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SEPTEMBER 4, 1937

THE CHARID1TETOWN GUARDIAN

PAGE Fl VII

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L Jamboreeln

Opal Scouts Describe

Netherlands

And Other Experiences

, -, 1 World Scout Jam- AHCnf-I: gm?‘ Netherlands lust

“ 1-.1)1‘t'5t'lltt\l.l\'GS from this iv\\'1_l(' Scouts Durell and .\l‘.ur'.1y' and Donald Giliis. .. t1‘.'1ll. The following ex- . trout ieitcts received by M?‘ con-M ~< L. l). lvfurrayt from their ' -11d Herbert, describing

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of LDllfliin a mi. things. saw the .0‘. i. boy ! Ted“

11 to dinner by s“ .,_ 111110 ia next in line the tiiurf Scout. Got some \\'.~ were taken throllilh 31 ‘NS this aleritoon,

. Windsor Greys. ‘he 1 n11 11a- famous horses 1i faintly. The stalls

1111s and the straw is

The horses are wt- ure getting V ;... (11 Pri.i:1_v morning and . 11.1j,111tl at utiutit 9 o'clock

Saw The Princesses

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the courtyard 0f

I11 . (Yitaile tl1ei‘e is a house (viii-h lune been built .511...‘ hatist- 0f England

i!'..1 Ucuturv. We. llrfi .11 11111~~h these days thnt_I ..~,1.ii.~r 1t all. so you will

Tonight

which is Filid ,¢-.~.1 DltlCt‘ in Lon- WillTlM are taking us iu 1111c of the theatres. I quite an accent now 11nd 11.111115 1119 out. for (- d 11'. Saw the changihil 0i ‘in this morning and cot m1- of the iwo Princesses in a pm; (I took 3 rolls of loamy and 2 yesterday.)

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. .7111)‘ 3I~We fll‘l'l\'(.‘d night at 10 pm. W9 fltfiliililtfi tn having the to us. as. wlitn seine 0i’ -~>< foundtout. that 0114' not tip. they offered us 111a F1-(1i(‘ll_ llQ. tents for After we 1111.11 our cell!‘ Epiiiiui we went. tn search of SONY?‘ [hf-y m (-.1t_ The IJlliCll H-Q. Sill” in their stipply tentofotir n‘ and stuffed us and .1 11s like kings. It ls very 31.1 to nib down at. the same 111'h Siouis and not under- titi '11 very well. Of course ~l 11111111! with gesttirrs, but of the Dutch people know a ' l~"“!li.~‘l1 or French. so I can quite well. Then we re- "1 11111- bliuilzets. and lit-ibis-

91' n1 11X To return torlaw-We rat 11.1 :11 London Scout Ifiill at lain. :::1(i fixed everything up.

Arrival in Holland

"Augia lstz-sSorry I hilil to slOP in a ‘1 ~ but Skipper called for To continue my M‘- un we had some sand- io cat 111111 we were all _ 11 the bus caiilcd for us. .l"'l 111 and got; to the station ‘.'~ =1 lllht‘. We took an hell!‘ for th- 11111 to filbury where we illo Royal Sovereign. R 1 of about 2,000 toils. We ') scouts on board. The boat irrcriiucd 22 knots over, and most o: tue Scouts had never been E11 n swell before-so you can We entered the Hook 111111 all we could see vtrrvre the top> oi houscs and a big dyke.

The r1111:111gv ts- vcry low and beautiful. 'I‘hcre i; a canal or ir- rigation riitrir every few yards. lilirt of the towns have canals limt i‘) yards wide for the n111::i .-‘.1.r1 'l‘ltttri- are quite a

few wirdnuils ul‘0tin(t and the co1111111\"‘.. \‘t'l'_\' fiat. Wc are about halfa 11ii1- from Ilaarlem and oi iQ' hiu-s havi- gotm in . church parade, but only two 1

'1' morning we wore tip 1 mix-ii our h11;'g.1',_~c and

1 1 of the tents up before t We ihrcw some grub f1 r (1111- meals 111st night

v \‘.Il'l' in bid curly at 8.30.

"Swtlr; we got up at 7.00 and |"*"b='rflkf11>t at 8.510. Then we cltaurd (‘\'(‘l‘_\'illilli{ up for the crotad 1'1 the 11ft -1‘r1o<1ii. (we were mil-l‘ Wituit. got dinner early Mud 11 uovrti of silectitlors. I doiri l 1 what they‘ thought of m" lt-i :1» but tiny certainly ifllkcti a lot. We washed our dishes

“Id 1"" Ytviii"; asI write this.

g ~ 31 We stayed in bcd for hull 1111 hour later than usual as ‘E r1111 not 011 duty tnduy. We Wasiirri t1111l

_ had breakfast sud “WW "t P-iltitlots for most of the

g.l{"}‘_"*' 5311111101‘ received an in- ilrvu ‘frftlll 1111- chicf of the lliloiizuiivn Contingent. for two

“"211”? to irttrud. 11 party for all rhlflh: All"! to represent Canada. mi l‘l~ l) lift-on iii-ill drew lots, 130i) Elliott (Wulfvtlle) and I

‘m: ihriuek lZlii\""\‘.V/P are tak-

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01H“ i" '1'}: tlilitga but 1 will in’ iiilti 1'» my

'2 g h best. This morn- bojnvltl‘ overs started tuning up ““ W“ "P. Just then two

I ‘liilifl’ and were hoard ‘homo will“ have xonflcrmifmfvi itrurle,’ and the.v__ m“ rilmiu ‘.-"vk“p kmmm" Hiram ‘nd"1__qh“m1on( [of hearing “flan. 5! H m" h ttinea :1 dnv and pmrw .111t11\iit1"'s cruntp from

.:1me. f haven't starf- yet. but q _ I shall.

"hilly! one or two planes

l"! ~ . mscoii. t ting

err “"1111

souvenirs Rfitirnoon I thmk

i overhead,

ed about so feet up. We had one towing a glider for an hour this morning.

"No! Too Bad!“

“This evening we went to s Camp Fire for half the Jamboree

There were about 14.000 Scouts and a b o u t 3.000 spectators. We marched there direct-

ly behind the Scots pipe band, We had four Camp “cops" ahead so we had no difficulty getting

there. We had a great time. The songs, etc, were conducted in English. French, German and

Dutch. We left then on our way home (2 1-2 miles). We bud gone only a few hundred yards when the crush became a real crush. The Canadians quickly formed a line across the path and under our leaders we directed the flow for three-quarters of an hour and saved many accidents. We stayed there until the last had passed through, although some of the Dutch Rover Police helped us out the last 10 minutes. We literally "covered ourselves with glory" and we have been congratulated by all the high officials. Not too bad for 16 little Canadians and interpreter!

“Bob and I went to the Yugo- slavian party and had s. great time. I had a New Zealander on one side and an Australian on the other. Others at. our table in- cluded Yanks, British, Dutch. and some I didn't recognize. Altogeth- er the following countries were represented: Canada, America, Latvia, Wales, England. Hungary, Australia, Denmark. New Zealand, South Africa. India, Malay Pen- insula, Holland. Dutch East Indies, Scotland, France, Belgium. Java, Japan. The guests of honour were

the Jugoslavian Ambassador to Holland and his wife. First they gave Us a couple of things like

sausages. tied together. You pull- ed them apart. broke me in two

and ate with the fingers. It is considered a delicacy in their country. Then came lots of

cookies mostly filled with ginger. with the sausages we had s. piece of dried brown bread and a oup of clear. weak tea. I got it. down but I only hoped I could hang on until I got back...We are delay- i11g our return till Aug 28, when we leave Southampton.

Visit lo l-Iasrlem‘

"Aiug. 3: This afternoon some of us paid a visit to Haarlem. We walked around for an hour and then tried to get something to eat. We had to pay 80 ccnits (Dutch) for a bottle of lemonade and a ham sandwich. We were warned about the price of lunches but I didn't expect them to be so bad. This evening the boy; who were off duty, including Herb, went to the Arena and talked to Canada over the radio. and gave the Canadian

Just pus-

yell. I was 0n duty patrol so couldn't. go. I have a couple of pairs of wooden shoes and Herb also has a. pair. ’

We are situated in nearly the middle of the whole camp, and I think it is the best. We are near the supply HQ. Oui- own HQ. (Scottish) is 25 yards away, and the wash place is also quite close. On Thursday we are giving a Bri- tish Empire party which will in- clude Lord Somers, who is B.-P.'s right-hand man, and all the oth- er big fellows. Then on Friday comes a party for the Holbum ‘Troop. London, in whme Scout Hall we slept while staying in IondonU-After the Jamboree we will return to London, and after- wards on the following morning we will leave for Paris and Vimy Ridge for a week-end trip. After that I think the party will split up. There will be five of us boys on our trip after, so we will be O.K....

"I have not seen a single boy crying yet. nor have I heard of a. fight yet. Not bad. for 28,000 boys!

“Aug. 4: Yesterday was the first day we had sun all day. and the fourth day we had seen the sun since we left home. Last night was Just the opposite. Everybody except those with sleeping bags froze all night. But this morning is another good day. I am lying down outside our tent now with only a pair of shorts on. It is a great life if there is no work to do. The SCOis are having a pow- wow across the way this morning. and we are expecting some "music". Yesterday was one of the Cub days and we were nearly swamped with them. Nearly 3.000 Cubs put. on a demonstration in the Arena and later ran through the camp...

"There are a lot of fine arch- ways around o11r camp. '!'ho, Scots of Dundee have a model gateway of the castle there. It is about l5 feet high and is all fixed up- The French Scouts in Sub-Camp 3 have a look-out. tower about. 30 feet. You can sce nearly All 0i’ 1, 2, and 3 Sllil-Cilmpfi...

"Aug. 8: Wednesday evening everybody went tn Haarlem and saw Ralph Reader's "Gang Show"- It certainly was fine. Ralllh Reader is known as "the Holboum Rover", the same Helbellm twill! in Whose hall we stayed in Lon- don. Some of theboys who were in the show are here and I RHOW some others. when we go back bo-London-we are to meet Mr. Reader personally. Before we went to the show we were taken through the famous Old Cllihfldffll of St. Bnvo. Most. of it was built in the 15th Century and we saw it. nil freopf charge. ‘The organ uteri-J from of the finest in Eur- ope. We arrived in camp st 12-45 and got to bed immediately-

“lL-P." and Lord 80mm

‘Thursday. We rolled out this morning feeling very IOIIY- M" we had cooked breakfast, Jock

Patchell (St. John. NB.) and I had s shower. Then everybody laid to and we cleaned up all the Dots and pans. While we were at it Lord Somers (B.-P.'s lst man) came round and visited us. I talked to him in nothing but a Dair of shorts and lots of grease and black. Later in the morning B.-P. drove through. I was standing nearby and he spotted Lord Somers. B.-P. said to Som- ers, "Hello Somers. what are you doing here?“

Lord Somers re- Dlied, “Just; smelling the grease pit-s. sir." B.-P. then asked him if he had brought his smelling

salts. At 4 in the afternoon our gum-l besan to arrive for our Empire tea party. All parts were m?" PXfi-‘Dt l-long Kong. who is sort of worn out. There is only One boy from there. After the Party was over. I. who happened i0 hi‘ the main cook, received many wmllliments on the quality of the lea-even told it was the best tea they had had since the camp open- ‘ed- Such vanity! Afterwards ‘Jack and I prepared a. meal for the we. Later we talked and traded with a couple of English Scouts from Durham.

"Today was another hot and brfiiillefi? day. We are in the mlddie 0f a heat wave now. The climate is different here. If we had a. warm spell at. home, we would sweat and sweat and not feel the heat nearly as much, But hi?" Y0" Cant sweat! Just suffer and keep the fire inside. _

“Friday (today) we dragged “us" out of bed at 7.15. ‘Jack 8nd 1 had a shower before feeding, Every- body Went to Amsterdam at; 10,20. Flrii We had a half hoursride in l1 boot through the main part of the city and out through the har- bour to the Zeider Zee, but not on it. Then we walked back to the Amsterdam Hotel where we were guests for lunch of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. We had s lovely lunch. At 2.30 we left and pro- ceeded to the Art Gallery and Museum. There certainly Ls a big fortune tied up in that place. We were nearly out 0n Ollr feet by the heat. so we took a tram to the station. Everybody had an “ice” but that only helped out momen- tarily. We arrived in camp and hsd a cold, supper. ‘Then we had the evening off...

Visit. 6o Austrians

Aug. 9. Today the wind crime up and there ls a bit of a. breem and we are all feeling better. Jack Pstchell and I went down and had dinner with the Austrians. We had some ‘good meat. macaroni and cucumber with apple-sauce as a desert. Had a good time but it was kind of hard to understand German. I could pick out a word here and there when they spoke slowly. but not otherwise. We had the honoured place, at the side of the leader of that contingent. Excuse the discon- nected stream of thoughts, but. the camp is surrounded with guests and I have to stOp writing and sign my name. However. we usu- ally get. a square of candy for do- ing it. Just like a Zoo. We arc the animals behind the bars and the Wople pay to come and see us. and we have to play for them as the monkeys do...

lunch about 4.30 and all of us (Protestants) went to the Arena and took pm-t in an Empire Ser- vice. It was and ls something to look back to, nearly 5.000 Scouts there and you would think you were in church the way everything went. I am enclosing the pro- gram of the 5PFViCQ. I have had short talks with Lord Somers and the Earl of Clarendon, Major Julian. the Scohsman who ts in charge of our sub-camp, and lots of other prominent leaders includ- ing s. lot; of the Contingent lead- ers. Thls evening Mr. Stewart of Dominion HQ. led us in the Scout Law, and the leader of the “Aussie? led us in the renewal of the Scout Promise. We are supposed to have a Wwner this evening but it i.- 730 now and noth- ing is in sight. This is being “wrote" after we returned from the service and while, waiting for dinner...

“This ls the last actual day of the camp as tomorrow afternoon there tsvthe march past and the official closing of it. The Jain- boree has gone very quickly and I can hardly realize that I have ac- tually been through a World Jum- boree...This afternoon Heather Baden-Powell came and inspected our camp unofficially. I was with the Skipper most of the time. so got in a word here and there. We are having a great time...

Touching Incident

"Aug. 10. This morning we had s change in the weather. We had a little shower which cleared up about l0. It came Just. in time for us to take our raincoats on our tour day. Yesterday 11p early as usual and cooked breakfast. Af- terwards Jack and I slipped out _snd had a badly needed haircut before inspection. We had a light lunch st l2 and started for the Arena to take part in the official closing of the Jamboree. After we marched past the saulting base we found our position which was just directly in front of the base. We got some good snaps of the leaders. 'I‘h1~n the Chief came out in our midst and spoke. In Che middle of his address he presented a miniature model of otir emblem made of ash to each Contingent leader. Our Skipper got one and did we holler! After the Ohief finished his speech we could not

place where there is a lovely beach. We did not have time for a swim but we would have enjoy- ed one very much. Wednesday we went through Amsterdam, the capital, and its large harbour, then by tram to Volendlam, where we saw some of the old-fashioned Dutch costumes. Then from Volen- dam by boat out to Msrken in the Zeider Zee, which is the only d18- trlct left where the national dress is worn. Of course, it had started to drizzle as we left. and we all left our cameras behind and it clear- ed up for the tripl...Today some of us did not go on the tour as we would be too tired at the end of the week. Those of us who stayed home struck three tents and all the gadgets. tables. etc, and cleaned up most. of the cooking equipment. We are very lucky be- cause the British H.Q. are letting us sleep in one of their tents, so we can get all our tent-s down tonighg Tomorrow We leave for London...

Back to London

"'London, Aug. l5. Friday morn- ing I was called at 6.30 as I had to help to cook at British H. Q. where we stayed the night before. When 1 got there there was noth- ing to do except set the table and get washed up and grub. We got on the night train and arrived at “The Hook" at 12.30. We were lucky again and were in the first sitting so we had our meal over before we cleared the dock. We had a bit of sea on the way over but it didn't bother any of our chaps. After dinner at. night, the Holborn Scouts, some Aussies. Canucks and others had a. real sing-song t1ll 9.30. when we dock- ed at Tilbury. ‘We had no dif- ficulty v/ith the Customs and ar- rived ln London about 12.40. We got our right bus after some trou- ble and finally we had lights out at. 1.45. On Saturday morning everybody up b11t feeling very sleepy at 6.00.‘ We took an un- derground train to Victoria Sta- tion where we first bought our tickets to Arra; and return for £2, 5, 6. Then we had some sand- {virclies and milk before the train e t.

At Hourgec Cenleiery

“After a quiet journey we airrtv- ed at Foikstone at 10.30 and board- ed our boat and found our sta- tion in the stern. We had a quiet trip across the Channel and arrived in Boulogne. France, at. 12.30. After the Customs we found out that we could not get any food on board the train so we laid in a. supply of fruit; at the sta- tion. The trains are quite fast but not. nearly as comfortable as the English or Dutch. We reach- ed Amiens at 4'30 and here we parted. The Eagle (Hilliard) and I had something to eat. and took a ‘bus to Hourges. From there we walk- ed oneaudahalf milesin ‘pouring rain to the Hourges Orchard Ceme- tery where his father's grave is. We found it without difficulty and spent. half an hour there. We took a film of exposures on my camera which I hope will turn out. It was the nearest he has been

"This afternoon We had a light_

cheer because of the lumps in our throats. He spoke of his age tmdi 11ml 1t, would probably be the last time we would ever meet on this earth. .

"on Monday the Skipper receiv-i ed An invitation from the Chief's daughter to a tea with him. He had to decline a; we were going in f-lolbom for tea....

"A1111. i2. Just a last line before the Jamboree is over. We are hlvlng a great time touring Hol- land, but it is quite strenuous. Tuesday we went through Rotter-

m‘ m; Another

to his Dad who left home ten days

‘ before his birth. The rest, under

Len Philbrook, took the next train to Arras and had a. bath and a meal at the hotel from which Canadian tours to Vimy are ar- ranged. They were supposed to have one of their party to meet us at the station. but we couldn't find anyone.

“But, on the way up. both of us went to sleep. We woke up and asked a man if we were near Arras. He told us that we had lust pased it. We were on pins and needles till an official came along and assured us that Arras was the next slop. However, we left the station and walked along t1ll we came to an hotel with a