Northwood School - Epitome Yearbook (Lake Placid, NY)

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'K 'islet' Outing Club Last fall Mr Cheseaux began rebulldmg the outmg club whxch had been dlscontmued smce 1954 55 Mr Cheseaux IS teachmg camplng canoelng and woodsmanshlp On most weekends he takes the club on trlps around varxous parts of the Adlrondacks and durmg the week the group flXCS canoes clears brush on skl tralls etc Mr Cheseaux never calls off trlps on account of weather condltlons whlch make some of the trlps more lnterestmg as well as teaching the boys how to keep comfortable The first trlp thls sprmg was a Skl trip to Avalanche Pass By the next weekend the ICC was out of the lakes and a canoe trlp was held from Lake Flower to Lower Saranac Lake The canoes came to a lock towards the end of the afternoon and after fl urlng how to operate lt went a few hundred yards upstream to camp It snowed all nlght but dldnt plle up Mr Holt was a guest of the outmg club on its thlrd trlp Thls tlme the members had to make a mlle portage because of strong headwlnds At the end of the portage they cooked lunch and pad dled ln the ram for three mlles to the campmg s1te chosen for that nlght It stopped ra1n1n by morn mg and the weather was beautlful for the last half of the trxp On the weekend of the ,Iumor College Board Exams Mr Cheseaux declded to 1nv1te about twen tv boys on an over mght camplng trlp on Moose Island ln Lake Placld Several people went swlm mm ln the chlllw waters Metty Green and Ned Tyree trled to fell a solld old beech tree at 10 00 that evenmg and after a half hour of chopplng the tree swayed gently Into a cedar tree and stopped Next fall the outm club plans to go over the cross country Skl tralls wlth brush scythes and flll 1n the deeper holes The large brush has already been taken out thls sprlng ln order to make the job easler ln the fall Sometlme ln the future Mr Cheseaux plans to start a mountam chmbmg and a fxre frghtmg group He also hopes to start a flrst ard and skl patrol program Page 67 NV Q in . Q v X A X , I X r , .. V X- s. . W N 'B Iva' f 'V f, .3 gr , V. X , 'A 4 . fi Tariff' - 1, K' f - .y A . - , Lf- 4 A . N. t ' 'Q' -L M f 5 h I Wk , , .. is Y ,id A O ' 7 ' . . , , . 9 S ' 7 , . ' 9 ' 5 .U . . 9 Q 9 ' . . , . . U ' ' - ' o , . 9 ' ' . .f ' ' v ' z: . - - , . 1 . U u . . . Y . U 7 , U 0' or

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.p -' 1 and Mrs Herbert V W Ber am1n1 and Mrs Dale Bouton and Mrs Wrl ht Bryan and Mrs Ernest ,I Deuval ns Glft Shop and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs Annette and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs Raul Valdes Faull Harold W GllllH s Esklne F Hamllton Wllllam E Hovey Jr Joseph J Iannoh S H Jensen Harry B Jordan Ralph ,I Low Herbert J Lyall Fernando G Mendoza ,Ir Harry Moses and Mrs Lloyd A Newcombe and Mrs Edmund A Packard Gilbert J Scofield Robert L Scott and Mrs Thomas M Watklns Samuel A Walters Co Inc To these sponsors and the followln d vertlsers the Northwood students are deeply rateful both for thelr help IH makin thls yearbook posslble and for their evident interest throu bout the school year. Page 69 U-5-r 'Tv