Ken Mont Camp for Boys - Golden Days Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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The Break HI saw the schedule in the office . . . it's starting on Monday . . . it canit be Sunday because of camp- fire . . . one, two, three, four, we want color war! . . . a near riot in the dining room . . . impatient . . . guessing . . . trying to stay awake at night- this might be it . . . Sunday was like too many days this past sum- mer-some drizzle, a threat of clearing, but not the kind of evening likely to bring color war, What our men didn't know was that Two Bulls had been conducting a secret purification ceremony all day in his teepee so that he could implore the Rain Gods that night to quiet the heavens for the next week. Evidently, Dwayne is still in the favor of the ancient tribal gods, for the rain ceased after dinner and we had not a single drop for eight days! Call to Quarters sounded and we trudged back to our bunks. Lights out, taps, and then quiet, but it was a restless quiet. Upper camp tried to stir things up, but most of us were drifting off to sleep. Suddenly, the bunks. shook to- the reverberation of a series of aerial bomb blasts Cthat woke the countryside for miles around we learned the next daylj. Grabbing robes and slippers if we could find them quickly, we flew from our bunks onto the campus. The cloudy sky was brightly lit by mag- nesium flare bombs and then colorful salutes. Sud- denly, fiames lept from the bottom of the hill spelling out WAR in six foot high letters! War was finally here, and now to find the team we were on and who our leaders were! Preparation There was much behind-the-scenes activity for weeks preceding the break. Suggested divisional splits were poured over by Jerry, Lloyd, the two J ims and the Group Leader concerned. After gling and swapping within each group, the final splits were thought to be as near even as was pO'SS1b1C- And then came a most important decision-the choice of Generals and their Colonels. Two men were standouts and an obvious choice. Jim Green, a Ken-Monter for thirteen years and Tommy O'Rourke, our veteran Sailing Director, were .ap- pointed Generals. Steve Storch became Tom's right hand man while Jack Degele was an invalllable assistant to Jim. , The choice of camper Captains was an easy one, DAVE SIMON and SCOT TY KRQGMAN had been outstanding leaders throughout their CamP'

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