Community Corner
Thirty Fourth Week, Monday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"In 1927 Medfield’s Harrison H. Child was honored for his work with the Boy Scouts. Camp Child in Plymouth was named after him. It was stated that Harrison child had done more than anyone to start and equip the Plymouth location as a place for retreat and recreation. He promoted the work of the Old Colony Council in raising the $50,000 fund necessary to carry on the camp and to better carry on scouting in the Norfolk and Plymouth counties. The local Medfield scoutmaster was Loring Conant, while Child served as president of the Old Colony Council.
(Camp Harrison Child was a Scout camp in Plymouth Massachusetts, operated by the Old Colony Council (OCC) from 1925 to 1995. Summer activities included the teaching of such outdoor skills as: camping, cooking, safe boating, swimming, archery, rifle shooting, hiking, field sports, nature appreciation, wilderness survival, and many other skills, most geared to the earning of merit badges. Typically, established Boy Scout troops from communities in Massachusetts would arrive with their own leadership and camp for one or two weeks at a time. The camp staff, mostly former campers and all scouts, would teach classes, set up camp, run activities for the campers, provide food in a dining hall environment, and otherwise help provide an enjoyable summer experience. The camp was rather large, so two swimming and boating areas at either side of the lake, as well as two scoutcraft training areas, were consistently maintained. The 1970 merger of Old Colony Council with Squanto Council left the resulting OCC with one too many camps. This camp was sold in 1995 and became a residential development. The camp bell from Camp Child now hangs at Camp Squanto.)"
