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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

100 YEARS OF SCOUTING

Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen • Sunday, July 25, 2010

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A Century of Scouting:Local Scouts celebrate

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The Boy Scouts of America observesits 100th anniversary this year with cele-brations and events throughout thenation.

Locally, Scouting celebrated this mile-stone with an event dubbed “The Cam-pout of the Century,” in May at BertAdams Scout Reservation in NewtonCounty. The campout, which alsomarked the 50th anniversary of BertAdams, drew an estimated 5,000 Scoutsfrom 13 metro area counties, includingRockdale and Newton.

Bert Adams, which has a long been a

part of shaping the characters of boys andyoung men, is in the midst of special ren-ovations that include new dining halls,meeting rooms, a trading post, naturecenter, program area, archery range andcamping facility areas. The improve-ments are part of a $12.3 million capitalcampaign.

Bert Adams provides 1,250 acres forlong-term and weekend camping, train-ing events and other outdoor Scoutingactivities. Thousands of Scouts come toBert Adams each year to participate inBoy Scout, Webelos and JROTC SummerCamps, Order of the Arrow Events, Ven-turing and Explorer Outings, Cub Family

Camping, Cub World events, DistrictCamporees, Cub Pack picnics,ScoutReach outings, Wood Badge train-ing, Junior Leader training, and many

other Scouting events. Bert Adamsincludes Camp Gorman, Camp Emerson,Cub World and the redeveloped CampJamison.

A new dining hall was recently completed at Bert Adams Scout Reserva-tion. The new facility, which is air-conditioned, can serve a larger numberof Scouts. The photo at left shows the interior of half of the dining hall,which is divided into two sections. — Staff photos: Lee Depkin

About the coverThe cover photo was taken by Citizen photographer Lee Depkin, who spentthe first day of the Campout of the Century at Bert Adams Scout Reserva-tion capturing images of the event.

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Over 100 years, Scouting has touched lives of millionsThe Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's

largest and most prominent values-based youthdevelopment organizations. The BSA provides aprogram for young people that builds character,trains them in the responsibilities of participating incitizenship, and develops personal fitness.

Following are some of the significant milestonesin the 100-year history of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-ca:

• 1910 — Boy Scouts of America incorporated

• 1911 — First Boy Scout Handbook published

• 1911 — Boys' Life magazine premiered

• 1912 — First Eagle Scout, Arthur R. Eldred,was recognized

• 1913 — Scouting magazine premiered

• 1913 — Registration of Scouts began, for a25-cents annual fee

• 1915 — Order of the Arrow began

• 1916 — Federal charter granted by Congress

• 1923 — First season at what would becomeNorthern Tier High Adventure Base

• 1925 — Boy Scout membership tops 1 million

• 1930 — Cub Scout program began

• 1938 — Philmont was donated to the BSA

• 1948 — First BSA Wood Badge course taught

• 1953 — First Pinewood Derby® held

• 1954 — Webelos program was added to CubScouting

• 1959 — Exploring program began

• 1980 — Florida National High Adventure SeaBase officially opened

• 1982 — Tiger Cubs program was added toCub Scouting

• 1982 — 1 millionth Eagle Scout, Alexander M.Holsinger, was recognized

• 1991 — Learning for Life program began

• 1998 — Venturing program began

• 2000 — 100 millionth member registered

• 2009 — 2 millionth Eagle Scout, AnthonyThomas, was recognized

Source: Boy Scouts of America

Daniel Nandroni, 14, helps pull the rain fly over the tent of Troop 151 from Covington First UnitedMethodist Church at the Campout of the Century at Bert Adams Scout Reservation. — Staffphoto: Lee Depkin


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Bert Adams.The very name brings back so many

memories; memories of my childhoodand youth and young adulthood — mem-ories of brother Scouts who have becomefriends for life and memories of storiesthat have become legends in their tellingand their retelling — legends that willsomehow live on even after those of uswho carved them out of long summerdays are dead and gone.

The generation of Scouts and Scoutersthat preceded me into the wonderfulworld created by Baden Powell morethan a century ago still speak of the “OldBert Adams,” which was located in Vin-ings, in the general area of CumberlandMall. For me and subsequent generationsof Boy Scouts, Bert Adams has alwaysbeen the sprawling reservation of fieldsand trees and adventure located just offHighway 36, a few miles south of Cov-ington.

I do not know who all the men werewho had the vision to acquire such alarge tract of land and move the AtlantaArea Council’s summer camp facility toNewton County, but I know for a fact thatmy dear departed friend, Sappy More-cock, was instrumental in the process —and one of the roads leading into thecamp fittingly bears his name.

My first visit to the property that Iwould come to love was for a Cub Scout“Weenie Beanie” Banquet. It was held inthe Woodruff Dining Hall — named, ofcourse, for the great Atlanta philan-thropist, Robert Woodruff of Coca-Colafame. I had never seen such an impres-sive building and there were hunting tro-phies on almost every wall. Deer, elk,moose — even a black bear — and

attached to the massive stone fireplacewas the head of a buffalo — AmericanBison if you want to be precise. I don’trecall what we did at the banquet, otherthan eat beans and weenies, but I doremember being in awe of the facility inwhich we ate them and I remember that Icouldn’t wait until I turned 11 so I couldjoin Boy Scout Troop 226 in Porterdaleand go to Bert Adams for a whole week.

That first trip to summer campoccurred in 1963 — 47 years ago. I canstill remember the excitement of packingmy duffel bag, putting on my second-hand uniform (that had once belonged tomy boyhood hero, Terry Rutledge) andpiling into the back of ScoutmasterBooney Barnes’s pickup truck. I washomesick before we got to Henderson’sRestaurant at the end of Collum Road.

I suffered mightily during the first halfof that first week away from home. If cellphones had existed in 1963, I wouldnever have made it until Saturday. As itwas, every night after supper, when ourScoutmaster joined the other camp lead-ers in the staff lounge for the evening“cracker barrel,” I would feign a stomach

Bill Young, assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 973 at Conyers First Baptist Church, points out their camp site tothe arriving Scouts at the Campout of the Century held in May at Bert Adams Scout Reservation. — Staffphoto: Lee Depkin

See HUCKABY, Page 5

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ache so that our staff guide, TerryMcClellan, would take me to the healthlodge for some tender loving care fromthe on-duty nurse.

Little did I know that I would return toBert Adams for at least one week ofevery year for the next 16 years. Norcould I have ever guessed that I wouldwork at the camp for seven summers orthat I would actually live at the camp,year-round, for the greater portion of twoyears after I graduated from college andbegan a teaching career.

All I knew then was that the big kidspicked on me, that I missed my mama,and that mystery meat and bug juice werenot as good as the food I had at home.

My saving grace during that first weekof Scout Camp was the fact that, even atage 11, I could already swim like a fish. Iexcelled in my swimming merit badgeclass — taught by a giant of a mannamed Bart Miller, of whom I was terri-fied. Bart might have been 19 at the time,but to a homesick 11-year old, a 19-year-old college student is easily mistaken fora giant.

Not only did I earn my first meritbadge that summer, but I also won a cou-ple of ribbons at the mid-week aquaticmeet — the only Scout in my troop to doso — and completed the Mile Swim onthe last Saturday morning of camp. PlusI learned 15 or 20 verses of the DougClark “Hot Nuts” song — also from ourstaff guide, Terry McClellan, and camehome with a glorious poison ivy rash onmy arms and a hundred chigger bites onmy butt.

I was hooked for life.I would return to Bert Adams every

summer until I graduated from college.

For many years I camped with my owntroop. A couple of years, when our troopspent summer camp at other destinations,I spent a week as a provisional camper.Dick Patton was my provisional Scout-master one summer and became a perma-nent part of many of my fondest Scoutingmemories. Dick was from a large Scout-ing family and could make neckerchiefslides out of wood — I still have one hegave me that is hand-painted with a Con-federate flag — and would recite longRobert Service poems from memoryaround the campfire at night.

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” isn’tquite as titillating as “Hot Nuts,” but hasmany more redeeming qualities.

Sometimes I camped at Camp Emer-son, sometimes at Camp Gorman, but Icame to love everything about summercamp at Bert Adams — the excitementand anticipation of the swim checks on

Sunday afternoon and the pride of earn-ing a red and blue “swimmer” buddy-tag,the opening, mid-week and closingcampfires where I learned silly songs andskits that I continue to use to this day toamuse my children and my students, thethrill of the archery range and the riflerange, the nature hikes, the merit badgeclasses, the fun and frivolity of just hang-ing out around the campsite and sleepingon a cot in an “Adirondack,” which iswhat we called the three-sided sheltersScouts used when Bert Adams was in itsinfancy. And my weeks at summer camptaught me important outdoor skills thathelped me earn the coveted Eagle ScoutAward.

I even learned to appreciate bug juiceand mystery meat, and my main ambitionin life was to become one of the immor-tal gods known simply as “The Staff.”

Working at Scout Camp didn’t pay aswell as working in the cotton mill, so I

wasn’t able to realize my dream ofbecoming a staffer until I had earned mydegree from the University of Georgiaand secured a full-time teaching job. Butas my first post-college summerapproached I applied for a position atBert Adams and, to my delight, was hiredby Reservation Director Uncle JackBowden, to serve as waterfront directorat Camp Jamison, the “pioneer camp”that had been built across the lake fromthe twin dining hall camps that, by then,were known as Em-Go.

For seven glorious summers I was“King of the Jamison Waterfront,” andhad more fun and adventure than any oneperson should be allowed. There was afired-up spirit at Camp Jamison and thesummers I spent there were some of thehappiest of my life. I worked with peoplewho would help mold me into the personI have become — people like Jack Bow-den, the most interesting character I haveever met — and people like Joe Camp-bell and Skip Carlson and ... the list, likethe beat, goes on and on.

It has been a long time since I have vis-ited Bert Adams. Maybe I’ll drive downand ask for a tour before the summer isover. I hear they have made marvelousimprovements to the infrastructure andthe facilities and I am sure Scouting haschanged a lot since the ’60s and ’70s. Itwould have to to keep up with the times.

But I am equally sure of a few otherthings. I am sure, for instance, that theystill serve bug juice and mystery meat inthe dining hall. I am certain The Staff areconsidered demigods to the campers.And I am absolutely positive that theScouts who camp at Bert Adams willmake a lifetime of memories while theylearn to be prepared and to alwaysremain physically strong, mentallyawake and morally straight.

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Huckaby: Bert Adams builds strong bonds, memories

Alexander Drake, 11, (left) and Daniel Nandroni, 14, both from CovingtonTroop 151 at Salem United Methodist Church, put up the first tent fortheir troop at the Campout of the Century at Bert Adams. — Staff photo:Lee Depkin



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As an 11-year-old Boy Scout in 1964, Carl Wusthiked 5 miles along the Appalachian Trail carrying hissleeping bag in his arms because he didn’t know how tofit it back into his backpack.

Rather than get discouraged with Scouting, Wustwent on to earn his Eagle Scout badge and has volun-teered almost his entire adult life as a Scout leader.

“I distinctly remember that trip but one of the thingsI’ve done as a leader is I pay attention to those havingchallenges and while I don’t resolve them, my job is topoint out to the boy leadership to get someone to helpthem,” said Wust.

“I push down on the boys to look out for one another.The gratifying part is when I don’t have to push any-more. They just do it themselves.”

Wust serves as leader for Troop 410 at St. Pius XCatholic Church, a volunteer job he’s taken on for twodecades.

“They’re not going to let me quit,” quipped Wust.The 56-year-old Wust said his love for the outdoors is

what first drew him to Boy Scouts, and he fondly recallshiking trips in the Smokey Mountains. While earninghis degree at the University of Tennessee, he continuedto stay active in Scouts.

“I liked the outdoors anyway and it gave me some-thing to do besides go to school. It helped me keep mysanity,” said Wust.

By the time Wust moved to Conyers in 1986, he wasmarried and had a son, Richard, who was old enough tojoin Cub Scouts, which serves boys in first through fifthgrades. Wust helped St. Pius X Catholic Church re-formits Cub Scout program and then his son moved on to aBoy Scout troop at Conyers First United MethodistChurch.

After Richard worked his way up to Life Scout, Wustand other adults helped create Boy Scout Troop 410 atSt. Pius. All three of Wust’s sons — Richard, Stephenand Christopher — earned their Eagle Scout ranksthrough Troop 410.

With his sons grown, Wust continues to lead thetroop, which meets weekly and goes on monthly camp-

ing trips. Woven into the camping experiences are activ-ities including biking, canoeing, white water rafting,spelunking, fishing, field trips to museums and aquari-ums and community service projects.

In the near future, Troop 410 has a 185-mile bike tripplanned along the C&O Canal Trail, a paved path, fromCumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. The excursionculminates in a sight-seeing trip in D.C.

“I call it my hobby,” said Wust of being a troop leader.“It’s what I do for fun.”

During the weekly meetings, boys hone their skillsfor the camping trips and work towards earning badges.The boys also plan, by themselves, the schedule ofactivities for the year, and they identify goals andvisions for the troop.

With 52 members, Troop 410 is the largest in the Yel-low River District, which encompasses Rockdale andNewton counties. The troop, which includes boysbetween the ages of 11 and 17, are divided into patrolsof six to 12 boys.

On camping expeditions, each patrol operates as a

team, led by a youth leader, and each team membershares his skills — whether it be cooking, identifyingtrees, tying knots or setting up tents — with the others.

“You take everyone’s strengths and weaknesses andincorporate those as part of the team,” said Wust. “It’slike a big leadership class in the outdoors.”

Wust said the primary aspect of involvement withScouting that has changed over the years is the compe-tition from other activities, such as sports, band, acade-mics or even video games. He said the troop tries tobuild meetings around boys’ schedules as best it can andoffers outdoor adventures they can’t find elsewhere.

“We hope we have a varied enough program that weencourage boys to at least take a look,” said Wust.

Wust said that being a troop leader has been a learn-ing experience for him and that he improves his leader-ship skills with each passing year, thanks to training andmentors.

For example, during a high adventure sailing trip inthe Bahamas, designed to teach boys sailing and navi-gational skills, Wust kept jumping off the bench to helphis boys when the captain ordered a maneuver. Finallythe captain, an experienced trip leader for 30 years,grabbed Wust by the pants and told him to stay put.

“You’ve got to know where the magic line is so thatthey don’t get hurt, they don’t get discouraged but theycan fail. They’re allowed to fail as long as it isn’t detri-mental,” said Wust.

The Boy Scout program is always seeking adult vol-unteers, both men and women, said Wust, but they mustgo through training and background checks.

“Scouts is a program where you can truly influencethe lives of young men and hopefully instill in them thekinds of values I’ve grown up with — leadership,responsibility, teamwork, self-confidence and self-worth,” said Wust. “It’s very gratifying to work them ...and help them grow.”

In Scouts, a boy learns how to work and interact withothers, all in a safe environment, said Wust.

“It’s a program to help (a boy) realize his potential asa young man,” he said.

Other Scout-related groups that meet at St. Piusinclude Cub Scout Pack 410 and Venture Crew, an out-door adventure group for boys and girls ages 13 to 21.

To learn more, visit www.conyersbsa.com.

Carl Wust has been a Scout leader for twodecades. He helped guide his own three sonsthrough Scouting, and all three became EagleScouts. — Special photo

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Three generations of the Crowe fami-ly of Covington have proven that there’ssubstance to the virtues taught in Scout-ing, and their neighbors have benefitedas much or more than they have by thededication to the principles and preceptslearned early in the program.

Covington native Wendell Crowe,father and owner of Covington Ford,began his acquaintance with Scouting asa Cub Scout. He said his mother was aleader in the Pack and he rose throughthe ranks in Scouting until he attainedthe Eagle rank when he was approxi-mately 15.

He doesn’t recall what service projecthe chose to fulfill the requirements ofthe Eagle rank, but he does recall themany camping trips and outdoor activi-ties introduced to him through Scouting.

But more than the activities, Crowe issold on the less tangible benefits ofScouting.

“If you know the Boy Scout Oath, itteaches you honesty and integrity,” hesaid.

When his son Matt Crowe camealong, his father said it seemed naturalthat he should be introduced to Scout-ing, as well, and he became involvedwith working with his son’s troop byattending the meetings and taking hisson and his contemporaries on the samekind of camping trips he had loved sodearly.

“We went from one end of Georgia tothe other ... out to Philmont (ScoutRanch in Cimarron, N.M.) ... tons ofthings,” Crowe recalled.

Matt Crowe, who now works with hisfather as general manager of CovingtonFord, says he became a Scout because itseemed the natural thing to do.

“I started out when I was 7 or 8 inCub Scouts and worked my way up until

I was 17,” he said. “At the time, a lot ofmy friends had joined Scouting and Iwas pushed by my parents to do it.”

He found that the push given by hisparents was in the right direction.

“You learn a lot of different life expe-

riences between the trips you take andthe lessons you learn when you earnbadges,” Matt Crowe said. “If you takethe Boy Scout Oath and the Boy ScoutCreed to heart, it will help you through-out your life. It’s a learning experienceto learn what the oath means and carry-ing that forward and living your life bythat.”

He said he believes Scouting is some-thing that should be experienced by allyoung boys.

“Every young child should get into itand stay with it. It kept me out of trou-ble and taught me a lot of moralitylessons. It gives you a standard of life totry to live by,” he said.

Crowe remembers all too well hisEagle Scout project. One hot summer hecleaned out Dried Indian Creek that runsbehind his father’s business and on intothe heart of Covington.

“Your Eagle Scout project is supposedto benefit the community and I thoughtthat would be something that wouldreally help and make the communitylook better,” he said. “At that time, itwas really bad. I cut down a lot of trees,and the creek was full of grocery bug-gies, old tires and just a lot of stuff.”

Wendell Crowe’s grandson and MattCrowe’s nephew, Zach Kenny, 21, alsoparticipated in Scouting, and attainedthe Eagle rank, as well. The son ofSteve Kenny and Wendy Kenny, Zachalso believed Covington could use someecological assistance and chose for hisEagle project marking storm drains,around 1,000 of them in both city andcounty, to warn of the dangers of dump-ing debris into the drains.


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Familiar faces found rewards in ScoutingIn recognition of the 100thanniversary of Scouting, theCitizen asked some area resi-dents: What has Boy Scoutsmeant to you?

Sam Ramsey,former mayorof Covington:“I think there isno finer organi-zation for boys,”said the formerBoy Scout whohas served onthe executiveboard on theAtlanta AreaCouncil. “I’mconvinced that if we get moreyoung men into Scouts, then wewill have less problems whenthey grow up to be adults. It’s areal pleasure to be associatedwith the boys ... and the adultswho are involved; they are someof the finest people you’ll comeacross.”

Mike Lassiter, Covington:Lassiter, a former member ofCovington Troop 58 in the1960s, said being a part of theBoy Scouts gave him a lot ofmemories with his uncle, Scout-master E.G. Lassiter, cousinsCharles and E.G. Lassiter III,and other Scouts, especially on

developmentday.“(E.G. Lassiter)gave us slingblades andsaid, ‘Get towork.’ We did alot of manuallabor that day... taking downweeds and cut-ting down treesand hauling itoff. We redefined manual labor.”

Jerry Aldridge, Covington:“It gives boysthe opportunityto becomeyoung men,”said the leaderof CovingtonTroop 222. “Thejoy I get is see-ing them comein as boys andwalking out asEagle Scouts.”

John Nix, Conyers:“I come from a family of threeboys, and all three made EagleScout. We each made Scoutingsignificant, and I think it set thepath for how we conducted our-selves when we went to college

and started working. And weremain active today.”

Denny Dobbs, former staterepresentative,Covington:“Boy Scouts isimportantbecause it getsyou out intonature andteaches youskills you canuse later in life,like cookingand setting upcamp, as wellas first aid,swimming andlife saving,” said Dobbs, whocomes from a family of Scouts.“And it teaches you discipline,responsibility and self reliance.You also make a lot of friendswho you keepall of your life.”

State Sen.John Douglas:“It was a greatchance to helpme mature intoadulthood,”said Douglas,who was in aDecatur troopin the mid-1960s that vis-ited Bert Adams. “It’s a great

organization that gives goodvalues to young men. I’m verypleased to be a part of that.”

Brad Smith, Rockdale CountyBoard of Edu-cation member:“It helped me,teachingresponsibility,citizenship, eti-quette andrespect forpeople.”

Fred Boscari-no, presidentof the Conyers-RockdaleChamber of Commerce:“My buddy Gary Tazzara and Iwere in CubScouts in firstgrade and wentinto BoyScouts. We arestill in touch tothis day. Andhis mother wasthe den motherfor the CubScouts, andshe and mymother are stillreally good friends.”

— Compiled by Michelle Floyd,staff reporter

Sam Ramsey

Mike Lassiter

Jerry Aldridge

Denny Dobbs

Fred Boscarino

John Douglas

Brad Smith

By JAY JONESNew Editor

Many people may walk by an EagleScout project and don’t even know it.

The community service projectrequirement for the rank of Eagle Scoutamong Boy Scouts provides just that — aservice to community — whether it’sclearing an overgrown area of a church,building a pavilion at a high school foot-ball practice field or replacing a dilapi-dated walking bridge.

However, another component of theEagle Scout service project is leadership,according to Carl Wust, leader for Troop410 at St. Pius X Catholic Church.

“The real purpose of the requirement isso the Scout demonstrates leadership.And that’s the key to earning the Eaglerank and purpose of completing the pro-ject,” Wust said. “It’s not necessarily todo service to the community, although,that’s how the leadership is shown. Thepurpose of the project from the Scout’spoint of view is to demonstrate leader-ship.”

The project is supposed to benefiteither community, school or church.What is done is up to the Scout, whomust plan out the project and present it tohis district Eagle Scout Review Board.The project has to be completed beforethe Scout turns 18 years old.

Wust, who has helped with over 35Eagle Scout projects over the last 20years, said a typical project will averageabout 40 to 80 hours of personal time forthat Scout and double the time for peers,or fellow Scouts enlisted to do the work.

“He must organize, and he has to dohis homework,” Wust explained.

Adult leaders spend about the sameamount of time with the Eagle Scout can-didate but are not expected to have a

major role in the project. “We’re there toprovide a safety aspect to the project, ifsay, someone is needed to operate achainsaw,” Wust said.

Some of the most recent projects com-pleted in the Yellow River District, whichincludes Rockdale and Newton counties,include replacement of a condemned footbridge at Elks Aidmore Children’s Cen-ter, enhancement of the playground atRocky Plains Elementary School andcreation of an outdoor social area forclients of Rockdale Cares at their OurPlace facility that serves developmental-ly challenged residents.

Barbara Kilpatrick, executive director

of Rockdale Cares, said the Eagle Scoutprojects have made the Our Place facilityon Davis Drive a more pleasant settingfor clients. Along with wooden picnictables and benches done last year, thearea has a brick, outdoor grill area from a2008 Eagle Scout project and a path thatis wheelchair accessible.

“It’s was really great for us and anoth-er Eagle Scout did a walking trail backthere and made small plaques that identi-fied some trees and plants,” Kilpatricksaid. “The area is a benefit for our folksbecause it’s shaded and they can go backthere and eat a snack and just take amoment outside.”

Yellow River Eagle Scout Board ofReview met this month to review threeupcoming projects which are: construc-tion of a memory garden at Cousins Mid-dle School in Covington to honor threeteachers and students who have died,construction of library shelves for booksand materials for Rainbow MinistriesHomeless Shelter’s GED preparatorycourse, and renovation of a playgroundarea at Epiphany Lutheran Church inConyers.


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5,000 Scouts camp ‘jamboree-style’ at Bert AdamsScouts from 13 metro area counties converged on Bert Adams Scout Reservationin Newton County in May to observe the 100th anniversary of Scouting and the 50thanniversary of the camp. Here is a look at some of the scenes from “the Campoutof the Century. — Staff photos: Lee Depkin

Preparing the Flag Challenge display area are, from left, Michala Carpenter, 16, Michelle Chas-tain, 19, Megan Steadham, 19, and her mother Amy Steadham. For this knowledge test of flagprotocol, the American flag is combined with other flags. Scouts are challenged to identify whichdisplays are correct and which are not correct.

No more mystery meat and bug juice — Scoutsnow get nourishment from Ramen noodles.Here, Eathan Sanders, 13, from Troop 752 inCanton, prepares a batch of the campout sta-ple.


By the end of the first day ofthe Campout of the Century,Bert Adams looked like atent city, with hundreds ofcolorful shelters set up indifferent areas.

Thirteen-year-old RobJames of Marietta Troop797 found a shady spot out-side the old dining hall totake a short break.

AkintundeAjose, a 10-year-oldScout fromTroop 297 inRex, navi-gates a ropecrossing on achallengecalled theMonkeeBridge.

Eagle ScoutLans Swof-ford, 14, pro-vides druminstruction toother Scoutsfrom Troop555 in Dou-glasville.


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