1933 Trenton, New Jersey Boy Scout Camp Field Trip to Camp Pahaquarra
We have virtually no pictures of my father-in-law, Alvin Rogers, as a child and I came across this picture in the Trenton Evening Times of him and his father,
Dr. Alvin S. Rogers on a field trip to a boy scout camp in 1933. It makes me sad that the quality of the print is so poor. Alvin would have been just seven years old in this picture. His father, Dr. Rogers, died just four years later of a streptococcic infection on 23 May 1937 at the age of 47. Al, Jr. had so few years with his father.
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| Alvin Rogers, Jr. & Father Dr.Alvin S. Rogers at Boy Scout Camp |
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It says the group" made their annual inspection of Camp Pahaquarra, the Boy Scout recreational centre. The start was made in a motor bus from the Stacy-Trent ." There "were to participate in baseball, quoits and other sports." I had never heard of
quoits - according to
Wikipedia, it is "a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). Evidently it has been around for a long time!
Apparently the Pigrims taught the Indians the game of quoits at that first Harvest celebration in 1621, and the Indians won!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's older than I realized! Thanks for the additional info!
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