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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Record enrollment of 57 Boy Scouts and leaders at Camp San Felipe's third seven-week summer session starting June 19. Directed by Hugh M. Wilcox with staff overseeing activities like swimming, archery, and hiking. Enrollees from Imperial Valley areas including Yuma, El Centro, and Brawley.
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Camp San Felipe, summer camp for Imperial and Yuma Boy Scouts, has the largest enrollment since the camp started three years ago. The third of the seven-week camping periods began June 19 with 57 Scouts and leaders enrolled Hugh M. Wilcox, scout director, announced. He is assisted in camp management by Warren Rhodes, water front activities, Paul Cook, athletic director, Richard Jackson, handicraft director: and William Frere. jr., camp chef.
Programs include swimming, stunts. archery. handicraft, base-
ball games. horseshoe tournaments,
volley ball, water polo, model sail
boat races, model airplane races,
hiking, fishing, and boating.
Those enrolled at camp this week include Jim Hendrickson,
Bob
Rohrer, Bill
Rohrer
of Imperial
dam;
Robert
Shapard,
Winston
Foster. Loren Peterson, Jack Thom-
as. John R. Schmitt of Somerton;
Marion Griffin of Gadsden; Buster
Smith, Ray Hill, Jack Salas, Arthur
Nye, James Joyner, John Bretz,
Robert Hindle, Buddy Coffeen, Rob-
ert Weiss, James Gordon, Charles
Keim, Fred Sinkler of Yuma; Ed
Simmons of Calexico: Martin Mun-
son. Sterling Paris, Roger Griffin,
Philip Griffin, Don Cameron, Rus-
sell Harris of Holtville; Burl Hun-
ter, Larry Beck, Franklin Porter,
Robert Willett, Walter Willett and
Frank Thompson of Heber: Walter
Palmer, Henry Farrar. Lloyd Case,
Bobby Reed. David Knights. Frank
Jones. of El Centro; Eugene Lyall
and Dick Wilson of Brawley.
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Camp San Felipe
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June 19
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Camp San Felipe has the largest enrollment since starting three years ago, with 57 Scouts and leaders for the third seven-week period beginning June 19. Managed by Hugh M. Wilcox and staff including Warren Rhodes, Paul Cook, Richard Jackson, and William Frere Jr. Programs include swimming, stunts, archery, handicraft, baseball, horseshoes, volleyball, water polo, model boat and airplane races, hiking, fishing, and boating. Enrollees listed from Imperial, Yuma, Somerton, Gadsden, Calexico, Holtville, Heber, El Centro, and Brawley.