https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/ca54fb7b5924813f079474302e0bbe11.pdf 36cc011b478664116cbb4b1841521597 PDF Text Text CAMP CURRIER.NEWS October 9, 1928. Mr• Ben s. Parker, Chairman of the Camp currier commission, has ma.do a handsome gift of three wild animal skin rugs kid six stuffed birds and animals for the inside adornment of the headquarters cabin. The surprise progrom of backwoods field sports on GET-TOGETHER D.AY next Saturday will begin at lb otclock in the morning ond, including a recess at noon, will be ended by midafternoon, after which an early evening barbecue will be served in time for those returning home to start before dark• At this season of the year over-night hikers should take at least two blankets. Ton troops with a total of seventy Scouts were at camp the last week-end, namely, Nos. 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 25, 30, 34, 40 and 54. While every bunch of boys was accompanied by a competent loader, four of these were scou~l'lll1.stors, ns follows: Messrs. Ben Coffey, Joe Flanagan, Bernie Harris, und M.P. Kearney. Troop 40 had chE:rge of the regular SD.turd.ay night council fire attended by forty-five scouts. The weather was ideal and some of the boys slept comfortably out under the trees with only one bla."lkot. A good rain this week even as late Friday will not interfere with the GET-TOGETHER DAY program ond will lessen the danger of forest fires on the camp. Neither will it interfere with the trnnsportntion, for the highway is hard-surfaced all the way to the ca.mp. Attention, racers and hikorst A new ruling this week makes Allstadt 1 s filling station at the lower end of Florida street the point of departure and return of all competitive contests between Memphis ruid Camp CUrrier. Go by Allstadt 1 s clock and phone from there to the Scout office or (out of office hours) to the residence of Executive Morris, 7-6932. Better bring tents if you intend to camp over-nignt. · Scouts Charley Hunter ruid Bill McCullough are hereby informed th*,.,t-he-f'.irs-t- Memphis to camp Currier bicycle hike record for the pres- �YH~O J: J:l:l) o--.vrempm:s- 'CO cam_p- currier bicycle hike record for the present ·~eason has been hung up by Cecil Crawford, three hours and nine minutes, one hour of which was spent in mending a puncture and borrowing a pump. Can you bent it? It is planned to have the council fire and the possum hunt simultaneously this week. Take your choice. ( r- J '.l �CAMP Cl!JRRIER NEWS No. 3 October 17~ 1928. Probably the biggest day thus far in the history of Camp Currie~ was the second annual Get Together Day last Saturday, the attendance being somewhat larger than that of last year and more significant from the fact that it was held one month earlier than before, showing that the troops are snapping into action more promptly after the summer vacation season, and also from the fact that there were more scouts present. Get Together Day is intended strictly for the boys and and their Scoutmasters, and on this occasion this rule was observed almost to the letter. Many a mother drove down to the camp to bring her son and again to take him home that night or next morning, but the day itself was one of novel athletic contests and good eats enjoyed alone by the Scouts and their troop leader$. The events this time·were: A scout axe throw, a boy-carrying road race up and down hill, a canteen race, a possum climb, and a rough crosscountry run. If you do not understand these peculiar terms, ask anybody who was there. The troops provided their own lunch at noon, but in the early evening they were stuffed full of a feast consisting of two barbecue~ hogs and one sheep, Boo buns, 450 home-cookies, two bushels of apples and a barrel of water. At nightfall sixty-one scouts took part in the possum hunt under the leadership of the veteran hunter, uncle Ben Alexander, and returned to camp with their ~uarry before 9 o'clock; while simultaneously fort~ boys attended the council fire which was presided over by Ed Orgill, j\Ssistant scoutmaster of Troop No. 34. In all the happy day there was not one serious casualty. Troop No. 34 won the championship of the day with seven teen points; Eudora Troop No. 1 came second with twelve points; Troop No. 25 was third with six; Troop No. 1, fourth,with five; Troop No. 3, fifth, with three; and Nos. 40 and 45 tied for sixth place with one point each. Rev. N. W. Grafton of Cub 1.ake made an excellent clerk of the course, and the judges were Professor Cedell Morgan, athletic coach of the Eudora consolidated school, and J.S. Barnett and J.vv. cooper of Eudora. Bruce Denham won the possum climb in five and four-fifths seconds. This WDs some feat when it is considered that the scout had to climb into a tree, catch with his bare hands a big growling possum and chuck him into a towsack on the ground. Two of the forty-three climbers were bitten, several had hair-breadth escapes, and some utterly failed to put the struggling, biting, scratching animal into the towsack. ' I The young possum caught on the hunt Saturday night was taken to Memphis as the mascot of Troop No. la. �'1 l The next big event at ca~ is the Chickasaw council barbecue set for Saturday evening, October 27th. �CAMP CUBRIER NEW$_ No. 4 October 23, 1S28. The barbecue at Camp Currier next Sat11rday, October 27, is. not for Scouts except that Troop No. 19 has been requested t.o detail several of its members to assist in cooking the meat over night, also to keep open house at their cabin for inspection by the men visitors. Other troops that may wish to spend the week-end at camp may do so as usual, but they should bear in mind that the barbecue is for m0 n only, namely: Members of Chicke.saw council, members of troop committees, scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters. Neither ha~e the men been invited to bring their wives, for this affair is intended to be a real "stag party•i ~ ********** EVer try a compass hike? Tenderfoots and other inexperienced hikers had better undertake only short ones at first, but some of the older scouts are walking to camp by the compass, which really is a day•s journey. The start from Memphis should be made from the south end of Florida street. * * * * * * **** Four troops were at camp the last week-end. The weather was fine. Troop No. 34 spent two days working on their cabin, and as a result the rafters are now in place and all the sheeting on for the roof. It is these boys• intention to rive out the cypress boards with which to shingle the roof. * * * ** *** ** Scoutmaster Ben Coffey of Troop.No. l came to camp saturday with some of his older scouts. One of these, Bill Bellamy, made some very good plaster of Paris prints of animal tracks, finishing up not only the negative but also the positive prints. .An especially interesting one was that of a squirrel that had lost one of its toes• * * * *** *** * Here is a ne~ plan for transportation to Camp Currier: Assistant scoutmaster Bill Bellamy of Troop NO• l has made arrangements for the use of a large school bus that can carry as many as forty at a time, also for a light Ford truck to carry the baggage when the bus is full. This bus will start any Friday afternoon at 3:30 or later or saturday morning from any good meeting place in Memphis. If as many as twenty passengers go; the cost of the round trip per passenger will be fifty cents, or $1C for all. If there are fewer than twenty passengers, the bus will still cost $10 and therefore proportionately more per passenger. For instance, if only seventeen go the cost will be sixty cents per person. If there are more than twenty passengers, the fare will still be fifty cents apiece. The bus and driver, who is an experienced school bus chauffeur, will remain at camp over night and as long as the load wishes to stay, if not later than Sunday evening, so that they can start home at any time if bad weather threatens. This bus can be engaged by phoning the Boy scout office not later than noon on Friday, but a longer notice is desirable. �* * * ***** ** some members of Troop 34 undertook a compass hike from Memphis to c. c. last Friday but did not start early en~igh to finish it before dark, so they stopped eight miles from camp and rode in the rest of the way. They were greatly pleased with the big undertaking, and probably will finish it this week. Another troop, however, is planning 'to do it all in one day and to do it first. * * * * * * * * * * * It rained at camp Monday, effectually settling the dust problem for this season. With fair weather for the remainder of the week everything will be favorable for the barbecue next Saturday. : .1. •• ·: ,\ .. . '" ,•·. , . �CAMP CURRIER NEWS No. 5. I October 30, 1928. The men, who alone were to enjoy the Chickasaw council barbecue last Saturday evening, may think it was ruined by the rain which set in at 8 o• clock in the morning; bu.t troops No. 19, 34, 40 and 50 have a different tale to tell. As soon as the rain had set in as an all day drizzle a telephone call from the Memphis office announced that the men's gathering was called off, and permission was given to feed to the scouts who happened to be at camp the lamb and pig that had been roasting all night over the barbecue pit. This announcement was received with shouts of pleasure by the boys and gave renewed impetus to their rainy-day indoor work of grinding axes, sharpening knives and otherwise making ready for fair weather activities. some even went on hunger hikes and stayed their appetites at noon with persimmons, hickory nuts and parched corn in anticipation of the bigger feed that was promised for the early evening. About 4:30 a few men from Eudora came for the feast, and soon afterwards all the meat the crowd could eat, together with an apple apiece, was served to an even half hundred people including these leaders: scoutmasters J.W. cooper, Arnold Houston, F.W. Morrison, Roger Stanley, and Assistant scoutmasters W!W. Grafton, Cedell . Morgan and Ed Orgill. ***"'*** Last 'Thursday a dozen members of Troop NO• 25 hiked from Memphis to camp currier, thus ad.ding 12,0bo points to their credit in the fall contest. They made the trip in nine hours, and after a night's rest all reported in good condition except one whose shoes had rubbed blisters on his feet. ******* Troop No. 3 has begun felling trees for its cabin logs • .111-****** Before the barbecue was served last Saturday the rain ceased and a bunch of sixteen sallied forth in pursuit of the timid marsupial. No sooner had the hunt actually begun than the full moon burst through the thinning clouds, the hillsides already were drained enough for good hiking, and even some logs were found sufficiently dry to sit on. The first possum treed either went to sleep on high or averted his face so persistently that the battery of half a dozen searchlights failed to catch his eye, and the second one ; ao successfully hid himself among tree roots underground that digging him out was impracticable; but the third, after having a branch cut off under him, crawled into another tree where John Loomer was waiting to nab him, and on the way back to camp Ray Owen captured another on a limb thirty feet from the ground. * ** *** * Troop No. 5u chose a cabin site last Saturday and began cleaning it up. ******* A Redskin powwow will be held soon, probably on November 9. At any rate it should be in the dark of the moon, for deep secrets will be discussed and plans made for the present season. All necessary information will appe&r in the next issue of the News. Meanwhile let �·every memb·er· of the 'Eri"be plan to occupy a ringside seat at the Indian feast on Friday night of next week. . *****-** The fall contest is half over, and at pres~nt it is i~ossible to predict even what ~roops will finish among the first half dozen. Eighteen already are in the race. Last year the winners came up from behind during .the final week, but as a rule it is wise to quicken one•a pace earlier in the holne stretch. * * * **** TroopNo. 34 began·shingling· its cabin the last week-end. -7 • ***"'**·* -·----·--·--------------------~---~---------------------- ·---- ---·--------- - · - - - ---------- �- - - - - - - - - - .. -., ----·---- } - A civil engineer has been employed to ~ke a map of the proposed lake, and his men comnenced surveying it last Friday. ******* With a c9~eten t leader in charge of every bunch of scouts vi si-t .... ing camp thi.s fall there is a marked improvement in policing the grounds and very little litter is being scat:tered over the camp. **•**** Another compass hike from Memphis to Camp cm;rier was attempted last Saturday, but on account of the rain it was abandoned four miles short of its destination. ***"'**"' A good way to make a good showing in the contest is to study the point sheet and make plane at home, then keep everlastingly busy while at caµip. 'lb.at is how Troop No. 11 won all three of the contests. in 1927. ' ' �CAMP CURRIER NEWS November 6, 1928. NO. 6. The first Redskin poWl'fO~ of the season will be held at the camp on Saturday night, November 10, provided that the weather is pleasant in the morning and that the forecast for that day is favorable. Members of the tribe who may be planning not to arrive at camp until evening should send word earlier in the day in order to be sure of having their names in the pot for the mid.night Indian feast. .all who have bows and arrows are requested to bring them to this meeting • .,. * * * * Troop 34•s cabin is now under a fine cypress roof, due largely to the good work done the last week-end, * **** It has been suggested by senator s.B. Dean of Eudora that the highway from Memphis to C~ currier, which he has fathered so persistently and with final success, be lined with some particular kind of tree, one row on each side of the road, so as to mark the way to camp, , and that it be called for instance "The. Walnut Highway" or "The cottonwood Highway. 11 This is an excellent idea and autumn is the best season to transplant trees. * **** Surveying the lake site is progressing despite several rains. * * * ** .Another fine gift has been made to the headquarters cabin. It is an elegantly illustrated ten-volume set of The Nature Library published by Doubleday, page & company. Fred W, Morrison, scoutmaster of Troop 34, is the donor of this most useful present which will help many a young naturalist among the Chickasaw council scouts to a better scientific.knowledge of what he sees in the wild in or about the camp~ More than a year ago, also, this same gentleman installed at this cabin a large First Aid cabinet which fortW1ately has not yet been needed for ar1y very serious accident. * * * * * The scouts who were at camp last Saturday evening voted to dispense with the possum hW1t because of the damp and cold, but the council fire was held as usual. Giving greater heed to the weather this fall is ma.king the outings at currier more enjoytb~e than sometimes happened heretofore. At the same time the scouts are learning better J;iow to camp and will be able to make themselves comfortable whenever they are caught out in bad weather. * * * ** Arrangements have been made to gravel the camp road from the entrance to the headquarters cabin without delay. If 'the weather permits, this improvement probabl;y- will be made within the next ten days. * * * * * Every week inquiries are made as to what troop is leading in the fall contest, but this information will not be given out until the close, November 3Q. * * * ** EVen yet some Memphis scout families do not seem to know that Camp currier can now be reached by a hard-surface highway, only twenty mi leR from the foot of Florida street. �* * * ** several Scouts have reported that they never see the camp currier News except at the Eoy scout Office, while some troops h.ear it read at their weekly meeting every Friday evening. M.r .. scoutmaster, probably enough of your boys would be interested in reading it to warrant your posting each issue on the wal], at the meeting place. * * * * * Eudora Troop No. 1- hDs two adult Assistant scoutmasters, one of whom is a professional song leader and the other a school athletic coach. Lucky troop! Watch it grow in numbers and in scouting ·proficiency. ,. ·:. ·i.·!·.. .;... \ �CAMP CURRIER :NEWS No. 7 November 14, 192.:L some of the ter.derfoot F.edskins at the powwow last Saturday thought they were eating chicken or rabbit, when in reality it was possum me(3.t which they are, now convinced is gooG. to eat. Another meeting of the :;:n'i:l.an t:ribe will be held in December, due notice of which will be given on thi.3 sheet. * * * * * * * * * * , scoutmaster Howard Pri tcha:i.·d. was at camp saturday and Sunday, bringing material for a cabin and staking out the foundation lines. * * * * * ** *** A coon accidentally treed on the camp last Friday night was left unmolested and doubtless come to the conclusion that it is a safe place. * * * * * * * * * * Members of Trocp 40, who· spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at camp, constructed a cave with a tunnel entrance and a window. ********** Ruy and "Li ttlei 1 Owon of Troop 34 were star performers at the possum hunt Saturday night. When the b~ggest possum of the season was found perched fifty feet high in a tall poplar, Ray was the only scout in the party who could scale the forty feet of thE: tree'. s limbless trunk. The first branch, also, was dead and broke under Rayls weigpt, but the boy was too good a climber to lose his hold on the tree trunk. However, when he grasped the possum the animal retaliated by bi ting tho youth's wrist, whereupon both of them let loose of each other and down came the possum to the grou.YJ.d below. Still he lit on all fours and was about to make his get-away had it not been for Stewart Dean of Troop 50 who pounced up on the fleeing quarry. After the capture a hot fire warmed up the circle of twenty-five hunters and after the singing of many songs it was discovered that 11 Little 11 Owen was fast asleep. * * * * * * *** * The spreading of gravel began yesterday on the camp road. running from the entrance in as far as the headquarters cabin. * * * * ***** * �.;_..,;_·--·.- 2- Last $llnday Camp Currier welcomed almost a continuous string of visitors from early in the forenoon until sundown. It was worth the trip from Memphis just to see the panorama of gorgeous-colored forest trees. ********* scoutmaster Arnold Houston and scv0ral members of Troop 50 cleaned up their now cabin si to last Saturday. * ** * * * * ** Troop 19 has begun to nakc furniture for their cabin. "********* scoutmaster Ollie TUcker of Troop 7, together with several others interested in starting a troop cabin, wore at canp Sunday afternoon r.ialdng plans and arrangements to begin ir.:iproving their cabin site which is one of tho largest on Ca.r.lp currier. ' . �CAMP CURRIER NEW§. November 20, 1828. The, big event at camp J_ast week was the barbecue for TroopsJ.l aP.d 34, winners and runners-up ~n the 1927 fall contest. After the close of the contest on December 31 there were so many weeks of uncertain weather that the affair finally 1"Tas po~tponed to be the opening event for the pr·es-· ent season, but on account of the absence of both scoutmasters there was a further postponement until. they both could be present, At last scoutmaster A.S. Fry of Troop No. 11 urged that there be no further delay becauce of his prolonged stay in Texas, and a!:\ it happened scoutmaster F.W. Morrison of Troop No. 34 wa$ ill on the C.ate set and after all both scoutmasters were conspicuous for their absenee. The feast was a sort of housewarming for No. 34•s new cabin where two tables were spread and the eats were served. by this troop in honor of the other one, their friends the victors. The bill-of-fare consisted of barbecued pig with dressing, hot· beans, rolls, pickles, pumpkin pie, and hot cocoa and apples. Following tho food the trophy was presented to Troop No, 11 by scout Executive W. Gordon Morris in a happy speech in which he alluded to the fact that in both of these troops are many scouts who are real campers. The prize given to No. 11 to keep until won by some other troop is a handmade hickory loving cup on which is burned the inscription "C.C.F.C. Troop :No, 11, 192T1 ; and there is additional space for the succeeding winners in the years to come, It is an interesting coincidence that scoutmaster Fry of the winning troop ougge3ted before the contest that the trophy be something of no material value but calculated to gather unto itself as the years pass a sentioantal value to make it a coveted prize, and this already is coming true as inciicated by the hot race now in progress to secure its possession during the coming year. Deputy Edmund of the ly way defeat Following the presentation of the trophy short talks were made by Commissioner Willard Ecy,;, AE>sistant Scoutmasters Lucian Smith and Orgill, and senior Pat:rol Lcs..d~rs Franklin Kimbrough and Ray Owen two troops, one of whom quite feelingly alluded to the most friendin which Nos. 11 and ~4 celebrated the victory of the former and of the latter in the initial contest. *"'**** Last Saturday night 1 s possum hunt was enjoyed by members of Troops No. 11 and 4Q, and the quarry as usual was caught by hand. Harold Roberts of No. 40 was the captor, and as it was a· .young one he took it home for a pet. **'!<*** Just ten days, including only one Saturday but two holidays, Thursday and Friday of next week, are left in the 1928 fall contest. * "' >t< * * * �Yesterday the state Highway Department began dragging the new highway to camp currier, and hencefo~th it will be kept in increasingly good order. *"'**** An.Y scout who may wish at any time an extra copy of the Call!? currier News may obtain same at the Eoy scout Office. *"'**** A certain scout bought one of the captured possums and took it home with him last Sunday to try cooking it himself while his Mother is away on a visit. **"'*** The weekly council fire last Saturday fiight was under the auspices of Troop No. 11. * * * * *'* senator S .:s. Dean of Eudora, Miss., a member of Chickasaw council, receives the Carnp currier News at Jackson, the state capital, during the session of the legislature, and he reports that several of his law-making colleagues have become interested in camp that they ask him for this weekly sheet to read it themselves. �CA~~ CURRIER NEWS November 27, 1928. Transportation to ca.mp currier is not a difficult problem if understood and planned for in time. Otherwise, however, it may cause._c.onsiderable inconvenience for all concerned. Here is one point that needs to be explained again: The 'bus drivers of Eudora carry school children mornings and evenings five days a week. On those days they can be reached by telephone about 8 A. M. and 3 P .M. But on Saturdays and SU.ndays it is hard to get in touch with them, and even then they usually a~e engaged in something else unless notified beforehand. scoutmasters should put in orders for these bu.ses not later than Friday noon. ******** Last Saturday camp currier was the scene of a supper hike by members of the scout Leaders Training school. They obtained· a little outdoor experience, most of which was cooking their own suppers on campfires, and then the majority of those present decided to join the Boy scouts in the regular Saturday night possum hunt. It was a beautiful moonlight night and so mild that nobody could suffer mu.ch from the cold, even if not properly clothed for the outing, bu.t the clever little marsupials steadfastly refused to make an exhibition of themselves before this bunch of men. so it was decided to hold the· council fire while waiting for the hounds to put something up a tree. songs, stunts, speeches and story-telling made an interesting program for nearly an hour under the auspices of Troop No. 9, scoutmaster T.J. TUrner presiding, and then the men decided to return to camp and to Memphis. several of the boys, also, had to leave because of anxious parents awaiting their late arrival home, so that the hunting party was reduced to scoutmaster Ben Coffey and six of his Troop, No.l, and Edgar Gaulding of No. 40. Exactly at 11 o•clock the dogs treed their quarry and the flashlights found it far out on a limb fifty feet above the ground. scouts Walter Allen and Robert Reinert went up the tree but the animal was so far out of reac~ that it had to be shaken out. Landing in the very midst of the five boys below, it made haste to get away, but Edgar Gaulding, the lone representative of Troop No. 40, was too quick for it and soon arose from the melee of boys and dogs holding high his victim dnngling by its tail. His experience of the evening netted his Troop 700 po in ts in the contest. *****"'** A.W. Thomas, a farmer living five miles from the camp on the wa:y to Memphis , found a blanket roll with a leather vest, cooking kit., etc., evidently belonging to a scout, and it has been left at the Boy scout Office in Memphis. * * *week * * will * * *bring to a close the fall contest Friday midnight of this which has developed into a lively race. * * *the * *following * * * troops represented at camp: The last week-end found Nos. 1, 5, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31, 34 and 40. * * * *in* the * * con;pletion * Troop No. 34 is rejoicing of its cabin, the largest thus far built at camp, with dimension of 16 X 24 feet. It is made of sawed white oak logs with a c~'Press roo~ and has upstairs bun.king space for the whole troop. ***"'**** BY mistake the name of Ed Spinks w2s omitted from last week 1 s report of the barbecue for Troop;l,io.11 and 34. He was chosen to represent his troop, No. 11, in accepting their contest trophy, and he did it very acceptably. * * * * * * * *· The survey of the lake si~e was finished last Saturday.n �CAMP CURRIER NEW§ No. 10. December 5, 1928, scout Otis Tu.cker of troep No. ll was the hero of two possum captures on the hunt last Saturday night, catching one young animal only ten feet up in a small tree and grabbing by the throat a cross old he-possum that had been driven to its lair and stood there at bay with threatening, wide-open mouth and vicious growls. The first quarry was treed almost immediately after the hunters started from Uncle :sen Alexander• s home in the edge of the forest and we.s chucked into the towsack within tan minutes. The second was bagged about an hcur later. Their captor bought the large possum and took it home to skin and stretch its hide, while he and Spencer ]ell bought the small one to be kept as the mascot of the wolf patrol. ** ** *** The heavy rains of Thursday and Friday cut down the attendance at car4{:> to seven troops, whereas several others had planned to spend the Thanksgiving week-end here. The road graveling, also, was stopped. * ** * ** * The winter c~ing program will be announced soon. ******* Assistant scoutina.ster Williford Bell and three scouts of troop No. 10 learned how to rive shingles, rived out enough for their cabin and put on a good CYPress roof in three days last week. They hope soon to have the cabin ready for occupancy. ******* The outcome of the second annual fall contest spread like wildfire throughout Memphis scouting circles last Saturday, troops No. 34 and 40 being the winners and ru.nners"""llp respectively, while No. 1 stood in third place just outside the money. Last year troop No. 34 was the runner-up and No. 40 was third. Fred w. Morrison and Edmund Orgill, respectively scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster of the winning troop, worked as enthusiastically as any two scouts in their organization and were as happy as any of the boys in the victory which their admirable teamwork achieved. Scoutmasters Joe w. Austin and Ben B. coff ey of the troops winning second and third place are to be congratulated upon the work done by their boys, who also probably will attain first place in this popular race before their scouting careers are finished, for they have proved themselves true outdoor scouts. The date for the barbecue and presentation of the contest trophy will be announced soon. �-2- on the night before Thanksgiving a wildcat was caught in a trap about half a mile west of Cwip cu1'rier. Naxt morning the trapper, Earnest Roebuck, brought the hio.i:;, over es a present to the camp director, and it will become a greatly prized orncment in the Headquarters Cabin. This beautiful gift from Mr. Roebuck, a wsll-knovm and experienced woodsman of this community, is very much appreciated. The cat is supposed to be the mother of the two kittens which a couple of the young Roebuck children found and carri.ed home as pets last summer. Before these dangerous pets grew up they were sold for $5.00 apieca. ******* scoutmaster Howard Pritchard and his assistant, Thurman Crawford, were at camp two days the last week-end working on the new cabin for troop No. 5. ******* Dr. Howard cu.rl, who recently moved to Memphis from Shepoygan, Wis., where he was scoutmaster of a BOY scout troop, was a visitor at camp currier last Saturday. He and his two sons, both of whom are scouts, were guepts of scoutmaster T· J. TUrner and some menbers of his troop, No. 9. They all worked on the troop's cabin which soon will be ready for the roof. ******* An R. o. T. C· rabbit cap was found on the camp last sun.day. �carrir currier ~evJs No. ll. December 18, 1928. It gives one a real thrill to follow the surveyors' lines on the actual site uf the proposed lake, for it enables a person to visualize what a beautiful body of water it will be. The location of the dam recommended by Engineer Markwell is on the west line of the camp in the large valley running due west from the cabin of Troop No • 10 for more than one-third of a mile. The main body of this \r alley is 200 feet wide and will make a perfect straight-away race course for swimming, rowing and sailing. The branch valley running in a southeasterly direction from the junction of the two at the point of Troop No. l6•s cabin site is about the same length as the main valley but somewhat narrower and both valleys are fringed with so many inlets of various sizes ·and shapes that it is plain to be seen that the lake will present the appearance of a perfectly natural body of' water bordered all around with steep, wooded banks. The surveyors• estimate of its size is twenty-two acres. * "' "' * * Scoutmaster J.W. Austin and fifteen members of Troop No. 40 spent the week-end at camp putting in the foundation of their cabin, the plans of which show one mo.in room 16 X 24 feet in size, a kitchen ell 9 X 10 and a front porch 8 X 15. The loft will be used for sleeping, and of course there will be a fireplace. "' "' * * * Troop Committeeman J.E. Deupree of No. 54, together with scoutmaster Ralph Hasty and scouts Sam Bejach and Richard Mays were at camp Sunday afternoon planning to spend the Christmas holidays in the woods getting out logs for their cabin which is to stand on ful point between the cabin sites of Troops No. 9 and 34. ... * *** The fall contest barbecue was on account of unsettled weather. but it on the boards for some time this month. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CAMP CURRIER.NEWS October 9, 1928. Mr• Ben s. Parker, Chairman of the Camp currier commission, has ma.do a handsome gift of three wild animal skin rugs kid six stuffed birds and animals for the inside adornment of the headquarters cabin. The surprise progrom of backwoods field sports on GET-TOGETHER D.AY next Saturday will begin at lb otclock in the morning ond, including a recess at noon, will be ended by midafternoon, after which an early evening barbecue will be served in time for those returning home to start before dark• At this season of the year over-night hikers should take at least two blankets. Ton troops with a total of seventy Scouts were at camp the last week-end, namely, Nos. 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 25, 30, 34, 40 and 54. While every bunch of boys was accompanied by a competent loader, four of these were scou~l'lll1.stors, ns follows: Messrs. Ben Coffey, Joe Flanagan, Bernie Harris, und M.P. Kearney. Troop 40 had chE:rge of the regular SD.turd.ay night council fire attended by forty-five scouts. The weather was ideal and some of the boys slept comfortably out under the trees with only one bla."lkot. A good rain this week even as late Friday will not interfere with the GET-TOGETHER DAY program ond will lessen the danger of forest fires on the camp. Neither will it interfere with the trnnsportntion, for the highway is hard-surfaced all the way to the ca.mp. Attention, racers and hikorst A new ruling this week makes Allstadt 1s filling station at the lower end of Florida street the point of departure and return of all competitive contests between Memphis ruid Camp CUrrier. Go by Allstadt 1 s clock and phone from there to the Scout office or (out of office hours) to the residence of Executive Morris, 7-6932. Better bring tents if you intend to camp over-nignt. · Scouts Charley Hunter ruid Bill McCullough are hereby informed th*,.,t-he-f'.irs-t- Memphis to camp Currier bicycle hike record for the pres( r- YH~O J: J:l:l) o--.vrempm:s- 'CO cam_p- currier bicycle hike record for the present ·~eason has been hung up by Cecil Crawford, three hours and nine minutes, one hour of which was spent in mending a puncture and borrowing a pump. Can you bent it? It is planned to have the council fire and the possum hunt simultaneously this week. Take your choice. J '.l CAMP Cl!JRRIER NEWS No. 3 October 17~ 1928. Probably the biggest day thus far in the history of Camp Currie~ was the second annual Get Together Day last Saturday, the attendance being somewhat larger than that of last year and more significant from the fact that it was held one month earlier than before, showing that the troops are snapping into action more promptly after the summer vacation season, and also from the fact that there were more scouts present. Get Together Day is intended strictly for the boys and and their Scoutmasters, and on this occasion this rule was observed almost to the letter. Many a mother drove down to the camp to bring her son and again to take him home that night or next morning, but the day itself was one of novel athletic contests and good eats enjoyed alone by the Scouts and their troop leader$. The events this time·were: A scout axe throw, a boy-carrying road race up and down hill, a canteen race, a possum climb, and a rough crosscountry run. If you do not understand these peculiar terms, ask anybody who was there. The troops provided their own lunch at noon, but in the early evening they were stuffed full of a feast consisting of two barbecue~ hogs and one sheep, Boo buns, 450 home-cookies, two bushels of apples and a barrel of water. At nightfall sixty-one scouts took part in the possum hunt under the leadership of the veteran hunter, uncle Ben Alexander, and returned to camp with their ~uarry before 9 o'clock; while simultaneously fort~ boys attended the council fire which was presided over by Ed Orgill, j\Ssistant scoutmaster of Troop No. 34. In all the happy day there was not one serious casualty. Troop No. 34 won the championship of the day with seven teen points; Eudora Troop No. 1 came second with twelve points; Troop No. 25 was third with six; Troop No. 1, fourth,with five; Troop No. 3, fifth, with three; and Nos. 40 and 45 tied for sixth place with one point each. Rev. N. W. Grafton of Cub 1.ake made an excellent clerk of the course, and the judges were Professor Cedell Morgan, athletic coach of the Eudora consolidated school, and J.S. Barnett and J.vv. cooper of Eudora. Bruce Denham won the possum climb in five and four-fifths seconds. This WDs some feat when it is considered that the scout had to climb into a tree, catch with his bare hands a big growling possum and chuck him into a towsack on the ground. Two of the forty-three climbers were bitten, several had hair-breadth escapes, and some utterly failed to put the struggling, biting, scratching animal into the towsack. ' I The young possum caught on the hunt Saturday night was taken to Memphis as the mascot of Troop No. la. The next big event at ca~ is the Chickasaw council barbecue set for Saturday evening, October 27th. '1 l CAMP CUBRIER NEW$_ No. 4 October 23, 1S28. The barbecue at Camp Currier next Sat11rday, October 27, is. not for Scouts except that Troop No. 19 has been requested t.o detail several of its members to assist in cooking the meat over night, also to keep open house at their cabin for inspection by the men visitors. Other troops that may wish to spend the week-end at camp may do so as usual, but they should bear in mind that the barbecue is for m0n only, namely: Members of Chicke.saw council, members of troop committees, scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters. Neither ha~e the men been invited to bring their wives, for this affair is intended to be a real "stag party•i ~ * * * * * * * * * * EVer try a compass hike? Tenderfoots and other inexperienced hikers had better undertake only short ones at first, but some of the older scouts are walking to camp by the compass, which really is a day•s journey. The start from Memphis should be made from the south end of Florida street. * * * * * * * * * * Four troops were at camp the last week-end. The weather was fine. Troop No. 34 spent two days working on their cabin, and as a result the rafters are now in place and all the sheeting on for the roof. It is these boys• intention to rive out the cypress boards with which to shingle the roof. * * * * * * * * * * Scoutmaster Ben Coffey of Troop.No. l came to camp saturday with some of his older scouts. One of these, Bill Bellamy, made some very good plaster of Paris prints of animal tracks, finishing up not only the negative but also the positive prints. .An especially interesting one was that of a squirrel that had lost one of its toes• * * * * * * * * * * Here is a ne~ plan for transportation to Camp Currier: Assistant scoutmaster Bill Bellamy of Troop NO• l has made arrangements for the use of a large school bus that can carry as many as forty at a time, also for a light Ford truck to carry the baggage when the bus is full. This bus will start any Friday afternoon at 3:30 or later or saturday morning from any good meeting place in Memphis. If as many as twenty passengers go; the cost of the round trip per passenger will be fifty cents, or $1C for all. If there are fewer than twenty passengers, the bus will still cost $10 and therefore proportionately more per passenger. For instance, if only seventeen go the cost will be sixty cents per person. If there are more than twenty passengers, the fare will still be fifty cents apiece. The bus and driver, who is an experienced school bus chauffeur, will remain at camp over night and as long as the load wishes to stay, if not later than Sunday evening, so that they can start home at any time if bad weather threatens. This bus can be engaged by phoning the Boy scout office not later than noon on Friday, but a longer notice is desirable. * * * * * * * * * * some members of Troop 34 undertook a compass hike from Memphis to c. c. last Friday but did not start early en~igh to finish it before dark, so they stopped eight miles from camp and rode in the rest of the way. They were greatly pleased with the big undertaking, and probably will finish it this week. Another troop, however, is planning 'to do it all in one day and to do it first. * * * * * * * * * * * It rained at camp Monday, effectually settling the dust problem for this season. With fair weather for the remainder of the week everything will be favorable for the barbecue next Saturday. : , . .1. •• ·: ,\ .. . '" ,•·. I CAMP CURRIER NEWS No. 5. October 30, 1928. The men, who alone were to enjoy the Chickasaw council barbecue last Saturday evening, may think it was ruined by the rain which set in at 8 o• clock in the morning; bu.t troops No. 19, 34, 40 and 50 have a different tale to tell. As soon as the rain had set in as an all day drizzle a telephone call from the Memphis office announced that the men's gathering was called off, and permission was given to feed to the scouts who happened to be at camp the lamb and pig that had been roasting all night over the barbecue pit. This announcement was received with shouts of pleasure by the boys and gave renewed impetus to their rainy-day indoor work of grinding axes, sharpening knives and otherwise making ready for fair weather activities. some even went on hunger hikes and stayed their appetites at noon with persimmons, hickory nuts and parched corn in anticipation of the bigger feed that was promised for the early evening. About 4:30 a few men from Eudora came for the feast, and soon afterwards all the meat the crowd could eat, together with an apple apiece, was served to an even half hundred people including these leaders: scoutmasters J.W. cooper, Arnold Houston, F.W. Morrison, Roger Stanley, and Assistant scoutmasters W!W. Grafton, Cedell . Morgan and Ed Orgill. ***"'*** Last 'Thursday a dozen members of Troop NO• 25 hiked from Memphis to camp currier, thus ad.ding 12,0bo points to their credit in the fall contest. They made the trip in nine hours, and after a night's rest all reported in good condition except one whose shoes had rubbed blisters on his feet. ******* Troop No. 3 has begun felling trees for its cabin logs • .111-****** Before the barbecue was served last Saturday the rain ceased and a bunch of sixteen sallied forth in pursuit of the timid marsupial. No sooner had the hunt actually begun than the full moon burst through the thinning clouds, the hillsides already were drained enough for good hiking, and even some logs were found sufficiently dry to sit on. The first possum treed either went to sleep on high or averted his face so persistently that the battery of half a dozen searchlights failed to catch his eye, and the second one ; ao successfully hid himself among tree roots underground that digging him out was impracticable; but the third, after having a branch cut off under him, crawled into another tree where John Loomer was waiting to nab him, and on the way back to camp Ray Owen captured another on a limb thirty feet from the ground. * * * * * * * Troop No. 5u chose a cabin site last Saturday and began cleaning it up. ******* A Redskin powwow will be held soon, probably on November 9. At any rate it should be in the dark of the moon, for deep secrets will be discussed and plans made for the present season. All necessary information will appe&r in the next issue of the News. Meanwhile let ·every memb·er· of the 'Eri"be plan to occupy a ringside seat at the Indian feast on Friday night of next week. . *****-** The fall contest is half over, and at pres~nt it is i~ossible to predict even what ~roops will finish among the first half dozen. Eighteen already are in the race. Last year the winners came up from behind during .the final week, but as a rule it is wise to quicken one•a pace earlier in the holne stretch. * * * * * * * TroopNo. 34 began·shingling· its cabin the last week-end. -7 • ***"'**·* -·----·--·--------------------~---~---------------------- ·---- ---·--------- - ·------------- ----·---- - } ----------.. -., A civil engineer has been employed to ~ke a map of the proposed lake, and his men comnenced surveying it last Friday. ******* With a c9~eten t leader in charge of every bunch of scouts vi si-t .... ing camp thi.s fall there is a marked improvement in policing the grounds and very little litter is being scat:tered over the camp. * * • * * * * Another compass hike from Memphis to Camp cm;rier was attempted last Saturday, but on account of the rain it was abandoned four miles short of its destination. ***"'**"' A good way to make a good showing in the contest is to study the point sheet and make plane at home, then keep everlastingly busy while at caμip. 'lb.at is how Troop No. 11 won all three of the contests. in 1927. ' ' CAMP CURRIER NEWS NO. 6. November 6, 1928. The first Redskin poWl'fO~ of the season will be held at the camp on Saturday night, November 10, provided that the weather is pleasant in the morning and that the forecast for that day is favorable. Members of the tribe who may be planning not to arrive at camp until evening should send word earlier in the day in order to be sure of having their names in the pot for the mid.night Indian feast. .all who have bows and arrows are requested to bring them to this meeting • .,. * * * * Troop 34•s cabin is now under a fine cypress roof, due largely to the good work done the last week-end, * * * * * It has been suggested by senator s.B. Dean of Eudora that the highway from Memphis to C~ currier, which he has fathered so persistently and with final success, be lined with some particular kind of tree, one row on each side of the road, so as to mark the way to camp, , and that it be called for instance "The. Walnut Highway" or "The cottonwood Highway. 11 This is an excellent idea and autumn is the best season to transplant trees. * * * * * Surveying the lake site is progressing despite several rains. * * * * * .Another fine gift has been made to the headquarters cabin. It is an elegantly illustrated ten-volume set of The Nature Library published by Doubleday, page & company. Fred W, Morrison, scoutmaster of Troop 34, is the donor of this most useful present which will help many a young naturalist among the Chickasaw council scouts to a better scientific.knowledge of what he sees in the wild in or about the camp~ More than a year ago, also, this same gentleman installed at this cabin a large First Aid cabinet which fortW1ately has not yet been needed for ar1y very serious accident. * * * * * The scouts who were at camp last Saturday evening voted to dispense with the possum hW1t because of the damp and cold, but the council fire was held as usual. Giving greater heed to the weather this fall is ma.king the outings at currier more enjoytb~e than sometimes happened heretofore. At the same time the scouts are learning better J;iow to camp and will be able to make themselves comfortable whenever they are caught out in bad weather. * * * * * Arrangements have been made to gravel the camp road from the entrance to the headquarters cabin without delay. If 'the weather permits, this improvement probabl;y- will be made within the next ten days. * * * * * Every week inquiries are made as to what troop is leading in the fall contest, but this information will not be given out until the close, November 3Q. * * * * * EVen yet some Memphis scout families do not seem to know that Camp currier can now be reached by a hard-surface highway, only twenty mi leR from the foot of Florida street. * * * * * several Scouts have reported that they never see the camp currier News except at the Eoy scout Office, while some troops h.ear it read at their weekly meeting every Friday evening. M.r .. scoutmaster, probably enough of your boys would be interested in reading it to warrant your posting each issue on the wal], at the meeting place. * * * * * Eudora Troop No. 1- hDs two adult Assistant scoutmasters, one of whom is a professional song leader and the other a school athletic coach. Lucky troop! Watch it grow in numbers and in scouting ·proficiency. ,. ·:. ·i.·!· .. . ; ... \ CAMP CURRIER :NEWS No. 7 November 14, 192.:L some of the ter.derfoot F.edskins at the powwow last Saturday thought they were eating chicken or rabbit, when in reality it was possum me(3.t which they are, now convinced is gooG. to eat. Another meeting of the :;:n'i:l.an t:ribe will be held in December, due notice of which will be given on thi.3 sheet. * * * * * * * * * * , scoutmaster Howard Pri tcha:i.·d. was at camp saturday and Sunday, bringing material for a cabin and staking out the foundation lines. * * * * * * * * * * A coon accidentally treed on the camp last Friday night was left unmolested and doubtless come to the conclusion that it is a safe place. * * * * * * * * * * Members of Trocp 40, who· spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at camp, constructed a cave with a tunnel entrance and a window. ********** Ruy and "Li ttlei1 Owon of Troop 34 were star performers at the possum hunt Saturday night. When the b~ggest possum of the season was found perched fifty feet high in a tall poplar, Ray was the only scout in the party who could scale the forty feet of thE: tree'. s limbless trunk. The first branch, also, was dead and broke under Rayls weigpt, but the boy was too good a climber to lose his hold on the tree trunk. However, when he grasped the possum the animal retaliated by bi ting tho youth's wrist, whereupon both of them let loose of each other and down came the possum to the grou.YJ.d below. Still he lit on all fours and was about to make his get-away had it not been for Stewart Dean of Troop 50 who pounced up on the fleeing quarry. After the capture a hot fire warmed up the circle of twenty-five hunters and after the singing of many songs it was discovered that 11 Little11 Owen was fast asleep. * * * * * * * * * * The spreading of gravel began yesterday on the camp road. running from the entrance in as far as the headquarters cabin. * * * * * * * * * * .;_..,;_·--·.- 2- Last $llnday Camp Currier welcomed almost a continuous string of visitors from early in the forenoon until sundown. It was worth the trip from Memphis just to see the panorama of gorgeous-colored forest trees. ********* scoutmaster Arnold Houston and scv0ral members of Troop 50 cleaned up their now cabin si to last Saturday. * * * * * * * * * Troop 19 has begun to nakc furniture for their cabin. "********* scoutmaster Ollie TUcker of Troop 7, together with several others interested in starting a troop cabin, wore at canp Sunday afternoon r.ialdng plans and arrangements to begin ir.:iproving their cabin site which is one of tho largest on Ca.r.lp currier. ' . CAMP CURRIER NEW§. November 20, 1828. The, big event at camp J_ast week was the barbecue for TroopsJ.l aP.d 34, winners and runners-up ~n the 1927 fall contest. After the close of the contest on December 31 there were so many weeks of uncertain weather that the affair finally 1"Tas po~tponed to be the opening event for the pr·es-· ent season, but on account of the absence of both scoutmasters there was a further postponement until. they both could be present, At last scoutmaster A.S. Fry of Troop No. 11 urged that there be no further delay becauce of his prolonged stay in Texas, and a!:\ it happened scoutmaster F.W. Morrison of Troop No. 34 wa$ ill on the C.ate set and after all both scoutmasters were conspicuous for their absenee. The feast was a sort of housewarming for No. 34•s new cabin where two tables were spread and the eats were served. by this troop in honor of the other one, their friends the victors. The bill-of-fare consisted of barbecued pig with dressing, hot· beans, rolls, pickles, pumpkin pie, and hot cocoa and apples. Following tho food the trophy was presented to Troop No, 11 by scout Executive W. Gordon Morris in a happy speech in which he alluded to the fact that in both of these troops are many scouts who are real campers. The prize given to No. 11 to keep until won by some other troop is a handmade hickory loving cup on which is burned the inscription "C.C.F.C. Troop :No, 11, 192T1 ; and there is additional space for the succeeding winners in the years to come, It is an interesting coincidence that scoutmaster Fry of the winning troop ougge3ted before the contest that the trophy be something of no material value but calculated to gather unto itself as the years pass a sentioantal value to make it a coveted prize, and this already is coming true as inciicated by the hot race now in progress to secure its possession during the coming year. Following the presentation of the trophy short talks were made by Deputy Commissioner Willard Ecy,;, AE>sistant Scoutmasters Lucian Smith and Edmund Orgill, and senior Pat:rol Lcs..d~rs Franklin Kimbrough and Ray Owen of the two troops, one of whom quite feelingly alluded to the most friendly way in which Nos. 11 and ~4 celebrated the victory of the former and defeat of the latter in the initial contest. *"'**** Last Saturday night 1s possum hunt was enjoyed by members of Troops No. 11 and 4Q, and the quarry as usual was caught by hand. Harold Roberts of No. 40 was the captor, and as it was a· .young one he took it home for a pet. **'!<*** Just ten days, including only one Saturday but two holidays, Thursday and Friday of next week, are left in the 1928 fall contest. * "' >t< * * * Yesterday the state Highway Department began dragging the new highway to camp currier, and hencefo~th it will be kept in increasingly good order. *"'**** An.Y scout who may wish at any time an extra copy of the Call!? currier News may obtain same at the Eoy scout Office. *"'**** A certain scout bought one of the captured possums and took it home with him last Sunday to try cooking it himself while his Mother is away on a visit. **"'*** The weekly council fire last Saturday fiight was under the auspices of Troop No. 11. * * * * *'* senator S .:s. Dean of Eudora, Miss., a member of Chickasaw council, receives the Carnp currier News at Jackson, the state capital, during the session of the legislature, and he reports that several of his law-making colleagues have become interested in camp that they ask him for this weekly sheet to read it themselves. CA~~ CURRIER NEWS November 27, 1928. Transportation to ca.mp currier is not a difficult problem if understood and planned for in time. Otherwise, however, it may cause._c.onsiderable inconvenience for all concerned. Here is one point that needs to be explained again: The 'bus drivers of Eudora carry school children mornings and evenings five days a week. On those days they can be reached by telephone about 8 A. M. and 3 P .M. But on Saturdays and SU.ndays it is hard to get in touch with them, and even then they usually a~e engaged in something else unless notified beforehand. scoutmasters should put in orders for these bu.ses not later than Friday noon. Last Saturday camp cu*rr*ie*r w*a*s *th*e *sc ene of a supper hike by members of the scout Leaders Training school. They obtained· a little outdoor experience, most of which was cooking their own suppers on campfires, and then the majority of those present decided to join the Boy scouts in the regular Saturday night possum hunt. It was a beautiful moonlight night and so mild that nobody could suffer mu.ch from the cold, even if not properly clothed for the outing, bu.t the clever little marsupials steadfastly refused to make an exhibition of themselves before this bunch of men. so it was decided to hold the· council fire while waiting for the hounds to put something up a tree. songs, stunts, speeches and story-telling made an interesting program for nearly an hour under the auspices of Troop No. 9, scoutmaster T.J. TUrner presiding, and then the men decided to return to camp and to Memphis. several of the boys, also, had to leave because of anxious parents awaiting their late arrival home, so that the hunting party was reduced to scoutmaster Ben Coffey and six of his Troop, No.l, and Edgar Gaulding of No. 40. Exactly at 11 o•clock the dogs treed their quarry and the flashlights found it far out on a limb fifty feet above the ground. scouts Walter Allen and Robert Reinert went up the tree but the animal was so far out of reac~ that it had to be shaken out. Landing in the very midst of the five boys below, it made haste to get away, but Edgar Gaulding, the lone representative of Troop No. 40, was too quick for it and soon arose from the melee of boys and dogs holding high his victim dnngling by its tail. His experience of the evening netted his Troop 700 po in ts in the contest. *****"'** A.W. Thomas, a farmer living five miles from the camp on the wa:y to Memphis , found a blanket roll with a leather vest, cooking kit., etc., evidently belonging to a scout, and it has been left at the Boy scout Office in Memphis. Friday midnight of t*h i*s *w e*e k* w* il*l *b ring to a close the fall contest which has developed into a lively race. The last week-end fo*u n*d *t h*e *f o*l lo*w *i ng troops represented at camp: Nos. 1, 5, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31, 34 and 40. * * * * * * * * Troop No. 34 is rejoicing in the con;pletion of its cabin, the largest thus far built at camp, with dimension of 16 X 24 feet. It is made of sawed white oak logs with a c~'Press roo~ and has upstairs bun.king space for the whole troop. ***"'**** BY mistake the name of Ed Spinks w2s omitted from last week 1 s report of the barbecue for Troop;l,io.11 and 34. He was chosen to represent his troop, No. 11, in accepting their contest trophy, and he did it very acceptably. * * * * * * * *· The survey of the lake si~e was finished last Saturday.n CAMP CURRIER NEW§ No. 10. December 5, 1928, scout Otis Tu.cker of troep No. ll was the hero of two possum captures on the hunt last Saturday night, catching one young animal only ten feet up in a small tree and grabbing by the throat a cross old he-possum that had been driven to its lair and stood there at bay with threatening, wide-open mouth and vicious growls. The first quarry was treed almost immediately after the hunters started from Uncle :sen Alexander• s home in the edge of the forest and we.s chucked into the towsack within tan minutes. The second was bagged about an hcur later. Their captor bought the large possum and took it home to skin and stretch its hide, while he and Spencer ]ell bought the small one to be kept as the mascot of the wolf patrol. * * * * * * * The heavy rains of Thursday and Friday cut down the attendance at car4{:> to seven troops, whereas several others had planned to spend the Thanksgiving week-end here. The road graveling, also, was stopped. * * * * * * * The winter c~ing program will be announced soon. ******* Assistant scoutina.ster Williford Bell and three scouts of troop No. 10 learned how to rive shingles, rived out enough for their cabin and put on a good CYPress roof in three days last week. They hope soon to have the cabin ready for occupancy. ******* The outcome of the second annual fall contest spread like wildfire throughout Memphis scouting circles last Saturday, troops No. 34 and 40 being the winners and ru.nners"""llp respectively, while No. 1 stood in third place just outside the money. Last year troop No. 34 was the runner-up and No. 40 was third. Fred w. Morrison and Edmund Orgill, respectively scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster of the winning troop, worked as enthusiastically as any two scouts in their organization and were as happy as any of the boys in the victory which their admirable teamwork achieved. Scoutmasters Joe w. Austin and Ben B. coff ey of the troops winning second and third place are to be congratulated upon the work done by their boys, who also probably will attain first place in this popular race before their scouting careers are finished, for they have proved themselves true outdoor scouts. The date for the barbecue and presentation of the contest trophy will be announced soon. -2- on the night before Thanksgiving a wildcat was caught in a trap about half a mile west of Cwip cu1'rier. Naxt morning the trapper, Earnest Roebuck, brought the hio.i:;, over es a present to the camp director, and it will become a greatly prized orncment in the Headquarters Cabin. This beautiful gift from Mr. Roebuck, a wsll-knovm and experienced woodsman of this community, is very much appreciated. The cat is supposed to be the mother of the two kittens which a couple of the young Roebuck children found and carri.ed home as pets last summer. Before these dangerous pets grew up they were sold for $5.00 apieca. ******* scoutmaster Howard Pritchard and his assistant, Thurman Crawford, were at camp two days the last week-end working on the new cabin for troop No. 5. ******* Dr. Howard cu.rl, who recently moved to Memphis from Shepoygan, Wis., where he was scoutmaster of a BOY scout troop, was a visitor at camp currier last Saturday. He and his two sons, both of whom are scouts, were guepts of scoutmaster T· J. TUrner and some menbers of his troop, No. 9. They all worked on the troop's cabin which soon will be ready for the roof. ******* An R. o. T. C· rabbit cap was found on the camp last sun.day. carrir currier ~evJs No. ll. December 18, 1928. It gives one a real thrill to follow the surveyors' lines on the actual site uf the proposed lake, for it enables a person to visualize what a beautiful body of water it will be. The location of the dam recommended by Engineer Markwell is on the west line of the camp in the large valley running due west from the cabin of Troop No • 10 for more than one-third of a mile. The main body of this \r alley is 200 feet wide and will make a perfect straight-away race course for swimming, rowing and sailing. The branch valley running in a southeasterly direction from the junction of the two at the point of Troop No. l6•s cabin site is about the same length as the main valley but somewhat narrower and both valleys are fringed with so many inlets of various sizes ·and shapes that it is plain to be seen that the lake will present the appearance of a perfectly natural body of' water bordered all around with steep, wooded banks. The surveyors• estimate of its size is twenty-two acres. * "' "' * * Scoutmaster J.W. Austin and fifteen members of Troop No. 40 spent the week-end at camp putting in the foundation of their cabin, the plans of which show one mo.in room 16 X 24 feet in size, a kitchen ell 9 X 10 and a front porch 8 X 15. The loft will be used for sleeping, and of course there will be a fireplace. "' "' * * * Troop Committeeman J.E. Deupree of No. 54, together with scoutmaster Ralph Hasty and scouts Sam Bejach and Richard Mays were at camp Sunday afternoon planning to spend the Christmas holidays in the woods getting out logs for their cabin which is to stand on ful point between the cabin sites of Troops No. 9 and 34. ... * * * * The fall contest barbecue was on account of unsettled weather. but it on the boards for some time this month. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928 Title A name given to the resource 1928 Camp Currier Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Newsletter Newsletter