03/20/2017
At a recent meeting with some scouts we talked about some journals I kept after we went to camps. I found some dating back to 1989. I’m going to try and post them to Facebook. Remembering that these old files were created by old word processing programs (dos) and contain many errors but still fun to see. Enjoy
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS CAMP JUNE 25 27, 1993 PERSONS ATTENDING CAMP: 1. LINDA HEBEL 18. BILLY HEBEL* 2. ROBERT OSTROSKI 19. TERRY YOUNKER 3. ROBERT OSTROSKI JR* 20. RICHARD YOUNKER* 4. MARK MENGHINI 21. RICHARD DONALD SR. 5. LINDA MENGHINI 22. RICHARD DONALD JR. 6. JASON MENGHINI* 23. RUTH DONALD 7. MEGAN MENGHINI* 24. JUSTIN KOPP* 8. TOM WASSIL 25. DON KORBA 9. TOM WASSIL JR.* 26. DONNA KORBA 10. DEBBIE WASSIL 27. JOEY KORBA 11. SANDY FOLEY 28. TED CHULOCK 12. JAMES FOLEY 29. MONICA CHULOCK 13. JARROD MENGHINI* 30. CHRIS CHULOCK* 14. TAMMY WASSIL* 31. NIKKI CHULOCK* 15. DANIEL WASSIL* 32. SARAH CHULOCK* 16. STEPHEN FOLEY* 33. LAURA CHULOCK* 17. MICHAEL FOLEY* 34. PEG JANCEWICZ 35. JAMES JAMCEWICZ* * = PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE MEALS: FRIDAY ARRIVE HOAGIES FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIES SATURDAY BREAKFAST EGGS, BACON, TOAST, JUICE, COFFEE. LUNCH HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH ON THE ROAD/ WITH CHIPS , SODA SUPPER HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, MUSTARD , KETCHUP, ONION, PICKLES SUNDAY BREAKFAST INDIVIDUAL BOXES OF CEREAL AND DOUGHNUTS , MILK, COFFEE. NOTES ON FOOD: I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, LINDA WASN'T EVEN LOOKING FOR A MEADIUM HAMBURGER. THANK GOD MARK MOYER WASN'T ALONG. THE TRIP AND CAMP: WE LEFT THE CHURCH ON SECOND STREET ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATE, AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF VEHICLES. WE GOT AS FAR A LEHIGHTON AND DICK DONALD (DUE TO CONSTRUCTION) TRIED TO FIND A WAY AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION AND GOT SEPARATED FROM THE GROUP. STOPPING AT THE ALLENTOWN REST STOP ON THE PA. TURNPIKE HE MEET UP WITH THE WASSIL'S WHO HAD LEFT 1/2 HOUR LATER THAN THE REST OF US BECAUSE OF DEBBIES WORK SCHEDULE. AFTER DETERMINING THE REST HAD WENT AHEAD, THE DONALDS AND WASSILS CONTINUED ON WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL DICK'S VAN BROKE DOWN IN DELEWARE JUST BEFORE THE MARYLAND STATE LINE. IT WAS DECIDED THAT RUTHIE DONALD AND JUSTIN KOPP (RIDING WITH DICK) WOULD GO ON AHEAD TAKING THE TENTS AND ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT THEY COULD CARRY TO GET THE CAMP SET UP, AND SEND HELP BACK TO DICK. THE WOMEN OF THE GROUP SET UP CAMP SO THAT WHEN THE GUYS RETURNED THINGS WOULD BE READY TO GO. MARK MENGHINI WENT AROUND TO MAKE SURE TENTS WERE SECURE. SOMETIME AFTER DON KORBA AND HENRY & BOB OSTROSKI CAME WITH DON'S SURBAN TO SEE IF WE ALL COULD GET DICKS VAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TRYING IT WAS DECIDED TO GET DICK'S VAN TOWED TO A STATION FOR REPAIRS. DICK AND THE OTHERS GOT BACK TO CAMP SOMEWHERE AROUND 11 P.M. WITH AS MUCH GEAR AS COULD BE CARRIED IN THE SURBARBAN. THANKFULLY THE NIGHT PASSED PEACEFULLY. THE CAMP WAS AS SKIPPERS POINT ON THE ABERDEEN BASE. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE CHESPPEAK BAY. THE CAMPSITES WERE CLEAN AND IN THE WOODS TYPE AS OPPOSED TO THE OPEN FIELD TYPE. THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WERE HIGH BUT NOT OVERBEARING. SANITARY CONDITIONS CONSISTED OF PORT A POTY VARIETY. THE NEXT MORNING EVERYONE WAS UP AND BREAKFAST WAS SERVED AND LEFT CAMP (AFTER A BATTERY JUMP FOR MARK MENGHINI) ABOUT AN HOUR BEHIND SCHEDULE. WE TOURED THE ABERDEEN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HAD A GREAT TOUR OF THE FIRE STATION AND THEN TAKEN OUTSIDE WHERE ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE DISPLAYED. (A NOTE UPON OUR ARRIVAL WE COULD HEAR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OVER THE STATIONS PA SYSTEM " THE CHILDREN ARE HERE) THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD BROUGHT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FORM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE BASE FOR OUR INSPECTION. THE FIREMAN WERE VERY IMPRESSED UPON THE BEHCVIOR OF THE KIDS AND TO SEE HOW MUCH PARENTAL PARTICIPATION THERE WAS. SOMETIME DURING THE TOUR IT WAS DECIDED THAT SOME OF THE "GUYS" WOULD RUN AND GET A BATTERY FOR MARK'S VAN. AND THE REST OF THE PARTY WOULD HAVE LUNCH IN A NEARBY PARK WHICH WAS ON THE CHESEAPEAK BAY, WHERE THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE LAKE AND SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT NEARBY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AT THIS TIME JARROD MENGHINI HAD A FEW BOUTS WITH A FEAVER, AND IT WAS BEING CONTROLLED WITH TYLENOL. LATER THAT AFTERNOON HENRY OSTROSKI TOOK US TO A FACILITY WHERE HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR ON TANK ARMAMENT. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO HAPPEN WAS HENRY WHILE DEMONSTRATION HOW THE ARMAMENT IS RAISED AND LOWERED STRUCK HIS HEAD HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT BLEED. (A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME). AFTER TAKING US ON A TOUR OF THE TEACHING FACILITY HENRY ATTEMPTED TO HOOK UP DEMONSTRATORS FOR ALL OF US TO OPERATE WHEN A 400 AMP. CIRCUIT BREAKER BLEW. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WERE UNABLE TO USE THE DEMONSTRATORS. THANKFULLY THE BUILDING WAS AIR CONDITIONED AND WE TOOK A BREAK THERE. THEN BACK TO CAMP FOR SUPPER. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO CAMP DON ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS SURBAN TRUCK (SOME KIND OF VIBRATION AND NOISE) AND IT WAS DECIDED WHILE THE REST OF US TOURED THE MUSEUM ON THE BASE DON WOULD GO TO A REPAIR SHOP AND HAVE THE U JOINTS ON THE DRIVE SHAFT REPAIRED AND BE READY TO GO AROUND NOON. IT WAS ALSO DECIDED THAT DICK WOULD GET HIS VAN AND BRING IT BACK TO CAMP TO CARRY THE GEAR BACK. (EARLIER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE DON TAKE THE GEAR BACK AND DICK WOULD JUST PICK UP HIS VAN ON THE WAY HOME.) A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND COFFEE CUP WERE GIVEN TO HENRY OSTROSKI FOR ALL HIS HELP IN PLANNING THE CAMP. OTHER THAN A DRENCHING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THE NIGHT CAME AND WENT. ON SUNDAY MORNING WE GOT UP AND HAD CEREAL, DOUGHNUTS, AND COFFEE. JARROD MENGHINI HAD A FEVER DURING THE NIGHT AND THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE EARLY. THE REST OF US WENT ON TO THE MUSEUM AND TOURED THE FACILITY ALONG WITH A "MILE LONG" ROW OF TANKS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE WEATHER WAS HOT AND HUMID. DICK AND RUTHIE HITCHED A RIDE WITH BOB OSTROSKI TO GET HIS VAN. RETURNING TO CAMP THE GEAR WAS PICKED UP AND WE LEARNED THAT DON'S TRUCK HAD CHIPPED TOOTH IN THE RING GEAR AND HE WOULD BE REMAINING THERE TO GET IT FIXED ON MONDAY. THE DONALD'S AND WASSIL'S RETURNED HOME. WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT DON HAD TO HAVE HIS CAMPER AND TRUCK TOWED HOME. DONNA KORBA DISCOVERED SHE HAD AT TIC, RUTH DONALD REMOVED IT. AFTER SHOWEREING DONNA FOUND A SECOND TIC. DONNY KORBA STAYED TO SEE IF HIS SUBURBAN COULD BE REPAIRED. DONNA AND JOEY RETURNED WITH THE WASSIL'S. HENRY UPON TAKING DONNY TO HIS RENT A CAR GOT A FLAT HAD NO JACK DID HAVE A SPARE. HE WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THE LAST OF THIS GROUP FROM BEAVER MEADOWS LEAVE BOB OSTROSKI FOUND A TIC ON HIS BELLY WHEN HE RETURNED HOME. MARK MENGHINI HAD TO HAVE HIS COMPUTOR RE PROGRAMED ON HIS CAR. JARROD MENCHINI WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTORS UPON RETURNING HOME TO FIND HE HAD A VIRUS WHICH WOULD SPREAD TO OTHER CHILDREN OF THEE GROUP. THIS WILL BE A TRIP LONG REMEMBERED BY MEMBERS OF PACK 23 AND TROOP #24.
