Boys Brigade to hold summer camp in Ohakune

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 25, 22 November 1983, Page 12

Boys Brigade to hold summer camp in Ohakune

•> vssssst ss; - Seen in Ohakune 's puhlic relations office tasf week discussing plahs for this year's Boys Brigade summer camp are, from left round table: Dennis Brown, N.Z. Forest Service, Karioi (foreground); Stephen Cooper, supply officer Boys Brigade; Les Roles, Boys Brigade Auckland; Keith Proctor of Auckland and chairman of the summer camp; Barry Crocker, Taumarunui; Way ne Dashfield, Ohakune public relations officer and Ohakune Mayor Bill Tay lor. Out of picture David Waddell also of Auckland,

Ohakune will see a rapid rise in its young male population two days after Christmas through to the New Year. The Boys Brigade's 100th year summer camp will be held on Mangawhero Domain. About 220 boys from all parts of the country aged seven or eight to late teens — will be 'camping out' for eight days. Their outdoor programme includes archery. swimming, bushwalks, gliding, a trip to the Army museum at Waiouru and a grazing farm. Ohakune's public relations officer. Wayne Dashfield. has organised a video on the history of the area, a barbecue and sing-a-long evening at I.akes Road, and a jet boat ride down the Wanganui River. Mr Dashfield is al.^j organising an air-drop of supplies for the senior boys' two-day expedition. Every year the Boys Brigade hold their summer camp in a different place throughout the country. Ohakunes outdoor amenities and recreational facilities make it an ideal setting for this year's camp. said Mr Dashfield.