Boy Scouts Will
Open Their Camp
Sunday, June 18
Cape Fear Area Council To
Open Summer Camp On
Own Property For First
Time In History
For the first time in its his*
tory, the Cape Fear Area Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, will
open summer camp on its own
property along the shores of beau
tiful Lake Upchurch, located six
miles Northwest of Parkton on
Rockfish Creek.
A visit to Camp Tom Upchurch
will show you a frenzy of activity j
among carpenters, plumbers, brick
masons, and laborers as they go
about their jobs of building tent!
platforms, completing a huge
cement block dining hall and
kitchen, putting in water and sew
age systems, and completing the
swimming area and dock in or
der to meet a June 12 deadline.
The facilities for camp will be
among the most modern in the
state and yet the camp will
retain much of its original rustic
beauty.
Camp Tom Upchurch will have
much to offer a Scout in the way
of training and fun. The water
front will be staffed by three
counselors. Directing the aquatics
program will be Carl “Sonny"
Sewell, Assistant Scoutmaster of
Troop 86 of Lumberton. Sonny
is an Eagle Scout and has twice
completed the Boy Scout National
Aquatic School. Assisting him will
be Ellis Ehle, a member of Ex
plorer Ship 5024 of Wilmington,
and graduate of the 1950 National
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Serving as a Junior Staff Mem
ber will be Luther Hayes, Troop
74, of Laurinburg, who made an
outstanding record in aquatics
last year at Camp Klahican. Acti
vities on the waterfront will in
clude rowing, canoeing, swimming
and Lifesaving methods.
David M. Brown of Elberton,
Georgia, formerly Director of
Aquatics at Camp Bert Adams of
Atlanta, Georgia, graduate of the
National Aquatics School, Eagle
Scout, graduate of the Citadel,
Charleston, S. C., where he was
a member of the Rifle Team and
qualified as an Expert Marksman,
will direct the camp rifle and
archery ranges. Brown will also
assist in many other activities on
the camp schedule.
Charles Stone, Star Scout, of
Troop 52, Laurel Hill, will be
manager of the Trading Post and
serve as Camp Clerk. Stone will
have his hands full keeping cold
drinks, ice cream, craft materials
on hand and issuing supplies to
all the Scouts coming into camp.
Jack Wagner, Jr., Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop 86, Lum
berton will be Dining Hall Ste
ward and see to the general
sanitation in camp.
Gurney Bracey, Jr.,' of Troop
22, Pembroke, an Eagle Scout,
will be on the Junior Staff and
work in General Program Acti
vities.
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of the Cape Fear Area Council,
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Director and will be in charge of
all purchasing and the operating
of the dining hall, kitchen,
trading post, and seeing to it
that an adequate amount of good
food is served to tickle the palate
of the most tempermental eaters.
Mr. Knott will also contribute to
the program in camp.
Elmer Stevens, Scoutmaster of
72, Bladenboro, will be the Camp
Provisional Scoutmaster and As
sistant Director of Program.
Dick Auger, Field Executive
the Cape Fear Area Council, will
be Director of Program in camp.
Many exciting activities will, be
featured on the program of Camp
Tom Upchurch, nature hikes at
the crack of dawn, forestry, bird
study, reptile study, pioneering,
first aid, botany, crafts, and many
other of the difficult and hard
to get Merit Badges. On the
waterfront, a Scout can expect
many thrills and spills for there
will be aquatic meets which will
include gunwhale jumping, boat
races, canoe tilting, swimming
races which will include relays
on land, water, boats, and canoe.
On the rifle and archery ranges,
Scouts will learn the correct use
of the riflfe and bow as governed
1 by national safety regulations.
Matches will be held at the end
I of each camp period to determine
the best rifleman and archer. ■
Every precaution will be taken
for the health and safety of the
Scouts in Camp. A Scout must
have a physical examination both
before and after he arrives in
camp. He is immediately given a
swin test to determine his ability
in the water and placed in an
area and group that fits his
ability. During swim periods six
to eight life guards are on hand
to supervise and observe the
swimmers. There will be one
adult to every eight boys in camp.
In the evening after the days’
activities are over, a Scout will
thrill to the throb of Tom-toms
as the Order of the Arrow lakes
over a campfire program in all
their Indian regalia. Yarns, skits,
and high inspiration will fill each
camper with a mellow feeling of
fellowship with new and old
friends.
In order for a boy to come to
camp, he must be a registered
Boy Scout and should make re
servations through his Scoutmas
ter to the Cape Fear Area Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, Tide
Water Building, Wilmington.
There will be four one week
periods of camp, starting June
18. Campers arrive on Sunday
after 2:00 P. M. and will leave
after noon meal on Satin-day.
The camp fee is $14.00 per week
where eight or more Scouts from
a Troop come with their leader
and individual Scouts pay $15.00
per week.
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Legion Juniors
Capture 5 To 4
Win Over Marion
Little Jerry Stevens Hurls
Fine Game To Give Coach
E«1 Thompson’s Local Post
137 Team initial Victory
Of 1950
Little Jerry Stevens of the
1950 Williams High School Aggie
baseball team pitched one of the
best games of his young career
at Legion Field on Tuesday eve
ning as he hurled the Whiteville
American Legion Juniors to a
close 5-4 victory over the Marion,
S. C. Junior nine.
The diminutive Stevens did a
whale of a job by holding the
South Carolinians completely at
his mercy until he tired in the
8th frame when Marion scored
all of its runs. He did not allow
a runner to reach third after
the opening inning until the 6th,
when Frank Ellerbe doubled and
moved to the hot corner on Mil
ton Morris’ single. However, both
died at their aforementioned spots
as the Whitevile infield came
through with three putouts while
holding the runners as they were.
Whiteville counted two runs in
the first rack as Commodore
Caswell was safe on Sho?'tstop
Page’s bobble, moved to third on
Doug Watts single off First
Baseman Billy Pope's shoulder;
with both scoring on Tommy Ed
wards’ double to left-field.
Another local tally was added
In the 3rd on singles by Felix
Smith and Elbert Long and an
error by Morris. The fourth
Whiteville marker came in the
4th inning when Caswell walked, ;
raced to second on an overthrow
by Catcher Pete Caulder .and
crossed the plate on Doug Watts
second single.
Rone Hyatt, who was reached
for 10 safeties by the Whiteville
outfit, then settled down to hold
the team of Coach Ed Thompson
scoreless until they bagged the
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winng margin with one away in
the ninth.
The winning marker was scored
thus: Felix Smith belted his
fourth hit of the night—a single
to center. Another overthrow by
Caulder allowed the speedy
Whiteville outfielder to go to sec
ond-base He scored a moment
later when Elbert Long pounded
a double to left-field.
Leading the assault of the
Whiteville club was Center-fielder
Felix Smith, who had four hits
in five attempts. A double wra»
among them. Doug Watts and
Elbert Long each hit 2 for 5.
Topping the Marion batting was
Second-Baseman Frank Ellerbe,
who hit 2 for 3, including a
double. Milton Morris, who had a 1
triple in his collection, hit 2 for
4.
This was an exhibition game !
and was the first victory of the
season for the Thompson-coached !
club that represents Post 137. j
They showed a vast improve- i
ment over the team that had lost I
to Tabor City in an Area 1 ^
League contest the evening be- ]
fore.
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Hyatt and Caulder; Stevens and
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Earlie Sasser, 31,
Drowns In Lake
Nakina Man Loses His Life
While On Fishing Trip
Thursday Afternoon; Fu
neral Held Saturday Morn
Earlie B. Sasser, 31, drowned
Thursday afternoon about 3
o'clock in Lee’s Lake while on a
fishing trip on the water near
Nakina.
In the boat with Sasser when
it overturned was Leaman Sim
mons who promptly swam to
3hore. Simmons said he thought
Sasser was following, but when
he looked hack he saw that his
companion was grasping the boat
as if playing with it. Sasser went
down quickly and Simmons had
no chance to effect a rescue.
Coroner Hugh Nance investi
gated and ruled the death ac
cidental,
Funeral services for the victim
I were conducted Saturday morning'
I at 10:30 o’clock from Poley
l Bridge Baptist Church. The Rev.
Bob Carter was assisted by Rev.
Ei'is Gaskins in conducting the
last rites. Interment followed in
■ Ward Cemetery.
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CATHOLIC INFORMATION
Chewing Cotton Candy
Did you ever, when you were
a youngster at the firemen’s
carnival, try to chew a mouthful
of cotton candy? It was fun for
a while, packing your mouth, and
then felling it all dissolve into
a. sweet taste; but you know
now. if you didn’t then, that you
couldn't live very long on noth
ing but froth.
That’s what strikes us as odd
about so many people we’ve talk
ed to. They have a lot of prin
ciples which seem to melt away
as soon as they try to grip them
tightly. They believe in God’s
justice—surely!—until they want
to do something forbidden by
their conscience; then they can
think of six different arguments
against heaven, against hell,
against God himself. They believe
Jesus was God—until they re
member that He said “Love thy
neighbor.” And when it applies
to some especially detestable
neighbor . . . “Well,” they say,
“was He God after all?”
They are the people who try to
chew cotton candy. They are the
ones who go through life with
their mouths always open, search
ing, searching for truth, and yet
always afraid to close their
mouths when they find it, for fear
of biting their tongues. They
dread the effects of admitting
that Jesus was God and His
Church divine. So. spiritually,
they starve to death.
We Catholics brace ourselves
against our Church. For us it is
a. rock of truth. She just can’t be
wrong, ever, in matters of faith.
Jesus said she couldn’t, and that's
the end of it, because He was
God. Ho claimed He was that
and then He proved it. Such a
faith is like beefsteak and mash
ed potatoes. Our souls thrive oh
it and grow strong. We have
no doubts, no questions. It isn’t
that cur beliefs get in the way
of our liberty. On the contrary,
they are so many guide-posts, like
the principles of arithmetic. We
can always say, “Well, I am sure
at least of this, because it has
God’s guarantee.”
No, there are two kinds of sin
ners in the world: the first ad
mits he is wrong and is going
against God; the second denies
he is wrong but says either tha-t
there is no God or that HiB
Church is all wrong. There is
more hope for the first than for
the second and, if a choice had
to be made, we would choose thb
self-fonfessed sinner because he is
more honest and, all in all, a far
more manly person.
For further explanations of
Catholic belief, write to: P. O.
Box 351 Whiteville, N. C.
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