Aiken Scouts Share Jamboree Tales From Fort A P Hill
Six Aiken Boy Scouts from Troop 406 joined 30,000 attendees at the 1981 National Scout Jamboree in Fort A. P. Hill Virginia. Letters home recount royalty visits by the King of Sweden and activities from canoeing to patch trading amid rain flooded camps and later plans for the 1983 World Jamboree in Canada.
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Hullo Mudah
Hullo Fadah
Fort A.P. Hill
Georgia- Carolina
Mike Jones
Aiken
Paul Thompson
Augusta
Fort Monroe
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Our Nation
Bill Hough
Bill
Joseph E. Harden
King of
Sweden
Canada
Jamboree Journal From Scout Troop 121 Scout Letter
Damon Lindley recalls a humorous Fort A.P. Hill visit with Troop 121 as they prepared for the Jamboree July 27. He notes a joking bus driver and describes camp setup, taps at 10 30, daily activities including Brownsea Island Camp Merit Badge Midway National Exhibits and a Cobra helicopter display and patch trading among scouts.
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Damon Lindley
Damon
Bill Lindley
Aiken
Fort A.P. Hill
Brownsea Island
Brownsea
Hootman Joins Weekend Jamboree With Troop 121
David Hootman 15, Life Scout of Troop 121, recounts a July weekend at a camping jamboree with late bed check, conservation and merit badge activities, and a Texas troop visiting their campsite. The diary notes hat pins trades, a 100 year painting exhibit, campfire events, rifle shooting and archery before late bedtime.
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David Hootman
David
Harry Hootman
Aiken
William H. Willcox
Damon Lindley
Mike Jones
Jamboree closes with Burl Ives Oak Ridge Boys fireworks
Kelly Cowan 13, a First Class Scout from Troop 121, recalls the final Jamboree day full of tasks and camp clean up then a closing campfire featuring regional acts Burl Ives and the Oak Ridge Boys. The mayor received thanks as scouts prepared to depart, feeling renewed scouting spirit.
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Kelly Cowan
Kelly
Shirley Cowan Inabinet
Aiken
Burl Ives
Oak Ridge Boys
Boy Scouts
Cooper Iowa Seeks Foster Celebrity Johnny Carson
A small town in Cooper Iowa declares it lacks a local celebrity and adopts a plan to recruit a foster star. After consideration the committee chooses Johnny Carson hoping he will boost community visibility as other towns have done with famous natives or guests.
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Cooper
Iowa
Johnny Carson
Corning
United States
Portsmouth
Ohio
Roy Rogers
Roy
Cincinnati
Trigger
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Scouting
Ellison Garvin
Royalty
Bill Hough Tales of
Texas
Mike Johnson
Erma Bombeck
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