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MEET THE
By ALDEN G. BARBER
chief scout executive
CAMP DIRECTORS
Dwight J. Thomson
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WHEN THE 7TH NATIONAL JAMBOREE occupies Farragut State Park, July
16-22, the 42,000 Scouts, Explorers, and their leaders from throughout the Na-
tion and around the world will transform it into Idaho's second largest city. Only Boise,
the capital, will be larger.
You need not be a professional city planner to get the message that somebody had better
be doing some planning. They are—and have been for almost 2 years. Volunteer Scouters
are playing a greater role than ever before in jamboree planning and leadership.
Since the spring of 1967, Dwight J. Thomson, a Cincinnati, Ohio, industrialist, and his
National Jamboree Committee of more than 30 volunteers have been studying the prob-
lems. They have found them to be much the same as those faced by any American city of
comparable size: Providing health and safety services; ensuring an adequate, on-time distri-
bution of food; providing for the religious needs; developing an interesting program.
For operation purposes, the jamboree will be composed of 20 camps, each with 1,880
Scouts and leaders in 47 troops. Each camp will have a director with a staff of 59 leaders—
almost all volunteers. In effect, these men are the official family of a little town.
I will serve as Mr. Thomson's associate jamboree camp chief; his jamboree director will
be Assistant Chief Scout Executive Robert L. Billington. The jamboree central staff will
coordinate the flow of program, food, and other essentials to the camps.
The camp directors, pictured here, have been recruited from experienced volunteer pro-
gram leaders in councils across the country. Not only have they been leaders in organizing
and promoting camping in their councils, but many have worked at the regional and na-
tional level. Several have assisted in Wood Badge training of Scout leaders here and in
Latin American countries. Others have led U.S.A. contingents to world jamborees.
With such leadership and planning, the 7th National Jamboree will be a powerful force
in developing the jamboree theme Building To Serve.
Boy Scouts and Explorers wishing to attend the jamboree should contact their council
service centers immediately.
The names of the 20 camps will evoke memories in the mind of every veteran Scouter.
Each camp is named for a Scouting great.
ELLSWORTH H. AUGUSTUS (BSA President, 1959-64); DANIEL CARTER BEARD
(First National Scout Commissioner, 1910-41); KENNETH K. BECHTEL (BSA Presi-
dent, 1956-59); WILLIAM D. BOYCE (American publisher who brought Scouting to the
United States); JOSEPH A. BRUNTON, JR. (Chief Scout Executive, 1960-67); ELBERT
K. FRETWELL (Chief Scout Executive, 1943-48); WALTER W. HEAD (BSA President,
1926-46); AMORY HOUGHTON (BSA President, 1946-51); COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE
(BSA President, 1910-25); MILTON A. McRAE (BSA President, 1926);
WAITE PHILLIPS (Donor of Philmont Scout Ranch); ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
(Founder of Scouting); THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Chief Scout Citizen, 1910-19); JOHN
M. SCHIFF (BSA President, 1951-56); JAMES J. STORROW (BSA President, 1925-26);
ARTHUR A. SCHUCK (Chief Scout Executive, 1948-60); ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
(Chief Scout, 1910-15); CHARLES L. SOMMERS (Organizer of Region 10 Canoe Base);
MORTIMER L. SCHIFF (BSA President, 1931); JAMES E. WEST (Chief Scout Execu-
tive, 1910-43).
Eugene H. Kunkel
Stamford, Conn.
Eastern Zone Director
Smith-Corona Merchant Corp.
Camp Joseph A. Brunton, Jr.
John E. Lott
Lubbock, Tex.
Cattle Rancher
Camp James E. West
John T. Acree, Jr.
Louisville, Ky.
President Lincoln Income Life
Insurance Co.
Camp Amory Houghton
John L. Weaver
Anoka, Minn.
President
Weaver Brothers, Real Estate
Camp Milton A. McRae
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