BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP DRAKE
CAPTAIN FRED C. MILLS, Assistant National Camping Director at Camp Drake
Camp Drake opens June 21st for all Boy Scouts in the Santa Barbara district. The camp will be in two periods of two weeks each, the Scout pays one dollar a day and everything is provided for except bedding and transportation. The troop committees provide transportation. There are 115 reservations for first camp already and a great many for the second period.
Camp Drake is a two hours drive from Santa Maria, by way of Los Olivos and Santa Ynez, on up the Santa Ynez valley through a beautiful country road, signs mark the way to Camp Drake.
Located on a slope, the camp overlooks the Santa Ynez valley and the mountains off in the distance a wonderful view. A large swimming pool, 36×80 feet, provides plenty of sport for visitors as well as Scouts. Visitors are very welcome on Sunday, and scouting men in particular are cordially invited to attend Camp Drake as much as possible.
The Scouts sleep in tents on cots with mattresses. Nights are cold and plenty of blankets are recommended. “Charlie and Earl,” colored cooks of the dining service of the S.P. railroad, will meet the boys and this year. These two cooks are very popular with all boys who love good things to eat. From six in the morning to nine at night is a long time to play in, but sleep comes easy. Archery, leather work, wood-carving, collections, nature hikes, three-day overnight hikes conducted by Flying Bill Dopson, swimming instruction by experts, Andy Blake or Stanford university, know to Scouts as “Ikey Andy”, will be at the swimming pool. A baseball series will be run in each camp. Sports in charge of Messrs. Whitlock of Lompoc high school and Neander of San Luis Obispo, will keep the Scouts going every afternoon. Campfire programs and Indian lore ceremonial council fires every Sunday night. Many variations of program during successive periods, offering a splendid four-weeks program for “stayovers.”
Calvin McCray, Scout executive of Santa Barbara district council, will be camp director, assisted by experts in camp craft lore – each man an expert in his line.
Santa Maria district Scouts get in touch with Scout Commissioner Dr. J.H. Wright for more information and applications.
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