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Show Scouts of District Enjoy Fine Outing At Big John's Flat Sixteen Milford Boy Scouts and their Scoutmaster, John Yack, returned re-turned last Saturday evening from Big John's flat in the Beaver mountains, after spending the week at the annual camp. All the troops from Beaver county were well represented. A number of troops from Millard district were in attendance as well as some from Piute county. A total of 117 boys were registered in addition to about 15 Scouters and several members from the j council staff. The camp was in I charge of Merrill Christopherson. I assistant chief executive for the Utah National Parks council. The Scouts and Scouters enjoyed the week immensely in spite of the fact that daily rains and hail 1 storms interfered with the outlined out-lined program. Two long hikes were made during the week. One was to Puffers lake and the other I to Mt. Belnap. All the Scouts lined up in troop formation, making one big long line, as they hiked the distance of over five miles to Puffers lake on Tuesday, under the leadership of Doctor Phouts, chairman of camping camp-ing for this council. On Thursday the big hike for the week was made to Mt. Belnap, whose lofty peak reaches a height of over 12,-100 12,-100 feet. Mr. White from Beaver led the Scouts to the summit of this mountain, which -is one of th3 highest peaks in southern Utah. Many historical pointers were given along the way as well as the names of numerous flowers, trees and other vegetation. These hikes provided an ideal opportunity to study nature as the plant life for the higher altitudes was in full bloom. Many of the Scouts made quite a collection of flowers, trots etc., which, as they expressed it. alone was worth the trip. The hikers encountered a heavy j hail storm as they were scaling j the last few hundred feet of the; almost abrupt peak, which in its- j self is a very gruelling climb. With j no shelter around to protect them . from the hard, stinging hail, the Scouts, although soaking wet from head to foot and freezing from the ice cold hail and high altitude, treaked along, still wearing the smile which is so characteristic of all Scouts. They were compli- mented by the visiting staff for the fine spirit and sportsmanship they had shown when confronted with hardships. A daily camp inspection was made by an inspection squad which j was made up of one representative ' from each troop. Each troop was : judged on a point basis according , to the order of cleanliness and ap pearance of their camp as de.ter- mined by the inspection squad. At I the end of the week the daily j totals were averaged and the Mil-j Mil-j ford troop received third place. The first and second place winners ' received a hiirher daily total due ! to the fact that their tents were all uniform, which added to the ap pearance of their camps. This alone should be an incentive fur the local Scouts to work toward uni form camp equipment for next year. The boys did a splendid job in keeping their camps orderly and sanitary. . I The Milford troop received recognition by having three Scouts act as color guards for the entire week. Jay Jeffers, Stanley Hughes and Douglas Ryan were the only three in camp that were fully-equipped fully-equipped with a complete Scout uniform. This again should be an inducement for the boys to put j forth an effort to become fully equipped with a uniform which not only would add to the appearance of the troop but also enable them to act as color guards in the future, fu-ture, which is an honor in itself, i Each day was taken up with i some form of activity. On Wed-' Wed-' nesday a scavenger hunt was outlined out-lined and each troop was judged 1 on the number of correct plants flowers and various other items ! listed they were able to find. This j event was very educational as it ' provided a means to become familiar with the various kinds of native plants and other vegetation, j On Friday a Saparovan was held, which included all kinds of competitive Scout activities. Several Sever-al of the boys from the Milford troop were praised by the judges for being such fine cooks when they tied for first place in making baking and flippng the best pan-i pan-i cakes. We take our hats off again ' to Jay Jeffers, Stanley Hughes and I Don Christensen. i During the spare time and when i confined to the indoors by the storms, each boy was busily en-gaged en-gaged in handicraft which consisted consist-ed largely of braiding. Many useful use-ful articles were made and some I very artistic and beautiful designs I were produced in their work, i The Milford Scouts making the trip were as follows: Winslow Banks, Merritt Beard, Herbert Mc-Culley, Mc-Culley, Thorp Waddingham, Stanley Stan-ley Hughes, Wallace Hughes, Don Christensen, Donald Bird, Abe Griffiths, Douglas Ryan, Leonard Vestal, Bill Roberts, Ted Weber Nolan and Austin Williams and Jay Jeffers. o |