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Bob Kennington
Founder W. H. Bentley
Joined: 02 May 2007
Posts: 210
Location: Winter Harbor
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| Mike Freeland wrote: |
| I taught woodcraft, camping and canoeing when I wasn't out of camp on mountain/lake/river trips. It doesn't get any better than that. |
Thanks to Wyanoke, my scant knowledge of trees expanded greatly. "Dana" was one of my instructors.
To answer an inquiry as to the species of a "Big One" that fell, today, I'd done a "major opus" at the Winnipesaukee forum. For the pictures, you'll have go to :
https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/showthread.php?p=276487#post276487
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The most common "Big Ones" include Maple and Eastern White Pine.
White Pine was the predominant New Hampshire species before it was heavily cut down for ship- and house-building, beginning with the earliest North American settlers. Carpentry using White Pine lumber easily shows its superior characteristics.
Pull a lower branch down, and a white pine can be identified by its five leaflets. (Five—for the five letters in "w-h-i-t-e"). The scarcer Red Pine has three leaflets for "r-e-d".
Then there's another "Big One", the Sugar Maple, which is very easy to identify and remember:
(Canadian flag picture appears here)
Some examples of "Big Ones" can be seen on the steepest slopes of Rattlesnake Island. The lower slopes were easiest for tree cutters of the last Century to reach, and has since evolved into hardwoods—(trees that drop their leaves in Autumn).
A Broads-side view of Rattlesnake Island shows the heights White Pines can achieve—which is 90-feet or greater.
Nearby Diamond Island has a large crop of the dwindling Red Pine—another "money crop".
An Autumn aerial photo will show how barren of White Pines it remains after their hardwood replacements have turned their leaves to brown. Here it can be seen where the green white pines still remain:
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Tom Rawson
Senior
Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 18
Location: Seattle WA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:05 pm Post subject: Honor Camper for one-month campers |
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I remember the point system the way David Ayars remembers it, with one exception. If there was pro-rating for campers attending fewer than eight weeks, that came in after my time as a Midget (1963-1964). Both those years I attended four weeks only, and I remember missing my Honor Camper the second year by just two points, due to a deficit of activity points. There were one-month campers who earned the award by finding ways to add activity points as David mentioned. The Boutwell brothers, Jeff and Steve, achieved this several times.
As a Junior and Senior attending the full eight weeks, I did earn my Honor Camper, and the pins lived the top drawer of the desk in my bedroom at my parents house for decades after I moved out, along with all my riflery and archery medals.
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1963 C-5 Walter Scheirer
1964 C-2 Bill Sloane
1966 J-4 Dave Clemens
1967 S-1 Garth Nelson |
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Bob Kennington
Founder W. H. Bentley
Joined: 02 May 2007
Posts: 210
Location: Winter Harbor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Remember the Master Activity Score Board - Boyden Chapel |
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| Does anyone remember the "Master Activity Score Board" that used to hang on the Boyden Chapel porch wall, in the vicinity of where we used to do manual of arms training? |
Boyden Chapel seen from the lake about a decade ago:
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