Oakland Area Council is quite a family aifair with parents and sons registered in Scout troops. Sea Scout ships.

Cub packs, and cJl other branches of the organization. Proof of this lies in a gathering of leaders and their sons. Left to right they include Walter Clayton, skipper of the Sea Scout ship Ranger, who is showing a plane model to his son. Ken Clayton, senior Scout of Troop 11. Next Is Mrs.

Milton Brooding, den mother of Pack 71. displaying a model tractor to her son. Larry. Wolf Cub of Pack li'f'L Clark, Scoutmaster of Troop 95 and his two sons. Bob and Alan, are discussing plans for Summer camp.

Tribune photo. 1 busy judging the participants under rules which embody these standards. Personal appearance, sanitation, camp arrangements, cleanliness of food in its preparation and camp discipline and ability to get on with one another are among the items on which the Scouts are being Judged. Much of the equipment In use and on display Is the work of the Scouts themselves. More points are accorded for home-made tents, pack-frames and camping equip ment than for the purchased in spite or the fact that a troop equipped with the 'latter may make a more showy appearance.

Throughout the Camporee program times have been set apart for Scout handicraft demonstrations. These range from rope making and pottery work to the manufacture Camp Dimond PROGRAM OF CAMPOREE SATURDAY, MAY 27 1 2:00 Noon Check-in of troops by Leader in charge. p. m. -KLX broadcast.

1 00 p.m. Setting up camp. 1:45 p.m. Craft demonstrations in troop areas. within walking distance of their 'jhonie.

Special organization work i housing projects in order, to texv the boys in that area. Members ofr the Oakland Rotary Club have made possible for the services of a spe cial field executive to carry on th work in these areas. With the growth of the council, additional field. -executive, Ht F. Anderson, baa been added to tha present staff in- order to serve- the volunteer leader in charge, ol tha troops, packs, and ships.

Anderson arrived from the Schiff Soout train ing center of Mendham, J9.J, tiii week to take over his duties In. th. central division. He was focmerly, volunteer leader in Scout w.orlc in Ukiah before entering the Brow fessional service of Scouting. A great future for Scouting in this area is predicted by Judge.

Ogden who has set a high goal of accomplishment for the volunteer, leaders during the coming months. qualified as a Summer camp leader having earned the. rank of EaglA, Scout in Troop 89. He is a certified. American Red Cross life saying; hwtructor and a nature counselor Evening campfire programs, wide games and the- pre-ranger obstacle-course will also be a part of tha Summer program at Camp DirnontL, be permitted to use vm 300.000 gallon swimming pool, at Camp Dimond on Tuesday after-' noons from 1 to p.m.

when ac companied adult leader- of the pack. The first Cub swim for the Summer will he held; on Tues-, day, July 4. Troops, senior units and district, have been invited to use the facilities of the camp including the mes hall, ampi theater, and cooking areaj for special affairs such as parent honor or gam: nights. Lost and Found Auction Planned Did you lose anything the last time you were at 'camp? When yoil left Camp Dimond last Sumrae did you leave any of your gear be hind? If so you haws ad opportunlt to Identify and claim it from thft hundreds of articles in the Lost and Found department at Camjj- DA mond. Deadline is Sunday; June 4, i at 1:15.

Promptly at 1:30 on that day an auction of unclaimed ar tides will be held. You wouid surprised at. the variety of things that will be offered for sate. Rain prices will prevail and mayo you can get just the piece of equipment you have been wanting. Cub Training Course Set for June 12 A training course for Cub Scout leaders, including Den Mothers, committeemenjyid Cubmasters will be hel4-frrr-t1Tfee nights, besinnina McDowell, training commissioner will be in charge.

The cdtirse is open to all Cubbers in the council. It will feature drama tization of Den and Pack programs. 3:00 p.m. Demonstrations presented by Seabees from C.1 0 4:30 p.m. Craft demonstrations in troop aieas.

Several Scout troops presentedJPIishments of Scouts of Oakland 5:15 p.m. Preparation of evening meal 5:30 to 6 p.m. KLX broadcast. 6:00 p.m. Serving of supper.

7:45 p.m. Band concert by the Aahmes 8:45 p.m. Campfire program. gfpt commando knives from discarded 10:00 em, laps, SUNDAY, MAY 28 7:00 a.m. Reveille.

7:00 to 8:30 a.m. Preparation'and serving of breakfast. 8:05 to 8:30 KLX broadcast. 9:00 a-m. Worship services conducted by the East Bay Church Federation t-atholic icouts to attend packs and senior units of the Oakland Area Council will have an organized program of activities for the in-town members, Regular meetings of the units will be con tinued, but outdoor activities will be the main order of business.

A majority of the Scout activities will center around Camp Dimond, local campsite in the Oakland foothills. Scouts will, have the oppor tunity of spending' days, nights weeks or even months at the camp without cost A complete staff will be on hand to operate a day camp program directed by members of the council staff including Walter Coffin, Guy Reide, C. Ben Lamkin and H. F. Anderson, The swimming pool, craft shop and nature den will be points of interest to the Scout campers and wilL-bftjunde Arnold Bjornson.

Bjornson is well Camp Dimond Opens' For June Session Camp Dimond will operate ftor a special eight-day session starting on Sunday, June 8. More than 100 Scouts have signed up, with as many more places available, Homer J. Bemiss, camp director said. Members of the council staff will serve as troop leaders during the organized camp -period. Troops will be formed of 30 Scouts, with the assistance of junior officers members heading up the units will include B.

C. "Bugs" Cain, Walter Coffin, Ben Lamkin, Guy Relde and H. F. The camp program will be carried on in troop style, each group operating its individual out-ol-camp activity, advancement program and recreation schedule. High point in the camp program will be the physical fitness training, including the use of the pre-Ranger obstacle course.

Swimming. life saving and water safety will be directed by George Engs A registration fee of SI accom auto springs; from designing and making full Indian regalia to plaster casts of the prints of wild animals and to elaborate taxidei my which Includes birds and small animals. For the first time in Camporee history the main park area was Insufficient to hold all the troops registered and it was necessary to include' the triangular parking strip bounded by MacArthur Boulevard, Grand Avenue and Park-Lake Boulevard. KLX TO BROADCAST Considerable attention was attracted by the special Indian display of Troop 53-, Ellis Weisker, Scoutmaster. The tents of this troop are in the form of Indian teepees Church.

9:45 a.m. Craft demonstrations in troop areas. 10:00 to 10:15 a.m. KLX broadcast. 10:30 a m.

Demonstration by Pan-American Airways. 1 1 00 to i 1 :30 a.m. KLX broadcast. 1 1:30 a m. Preparation and serving of noon moal 1 :00 p.m.

Band concert by Alameda Coast Guard Sand. 2:00 p.m. Preparation and breaking of camp. 2:30 p.m. Closing ceietnonies.

Plan Complete With the acquisition, free of debt, of Camp Dimond, headquarters for Oakland Area Coucil, Boy Scouts, and funds available for akbetter- ment program, a committee has bewv organised to plan-and -direct the ijnptwementeontemjilBated'. The committee is made up of some 50 Scout leaders. There is one body which has the entire plan of improvement in charge and several sub-committees have been created. each with a specific activity -in charge. John Shafer heads the "Planning Committee" which in eludes: Arthur Cobbledick George j.

w. ITalieta, V. C. Mclllraith, George Roeding, Wm. r.

Stone. Walter McLca," Wood-brigc Metcalf Working with this committee are the following: Electrical: Elmer Brown, chair man; Don Kirkbride, H. A. Reich-. hold, James D.

Land. Plumbing: TL H. Biermann. chair man; -Walter, Slorch, F. Kempka, Construction: Walter Pressler.

chairman; Ruluh Madelev. Hcnrv ftudeck, Ray Wolfe, Hans Cbris- enson, George Kalmar. rree. Felling: Health-Surety: Dr. Albert Boles, chairman; George Ent's.

Wm. Mar- ing. D. E. Snider.

H. Program: Harry Fledderman, chairman; Howard Martin, Ellis Weisker. Wnr. A. Roberts, E.

L. Allaire, Harold Bruce, Ray DeVol, Harold Fellows, Robert Harding, Dr. F. II. Looks, Bill Penberthy; Irwin Speed, L.

T. Thompson, Sam Wallis, A. J. Weeks, Leo Callaghan, Julius Oiozeo. Painting: Walter Wood.

New Sites Committee: Walter McLean, Rule Minard, Walter Pressler, Jehn Shafer. Acquisition of Wilderness Camp 'Sites Immediate Council Project Temple Shrine Band. services at Our Lady of Lourdes Special Services Feature of Sunday Camporee Program "A Scout is reSTerenf." hxemplifying jfhe twelfth point of the Scout law special church services will be held tod.iv as a feature of the program of the an nual camporee of Oakland Area Council, being held at Lakeshore Park, I A committee headed by Rev Altred F. Schroeder, pastor of St Mark's Evangelical Church and Rev. Father John Silva, of St.

Louis Hertrand's parish, both members of the board of directors of the council, nas prepared the oroeram for the services. Catholic Scouts will attend a special mass at. 9 o'clock at Thirty of 1. inn (li Chiiroh, Lakeshore Boulevard, opposite the park camp site. At the same hour special "union Protestant services will be held at the bund stand in the center of the camp ground.

Participating with Reverend Schroeder will be the Reverend Sundemann, Shattauck Avenue Methodist Church, who will read the days Scriptural pasage and offer a prayer and the Rev. Byron Eschelmann, pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church, who will preach the sermon. Life Saving Course A Senior and Junior Life Saving Course will open at 10 a.m. Sun day, June 4 at Farley Pool, San Leandro. Bill Boodt will be the in slriiclnr of the classes which will be open to all Scouts and Scoulcrs.

panied by 12 at Fruitvale School. Jaclc i .1 -ft' i save a place for the eight days of fun opening the Summer season. The total TSist for the camp is $11.25, which includes the required medical examination. The year 1944 promises to be one of the most important in the history of Oakland Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, both from the standpoint of objectives accomplished and of plans now in the process of fruition. The opening of the year saw the birth of a drive to free Camp Dimond, headquarters of the Council, of a mortgage which had rested a'gainst it tot more than 25 years.

Included in the financial needs was the purchase, or lease of wilderness camp sites and financing of an improvement program for Camp Dimond. So successful was the drive that the mortgage was discharged and for the first time in its history the campsite is clear of all debt and there is a sufficient fund on hand to provide for modernization and enlarging of several of the buildings at the camp, installation of drinking fountains, rewiring the grounds and numerous other projects which have been needed for a long time. KtX Tribune Radio Station Will Give Colorful Picture For the second consecutive year KI.X, The Tribune Thdio station, is broadcasting special events, color and personalities of the annual camporee of Oakland Area Council. Boy Scouts of America, now in progress at Lakeshore Park. The station will 'take to the air from a special remote control setup at the cymp ground at 8:05 this morning and give picture of early morning events at the camp.

This broadcast will continue for 23! minutes, and will describe preparation and Serving of breakfast. KLX will return to the air from the campjyound at 10 o'clock for a 15 minute period dining which handicraft demonstrations will be described and attention will be given to the Pan American Airways demonstration of air safety methods. From 11 to 11:30 the KLX an nouncers will be at the camp for thej story of preparation nf the noon meal including how the boys, plan their menues and how they cook the meal. The broadcasting began yester of! day afternoon with the opening the camporee. The story of the troop check-in was given to the radio audience from 12:30 to 1 o'clock while from to 6 the boy cooks were interviewed on the mutter of preparing camp meals.

Salvage Drive Is Continued One of the outstanding accom Area Council during the past two years has been the continuing salvage drive conducted by the troops. Tons of waste paper, thousands of coffee ia'rs, scrap metal, "rubber and other salvage material has been collected as a part of the regular activity program of the troops in practically every district In the council. With the increasing demand for waste paper and the higher prices offered, many troops have paid their way to troop camps, financed individual boys ty the Camp Dimond and Camp" Dimond sessions and in addition have raised funds for various civic enterprises, including aid to the Oakland Chapter Red Cross and other service organizations working in the camps and hospitals 'of this region. Scout leaders are continuing plans for this salvage work as a patriotic contribution Scouting to the war effort. An instance of the success of the drive js indicated in the withdrawal by the Folgrr Coffee Company of their plea fur coffee jars." However the MJB arid Schill ing companies are still in the mantel lor jars ana pnnne 10 either of those companies will result in prompt pickup of the col In the case nf coal hanuers then: is a steady demand lor these Irom all tailoring and cleaning and dyeing establishments.

However if any troop has a supply and desires In turn them over to the Red Cross as a civic service both camps and hospitals are in great need of a large supply. Scout leaders should contact Mrs. Robert MacNcur, chairman of the Camp and Hospital division, Oakland Chapter Kc! Cross. ASK VOLUNTEERS FOR WORK PARTY Oakland Area Council headquarters has hung out this sign in anticipation of a work party to be held at Camp Dimond. council headquarters, on Saturday and Sunday, June 3 ar)h 4.

At that time the anticipated improvement program, made possible bv'the successful financial campaign of hist Spring, will be inaugurated. Adult leaders snd Senior Scouts are needed particularly but all Scouts of whatever age can be of assistance. Proposed improvements for the two days include felling of treeg aroundthe swimrhing pool and in the cabin area'to provide additional light and warmth. Cement will be poured for a new incinerator in the cooking area, a new shower runway wtll be started and a new entrance to the messhall will be built. In addition work will start on enlarging the office building to provide space for two new staffmen who have been employed.

Headquarters will serve lunch to the workers on both days. Dimond 0 Is Filled For Three Sessions Registrations for Camp Dimond have been completely taken for the entire three sessions of the Summer and there are no vacancies. This is the first time in the history of operation of this camp that this condition has arisen early in the year. Not only Is camp registration closed but the total of boys' attendance represents the largest since the camp was first In all more Mhan 500 have signed. There are 150 each for the first and second sessions which is SO per cent more than have been allowed at camp at one time In the past.

'4 skits and the day closed with teps being blown at 10 clock AN OAKLAND IDEA jQlfiJidea of the Gamporee, holding a public demonstration of Scouting in action with the -dual purpose of giving the boys a chance for group camping and the public the opportunity to see how Scouts work, was born here in Oakland. The first Camporee in the United States was held in this city as an experiment by Oakland Area Coun cil. Since then it has been adopted by the National Council and there are few councils in the country in which the event is not held. Differ ent sections have different names for it but the method and rules are the same throughout the country, Great interest lie in negotiations now underway to acquire a number nf wilderness camp sites which will provide spots for weekend troop camping under primitive conditions. One site is in what is known as Little- Redwood' Canyon and is a portion of the McCosker ranch.

Lying but three miles from Camp Dimond the site can be reached by an easy hike, It includes two acres at. the actual camp site but the country available for hiking is un limited as it adjoins the Roundup Regional Park and hiking privileges on the balance of the large Mc- Cnsker ranch will be included un der terms of the lea.se. Negotiations are also under for sites near Livermore, and Sunnl. These include tracts from but a few acres to much larger sites. It is expected that announcements will be made in the near future as to the successful conclusion of the conversations concerning the lease or purchase of these properties.

council has included a box on the back sheet of your Camporee program. Fill this out and leave it at the. headquarters tent today, or mail it to Oakland Area Council, B.S.A.. P.O. Box 798, Oakland.

Do this now while you are think' ing about it and we will do the rest. Scouring Is Praised Capt. E. V. RlckenJoacker, air ace and war hero, says: "In this war on sea, land and in the air I have seen the fine fruit of this wise planting in American boys resulting from Scouting the sterling traits of observation, initiative, self-reliance, discipline and imagination.

I don't know how many of the 10,000,000 men, who, In their boyhood, were Scouts, now wear the uniform of Uncle Sam but I do know that there are many, many thousands. And, the whole country knows, that they are serving with distinction." Scouts of America, Box 796, Oakland, Age. I LbM I Servicemens' Addresses Wanted Nothing is as welcome to service- men as news from home. No matter where they may be, whether in a foreign land or at some post in the" United States, home nks first in heir minds and earts. And news of events in Oakland Area Council is cherished by the former Scouts now wearing the uniforms of their country, To this end the council gets out a monthly news letter telling of council-wide happenings, stories of troop doings and general news of other from whom the council letters, either direct or from relatives.

Is ygur boy, or your relative listed at headquarters? If not be sure and contact the council, either by phone or letter. Give the man's name and military address so that we may mail him his monthly letter. To make "it easier for you to include him in the mailing list the Mk- -Vvc "iCwA JV yfav VgV Oakland Council Calendar (Aparticipating member of the Oakland Community Chest) May 28 Camporee at East Shore Park, more than 2000 participants. Public invited. May 29 Scoutmaster training ot St.

Francis de Sales Church, 8 p.m. New registrants invited. June 2 Dimond and Dimond camp staff meeting, Camrp Dimond, 7:45 p.m. June1 3-4 Work party at Camp Dimond. noon meal to the work crew served by the council.

Hundred Scouts and leaders wanted. June 4 Auction of "lost and found" at Cirmp Dimond. p.m. June 4 Standard Red Cross first aid course opens at Camp Dimond, 2 p.m. 1 June 5 Central division leaders round bible at Camp Oimond, p.m.

June 6 East division commissioners meeting, 1701 17th Avenue, 8 p.m. June 7 Cubbers round-table meeting, Fruitvale School room, 7:45 p.m. June 9 Eagle Court of Honor, Alameda County Court House, 8 m. June 9 Scoutmasters round table for East Division, Arroyo Viejo Community House. 8 p.m.

June 11 Cub Craft Day at East Shore Park. Big program, special events. 12:30 to 4 p.m. June 12, 13, 14 Cub leaders training course, Fruitvale School, 7:45 p.m. June 18 Camp'Dimond opens for a special eight-day session.

Sign ups taken until June 10. June 26 Camp Dimond open to all Scouts for the entire Summer, complete staff to operate day program of Scouting, swimming pool open daily, no charge. Address of Scouts in Service If you know the name of any member of the Armed Services or the Mer- I ehant Marine who is now or formerly was member ot any acout troop, jfkck, or committee in Oakland Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, fill in -Trne blanks and buing this coupon to the headquarters at the Camporee or mail It to the Oakland Area Council, Boy California. Name Service Address Troop No Home Address. Preparing for the opening ol Dimond Camp, la Oakjand foolallli, lor annual Sumner camping session.

Scouts recently Joined for th first ol a iutIm ol work partita to dean up the camp grounds. Tn second work patty will be held June 3 and 1 Stacking limbs from tree that have been felled ere, left to right Dick Pland, Troop 3 Alfred Oliver. Vail Vista Troop, and Kenneth Hall Troop 72 Tribune photo..