Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan Pictured Scout Camp Opens in Wisconsin
The North Shore Area council starts Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan on Spring Lake in northern Wisconsin. Staff travel from Highland Park to set up a four camp, two week per period program with room for up to one hundred campers.
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North Shore Area Council
North Shore
Michigan
Wisconsin
Spring Lake
Eleho
Myron Co Rybolt
Carl McManus
Highland Park
Fiiday
John Betak
Mr. Wightman
Mr. Reynolds
Bob Wilkins
Wilmette
Louis Waefelaer
Karl D. King, Jr
Ryholt
McManus
Harry Ritchie
Winnetka
Glencoe Troop 23 Camp Notes On Water Front
Motley Bryant of Troop 23 reports a fine Glencoe camp with meals and a vegetable rich menu. The water front classifies boys as non-swimmers beginners and swimmers with winged markers. Instruction progresses from ten cents daily candy to rowing and canoeing activities.
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Glencoe Boys
Dea
Camp Ma ka Ja Wan Camps Summer Troop 2 Detachment
Eight campers from Wilmette Troop 2 join Camp Ma ka Ja Wan this summer. Names include Donald Toep pen Edwin Andrews Vernon Brown Gordon Cutler Bill Youngquist Howard Foge Ed Mee and Stephen Brooks. Assistant Scoutmaster Karl D King Jr. oversees with five troop officers Harold Spinney Bob Wilkins Bol King James Baker and Beefy Brenner. The camp boasts high quality food tents staff and mosquitoes despite being the camp's first year.
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Ma-ka-Ja-Wan
Wilmette
Donald Toeppen
Edwin Andrews
Vernon Brown
Gordon Cutler
Bill Youngquist
Howard Foge
Ed Mee
Stephen Brooks
Karl D. King Jr
Harold Spinney
Bob Wilkins
Bol King
James Baker
Brenner
Boost for Leaders at Our Summer Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan
Frank Reynolds Scoutmaster of Troop 5 Wilmette praises Ma Ka Ja Wan Scout camp under Executive Rybolt and Assistant McManus. The camp offers four craft tracks with expert young instructors and active participation for every Scout. Visitors are invited to see happy Scouts growing into real men in the outdoors.
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Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan
Rybolt
McManus
Frank Reynolds
Wilmette
Fine Glimpse of Life at Ma Ka Ja Wan Camp
Scouts from Glencoe Troop 23 travelled to Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan near Elcho Wisconsin joining Eagle Scouts Faven, Betak, Hicks, Brown, and Lathrop. The 360 acre site features a 4 1/2 mile lake robust meals served by boys, buddy swimming rules, three class swim divisions, and tent living with orderly camp decor under supervision of Scoutmaster Louis Waeselaer.
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Glencoe
North Shore
Elcho
Wis
Eleho
John Betak
Dave Hicks
Cameron Brown
Prescott Lathrop
Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan
Eagle Scouts
Col
Louis Waeselaer
New Scouts Join North Shore Area Troops
Four new Scouts were added last week increasing total to 1063. The newcomers are Harry Skidmore of Troop 30 Highland Park Clifford Holm of Troop 45 Lake Forest Orville Bennett of Troop 71 Libertyville and David I Morris of Troop 71 Libertyville.
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North Phore
Harry Skidmore
Highland Park
Clifford Holm
Lake Forest
Orville Bennett
Libertyville
David I Morris
New Scout Group Leaves for Camp Friday July 19
The North Shore Area council sends the second Scout group from Elecho Wise to a northern woods camp by the Fishermen's Special on the North Western railroad at 8 35 p.m. Daylight Saving Time. Scout Executive Myron C Rybolt remains at camp and plans to join later.
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Samp
North Shore Area Council
Elecho
Wise
North Western Railroad
Highlind Park
Myron C. Rybolt
Council
North Woods
Eleho, Wise
Highland Park
Evanston Scout Group Sails to International Jamboree Abroad
A delegation of about twenty Evanston Boy Scouts, led by Allen E. Towne, sails Friday from Montreal to the International Scout Jamboree near Liverpool for the event marking Baden-Powell’s founding twenty first year. Over 50 000 scouts from 42 countries attend with a Dawes Day honoring Ambassador Dawes. The group tours Europe after the camp, meeting Mrs Towne in Paris, and plans to return September 10 via Quebec.
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Evanston
North Shore
Mottreal
Liverpool
Allen E. Towne
Jerry Wilson
Wilmette
Robert Baden-Powell
England
Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Mr. Towne
Continent
Chateau
France
Paris
Towne
Oxford University
University of Cambridge
Quebec
Provisional Troop Enjoys Activities at Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan
A Provisional troop of 27 scouts from various councils camps at Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan. Scoutmaster Robert J. Wilkins of Wilmette Troop 12 leads in daily inspections with helpers Cameron Brown Claude Hamilton and Oscar Goepner. Eight 10 by 12 tents house four scouts each, with two double cots per tent.
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Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan
Robert J. Wilkins
Wilmette
Wilkins
Cameron Brown
Claude Hamilton
Oscar Goepner
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