ESK TROOP CAMP

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 61, 30 March 1937, Page 8

ESK TROOP CAMP

"KOBIN

HOOD"

"I3IG SMOKE"

(Oontinued from last week.) The inter-patrol competition ran very close for several days. " At inspection each morning Skip and his faithful sleuth Mac, the quarter-master and Troop leader, had difficulty in deciding which really was the best patrol but the Moreporks gradually crept ahead and on the final day were fifty peints ahead of any other patrol. On Thursday "Little John" brought along "Aorangi" (Commissioner Vogel of Wellington) to visit us with two scouts from the Witako Troop, Petone. The two Witakos spent two nights with us and we invited "Little John" and "Aorangi to dinner and camp-fire the following evening. Friday was very hot and- much time was spent in the river ; "Little John" and "Aorangi" arrived in time for a dip. A battle royal of sand and water took place between scoutera and scouts. We won't say who won — we don't know, each had teo much Band in our eyes and water up our noses to be interested in anythdng when peace was declared. However, we did see "Aorangi" seize "Alan Donk" under the arm and hurl him into the river. "Donk" is none too small and the tidal wave created was tremendous. We had also invited Skip's wife and "Friar Tuck" with us that night for dinner. The cooks were putting their best foot foremost I can tell you — roast mutton, beans, potatoes, jelly and stewed fruit. Then came our last campfire — choriises and stunts, also songs by Swannie and Itichard, items by the moutli-organ band, yams by "Aorangi". Many of the bigger cbaps will have gone to jobs by the time for next year's camp. We knew that it w'as our last campfire to-

1 = 1 ■— 9 gether for many a long day so we all joined hands and sang "Auld Lang Syne" at the end. iNext morning tents and gadgets came down — a sad business — and in the afternoon we all went home. It was tlie'1 jolliest camp that Esk has ever had.

How often do you chaps, when you go away for a holiday, ever go and look up the Scout§, in the place where you are staying. Th/re are scouts in most towns nowadays and you should go and see them. It spreads the interest, finds you friends and helps you to enjoy yourself all the more. You always get a great welcome and you fee] that Scouting is a pretty big thing. Also you can give them ideas, and you can get other ideas to pass on to your Troop. Quite often we get visitors up here from other districts. The other week we had a District Cubmaster from Christchurch, and at the end of last year we had a Royal Leader up from Marton. It is good to see them and we hope to see others also.

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