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Show SCOUT CAMPING PROGRAM GIVEN Camp Hunt Will Open on July 3 Final plans for a camping program pro-gram that will stress "preparation for emergency service, physical fitness fit-ness and the skills of scouting," for members; of the Cache Valley Boy Scout council, were announced announc-ed today by Executive Preston W. Pond, following a meeting of the camping cominittee. Supervised programs designed "to give evert scout a camping experience," have been outlined for Camr , Hunt, on Bear Lake and New Fork j La ke camp in the Windriver mountains,, Wyoming. F. D. BrownA ' field executive, will be camp director, with Frank Fullmer, newly-appointed field executive, ex-ecutive, assistant ! in charge of waterfront activtie. Mark Check-etts Check-etts is the othen member of the permanent staff, triey will be assisted as-sisted by troop leaders who attend at-tend the camping sessions. Preparatory to 'iopening camp Hunt on July 3, a large group of scouters and scouts tiut things in shape during a 4-or(t day Saturday. Satur-day. Registration tor' the camp is on two plans, according to J. R. Johnson, Richmonjd, chairman of the camping and" activities committee. com-mittee. ' ' Mr. Johnson emphasised - that individual in-dividual scouts caiinot be 'accepted at the camp this year as (Jie program pro-gram is designed on a troop basis. Fees under one plan will be $1.25 per day or $8 for seven day, and troops coming in with approved leaders, may prepare their own breakfast and super, with a noon meal to be furnished by the camp at 75 cents per day. This includes all leadership fees, he explained. Reservations on district basis, have been made as follows: First period, Wyuta district, Evanston; followed by Franklin, district, Franklin and Preston, Idaho; Logan Lo-gan district; Smithfield district; and Cache district. Oneida district, Preston, may come in during the second period, although no' definite def-inite reservations has been made. Only registered scouts, or those who are active candidates for registration, re-gistration, are eligible to attend thenics, body-building, games and training for wartime emergency service'. Final event of each day will be a campfire program, to include songs, stunts and story telling. Parents and visitors are iimieJ to come into the camp at any time, he said. Following the closing of camp Hunt, August- 3, the New Fork Lake camp will open August 7 to 19 '.with the Bridger Hike, into I the 'inaccessible parts of the wind-I wind-I river mountains, scheduled August ' 12-19, Mr. Johnson announced. Further details on operation of these camps will be given later. the camp, Mr. Pond announced. A , physical examination is necessary- The art of camping will be , stressed, according to Mr. Pond. Scouts can earn their Beaver awards by completing necessary requirements and passing tests to be given at the end of each period. per-iod. Craft instruction, a nature program and overnight hikes will be arranged and a counselor board has been set up for passing regular regu-lar scout tests. Activities f.i'J include supervised swimming and boating periods, rifle and archery ranges, softball. volleyball, horseshoes and other games along with a pre-ranger I program to include mass cales- |