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Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
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The Del-Mar-Va Council Webelos Day at Camp Rodney, North East, Md., successfully drew over 200 people from the peninsula for activities including demonstrations, competitions, projects, a boat ride, and campfire, aimed at 10-11-year-old boys preparing for Boy Scouts.
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The Del-Mar-Va Council Webelos Day, held at Camp Rodney, North East, Md., drew a crowd of over two hundred persons from all over the peninsula. The day-long affair, staged primarily for the ten to eleven year old boys who will become Boy Scouts next year, was favored with ideal weather.
Registration began at ten o'clock. At noon the lads and their fathers cooked lunch together, then embarked upon a program that embraced demonstrations, competitive events, projects, a motor boat ride, and a closing campfire.
General chairman for Webelos Day was F. Racine Stafford of Newark. Assisting him were Jack Hershelman, promotion; Leighton Jackson, registration; Jack Bennett, food; William D. Whisler, aided by Alvin Howell, skipper of the Newark Sea Scout Ship, demonstrations; Robert Jacobs, competitive events; Ivor David, projects; Victor Ben, assisted by C. C. Moore, campfire; and Richard D. Groo, publicity.
Professional assistance and guidance was rendered by James O. Case, director of Central Service Area.
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Camp Rodney, North East, Md.
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drew a crowd of over two hundred persons
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The Del-Mar-Va Council Webelos Day, held at Camp Rodney, North East, Md., was a day-long affair for ten to eleven year old boys who will become Boy Scouts next year, featuring registration at ten o'clock, cooking lunch together with fathers at noon, demonstrations, competitive events, projects, a motor boat ride, and a closing campfire.