Scouting, Volume 63, Number 1, January-February 1975 Page: 22
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BY JOHN R. POWERS
^^hat do ya wanna
ya' wanna' do?"
don't know. What do you wan-
CAMP
FRIEDLANDERi
ONE
OF A
KIND
"Gee,
na' do?"
"I don't know. What do . .
Every June, less than a week after school
is out, this summer sound begins echoing
throughout the country. One of its major
sources are boys of Cub Scouting age. But if
you travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, you'll notice as
you approach the city that the clamors of
"What do you wanna' do? Gee, I don't know"
become almost inaudible. That's where Camp
Friedlander is.
Camp Friedlander's a supermarket for Cub
Scouting events including a corking day
camp program. Located just east of Cincin-
nati, along the Little Miami River, the camp's
300 acres include a parade ground, four
pack-size campsites, two small lakes (one
for fishing and one for boating), a council ring,
dining hall, snack shop, health lodge, chapel,
nature den, handicraft center, five picnic
areas, a campcrafts center, an obstacle
course, a BB-gun range, an archery range, a
miniature golf course, an olympic-size swim-
ming pool, numerous athletic fields and a hik-
ing trail that weaves up and down and through
the backwoods of Camp Friedlander.
On a sun-splattered Thursday morning this
past summer, I stood on the parade ground
with Jerry Sanders, Gene Mugrage and a few
hundred Cub Scouts and their adult leaders.
(Jerry is the only Cub Scout executive in the
country. He works for Cincinnati's Dan Beard
Council on the pilot program with an OK from
our National Council.) Gene is the camp's di-
rector. We were all waiting for the flag cere-
mony that would officially begin another
typical day at Camp Friedlander. But the day
started out in an untypical way.
That morning's color guard of Cub Scouts
solemnly hooked the flag onto the rope and
then ran it up the pole. And we all pledged our
allegiance, those among us who were totally
awake realized that the flag was flying upside
down.
"That's the first time I ever saw that hap-
pen," said Gene Mugrage. He turned to the
Cub Scout standing next to him. "Now what
do you think we should do?" he asked.
"Should we bring the flag back down and
switch it around or do you think we should all
just stand on our heads when we look up at
it? Which one do you think would be easier?"
"Uh, I don't know," answered the Cub
Scout. He knew. He was just thinking about
which one would be more fun.
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