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“At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else.”
Jackie Robinson

1947 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Camp Director
Frank S. Beam

Business Manager and Commissary Officer
William Thornhill

Waterfront Director
Herbert Ellson

Program Director
Alexander H. Weeks

Nature Study Director
Forrest Lenker

Camp Doctor
Robert Whitmoyer

Handicraft Director
Ronald Sykes

Camp Quartermaster
Richard Tease

Boating Director
Earl Ellson

Pool Assistant
William Beam

Business Manager Assistant
John Rettew III

Assistant Steward
James Thomas

Demonstration Area
Jack Holtzapple

Provisional Scoutmasters
Walter Rhoads, Roy Alford Jr., Clarence Burnside

Nature Study Assistant
Robert Lenker

Camp Ranger
George Cole

Cooks
Percy Henry, Walter Biddle

The 1947 Merit Badge Staff List.
1947 – Contributed by G. Ernest Heegard

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